Timeline of Select Shipping Disasters (1900s-1910s)
Keeping it in perspective
This is a partial list of shipping catastrophes from the 1900s until the 1910s. I was curious and I bet you might be too.
Here’s the list in text form:
Timeline of Select Shipping Disasters (1900s-1910s)
1900s
1904 (June 15): General Slocum - A passenger steamboat caught fire and sank in the East River of New York City, resulting in the deaths of 1,021 of the 1,342 people on board.
1907 (July 20): SS Columbia - A passenger steamship sank after colliding with the steam schooner San Pedro off Shelter Cove, California, killing 88 people.
1907 (August 4): SS Principessa Jolanda - An Italian passenger ship capsized and sank off the coast of Italy during her launch, resulting in significant loss of life.
1907 (November 21): SS Hilda - A British steamship sank after striking rocks in the English Channel, resulting in the loss of 125 lives.
1907 (November 29): SS Cyprian - A cargo steamship capsized in a storm off Cape Finisterre, Spain, killing 80.
1910s
1912 (April 14-15): RMS Titanic - The British passenger liner struck an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City, with the loss of more than 1,500 lives.
1913 (January 30): SS Kiche Maru - A Japanese cargo ship sank during a storm off the coast of Japan, resulting in the deaths of 1,000 people.
1913 (November 7-10): Great Lakes Storm - Several ships, including the SS Wexford and SS Charles S. Price, sank during a severe storm on the Great Lakes, resulting in the loss of more than 250 lives.
1914 (May 29): RMS Empress of Ireland - A Canadian ocean liner sank after colliding with the Norwegian collier Storstad in the Saint Lawrence River, with 1,012 lives lost.
1915 (January 24): SS Iwate Maru - A Japanese cargo ship capsized and sank during a storm in the Pacific Ocean, killing 486 people.
1915 (May 7): RMS Lusitania - The British ocean liner was torpedoed by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland, resulting in the deaths of 1,198 passengers and crew.
1915 (July 24): SS Eastland - A passenger ship capsized in the Chicago River while tied to a dock, resulting in the deaths of 844 passengers and crew.
1916 (January 9): SS Caithness - A British cargo ship sank in a storm off the coast of Ireland, killing 98 people.
1917 (December 6): SS Mont-Blanc - A French cargo ship carrying munitions exploded in Halifax Harbour, Nova Scotia, causing the Halifax Explosion that killed about 2,000 people.
1918 (February 26): USS Cyclops - A US Navy cargo ship disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle with 306 crew and passengers on board, presumed lost with all hands.
1918 (July 19): RMS Carpathia - The British passenger ship was sunk by a German U-boat off the coast of Ireland, with the loss of 5 lives.
1918 (November 3): SS Princess Sophia - A Canadian passenger ship sank after running aground on Vanderbilt Reef in Alaska, killing all 364 people on board.
1918 (December 24): HMHS Britannic - The British hospital ship struck a mine and sank in the Aegean Sea, with the loss of 30 lives.
