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CAPTIVATING FACTS ABOUT SUNKEN SHIPS

Added on: 8th Oct 2016

 

A GERMAN U-BOAT (U-1206) ONCE SANK

BECAUSE ITS TOILET MALFUNCTIONED

A German U-Boat (U-1206) once sank because its toilet malfunctioned

 

 

THE GREATEST MARITIME DISASTER IN WORLD

HISTORY WAS THE SINKING OF THE WILHELM

GUSTLOFF (MORE THAN 9,000 DEATHS)

The greatest maritime disaster was not the Titanic (1,500 deaths) but the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff (more than 9,000 deaths)

 

 

UNFORTUNATELY, THE STORY OF THE WILHELM

GUSTLOFF HAS BEEN LOST TO HISTORY FOR

SEVERAL REASONS, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT BEING

THAT IT HAPPENED DURING WWII AND IT WAS A

GERMAN SHIP

Unfortunately, the story of the Wilhelm Gustloff has been lost to history for several reasons, the most significant being that it happened during WWII and it was a German ship

 

 

THERE ARE MORE THAN 20 SUNKEN GERMAN

SUBMARINES OFF THE EASTERN COAST OF THE US

There are more than 20 sunken German submarines off the eastern coast of the US

 

 

IN 2000, RUSSIAN SUBMARINE KURSK (K-141) SANK

AND ALL ABOARD PERISHED BECAUSE THE

RUSSIANS REFUSED OFFERS OF ASSISTANCE FROM

THE US, BRITISH AND NORWEGIAN NAVIES

In 2000, Russian submarine Kursk (K-141) sank and all aboard perished because the Russians refused offers of assistance from the US, British, and Norwegian navies

 

 

IN 1779, THE US CAPTAIN JOHN PAUL JONES

REFUSED TO SURRENDER TO THE BRITISH.

FINALLY, WITH HIS SHIP BURNING AND SINKING,

JOHN AND HIS MEN MADE IT ONTO A BRITISH

VESSEL AND TOOK IT OVER

In 1779, the US Captain John Paul Jones refused to surrender to the British. Finally, with his ship burning and sinking, his men made it onto a British vessel and took it over

 

 

WHEN THE OCEANOS CRUISE SHIP BEGAN TO SINK IN

1991, THE CREW ABANDONED SHIP BUT GUITARIST

MOSS HILLS TOOK OVER AND DIRECTED

THE RESCUE EFFORT

When the Oceanos cruise ship began to sink in 1991, the crew abandoned ship but guitarist Moss Hills took over and directed the rescue effort

 

 

ONLY TWO YEARS AFTER THE SINKING OF THE

TITANIC, THE EMPRESS OF IRELAND SANK IN

THE SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER KILLING OVER A

THOUSAND PEOPLE. BECAUSE OF WWI, ITS

STORY WAS LARGELY FORGOTTEN

Only 2 years after the sinking of the Titanic, the Empress of Ireland sank in the Saint Lawrence River killing over a thousand people. Because of WWI, its story was largely forgotten

 


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