Missing ships

1.       1917, between March 6th & 27: the 1,579 gross ton freighter Timandra,
bound for Buenos Aires from Norfolk in cargo of coal. 21 crew under
Captain Lee.

 

2.      1918, after March 6th– U.S.S. collier Cyclops, after leaving Barbados
 for Baltimore; 309 crew and passengers under Lt. Comm. George
Worley.

 

3.      1925, December 1: tramp steamer Cotopaxi; 32 crew under Captain Meyers; left Charleston, SC, for Havana, Cuba.

 

4.      1926, March: freighter Suduffco sailed from New York to Los Angeles
with 4,000 tons of assorted cargo. Never arrived Panama. 29 crew. (Owner unfortunately waited about a month before reporting her overdue)

 

5.      1938, March: 426-foot, 5,500 ton British freighter Anglo Australian bound from Cardiff, Wales, for British Columbia; 38 crew under Captain Parslow. Last reported herself off the Azores: “Passing Fayal this afternoon. All well.”

 

6.      1940, February 4: Schooner Gloria Colita, Gulf of Mexico, found derelict and awash.

 

7.      Losses in the war years cannot be counted, since so many occurred from enemy submarines and mines. Beginning after World War II:

8.      1946, December 5: schooner City Belle, 10 persons, Bahamas, found derelict.

 

9.      1948, February: 416-foot, 7,219 ton British freighter Samkey reported herself at 41o 48’ N longitude, 24o W latitude on January 31. “All well.” Crew of 43.

 

10.   1948, March 6: yacht Evelyn K. is found deserted in the Florida Keys; 3 persons missing

 

11.    1950, April 5: the 185-foot coaster Sandra, with a cargo of DDT, disappears in passage to Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, from Savannah, Georgia.

 

12.   1955, January 13: yacht Home Sweet Home, Bermuda to St. Thomas

 

13.   1955, September 26: yacht Connemara IV found derelict 150 miles southeast of Bermuda.

 

14.   1956, July: schooner Bounty disappears between Bimini and Miami.

 

15.   1958, January 1: 44-foot yawl Revonoc vanished between Key West and Miami; 4 crew.

 

16.   1960, April 16, yacht Ethel C.,  missing off Virginia

 

17.   1961, April 5: yacht Calista III, missing Norfolk to Bahamas.

 

18.   1962, schooner Evangeline

 

19.   1962, November: Windfall, a 56-foot schooner left Mystic, Conn. for Bermuda; 5 crew.

 

20.  1963, February 4: the 504-foot T-2 Tanker Marine Sulphur Queen, near Florida Straits; 39 crew.

 

21.   1963, July 2: fishing vessel Sno Boy, between Kingston to Northeast Cay.

 

22.  1964: 36-foot ketch Dancing Feathers, en route Bahamas from North Carolina.

 

23.  1965, January 13: 58-foot Enchantress, 150 miles southeast of Charleston, South Carolina.

 

24.  1965, October 28: houseboat El Gato, near Great Inagua, Bahamas.

 

25.  1967, December 10: Speed Artist 5 persons; Windward Islands

 

26.  1967, December 22: cabin cruiser Witchcraft, Miami Harbour; 2 persons

 

27.  1969, July 4: in the Sargasso Sea freighter Cotopaxi sees derelict power yacht on automatic pilot.

 

28.  1969, July 12: yacht Vagabond found derelict on edge of Sargasso Sea.

 

29.  1969, August: The 2 light house keepers from Great Isaac’s Rock lighthouse, near Bimini, abandon their posts without reason.

30.  1969, November 2: cabin cruiser Southern Cross found deserted off Cape May.

 

31.   1971, October 10: 339-foot cargo vessel El Caribe, missing in Caribbean Sea.

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