Ship(s), Nationality or Ownership	Date	Cause, Location	Deaths
* Wilheim Gustloff (German refugee ship)	30 Jan 1945	sunk by torpedos from Soviet sub S-13, Baltic NNE of Leba	6000 to 8000
* Goya (/German Navy troop/refugee ship)	16-17 Apr 1945	sunk by torpedos from Soviet sub L-3, Baltic near Hela	7000 -
*? [Chinese army evacuation ship]	Nov 1948	explosion, off southern Manchuria	6000
* Junyo Maru (Imperial Japanese Navy prisoner ship)	18 Sep 1944	sunk by torpedos from sub HMS Tradewind, off Sumatra	5620
* Toyama Maru (Imperial Japanese Navy transport)	29 Jun 1944	sunk by torpedos from sub USS Sturgeon, bound for Okinawa	5400
* Cap Arcona (HSA/German Navy refugee ship)	03 May 1945	British fighter bombers, Lubeck Bay	5000 +/-
Dona Paz [Philippine]	20 Dec 1987	collision with oil tanker Victor, Tablas Strait	4341
* Lancastria (Cunard/Military troopship)	17 Jun 1940	sunk by German bomber, off St. Nazaire	3500 to 6500
* General von Steuben (German military transport)	10 Feb 1945	sunk by torpedos from Soviet sub S-13, off Stolpe Bank, Baltic	3500
* Provence (French Navy auxil' cruiser)	26 Feb 1916	sunk by torpedos from German sub U-35, off Kithira Island, Greece	3100
* Thielbek (German refugee ship)	03 May 1945	British fighter bombers, Lubeck Bay	2800 +/-
* Neptunia (Italian military transport)	18 Sep 1941	sunk by torpedos from sub HMS Upholder, off Tripoli	2500
* Oceania (Italian military transport)	18 Sep 1941	sunk by torpedos from sub HMS Upholder, off Tripoli	2500
* Yamato (Imperial Japanese Navy battleship)	07 Apr 1945	American attack, SW of Kagoshima	2498
* Bismark (German Navy)	27 May 1941	British air and warship attack	2200
* Sinfra (German prisoner transport)	19 Oct 1943	sunk by aircraft attack, north of Crete	2098
* Ural Maru (Japanese transport)	27 Sep 1944	sunk by torpedos from sub USS Flasher, 240 km west of Masinlik, Philippines	2000
* Scharnhorst (German Navy)	26 Dec 1943	sunk by British naval attack, off North Cape of Norway	1964
* Rigel (German prisoner transport)	27 Nov 1944	sunk by aircraft from HMS Implacable, north of Namsos	1833
* Arisan Maru (Japanese prisoner ship)	24 Oct 1944	sunk by torpedos from sub USS Snook, South China Sea	1792
* Taiho (Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft carrier)	19 Jun 1944	burned and foundered after torpedoed by USS Albacore, west of Guam	1650
Mont Blanc [French], Imo [Belgian]	06 Dec 1917	collision and explosion, Halifax harbour	1600 (two ships and land deaths)
Titanic (WSL)	15-16 Apr 1912	sank after collision with iceberg, North Atlantic	1523
Sultana [American]	27 Apr 1865	boiler explosion on the Mississippi	1450 (up to 1900)
* HMS Hood (RN)	21 May 1941	German warships, North Atlantic	1338
* Lusitania (Cunard)	07 May 1915	German sub torpedo	1198
* USS Arizona [USN]	07 Dec 1941	bombed and sunk by Japanese aircraft, Pearl Harbor	1177
Toya Maru [Japanese]	26 Sep 1954	sank in Tsugaru Strait, Japan	1172
* Kiangya [Chinese]	03 Dec 1948	explosion (probably mine), south of Shanghai	1100 +
Estonia [Estonian]	28 Sep 1994	swamped through bow door and sank, Baltic Sea	1049
General Slocum [American]	15 Jun 1904	burned, East River, New York City	1030
* HMS Invincible (RN)	June 1916	Battle of Jutland against German Navy	1026
Empress of Ireland (CP)	29 May 1914	collision in fog with collier Storstad, St. Lawrence River	1014
* Bretagne (French Navy)	July 1940	British attack, Oran, Algeria	1012
Kichemaru [Japanese]	28 Sep 1912	sank off Japan	1000
Hsin Yu [Chinese]	29 Aug 1916	sank off China	1000
Hong Kong	18 Mar 1921	wrecked in South China Sea	1000
* Tirpitz [German Navy]	12 Nov 1944	bombed and sunk by British forces, 69º 36' north, 18º 59' east	971
Eastland [American]	24 Jul 1915	rolled over, Chicago River	844
* HMS Royal Oak (RN)	13 Oct 1939	German U-boat torpedos, Scapa Flow	833
* Leopold (Belgian troopship)	24 Dec 1944	German sub torpedo	802
Princess Alice [British]	03 Sep 1878	collision on Thames River (Engl)	700
* Dorchester (allied troopship)	03 Feb 1943	German sub torpedo	673
Norge [Danish]	28 Jun 1904	wrecked on Rockall Island	620
Atlantic (WSL)	30 Mar 1873	struck a rock off Nova Scotia	585
Tamponas II [Indonesian]	27 Jan 1981	fire, Java Sea	580
Utopia [British]	17 Mar 1891	collision with HMS Anson off Gibralter	562
Principe de Asturias [Spanish]	03 Mar 1916	wrecked near Santos, Brazil	558
La Bourgogne [French]	04 Jul 1898	collision with British sailing ship Cromartyshire off Nova Scotia	549
Ertogrul [Turkish]	19 Sep 1890	foundered off Japan	540
* HMS Courageous (RN)	17 Sep 1939	German U-boat torpedos, southwest of Ireland	515
Grandcamp [French]	16 Apr 1947	explosion and fire, Texas City TX	510
Neptune [Haitian]	17 Feb 1993	capsized off Port-au-Prince, Haiti	500 +
Bukoba	21 May 1996	sank, Lake Victoria, Africa	500
Kawachi (Imperial Japanese Navy)	12 Jul 1918	explosion, Tokayama Bay	500
Kiang-Kwan [Chinese]	25 Apr 1918	collision off Hankow	500
Principe de Asturias [Spanish]	05 Mar 1912	wrecked off Spain	500
Valbanera [Spanish]	09 Sep 1919	lost off Florida	500
City of Glasgow [British]	Mar 1854	Missing in North Atlantic	480
Austria [German]	23 Sep 1858	fire, North Atlantic	471
Mary Rose (RN)	19 Jul 1545	rolled over and sank during battle, the Solent	470 +/-
Salem Express	14 Dec 1991	rammed coral reef near Safaga, Egypt	462
Chaonia [French]	17 Jan 1919	lost in straits of Messina	460
HMS Birkenhead (RN)	26 Feb 1862	foundered on a rock	445
[Indian ferry]	06 Aug 1988	capsized on Ganges River	400 +
Duburg [British]	17 Feb 1890	wrecked, China Sea	400
Reina Regenta [Spanish]	11 Mar 1895	foundered near Gibralter	400
Wah Yeung [British]	15 Nov 1887	burned at sea	400
Princess Sophia [Canadian]	25 Oct 1918	sank off Alaska	398
Admiral Nakhimov [Soviet], Pyotr Vasev [Soviet]	31 Aug 1986	collision, Black Sea	398
Himera [Greek]	19 Jan 1947	struck mine off Athens	392
Cimbria [German]	19 Jan 1883	collision with British steamer Sultan, North Sea	389
* General Belgrano (Argentine Navy)	26 Apr 1982	British sub torpedo, South Atlantic	368
Tenth of Ramadan [Egyptian]	25 May 1983	fire, Lake Nasser	357
Sirio [Italian]	04 Aug 1906	wrecked of Cape Palos, Spain	350
HMS Curacao (RN)	02 Oct 1942	run over by Queen Mary, Irish Sea	338
Elbe [German]	30 Jan 1895	collision with British steamer Craithie, North Sea	332
* HMS Prince of Wales [Royal Navy]	10 Dec 1941	bombed and sunk by Japanese forces, east coast of Malaya	327
Principessa Mafalda [Italian]	25 Oct 1927	explosion, off Porto Seguro, Brazil	314
Schiller [German]	07 May 1875	wrecked off Scilly Isles	312
Namyong-Ho [South Korean]	15 Dec 1970	sank, Korean Strait	308
Matsu Maru [Japanese]	23 Mar 1908	collision near Hakodate	300
Niitaka (Imperial Japanese Navy)	26 Aug 1922	sank in storm off Kamchatka	300
Northfleet [British]	22 Jan 1873	foundered off Dungeness, Engl	300
Waratah [British]	01 Aug 1909	missing enroute from Durban, South Africa, to Sydney, Australia	300
Arctic (Collins Line)	27 Sep 1854	collision with French steamer Vesta near Cape Race	285 to 351
Liberte (French Navy)	25 Sep 1911	explosion at Toulon	285
West Sea Ferry	10 Oct 1993	capsized in storm, Yellow Sea near Western South Korea	285
[Nigerian passenger boat]	04 Apr 1998	capsized off Ibaka Beach, Nigeria	280
Eshghabad [Soviet]	14 Jul 1957	ran aground, Caspian Sea	270
[Bangladeshi ferry]	20 Apr 1986	sank near Barisal, Bangladesh	262
USS Maine (USN)	15 Feb 1898	explosion, Havana harbour	260
Save [Portugese]	08 Jul 1961	ran aground off Mozambique	259
[Bangladeshi motor launch]	01 May 1974	capsized off Bangladesh	250
Anglo-Saxon [British]	27 Apr 1863	wrecked at Cape Race	238
Pacific [American]	04 Nov 1875	collision off Cape Flattery	236
Dara [British]	08 Apr 1962	explosion, Persian Gulf	236
Ville du Harve [French]	23 Nov 1873	collision with British sailing ship Loch Earn	226
Byzantin [French]	18 Dec 1878	collision, Dardanelles	210
USS Truxtun (USN), USS Pollux (USN)	18 Feb 1942	ran aground, off Nfld	204 (two ships)
[destroyer] (Soviet Navy)	26 Sep 1974	sank, Black Sea	200 +
Pride of la Gonave [Haitian]	08 Sep 1997	sank off Montrouis, Haiti	200 +
[Congolese passenger boat], [Congolese passenger boat]	02 Sep 1998	capsized on Lake Kivu, near Bukavu	200 + (two boats)
Stonewall [American]	27 Oct 1869	fire, on Mississippi south of Cairo IL	200
Victoria [Canadian]	24 May 1881	capsized on Thames (Ontario)	200
General Chanzy [French]	09 Feb 1910	wrecked off Minorca	200
Cambria [British]	19 Oct 1870	wrecked off Northern Ireland	196
Herald of Free Enterprise [British ferry]	06 Mar 1987	capsized off Zeebrugge, Belgium	189
Pacific (Collins Line)	23 Jan 1856	Missing in North Atlantic	186 to 286
City of Boston (Inman)	25 Jan 1870	Missing North Atlantic	177
USS Hobson (USN), USS Wasp (USN)	26 Apr 1952	collision, Atlantic	176
[Tamil refugee boat]	20 Feb 1997	sank off Sri Lanka	165
[Romanian pleasure boat], [Bulgarian barge]	10 Sep 1989	collision on Danube	161
Portland [American]	26 Nov 1898	wrecked off Cape Cod	157
[auto ferry], [oil tanker]	10 Apr 1991	collision outside Livorno harbour, Italy	140
USS Forrestal (USN)	29 Jul 1967	fire, off North Vietnam	134
Morro Castle [American]	08 Sep 1934	fire off Asbury Park, NJ	134
* Simon Bolivar [Dutch liner]	18 Nov 1939	struck mine, near Harwich, England	130
Noronic [Canadian]	17 Sep 1949	burned, Toronto harbour	130
USS Thresher (USN submarine)	10 Apr 1963	sank after electrical failure, North Atlantic	129
* HMCS Athabaskan (RCN)	29 Apr 1944	sunk by German U-Boat torpedo, north of Île de Bas	129
Lakonia [Greek cruise ship]	28 Dec 1962	sunk after fire on board, of Madeira	128
Kursk (Russian Navy submarine)	12 Aug 2000	sunk by internal explosion or collision, Barents Sea	118
Vestris [British]	12 Nov 1928	sank off Virginia	113
* Athenia (A-DL [British])	03 Sep 1939	German U-boat torpedos, south of Rockall	112
Pennington [American]	26 May 1954	sank off Rhode Island	103
Patria [Egyptian]	25 Dec 1976	fire, Red Sea	100
USS Scorpion (USN submarine)	22 May 1968	sank possibly after explosion, off Azores	99
HMS Thetis (RN)	01 Jun 1939	sank, Liverpool Bay	99
[Philippine passenger ferry]	18 Sep 1998	sank south of Manila	97
Yarmouth Castle [Panamanian]	13 Nov 1965	fire off Bahamas	89
[Albanian refugee boat]	28 Mar 1997	rammed by Italian Navy warship Sibilla	83
HMAS Voyager (RAN)	10 Feb 1964	collison with HMAS Melbourne, off NSW	82
George Prince [American], Frosta [Norwegian]	20 Oct 1976	collision on Mississippi at Luling LA	77
Express Samina [Greek ferry]	26 Sep 2000	struck rock and sank, off Paros, Aegean	77
USS Evans (USN)	02 Jun 1969	run over by HMAS Melbourne	74
Dakar (Israeli Navy)	25 Jan 1968	vanished, Mediterranean	69
Eurydice (French Navy)	04 Mar 1970	sank, near Toulon	57
Bowbelle [British], Marchioness [British]	20 Aug 1989	collision, Thames River	56
K-8 (Soviet Navy submarine)	10-11 Apr 1970	sank after onboard fires, Bay of Biscay off Spain	52
Andrea Doria (Italian Line)	26 Jul 1956	rammed by liner Stockholm and sank, Long Island Sound	51
USS Constellation (USN)	19 Dec 1960	caught fire, Brooklyn Naval Yard	49
* Laurentic (WSL/armed cruiser)	03 Nov 1940	sunk by torpedos from German sub U-99	49
USS Mississippi (USN)	12 Jun 1924	gun turret explosions, off San Pedro	48
* Transylvania (Anchor Line/troopship)	10 Aug 1940	sunk by torpedo from German sub	48
USS Iowa (USN)	19 Apr 1989	gun turret explosion	47
* California (Anchor Line/military troopship)	11 Jul 1943	sunk by German aircraft, off Portugal	46
* Empress of Britain (CP/troopship)	26 & 28 Oct 1940	German bomber attack (26th), German U-boat torpedos (28th), northwest of Ireland	45 (both incidents)
K-278 Komsomolets (Soviet Navy submarine)	07 Apr 1989	sank after onboard fire, 180 km south of Bear Island	41
K-3 (Soviet Navy submarine)	08 Sep 1967	onboard fire and CO2 release, Norwegian Sea	39
Marine Electric [American]	12 Feb 1963	sank in storm, off Chincoteague, VA	33
* Britannic (WSL/Military hospital service)	12 Nov 1916	struck mine and sank, Aegean Sea	30
Edmund Fitzgerald [American]	10 Nov 1975	sank during storm, Lake Superior	29
K-19 (Soviet Navy submarine)	24 Feb 1972	onboard fire, North Atlantic	28
USS Squalus (USN)	23 May 1939	sank off Portsmouth, NH	26
* HMS Sheffield (RN destroyer)	04 May 1982	Argentine air-to-ground exocet missile, South Atlantic	20
USS Nimitz (USN)	26 May 1981	combat jet crashed on deck	14
* Franconia (Cunard/troopship)	04 Oct 1916	sunk by German sub torpedos, off Malta	12
* Duchess of York (CP/British troopship)	12 Jan 1943	sunk by aerial bombardment, off Portugal	11
Republic (WSL)	1909	rammed by Italian steamer Florida off New Jersey	6
* Carpathia (Cunard/military troopship)	18 Jul 1918	sunk by torpedos from German sub, west of Fastnet	5
* Duchess of Atholl (CP/British troopship)	10 Oct 1942	sunk by torpedos from German sub, South Atlantic	4