Show 22 ships in mass collision off coast of newfoundland the greatest mass collision of ships in history occurred off newfoundland found land on may 27 1945 says colliers A westbound convoy of 76 allied vessels was steaming slowly through a dense fog when one of them struck an iceberg discovered eight others near by and gave the alarm instantly the entire convoy swerved sharply with the t result that 22 of the ships collided with one another in the following 10 minutes yet none sank and no lives were lost incidentally it happened on the last day vessels were required to sail the atlantic in convoy |