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True Stories Of Ships And The Men That Sailed Them
Within these links are stories and pictures of ships and the men and women that sailed them, many of them lost at sea
or on the Great Lakes.

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| Dresden |
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

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| Pericles |
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

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| Sinking Of The Lusitania |
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

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| Vision Of Ghostly Steamship Gaychimo |
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

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| The Infamous Titanic |
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

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| Waratah |
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

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| Lancastria |
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

James L. Donahue is the author of four fine books
crammed with Great Lakes shipwreck and shipping history. His books, available through Thunderbay Press, can be purchased on
line at Amazon, Borders and other popular book sellers. They include Steaming Through Smoke and Fire, Steamboats In Ice 1872,
Terrifying Steamboat Stories and Schooners In Peril.
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