The Titanic's Sister Sinks Too
On November 21, 1916, the HMHS Britannic — sister ship of the Titanic and the world's largest hospital ship — struck a mine in the Aegean and sank in just 55 minutes.
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Sunk by a Whale: The Real Moby-Dick
On November 20, 1820, a sperm whale rammed and sank the Nantucket whaleship Essex in the Pacific, beginning an 83-day survival ordeal that inspired Moby-Dick.
The Lusitania Goes Down
On May 7, 1915, the German submarine U-20 torpedoed the British liner Lusitania off the coast of Ireland, killing nearly 1,200 people and turning world opinion against Germany.