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[Ship]: Lady Elizabeth
[Sunk date]: 17 February 1936
[Notes]: A barque that was damaged off Cape Horn in 1913, and condemned. It went on to serve as a coal hulk in the Falkland Islands, until it broke its moorings and drifted into Stanley Harbour during a storm.
[Coordinates]: -
[Ship]: Castillo de Bellver
[Sunk date]: 6 August 1983
[Notes]: An oil tanker that caught fire and sank off Saldanha Bay, South Africa, spilling a total of 78.5 million US gallons (1.87 million barrels) of oil.
[Coordinates]: 33°16.55′S 17°30.28′E / 33.27583°S 17.50467°E / -33.27583; 17.50467 (Castillo de Bellver) -
[Ship]: Austria
[Sunk date]: 13 September 1858
[Notes]: A steamship that caught fire and sank en route to New York City, with 473 deaths.
[Coordinates]: 45°01′N 41°30′W / 45.017°N 41.500°W / 45.017; -41.500 (SS Austria) -
[Ship]: West Maximus
[Sunk date]: 5 May 1943
[Notes]: A cargo ship that was torpedoed by U-264 in an attack on Convoy ONS 5 that claimed 12 other Allied ships.
[Coordinates]: 55°10′N 43°0′W / 55.167°N 43.000°W / 55.167; -43.000 (SS West Maximus) -
[Ship]: U-143
[Sunk date]: 22 December 1945
[Notes]: A Type IID U-boat that was scuttled northwest of Ireland as part of Operation Deadlight.
[Coordinates]: 55°58′N 09°35′W / 55.967°N 9.583°W / 55.967; -9.583 (German submarine U-143 (1940)) -
[Ship]: Arandora Star
[Sunk date]: 2 July 1940
[Notes]: A cruise ship that was torpedoed by U-47, resulting in over 800 deaths.
[Coordinates]: 56°30′N 10°38′W / 56.500°N 10.633°W / 56.500; -10.633 (SS Arandora Star)
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