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Lost at Sea — bonus #19 answers

Theme: Lost at Sea

Starting event: The Titanic strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks (1912)

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1. 1545
   Sail

   Henry VIII's warship the Mary Rose sinks in the Solent

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2. 1620
   Crossings

   The Mayflower carries English families across the Atlantic to New England

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3. 1765
   Sail

   Nelson's future flagship Victory is launched at Chatham

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4. 1789
   Mutiny

   The crew of the Bounty mutiny in the Pacific and set their captain adrift

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5. 1797
   Warships

   The frigate Constitution is launched at Boston

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6. 1819
   Crossings

   The Savannah becomes the first steamship to cross the Atlantic

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7. 1843
   Engineering

   Brunel's Great Britain is launched as the largest vessel yet built

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8. 1858
   Engineering

   Brunel's Great Eastern is launched, by far the largest ship of her day

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9. 1869
   Sail

   The clipper Cutty Sark is built on the Clyde for the tea trade

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10. 1912
    WrecksStarting event

    The Titanic strikes an iceberg on her maiden voyage and sinks

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11. 1915
    Wrecks

    A German torpedo sinks the liner Lusitania off the Irish coast

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12. 1941
    Warships

    The Royal Navy sinks the German battleship Bismarck in the Atlantic

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13. 1947
    Crossings

    Thor Heyerdahl crosses the Pacific on a balsa raft called Kon-Tiki

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14. 1954
    Warships

    The Nautilus is commissioned as the first nuclear-powered vessel

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15. 1956
    Wrecks

    The liner Andrea Doria sinks after a collision off Nantucket

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16. 1967
    Disasters

    The tanker Torrey Canyon runs aground off Cornwall and fouls the coast

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17. 1987
    Disasters

    The ferry Doña Paz collides with a tanker in the Philippines

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18. 1989
    Disasters

    The Exxon Valdez runs aground and spills crude oil into Prince William Sound

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19. 1994
    Disasters

    The ferry Estonia sinks in the Baltic on the crossing to Stockholm

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20. 2000
    Warships

    The submarine Kursk sinks in the Barents Sea with all hands

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21. 2012
    Wrecks

    The Costa Concordia strikes a rock off the Italian coast and rolls onto her side

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