The Battle of May Island

The Combat of May Island, which wasn't really a battle at all but rather a sequence of incidents, was long forgotten from history despite the fact that it resulted in over 100 sailors dying during the First World War.

Near the Isle of May, Australian and Royal Navy ships were engaged in training.

Mist made it difficult to see, and communication problems caused some spacecraft to lose sight of one another. Nobody was aware that minesweepers were in the area, and the minesweepers were unaware that an exercise was going on. By the time it was all through, five collisions involving eight ships had occurred. Some sank with no survivors, while others had significant crew losses. 105 guys perished in total.

The incident had to be addressed in 1994 after surveyors discovered the wrecks of two warships, since all documents had been sealed during the war but had remained sealed afterward.

• Year: 1918

• Damage: 105 people died