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USS President Lincoln (1907)
Ships sunk by German submarines
Clemson University
The institute will be located in North Charleston and subsume the Hunley Commission that is currently undertaking the stabilization of the Hunley, the world's first submarine to sink a ship.
RMS Empress of Britain (1931)
Ships sunk by German submarines
Wilhelm Gustloff (ship)
Ships sunk by Soviet submarines
January 15
1913 - Alexander Marinesko, captain of the S-13 submarine, which sank the German ship Wilhelm Gustloff (d. 1963)
Mediterranean, Middle East and African theatres of World War II
The result of the successful defence of the island ensured that the Allies had the upper hand in controlling the Mediterranean; in fact, the island served as an excellent point from which British submarines could sink Axis supply ships, leading to the fuel and supply shortages that Rommel had to cope with in North Africa.
RMS Lusitania
Ships sunk by German submarines
Bombe
Between January and March 1942, German submarines sank 216 ships off the US East Coast.
SS City of Benares
Ships sunk by German submarines
SS Californian
The ship was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on 9 November 1915, 61 miles (98 km) southwest of Cape Matapan, Greece with the loss of one life.
SS Californian
Ships sunk by German submarines
October 15
1863 - American Civil War: The CSS H. L. Hunley, the first submarine to sink a ship, sinks during a test, killing its inventor, Horace L. Hunley.
Airship
During the war some 532 ships without airship escort were sunk near the US coast by enemy submarines.
Boston University
However, she was killed when her ship, the RMS Lusitania, was torpedoed and sunk by German submarines on May 7, 1915.
Falklands War
The nuclear-powered submarine HMS Conqueror, captained by Commander Christopher Wreford-Brown, sank Belgrano on 2 May with two (of three fired) Mk 8 Mod 4 torpedoes of interwar-vintage design; these were chosen as they carried a larger warhead and contact fuses and there were worries surrounding the reliability of the newer Tigerfish torpedoes.
Falklands War
Losses from Belgrano totalled just over half of Argentine deaths in the Falklands conflict, and the Belgrano remains the only ship ever sunk by a nuclear submarine in combat, and only the second warship sunk by a submarine since the end of the Second World War (the first being the Khukri, an Indian frigate sunk during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971).
Brazilian Expeditionary Force (FEB)
In August 1942, one single German submarine, the U-507, sank five Brazilian vessels in two days, causing more than six hundred deaths:
U-boat
On 17 March, German submarines sank three American merchant vessels, and the U.S. declared war in April 1917.
Woodrow Wilson
While German submarines were sinking merchant ships, the U.S. and Wilson stayed neutral.
World War I
After submarines sank seven U.S. merchant ships and the publication of the Zimmerman telegram, Wilson called for war on Germany, which the U.S. Congress declared on 6 April 1917.
World War I
After submarines sank seven U.S. merchant ships and the publication of the Zimmerman telegram, Wilson called for war on Germany, which the U.S. Congress declared on 6 April 1917.
Falklands War
Losses from Belgrano totalled just over half of Argentine deaths in the Falklands conflict, and the Belgrano remains the only ship ever sunk by a nuclear submarine in combat, and only the second warship sunk by a submarine since the end of the Second World War (the first being the Khukri, an Indian frigate sunk during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971).
Attack on Sydney Harbour
The third submarine attempted to torpedo the heavy cruiser USS Chicago, but instead sank the converted ferry HMAS Kuttabul, killing 21 sailors.
September 10
1939 - World War II: The submarine HMS Oxley is mistakenly sunk by the submarine HMS Triton near Norway and becomes the Royal Navy's first loss.
U-boat
On 17 March, German submarines sank three American merchant vessels, and the U.S. declared war in April 1917.
Attack on Sydney Harbour
The third submarine attempted to torpedo the heavy cruiser USS Chicago, but instead sank the converted ferry HMAS Kuttabul, killing 21 sailors.
Attack on Mers-el-Kébir
Subsequently, on 4 July, the British submarine HMS Pandora sank the French aviso (gunboat) Rigault de Genouilly, sailing from Oran.
Battle of Coronel
Six weeks earlier a German submarine had sunk three British cruisers patrolling the English Channel.
Akula class submarine
The fictional Akula-class submarine Admiral Lunin sinks the USS Maine SSBN near the end of Tom Clancy's novel The Sum of All Fears.
Maritime disaster
AHS Centaur - An Australian hospital ship sunk by a Japanese submarine on 14 May 1943.
Maritime disaster
Goya (Germany) The German transport ship Goya was torpedoed and sunk by a Russian submarine on 16th April 1945.
Maritime disaster
Wilhelm Gustloff (Germany) On 30th January 1945 while evacuating civilian refugees, German soldiers and U-boat personnel the Gustloff was sunk by a Russian submarine in the Baltic Sea.
Boston University
However, she was killed when her ship, the RMS Lusitania, was torpedoed and sunk by German submarines on May 7, 1915.
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