The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets nuclear submarine caught fire and sank off the coast of Norway.
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Richard Branson's attempt at obtaining the fastest Atlantic crossing ended when his speed boat crashed.
Isaac Briggs & William Longstreet was awarded a patent for the first steamboat in the US.
The SS Georgiana, the largest ship in the Confederate States Navy, was sunk on her maiden voyage.
A US submarine collided with a Japanese high-school fishing training ship off the coast of Hawaii.
The MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands.
