5 Deadliest Shipwrecks of All Time
Bangalore: Ever since the very beginning of mankind, humans have always tried to tame the oceans by building unsinkable ships, but have failed repeatedly. As a result of which, the history of human race is filled with innumerable number of shipwrecks and disasters at sea. Let us remember a few of the greatest maritime disasters in the history of mankind, as reported Syed Balkhi on the list25.com and other sources.
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# 1. Empress of Ireland: (29th May 1914)
The Empress of Ireland is one of the greatest disasters at sea of all time and was nearly unknown as it occurred on the verge of the First World War. The ship sank after colliding with another ship in the St. Lawrence River. This disaster witnessed as greater number casualties than the famed Titanic which sank two years earlier and received all the media attention. It took all but 462 out of a total of 1477 lives on board with her. The main culprit behind this disaster is the fog.
