White Ship Disaster

The White Ship was a vessel that sank in the English Channel near the Normandy coast off Event locality:Barfleur, on Event date: 25 November 1120. Only one of those aboard survived. Those who drowned included William Adelin, the only legitimate son and heir of King Henry I of England, his half-sister Matilda, and his half-brother Richard. William Adelin's death led to a succession crisis and a period of civil war in England known as the Anarchy.