Britain's seafaring history is filled with tragedies and mysteries that still capture imaginations today. Rank these maritime moments by how much they draw you in.
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The Mary Rose
Tudor pride lost in the Solent during battle with the French, then raised in 1982 in one of archaeology's greatest feats. A time capsule of Tudor life.
RMS Titanic
Built in Belfast and departing Southampton, her loss on the maiden voyage remains the most haunting maritime tragedy in British memory.

HMS Hood
The mighty battlecruiser was destroyed by the Bismarck in minutes, with only three survivors from 1,418 men. A shattering blow to wartime morale.
The Lusitania
Sunk off the Irish coast by a German U-boat, her loss killed nearly 1,200 and helped shift global opinion during the Great War.

HMS Association
Admiral Shovell's flagship struck rocks off the Scillies, drowning around 2,000 sailors and prompting the search for a reliable method to measure longitude.
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Rank these historic British lightships and floating beacons by the year they were first stationed
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