Mayday: The 10 Deadliest Shipwrecks in History

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2. Kiangya

Year: 1948

Country: China

Death toll: 2,750 – 3,920

Events: The passenger steamship sank when hitting a Japanese mine left over from World War II. The situation took place at the mouth of the Huangpu River, and apparently the ship was carrying Chinese refugees attempting to leave the Communist regime behind.

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