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Quiz
- The most famous maritime disaster of all time happened in which year with the sinking of RMS Titanic?
- Which ship was purposely sunk in an operation codenamed 'Operation Satanique" on 10 July 1985?
- Which ocean liner was sunk in May 1915, by a German U-boat 11 miles off the coast of Ireland?
- Name the ship carrying the heir to the English Throne that sunk in the English Channel in 1120?
- What was famously recovered from the wreck of HMS Lutine on 17 July 1858?
- Herald of Free Enterprise capsized and sank on 6 March 1987 after leaving which Belgian harbour?
- Which Royal Navy ship became the first to sink in action since the Second World War?
- RMS Queen Elizabeth was capsized by the water used to fight a fire aboard her in which harbour in 1972?
- Can you name pirate Blackbeard's ship which ran aground off the coast of North Carolina in 1718?
- Which American battleship's sunken remains were declared a National Historic Landmark on May 5, 1989?
- Which large oil tanker ran aground on 16 March 1978 off the coast of Brittany, France, resulting in the largest oil spill to that date?
- Which warship famously sank in the Battle of the Solent on 19 July, 1545?
- Which ship was run aground off present-day Haiti on 24 December 1492 with a cabin boy at the helm whilst Columbus slept?
- Which U.S. Navy heavy cruiser was famously sunk by a Japanese submarine after delivering components of the atomic bombs?
- Sir Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 men became stranded when which ship was trapped in pack ice before finally sinking in 1915?
Answers
- 1912
- Rainbow Warrior
- RMS Lusitania
- White Ship
- The Lutine Bell
- Zeebrugge
- HMS Sheffield
- Hong Kong Harbour
- Queen Anne's Revenge
- USS Arizona
- Amoco Cadiz
- Mary Rose
- Santa Maria
- USS Indianapolis
- Endurance