The Soviet K-278 Komsomolets nuclear submarine caught fire and sank off the coast of Norway.
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The White Star Liner SS Ionic was launched at the Queen's Island in Belfast.
Imperial Japan began a series of submarine attacks on Sydney.
The British Royal Navy sinks the Argentinian cruiser General Belgrano.
The MV Braer runs aground on the coast of the Shetland Islands.
The HMS Dreadnought battleship was christened.
