Her sinking Motion two hours and forty minutes later at 02:20 ( ship 's time ; 05:18 GMT ) on Monday , 15 April , resulted Causation in the deaths of more than 1,500 people , making it one of the deadliest peacetime marine disasters Catastrophe in history .

The hurricane 's unpredictable shifts in direction created Creating what was considered Deciding the largest peacetime evacuation in the nation 's history .

It was the first covert action of the United States to overthrow Change_of_leadership a foreign government during peacetime .

in response Response , prime minister pierre trudeau invoked the only peacetime use of the war Hostile_encounter measures act .

It was the deadliest peacetime disaster Catastrophe in Soviet Latvian history .

It is considered the worst peacetime accident on the London Underground .

Civil and military authorities described Statement the June and July rescue Rescuing efforts as the biggest in peacetime Britain .

The accident Catastrophe is the RAF 's worst peacetime disaster .