▁s inking ▁with ▁great ▁loss ▁of ▁lives . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 3 , ▁ ▁struck ▁an ▁under water ▁rock ▁and ▁s ank ▁off ▁the ▁coast ▁of ▁Nova ▁Scot ia , ▁Canada , ▁killing ▁at ▁least ▁ 5 3 5 ▁people . ▁In ▁ 1 9 1 2 , ▁the ▁s inking ▁of ▁the ▁R MS ▁T itan ic , ▁which ▁took ▁approximately ▁ 1 , 5 0 0 ▁lives , ▁highlight ed ▁the ▁over conf idence ▁of ▁the ▁sh ipping ▁companies ▁in ▁their ▁ships , ▁such ▁as ▁the ▁failure ▁to ▁put ▁enough ▁lif eb o ats ▁on ▁board . ▁Saf ety ▁measures ▁at ▁sea ▁were ▁re ex am ined ▁following ▁the ▁incident . ▁Two ▁years ▁later , ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 4 , ▁ ▁s ank ▁in ▁the ▁Saint ▁Lawrence ▁River ▁after ▁coll iding ▁with ▁another ▁ship . ▁ 1 , 0 1 2 ▁people ▁died . ▁ ▁Among ▁the ▁other ▁sink ings ▁are ▁the ▁tor ped o ▁s inking ▁of ▁the ▁R MS ▁L us it ania ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 5 , ▁which ▁resulted ▁in ▁the ▁loss ▁of ▁ 1 , 1 9 8 ▁lives ▁and ▁prov oked ▁an ▁international ▁out c ry , ▁the ▁naval ▁mine ▁s inking ▁of ▁the ▁H M HS ▁Britann ic ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 6 , ▁and ▁that ▁of ▁, ▁which ▁caught ▁fire ▁and ▁s ank ▁in ▁the ▁G ulf ▁of ▁A den ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 2 , ▁killing ▁ 5 4 ▁people . ▁In ▁ 1 9