Top 20 Most Deadly Shipwrecks of All Time
VOICE OVER: Peter DeGiglio
WRITTEN BY: Joshua Garvin
These historical shipwrecks are the stuff of legend! Welcome to WatchMojo, and today we're looking at the worst shipwrecks, whether by combat, natural disaster, or accident. Our countdown of the biggest shipwrecks of all time includes HMS Victory (1744), SS Castillo de Olite (1939), SS Sultana (1865), SS Kiangya (1948), The Spanish Armada (1588), and more!
- #21: HMS Victory (1744)
- #20: RMS Empress of Ireland (1914)
- #19: USS Arizona (1941)
- #18: RMS Lusitania (1915)
- #17: HMS Hood (1941)
- #16: SS Castillo de Olite (1939)
- #15: Chinese Steamer Ship Taiping (1949)
- #14: Haitian Ferry Neptune (1993)
- #13: RMS Titanic (1912)
- #12: SS Sultana (1865)
- #11: MV Le Joola (2002)
- #10: SS Mont-Blanc (1917)
- #9: German Battleship Bismarck (1941)
- #8: Japanese Battleship Yamato (1945)
- #7: SS Kiangya (1948)
- #6: MV Doña Paz (1987)
- #5: RMS Lancastria (1940)
- #4: MV Wilhelm Gustloff (1945)
- #3: The Spanish Armada (1588)
- #2: The Lost Fleet of Kublai Khan (1281)
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