Some have understood Ammianus's testimony as a claim that at the time of Atlantis's actual sinking into the sea, its inhabitants fled to western Europe ; but Ammianus in fact says that “ the Drasidae ( Druids ) recall that a part of the population is indigenous but others also migrated in from islands and lands beyond the Rhine " ( Res Gestae 15. 9 ), an indication that the immigrants came to Gaul from the north ( Britain, the Netherlands or Germany ), not from a theorized location in the Atlantic Ocean to the south-west.

In all three cases structural failure due to overloading with a much denser cargo than designed is considered the most likely cause of sinking.

The Columbia, Colorado, and Mississippi watersheds meet at Three Waters Mountain in the Wind River Range of To the south, in Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Wyoming, the Columbia watershed is divided from the Great Basin, whose several watersheds are endorheic, not emptying into any ocean but rather drying up or sinking into sumps.

One theory is that this was caused by a design fault in the ammunition loading system to the main gun turrets, so that an enemy hit on the turret set off an explosion in the magazine, thus sinking the ship.

* 1609 – The English ship Sea Venture, en route to Virginia, is deliberately driven ashore during a storm at Bermuda to prevent its sinking ; the survivors go on to found a new colony there.

Proponents of the Post Modern style attacked the Modernism with clever statements such as " less is a bore " and with captivating images such as Crown Hall sinking in Lake Michigan.

" Paganini is portrayed as having killed three of his lovers and sinking repeatedly into poverty, prison, and drink.

It is largely formed in the Labrador Sea and in the Greenland Sea by the sinking of highly saline, dense overflow water from the Greenland Sea.

In the " conveyor belt " model of the thermohaline circulation of the world ocean, the sinking of NADW pulls the waters of the North Atlantic drift northward ; however, this is almost certainly an oversimplification of the actual relationship between NADW formation and the strength of the Gulf Stream / North Atlantic drift.

It is estimated that over 5, 000 people died in the sinking.

* 1941 – World War II: The aircraft carrier is torpedoed by, sinking the following day.

To further complicate and intensify strains between the two nations, the sinking of the South Korean warship Cheonan in March 2010, killing 46 seamen, is as of May 20, 2010 claimed by a team of researchers around the world to have been caused by a North Korean torpedo, which the North denies.

The aim of using the BCD, whilst underwater, is to keep the diver neutrally buoyant, i. e., neither floating up or sinking.

The book is inspired by the failed mutiny on board the Storozhevoy by Valery Sablin in 1975 ; however, the military response depicted in the novel is likely from events surrounding the sinking and subsequent salvaging of K-129.

Some recent studies have suggested that the city is no longer sinking, but this is not yet certain ; therefore, a state of alert has not been revoked.

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** The Wilhelm Gustloff, with over 10, 000 mainly civilian Germans from Gotenhafen ( Gdynia ) in the Gdansk Bay, is sunk by three torpedoes from the Soviet submarine S-13 in the Baltic Sea ; up to 9, 400 are thought to have died – the greatest loss of life in a single ship sinking in war action in history.

It is estimated that over 5, 000 people die in the sinking.

** Dutch submarine HNLMS K XVI is the first Allied ship to sink a Japanese warship, sinking the destroyer Sagiri near Sarawak ; K XVI is herself torpedoed the following day by Japanese submarine I 66.

An example is the Titanic sinking ; even if there were time travellers on the Titanic, they obviously failed to stop the ship from sinking.

Our planet is bigger than the reed bundles that have carried us across the seas, and yet small enough to run the same risks unless those of us still alive open our eyes and minds to the desperate need of intelligent collaboration to save ourselves and our common civilization from what we are about to convert into a sinking ship.

For example, the ship Wilhelm Gustloff sank taking about 9, 400 people with her – the worst loss of life in a single sinking in maritime history.

* May 28 – One of the worst storms ever experienced in the region hits the east coast of England, sinking more than 100 ships and killing at least 40 people.

The worst disasters were the loss of the Cunarder Lancastria in 1940 off Saint-Nazaire to German bombing while attempting to evacuate troops of the British Expeditionary Force from France, with the loss of more than 3, 000 lives ; the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff with more than 9, 000 lives lost, and the sinking of the Cap Arcona with more than 7, 000 lives lost in the Baltic Sea in 1945.

* 1756 — HMS Royal George ; first-rate ship of the line ; her sinking in 1782 was one of the worst disasters in Royal Navy history-around 800 lives were lost.

Dale Rodman, who travelled on LST-507, commented " The worst memory I have is setting off in the lifeboat away from the sinking ship and watching bodies float by.

Perhaps the most infamous sinking was that of the Titanic which hit an iceberg and sank, resulting in one of the worst maritime disasters in history.

Other notable incidents include the capsizing of the Costa Concordia, which killed at least 32 people ; and is the largest passenger ship to sink, and the sinking of the MV Doña Paz, which claimed the lives of up to 4, 375 people, making it the worst peacetime maritime disaster in history.

Under this namer, 100. 3 saw its worst ratings ever, sinking into the basement of the Arbitron ratings.

Choosing a flight path directly on course line may not be the best tactic if a slight diversion can keep the glider in rising air for longer, or at worst keep out of the strongly sinking air.

When Professor Aronnax alleges that Nemo violates maritime and international law by sinking war-ships, Nemo responds that he is merely defending himself from his attackers, and that the laws of the world on the surface do not apply to him any longer.

" But the sea and maritime life are central to many of his poems, both short ( eg, " Erosion ," " Sea-Gulls ," " Silences ") and long, such as " The Cachalot " ( 1926 ), describing duels between a whale and its foes, a giant squid and a whaling ship and crew ; The Roosevelt and the Antinoe ( 1930 ), recounting the heroic rescue of the crew of a sinking freighter in a winter hurricane ; The Titanic ( 1935 ), an ironic retelling of a well-known marine tragedy ; and Behind the Log ( 1947 ), the dramatic story of the North Atlantic convoys during WWII.

The term is maritime in origin being the act of removing water from a sinking vessel using a smaller bucket

In 1953, it was the scene of a serious maritime disaster, the sinking of the ferry Princess Victoria.

The sinking of the steamship RMS Empress of Ireland is noted for being the largest maritime disaster in Canadian history.

The sinking of the HMS Barham in 1941 and the 1955 Le Mans disaster were both captured on film and have been widely shown since then.

Realizing that he would have to interview survivors of the disaster to give him a full understanding of the sinking Lord, who was on a tight buget, began writing letters to the editors of various newspapers asking survivors to get in touch with him.

The ship's famous sinking in 1912, the year before Morgan's death, was a financial disaster for IMM, which was forced to apply for bankruptcy protection in 1915.

As in the silent film era, the sinking of the Titanic would continue to be a popular disaster with filmmakers and audiences alike.

The British action / adventure film The Last Voyage ( 1960 ), while not about the Titanic disaster but a predecessor to The Poseidon Adventure, starred Robert Stack as a man desperately attempting to save his wife ( Dorothy Malone ) and child trapped in a sinking ocean liner.

The fire was the third disaster in Russia in a month, following an explosion in a Moscow underground passage that killed 12 people and the sinking of submarine Kursk in the Barents Sea, in which 118 died.

:“ On landing from the Carpathia the young bride widowed by the Titanic ’ s sinking told members of her family what she could recall of the circumstances of the disaster.

Irwin arrived in New York City the same day as a major disaster — the sinking of the General Slocum.

At 350, 000 French Francs ($ 80, 000 ) per week for a group of 10 people, the operation quickly turned in to a sinking disaster, for lack of customers.

Upon the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, he asked Lord Loreburn, the Lord Chancellor, to appoint a commission of inquiry into the disaster.

Bad weather and low clouds prevented a Luftwaffe attack and hence another disaster along the lines of the one that had happened a few days earlier, on June 17, in Saint-Nazaire, with the sinking of the British liner Lancastria which was attempting to evacuate UK soldiers and civilians.

Drownproofing is a method for surviving in water disaster scenarios without sinking or drowning.

The committee investigated the SIEV-X sinking, and concluded that "... it extraordinary that a major human disaster could occur in the vicinity of a theatre of intensive Australian operations and remain undetected until three days after the event, without any concern being raised within intelligence and decision making circles.

Lillian Gertrud Asplund ( October 21, 1906 – May 6, 2006 ) was one of the last three living survivors of the sinking of the RMS Titanic on April 15, 1912 ; and also the last survivor with actual memories of the disaster.

They included the tourist present at the sinking of the RMS Titanic, at the John F. Kennedy assassination, the destruction of Air France Flight 4590 and at the Hindenburg disaster.

A few days later Nicoletti suggested sinking a large oil tanker with non-British flag, as it would block the port of Gibraltar for a long time, but Anaya refused permission because an oil spill and environmental disaster could provoke outrage in Spain, especially if it damaged the tourism industry, and it could affect other Mediterranean countries.

There are sources, like the " Wiesler Field Guide to Paranormal ", claiming that she foretold the break-up of the Soviet Union, the Chernobyl disaster, the date of Stalin's death, the sinking of the Russian submarine Kursk, the September 11 attacks and Topalov's victory in the world chess tournament.

Set in Aberdeen, Storm begins with a ferry disaster, and follows the subsequent week in the life of Kate Beauchamp, one of the detectives from Messiah, as she tries to find a serial killer while her estranged father heads up the investigation into the ferry sinking.

This disaster, the sinking of the on April 15, 1912, was the prime impetus for the establishment of the International Ice Patrol.

The Patria disaster on 25 November 1940 was the sinking by the Haganah of a French-built ocean liner in the port of Haifa, in which 260 people were killed and 172 injured.

This event was a worldwide natural disaster which brought about the sinking of both Atlantis and Lemuria and leads to the deaths of most of the surviving Serpent Men and the loss of the Serpent Crown for centuries.