List of battles and other violent events by death toll
World War I
Columns: Estimate | Name | Nat. | Ship Type | Principal victims | Date
1255 | HMS Queen Mary | UK | Battlecruiser | Crew | May 31, 1916 | 1198 | RMS Lusitania | UK | Ocean Liner | Civilians | May 7, 1915 | 1015 | HMS Invincible | UK | Battlecruiser | Crew | May 31, 1916 | 1013 | HMS Indefatigable | UK | Battlecruiser | Crew | May 31, 1916 | 903 | HMS Defence | UK | Armoured cruiser | Crew | May 31, 1916 | 900 | HMS Good Hope | UK | Armoured Cruiser | Crew | Nov 1, 1914 | 857 | HMS Black Prince | UK | Armoured Cruiser | Crew | May 31, 1916 | 843 | HMS Vanguard | UK | Battleship | Crew | Jul 19, 1917 | 839 | SMS Pommern | Ger | Battleship | Crew | Jun 1, 1916 | 782 | SMS Blücher | Ger | Armoured Cruiser | Crew | Jan 24, 1915 | 764 | SMS Scharnhorst | Ger | Armoured Cruiser | Crew | Dec 8, 1914 | 750 | HMS Monmouth | UK | Armoured Cruiser | Crew | Nov 1, 1914 | 738 | HMS Bulwark | UK | Battleship | Crew | Nov 26, 1914 | 648 | Suffren | Fr | Battleship | Crew | Nov 26, 1916 | 646 | SS Mendi | UK | Troopship | Troops | Feb 21, 1917 | 600 | Bouvet | Fr | Battleship | Crew | Mar 18, 1915 | 501 | RMS Leinster | UK | Mail Ship | Military personnel | Oct 10, 1918 | 577 | SMS Gneisenau | Ger | Armoured Cruiser | Crew | Dec 8, 1914 | 570 | HMS Goliath | UK | Battleship | Crew | May 13, 1915 | 460 | HMS Hawke | UK | Cruiser | Crew | Oct 15, 1914