Ships sunk in collisions

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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 100. Chapters: USS R-19, French submarine Surcouf, USS Stickleback, RMS Titanic, SS Andrea Doria, HMS Victoria, USS Borie, RMS Empress of Ireland, SS Empire Simba, BAP Pacocha, Preußen, SS Washingtonian, SS El Sol, USS Hobson, SS Mendi, USS West Gate, SS Admiral Nakhimov, USS PC-815, RMS Republic, USS Noa, USCGC Cuyahoga, SS Oregon, HMS Diana, HMS Punjabi, SS Ville du Havre, HMS Imogen, SS Connemara, HMS Gay Viking, SAS President Kruger, HMS Bittern, USS Walter B. Cobb, HMS Curacoa, HMS Truculent, USS Frank E. Evans, HMS Hazard, USS Blower, Northern Light, HMS Otranto, USS S-4, USS Oosterdijk, HMS Waterwitch, USS S-51, Japanese cruiser Yoshino, SS Arctic, HMS Umpire, HMS Poseidon, USS Bancroft, HMS Vanguard, SMS Grosser Kurfürst, HMS M1, USS Zaanland, USS McCulloch, HMS Gladiator, USS Sumpter, USS Ingraham, Fujikawa Maru, USCS Robert J. Walker, USS O-5, USS Fli-Hawk, USS Chauncey, USS Mary Alice, SM UC-78, USS F-1, HMS K4, HMS K1, USS Arvilla, USS Elizabeth, HMS Unity, USS S-26, HMS K17, USS Bonita, HMS C16, HMS Eden, MV Aeolian Sky, HMS H5, USS Freehold, USS Valor, Agnes Blaikie, USS St. Augustine, HMS D2, USRC Mohawk, HMS L24, USS Moonstone, USS Hornbill, USS Simplicity, HMS Mandarin, HMS C11, HMS C17, HMS H47, SM U-103, Valkyrie II, HMS Arno, Northfleet, HMS Fairy, HMS Wolverine, USS Tarantula, HMS C12, HMS E36, HMS B2, SS La Bourgogne, Ship collision, SS Papoose, USS PC-457, SS City of Launceston, United States lightship LV-117, Alma A. E. Holmes, MS Empress of Australia, Shiun Maru disaster, December 2009 Philippines ferry collision. Excerpt: RMS Titanic was a passenger liner that struck an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, and sank on 15 April 1912. She hit the iceberg four days into the crossing, at 23:40 on 14 April 1912, and sank at 2:20 the following morning, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. The largest passenger steamship in the world, the Olympic-class RMS Titanic was owned by the White Star Line and constructed at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland. She set sail for New York City on 10 April 1912 with 2,223 people on board. The high casualty rate resulting from the sinking was due in part to the fact that, although complying with the regulations of the time, the ship carried lifeboats for only 1,178 people. A disproportionate number of men died due to the "women and children first" protocol that was enforced by the ship's crew. Titanic was designed by experienced engineers, using some of the most advanced technologies and extensive safety features of the time. Adding to the ironic nature of the tragedy is the fact that the liner sank on her maiden voyage. The high loss of life, the media frenzy over Titanics famous victims, the legends about the sinking, the resulting changes in maritime law, and the discovery of the wreck have all contributed to the enduring interest in Titanic. Titanic was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, in the UK, and designed to compete with the rival Cunard Line's Lusitania and Mauretania. Titanic, along with her Olympic-class sisters, Olympic and the soon-to-be-built Britannic (originally named Gigantic), were intended to be the largest, most luxurious ships ever to sail. The designers were Lord Pirrie, a director of both Harland and Wolff and White Star, naval architect Thomas Andrews, Harland and Wolff's construction manager and...