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Maritime disasters of the 20th and 21st centuries
1904: New Yorkers line up to board the General Slocum steamer for a ride that would end in disaster. RELATEDYOUR E-MAIL ALERTS
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Or, visit Popular Alerts for suggestions. (CNN) -- Rescuers are seeking survivors after an Egyptian ferry with about 1,400 people on board sank in the Red Sea. Below are details of maritime disasters that claimed 1,000 or more lives since the turn of the 20th century. June 15, 1904A fire aboard the General Slocum excursion steamer in the East River near New York City killed 1,030 people, mostly picnickers from New York's German community. April 14-15, 1912Britain's Titanic luxury liner sinks after hitting an iceberg in the north Atlantic; 1,503 are killed. September 28, 1912The Japanese steamer Kichemaru sinks off Japan, killing 1,000. May 29, 1914A total of 1,014 people die when Britain's Empress of Ireland steamer collides with a Norwegian collier in the St. Lawrence River east of Father Point, Quebec. February 26, 1916A French cruiser, the Provence sinks in the Mediterranean, with 3,100 people lost. August 29, 1916One thousand people die when the Chinese steamer Hsin Yu sinks off the coast of China. December 6, 1917A French ammunition ship, Mont Blanc, and a Belgian steamer named Imo collide in Halifax Harbor, killing 1,600 people. March 18, 1921One thousand people are killed when a steamer named Hong Kong is wrecked in the South China Sea. November 1948Six thousand people die when a Chinese army evacuation ship explodes and sinks off south Manchuria. December 3, 1948An explosion wrecks Kiangya, a Chinese refugee ship, south of Shanghai, killing 1,100 people or more. September 26, 1954A Japanese ferry, the Toya Maru sinks in Tsugaru Strait, killing 1,172 people. December 20, 1987The Dona Paz ferry and an oil tanker, Victor, collide in Tablas Strait, the Philippines, killing 4,341 people. September 28, 1994An Estonian ferry sinks in the Baltic, with the loss of 1,049 people. September 26, 2002An overloaded Senegalese ferry capsizes in ocean off the coast of Gambia, killing 1,863 people. Source: The World Almanac
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