From the April 11, 2012, Live Science "Disasters at Sea: 6 Deadliest Shipwrecks" by Stephanie Pappas.
RMS TITANIC-- 1,500 deaths April 15, 1912
LE JOALA-- 1,863 deaths-- Sengelese ferry Sept. 26, 2002
TEK SING-- 1600 deaths in 1822. Similar to the Titanic. Called the "Titanic of the Far East"
HALIFAX HARBOR DISASTER-- Dec. 6, 1916. The ammunition-loaded French cargo ship SS Mont-Blanc collided with Norwegian steamship SS Imo. 2,000 killed, 9,000 wounded.
DONA PAZ-- Philippine passenger ship collided with oil tanker on Dec. 20, 1987. As many as 4,375 on a ship designed to hold 1,424 maximum.
MV WILHELM GUSTLOFF-- German hospital ship torpedoed by Soviet submarine four times in the Baltic Sea on January 30, 1945. Of an estimated 10,582 on ship, 9,400 deaths.
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