An accidental explosion aboard the USS Enterprise near Hawaii killed 28 people.
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Oil tanker 'Exxon Valdez' runs aground in Prince William Sound, Alaska.
The SS Georgiana, the largest ship in the Confederate States Navy, was sunk on her maiden voyage.
HMS Pandora sank at The Great Barrier Reef after a voyage to hunt down the Bounty mutineers in 1790.
A 400-year-old shipwreck was discovered just 15 miles off the coast of Portugal.
Brunel's SS Great Britain ship was launched after taking four years to build.
