Friday, December 13, 2013

What causes Shipwrecks?

Introduction

What is a sunken ship? It is where a ship sinks to the bottom of the ocean. This is called shipwrecks. One reason what causes shipwrecks are icebergs. In the story the Titanic, it crashes into an iceberg and the ship sinks. This was the most famous shipwreck. Tropical Storm such as hurricanes. Some ships sink because of the military. Torpedoes have been fired from enemy ships and airplanes which caused them to sink. Some shipwrecks are huge,like the Titanic and military battleships.Some might be small like fishing boats. Over history, the oceans have claimed the lives of many ships.The United Nation predicts that there has been about 3 million shipwrecks in the oceans. 

Opinion

Shipwrecks seem interesting and fascinating. They have some history and this is why they are interesting. You don't know how they wreck so you get curious. It could be a hurricane or an iceberg or torpedoes. There is no history that we know about so that's how it is fascinating. We are currently researching on how some ships sunk. It gives no knowledge about it so we have to research about it.

Top 10 Shipwrecks

1.Titanic 
2.S.S. Eastland
3.MS Estonia
4. RMS Empress of Ireland 
5. The General Slocum Paddle Steamer
6. MV Dova Paz 
7.SS Sultana
8.Halifax Harbour Explosion
9.SS Kiangya
10. MV Wilhelm Gustloff

Challenge

I challenge you to find more shipwrecks.http://wonderopolis.org/wonder/how-do-you-find-a-sunken-ship/

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