The most famous shipwrecks of the century
When the Titanic sank in April 1912, 1,513 people died. A hundred years have passed since then, but traveling by water remains life-threatening to this day. Le Joola . The overcrowded ferry capsized off the coast of The Gambia on the night of September 27, 2002 , killing at least 1,863 people. Spice Islander . For the 192 passengers on the ferry that capsized off the coast of Tanzania, September 10, 2011 was their last day of life. Shariatpur-1 .