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1. Built in Ireland, brand-new and on its maiden voyage, this famous White Star line passenger liner collided with an iceberg and sank in 1912. What is its name?
2. Even modern technology can go wrong. A passenger ship for the Italian Line, she was fast, radar-equipped, fog-bound and doomed. After colliding with the Motor Vessel Stockholm, she capsized and sank off Nantucket in 1956. Which ship was this?
3. In 1862 this revolutionary little ironclad battled the CSS Virginia, but was lost in a storm in the "Graveyard of the Atlantic" on New Year's Eve. Built in New York and designed by a Swedish inventor, what was its name?
4. Known as "The Ship of Gold", this American vessel sailed from Central America for New York City in 1857. She was caught by a hurricane off the Carolinas and sank with the loss of 400 people and 30,000 pounds of gold. Which ship was this?
5. Lost in the "Perfect Storm" of 1991, the tragic story of this Gloucester, Massachusetts fishing vessel was made into a movie of the same name. What was the boat's name?
6. Although not sunk herself, this massive ocean liner collided with the escort vessel HMS Curacao in 1942 off the coast of Ireland. The Curacao was cut in two and over 200 of her crew were lost. What was the name of this Scottish built, English liner?
7. This American Paddle-wheel passenger steamer sank off Newfoundland, Canada in 1854 after colliding with another ship. Over 400 were lost, but most shocking was that no women or children survived. Named after the geographic area just to the north of where she sank, her loss diminished American influence on the Atlantic allowing a young upstart named Cunard to surge ahead.
8. This Canadian trans-atlantic ship was lost in 1914 after a collision in the Saint Lawrence River (near the Atlantic). Although resulting in as large a loss of life as the Titanic, she carried few famous passengers and quickly faded from the news with the outbreak of the First World War.
9. Named after the fort at the entrance of Havana Cuba, this American passenger liner burned with a heavy loss of life under mysterious circumstances in 1934. She later drifted ashore at Asbury Park, New Jersey.
10. The first modern supertanker to be lost ran aground off the Scilly Islands England in 1967 due to the Captain trying to take a short cut. What was her name?
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