The ocean has long been a place of great danger and mystery throughout the existence of mankind. Even in contemporary times, traveling through deep water and rough seas continues to be an arduous and challenging venture.
The tragic sinking of the Titanic in 1912 is undoubtedly the most famous maritime disaster to date. However, there are plenty of other instances that either rival or even dwarf the Titanic in terms of destruction or human loss.
Surprised SS Atlantic isn't mentioned there. I live in Halifax. So much tragedy connected to this area. Swiss Air, Titanic, SS Atlantic, the Halifax Explosion.
It was a good article but I guess the word tragic is subjective. A few of them mentioned weren't more tragic IMO than Titanic. As Del brought up, could have added more to that list than some that were mentioned. Again its subjective. Was glad to see the Roman's mentioned. The Romans never really got the navy part down as they had some big loses at sea. But their economy allowed them to build huge fleets and they were successful by brute force thru numbers.
On 1 April 1873, White Star's Atlantic was wrecked on the Nova Scotia coast, with over 560 fatalities. This article appeared in that afternoon's edition of The New-York Times. Several paragraphs of geographical minutiae, possibly inserted as filler to be replaced if further details were...
On 1 April 1873, White Star's Atlantic was wrecked on the Nova Scotia coast, with over 560 fatalities. This article appeared in that afternoon's edition of The New-York Times. Several paragraphs of geographical minutiae, possibly inserted as filler to be replaced if further details were...