Largest Cruise Ship Sinking

Finally on September 1 1985 an ocean explorer by the name of Robert Ballard discovered her again.

Largest cruise ship sinking. Today Steven sinks the largest cruise ship ever sunk on this channel. 52 rows As of June 2020. According to the Wilhelm Gustloff Museum the rescue boat T-36 captained by Robert Hering managed to scoop up 564 people while simultaneously dropping depth charges in the hope of destroying the submarine that had sent the Gustloff to the bottom of the sea.

I also end up sinking them. Cruise ships get battered by the waves and people go flying in these cellphone captured videos. Of the 4200 aboard 32 died and 64 were injured.

Other ships also saved handfuls of people. The loss of the Wilhelm Gustloff a German military transport ship which was sunk on January 30 1945 has become infamous as the largest loss of life on a single ship. More than 4200 people were rescued though 32 people died.

Almost all modern cruise ships. Having received an emergency order to evacuate British nationals and troops from France the ship was loaded well in excess of its capacity of 1300 passengers. Several of the ships crew notably.

Horrible cruise ship events. RMS Lancastria was a British ocean liner requisitioned by the UK Government during the Second World War. When the RMS Titanic sunk in 1912 the grand ship took with her over 1500 people.

Modern estimates suggest that between 3000 and 5800 people died during the sinking the largest. For over 70 years the Titanic sat on the bottom of the ocean waiting for man to find her again. With her Maiden voyage set for December 5th lets take a closer look at this 15 billion behemoth of the seas.