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Germany --- The German battleship Bismarck of the German Kriegsmarine during early World War II. The ship was laid down at the Blohm & Voss shipyard in Hamburg in July 1936 and launched nearly three years later in April 1939. Work was completed in August 1940, when she was commissioned into the German fleet. Along with her sister Tirpitz, Bismarck was the largest battleship ever built by Germany, and the heaviest built by any European power. She was sunk by the Royal Navy in 27 May 1941 in the North Atlantic. There are crew visible on deck. Source of image: KGB archive Ukraine 2010. Stampted with a Russian stamp and cancelled. --- Image by © Michael Nicholson/Corbis
22 Jan 1980, Brighton, Brighton and Hove, England, UK --- Crowds gather to look at the wreck of the Greek cargo ship Athina B, which got into difficulties in a gale off the coast of Shoreham then aground on Brighton beach. --- Image by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS
15 Mar 1939, Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK --- Original caption: An ocean giant takes the dock. The Aquitania is now in dry dock at Southampton for overhaul & general re-paint. She makes an impressive picture in the giant dock. Photo shows: Few people would recognise this view of the Aquitania. --- Image by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS
July 1939, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, USA --- The bow of the American submarine 'Squalus' rearing into the air before plunging back into the sea from where salvage teams are attempting to raise it, with its dead crew, in 1939. --- Image by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS
1912, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK --- The Titanic in its shipyard shortly after construction. A group of shipbuilders gather under the screws to give an idea of size. --- Image by © CORBIS
12 Jun 1945 --- A Japanese ship sinking stern-first after being torpedoed by the submarine USS Aspro. | View from: Periscope. --- Image by © CORBIS
19 Jul 1957, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands --- Original caption: Southwest Pacific: A rusting, jagged "memorial" of the Battle of Guadalcanal is this wreckage of the Japanese transport Kinugawa Maru. It was one of the four Japanese troop transports deliberately beached in November, 1942, in a desperate effort to get troops ashore after U. S. bombers had destroyed most of a Japanese convoy. The Kinugawa Maru and her sister ships are scheduled to be scrapped later in 1957. The scrap will probably go to Japan. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
10 Jan 1972, Hong Kong, China --- Original caption: The former Queen Elizabeth I remains afloat early January 10th, with its sleek hull and all 11 decks ravaged by a disastrous fire which roared through the ocean giant's once luxurious staterooms and salons. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
1936, Manhattan, New York City, New York State, USA --- Tugboats help to guide the Queen Mary into the 51st Street Pier as it arrives in New York City. --- Image by © The Mariners' Museum/CORBIS
1935 --- Original caption: Disaster at Sea: French Liner L'Atlantique aflame near English Channel. Unusually graphic aerial view. Photograph, 1935. BPA2# 1937 --- Image by © Corbis

09 Jul 1952 --- Original caption: 7/9/1952-English Channel: Aerial view of America's new liner "United States" as she crosses the English Channel towards Le Havre, France after her record-breaking transatlantic crossing. She passed the Bishop Rock at 6:15 a.m. today in a roaring gale after making the crossing in 3 days, 10 hours and 40 minutes. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
Southampton, Hampshire, England, UK --- Original caption: An Aerial View Of Southampton Docks Showing The Giant Cunarder "Queen Mary" Docking. --- Image by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS
December 1939, Montevideo, Uruguay --- The sinking of the German warship, the Admiral Graf Spee which was scuttled by her own crew after being damaged in battle with British cruisers Achilles, Ajax, and Exeter. Hans Langsdorff, the ship's commander, later committed suicide in his hotel room. --- Image by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS
early 20th century, Manhattan, New York City, New York State, USA --- Steam blows from the stack of a the Santa Clara as she enters her dock in New York after her final trial run from Camden. --- Image by © CORBIS
29 May 1943 --- A Japanese destroyer sinks, water rising over the top deck, after being hit in the forward quarter by a torpedo from a U.S. submarine. | View from: Periscope. --- Image by © CORBIS
09 Feb 1942 --- Fireboats try to rescue workers trapped aboard the capsized and burning ship USS Lafayette, formerly the Normandie, in New York Harbor. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
16 Jul 1956, Massachusetts, USA --- Original caption: Boston, Massachusetts: Death List. This aerial view shows the Italian liner Andrea Doria listing heavily to the starboard before going to a watery grave today as a result of last night's collision with the Swedish liner Stockholm. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
02 Jun 1937 --- Original caption: 6/2/1937-New York, New York- The largest of the three liners that sailed for Europe with capacity loads of vacationists, The Normandie drew the largest crowd sightseers and "bon voyage wishers." Here is a view of the send-off crowd as the big ship left her berth. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS