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Famous Shipwrecks
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USS Arizona (BB-39)
Sank during the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941; represents the beginning of the US involvement in World War II; located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
Mary Rose
A Tudor era warship that sank in 1545; significant for being well preserved and containing many artifacts; located in the Solent, near Portsmouth, England.
RMS Titanic
Sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912 on its maiden voyage; remains an iconic symbol of maritime disasters; located in the North Atlantic Ocean.
SS Edmund Fitzgerald
Sank in a Lake Superior storm in 1975; one of the most famous shipwrecks in the Great Lakes; located in Canadian waters near Ontario.
HMS Bounty
The site of a famous mutiny in 1789; the wreck was discovered off the coast of Pitcairn Island; reached iconic status in maritime history.
HMS Erebus
One of the two ships from Sir John Franklin's lost expedition in the Arctic in 1845; located in the Canadian Arctic, it offers insights into the historical search for the Northwest Passage.
Lusitania
A British ocean liner sunk by a German U-boat in 1915; its sinking was a factor influencing US entry into World War I; located off the southern coast of Ireland.
Vasa
Sank on its maiden voyage in 1628 due to design flaws; notable for its preservation and as a maritime museum in Stockholm, Sweden; located in the Stockholm Harbor.
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