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Maritime disasters
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The list Maritime disasters includes
Earlshall, SS Regulus, HMS Doterel (1880), MS Totila and MV Mario Roselli.
The list consists of 18 members
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Soviet evacuation of Tallinn
Evacuation of the Baltic Fleet and pro-Soviet citizens from Tallinn
Overview: The Soviet evacuation of Tallinn, also called Juminda mine battle, Tallinn disaster or Russian Dunkirk, was a Soviet operation to evacuate the 190 ships of the Baltic Fleet, units of the Red Army, and ...
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HMS Doterel (1880)
1880 Doterel-class screw sloopOverview: HMS Doterel was a Doterel-class sloop launched by the Royal Navy in 1880. She sank at anchor off Punta Arenas after an explosion on 26 April 1881. Her loss caused the deaths of 143 crew members, and there ... 0
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MS Totila
German cargo shipOverview: Totila was a German cargo ship which was sunk during World War II on 10 May 1944 near Khersones during the Axis evacuation of the Crimea, killing up to 5,000 German and Romanian soldiers. 0
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MV Mario Roselli
Italian cargo shipOverview: Mario Roselli was an Italian cargo ship, confiscated by Nazi Germany, which was sunk by Allied aircraft on 11 October 1943 in Corfu Bay, killing 1,302 Italian POWs. 0
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The captain goes down with the ship
maritime tradition
Overview: "The captain goes down with the ship" is the maritime tradition that a sea captain holds the ultimate responsibility for both the ship and everyone embarked on it, and in an emergency they will devote ... 0
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Capsizing
action where a vessel turns on to its side or is upside down
Overview: Capsizing or keeling over occurs when a boat or ship is rolled on its side or further by wave action, instability or wind force beyond the angle of positive static stability or it is upside down in the ... 0
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Refah tragedy
A marine disaster in Turkey
Overview: The Refah tragedy (Turkish: Refah faciası) was a maritime disaster that took place during World War II, in June 1941, when the cargo steamer Refah of neutral Turkey, carrying Turkish military personnel ... 0
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1967 USS Forrestal fire
Shipboard fire at sea
Overview: On 29 July 1967, a fire broke out on board the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal after an electrical anomaly caused a Zuni rocket on an F-4B Phantom to fire, striking an external fuel tank of an A-4 Skyhawk ... 0
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Struma disaster
1942 maritime attack in the Black SeaOverview: The Struma disaster was the sinking on 24 February 1942 of a ship, MV Struma, which had been trying to take nearly 800 Jewish refugees from the Axis member Romania to Mandatory Palestine. She was a small ... 0
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HMS Captain (1869)
British warship
Overview: HMS Captain was a major warship built for the Royal Navy as a semi-private venture, following a dispute between the designer and the Admiralty. With wrought-iron armour, steam propulsion, and the main ... 0
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Tristan da Cunha lifeboat disaster
1885 Maritime Disaster
Overview: The Tristan da Cunha lifeboat disaster, which occurred on 27 November 1885, was a tragedy which saw the island of Tristan da Cunha suffer its biggest loss of life during a single event. 0
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Cleggan Bay Disaster
1927 disaster in Cleggan Bay, County Galway, Ireland
Overview: The Cleggan Bay Disaster, which occurred on 27 October 1927, was a strong gale that resulted in the deaths of 45 fishermen off the coast of County Galway. 0
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Earlshall
Ship
Overview: Earlshall (73405) was an iron hulled Barque registered in St. John's, Dominion of Newfoundland. It ran aground and wrecked on January 24, 1915 with no loss of life in Leeward Cove, 1.5 miles south of ... 0
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Overview: SS Regulus was a steamship registered in St. John's, Dominion of Newfoundland. She was lost, with all hands, on October 23, 1910 on the rocks known as Hayes' Reef in Leeward Cove (now known as Lower Cove) ... 0
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15.Overview: Caterina Costa was an 8,060-ton motor ship. On March 28, 1943, while loading ammunition and supplies at Naples during World War II, the vessel caught fire and exploded. 600 people died and over 3,000 were ... 0
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Texas Tower 4
Radar station of the United States Air Force
Overview: Texas Tower 4 (ADC ID: TT-4) was a United States Air Force Texas Tower General Surveillance Radar station, located 63 miles (101 km) south-southeast off the coast of Long Island, New York in 185 feet (56 ... 0
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SS Tilawa
steamshipOverview: SS Tilawa was an ocean liner of the British India Steam Navigation Company launched in 1924. She was the only passenger liner sunk during World War 2, targeted by a submarine of the Imperial Japanese Navy ... 0
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18.Overview: SS Petrella was a German merchant ship, which was torpedoed and sunk on 8 February 1944, north of Souda Bay, Crete, killing some 2,670 of the Italian POWs aboard. 0
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