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There are many ships that were at one point sunken either by a torpedo, involved in a collision or scuttled by a group/company for varying factors. Each of these ships that had sunk are all listed by operator.

List

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Atlantic Transport Line

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Image Name Build date Builder Date of sinking Cause of sinking Location Notes Refs.
SS Minnetonka 1901 Harland & Wolff January 30, 1918 Torpedoed by U-64 submarine Malta [1]

Cunard Line

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Image Name Build date Builder Date of sinking Cause of sinking Location Notes Refs.
RMS Lusitania August 17, 1904 – June 7, 1906 John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland May 7, 1915 Torpedoed by SM U-20, on May 7, 1915 Celtic Sea, near Old Head of Kinsale, Ireland [2][note 1]
RMS Carpathia September 10, 1901 – February 1903 C.S. Swan & Hunter, Wallsend, England July 17, 1918 Torpedoed by a SM U-55 120 mi (190 km; 190,000,000 mm; 190,000 m; 19,000,000 cm) west of Fastnet, Ireland Nicknamed "Titanic's Hero" [3]

Royal Navy

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Image Name Build date Builder Date of sinking Cause of sinking Location Notes Refs.
HMS Leander (F109) April 10, 1959 – March 27, 1963 Harland & Wolff September 14, 1989 Sunken by a Sea Dart missile, three Exocets and one gravity bomb [4]

White Star Line

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Vessel Wreck Name Build date Builder Date of sinking Cause of sinking Location Notes Refs.
RMS Titanic March 31, 1909–April 2, 1912 Harland & Wolff April 14th–15th, 1912 Striking an Iceberg North Atlantic Ocean [5][note 2]
HMHS Britannic November 31, 1911–December 12, 1915 Harland & Wolff November 21, 1916 Striking a sea mine Off the Island of Kea based at the Aegean Sea [6]
SS Vaderland/SS Southland 1900 John Brown & Company, Clydebank, Glasgow, Scotland June 4, 1917 Torpedoed by U-70 submarine
SS Delphic 1897 Harland & Wolff August 16, 1917 Torpedoed by UC-72 submarine Off Bishop Rock, Isles of Scilly [7]
SS Ceramic 1912–1913 Harland & Wolff December 6–7, 1942 Torpedoed by U-515 near Newfoundland [8]

William Johnstone

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Image Name Build date Builder Date of sinking Cause of sinking Location Notes Refs.
SS Blairmore 1894 Harland & Wolff September 22, 1917 Torpedoed by a German UB-40 submarine near Berry Head, Devon, England [9]

Notes

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  1. ^ See Sinking of the Lusitania
  2. ^ See Sinking of the Titanic

References

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  1. ^ "Minnetonka". www.theyard.info. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  2. ^ Preston, D (2003). Wilful Murder. The Sinking of the Lusitania. London : Black Swan. ISBN 978-0-552-99886-4.
  3. ^ "RMS Carpathia (1903)". www.tynebuiltships.co.uk. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  4. ^ "HMS Leander". www.theyard.info. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  5. ^ "Titanic". www.theyard.info. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  6. ^ "HMHS Britannic". www.theyard.info. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  7. ^ "Delphic". www.theyard.info. Retrieved 2024-06-28.
  8. ^ "Ceramic". www.theyard.info. Retrieved 2024-06-29.
  9. ^ "Blairmore". www.theyard.info. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
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