Top 10 - Deadliest Maritime Disasters in History

The Kamikaze (divine wind), were two storms that are said to have saved Japan from two Mongol fleets under Kublai Khan. In total, the number of lives lost during both invasions may have exceeded 100,000 soldiers and sailors. During the first Punic war Rome attempted a large scale land operation by invading the Carthaginian colonies of Africa. In face of disaster Romans sent a new fleet to pick up the survivors of its African expedition. This fleet was successful in rescuing the Roman army, only to be almo