Posted : July 2011
Author : Jeff Danelek 
While literally millions of ships of all shapes and sizes have been built over the centuries, only a handful have achieved anything approaching fame. Most of those that have done so, however, were warships or vessels that displayed such a degree of innovation that they were considered prototypes in the evolution of ships. Other ships, however, achieved notoriety, not through their accomplishments or because of their technological innovations, but through catastrophic failure. In fact, the sea beds are littered with examples of the power of both nature and the human propensity towards violence, miscalculation, and simple bad luck. Of course, only a few vessels that met a tragic fate are recalled by most people today, though their reasons for doing so are as varied as the types of ships themselves: Some became famous as vessels of war whose demise triggered a conflict or made such a major contribution to a conflict that it was remembered in its own right; others became famous because they carried huge fortunes in their holds when they went down or because of the huge loss of life that resulted from their sinking. A few even became famous because their loss was so unexpected and mysterious that they became the stuff of legends. Unfortunately, there are literally dozens of famous shipwrecks throughout history to choose from, making it difficult to narrow it down to just ten, but this is my best effort.
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