Comments on: Top 10 Catastrophic Shipwrecks

By: Tom S

Tom S — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:48:40 +0000

Who wrote and researched this? This is ridiculous. Where is the PS General Slocum ?? Over 1000 passengers died in 1904 outside NY City. Until September 11, 2001 it was by far the largest loss of life catastrophe in New York History. Just google it.

By: ur noobs

ur noobs — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:00:07 +0000

noobs.

By: Fred

Fred — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 08:26:04 +0000

The Wreck of the Edmind Fitzgerald has just as strong or stronger history than a couple of these ships listed there and should be in the middle of that list.

By: Sally

Sally — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:31:03 +0000

Many more too! This is only the most infamous ones…
It’s all really interesting history. Down near the coast where I live (along the Great Ocean Road in Victoria, Austalis [I live in Melbourne]) there have been some amazing shipwrecks, such as the RMS Lochard… Where a young sailor saved the life of Eva Carmichael, who was some famous businessman’s daughter… Quite the romantic tale!

By: meridith

meridith — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 04:25:29 +0000

is this true…?’cuzz.. as far as i know the deadliest maritime disaster in history was on 30th day of January 1945 at Baltic sea.where in the torpedoing of the Wilhelm Gustloff by the Russian submarine S-13 resulted in over 9,000 tragic deaths. Do you think this should be the 1st in your list?
if you want to know the story about it,, check this out.
http://www.wilhelmgustloff.com/

By: Frank

Frank — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:39:41 +0000

Guys – what about the sinking of the Gustloff (9000 civilians) and the Goya (8000 civilians) in 1945 – the greatest loss of life in maritime history – according to Wikipedia ?

By: Alison Mayor

Alison Mayor — Sun, 02 Oct 2011 10:36:33 +0000

Why does the SS Mendi not appear in this list? The Mendi was a British troopship carrying 803 officers and men of the South African Native Labour Corps from Cape Town to France. Shortly before 05:00 on the 21st February 1917 she was rammed by the steamer Darro, approximately 11 nautical miles off St Catherine’s Point on the Isle of Wight. The Mendi sank in less than 20 minutes with the loss of 649 lives and is now a protected wreck.

By: Zootycooner

Zootycooner — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 03:27:46 +0000

No not all of them are right 6. is RMS Lusitania with a total of 1,198 people dead

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By: Roni

Roni — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 20:59:02 +0000

I think the Wilheilm should be on this list since there are so many factors as to why the death toll was so high. It was a overloaded refugee ship sank by torpedos. I think of it more of like a Titanic hit by a torpedo. Civilian/political mix.