German Liner Dresden Sunk In North Sea

The German passenger ship Dresden made headlines in 1934 when it struck a rock formation in the North Sea, off the Norway coast, and sank the following day. But the vessel was best remembered as the Zeppelin which steamed under three different flags and served as a troop transport during World War I. Click For Story

White Star Line’s Pericles Lost Off Australian Coast

Some believe the White Star liner Pericles was among the most opulent passenger carriers servicing the Australian ports at the time it struck an uncharted rock and sank off Cape Leeuwin in 1910. Click For Story

Divers Find Military Cargo In The Lusitania’s Hold

A century-old controversy over the reasons a German U-boat torpedoed and sunk the Cunard liner Lusitania on May 7, 1915 was partly solved when an Irish dive team recovered samples of a cargo of military rifle shells from the wreck. The steamer took 1,959 souls to their death when it exploded and sank off the irish coast. Click For Story

Strange Story Of Ghost Ship Baychimo

The Baychimo was a steel cargo steamer involved in trading pelts for provisions in Inuit settlements along the coast of the Northwest Territories of Canada when it got trapped in pack ice and was left abandoned by the crew during the winter of 1931-32. The abandoned ship survived the winter and many winters thereafter. It was reported floating at large for the next 38 years before disappearing in 1969. Click For Story

Titanic Sinking Was Not The

Worst Marine Disaster

While the spectacular events surrounding the sinking of the White Star liner Titanic and the loss of 1,503 lives has been the subject of books and films and has consequently gripped public interest, it was not the worst marine disaster in world history. It just received more world attention. Click For Story

Treasure Ship Egypt Sunk In 1922 Collision

The British liner Egypt was carrying gold and silver bullion valued at over a million pounds, English currency, when it was sunk in a collision with the French steamship Seine in the Atlantic off the Island of Ushant in 1922.  Thus it became a contemporary treasure ship lying in about 360 feet of water. Click For Story

Fate Of French Steamship Afrique Was Sealed

A combination of factors sank the French steamship Afrique and killed most of its 602 passengers and crew members in the Bay of Biscay in the winter of 1920. The ship's rudder failed in a  fierce winter gale and the vessel sank as other vessels battled the elements in efforts to rescue those trapped on the doomed ship. Click For Story

Ghost Ship Waratah Sailed Into Oblivion In 1909

The new 500-foot-long steamship Waratah was the flagship of the Blue Anchor Line, on the second leg of its second trip from England to Australia and back, when it disappeared with its full crew and 288 passengers somewhere off the South African coast in July, 1909. No trace of this vessel has ever been found. Click For Story

The Horror Of The Lancastria Affair

The Cunard liner Lancastria was one of a long list of peace time passenger ships pressed into service as troop carriers during World War II. Early in the war more than 3000 British troops and civilians perished on her decks when the Lancastria was bombed and sunk by German aircraft off St. Nazarine, France. Some believe the number of victims may have been nearly 6,000. Click For Story