INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT SUNKEN SHIPS

DURING THE BATTLE OF SAMAR, AN AMERICAN

DESTROYER CHARGED THE JAPANESE NAVY AND

DID SO MUCH DAMAGE BEFORE IT WAS SUNK

THAT THE PASSING JAPANESE SHIPS SALUTED IT

IN 1987, TREASURE HUNTER TOMMY THOMPSON

FOUND A SHIP NAMED THE SS CENTRAL AMERICA

THAT HAD SUNK MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS

EARLIER. AFTER RECOVERING NEARLY $1 BILLION

OF GOLD HE DISAPPEARED AND HAS NOT BEEN

SEEN SINCE

ONE OF THE FEW THINGS PREVENTING CHINA FROM

CLAIMING THE ENTIRE SOUTH CHINA SEA IS A

PARTIALLY SUNKEN WWII SHIP THAT THE US HANDED

TO THE PHILIPPINES. BECAUSE OF THIS, THE

PHILIPPINES RETAIN A CLAIM TO SECOND THOMAS SHOAL

INSTEAD OF HANDING THEIR NAVY OVER TO THE

NAZIS, THE DANISH MILITARY SANK A MAJORITY

OF THEIR SHIPS

IN 1773, WOLRAAD WOLTEMADE, A FARMER NEAR

CAPE TOWN, RODE HIS HORSE OUT TO RESCUE

SAILORS CAUGHT ABOARD A SINKING VESSEL.

HE DID THIS 6 TIMES BUT ON THE 7TH TIME HIS

HORSE WAS TOO TIRED AND EVERYBODY DROWNED

DURING WWII, THE JAPANESE USED MANNED

SUICIDE TORPEDOES CALLED KAITEN TO DESTROY

ALLIED SHIPS

UNSINKABLE SAM WAS A CAT THAT SERVED ON

VARIOUS SHIPS DURING WWII. THREE OF THOSE

SHIPS SANK AND HE SURVIVED EACH TIME

THE MS ESTONIA WAS A FERRY THAT SANK IN THE

BALTIC SEA IN 1994. SINCE RAISING THE WRECK

PROVED TOO HARD, IT WAS ENTOMBED IN CONCRETE

AND TODAY IT IS ILLEGAL TO DIVE TO THE SITE

THE ONLY KNOWN REPORT OF A TRAIN COLLIDING

WITH AND SINKING A SHIP HAPPENED IN NEWCASTLE

SHORTLY AFTER THE OPENING OF THE VICTORIA TUNNEL