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SS Marine Sulphur Queen, formally Esso New Haven, was a T2 tanker converted to carry molten sulphur. It is notable for its disappearance in 1963 near the southern coast of Florida, taking the lives of 39 crewmen.
SS Marine Sulphur Queen The remains of Marine Sulphur Queen, recovered by the US coast guard. SS Marine Sulphur Queen and its crew of 39 disappeared near the southern coast of Florida after 4 February 1963. SS Bunker Hill sank 6 March 1964 after an explosion, she broke in two near Anacortes, Washington on a trip from Tacoma, Washington to ...
SS: D.M. Clemson: 1908: Lake freighter vanished in a violent Lake Superior storm on 1 December 1908. [12] SS: Hippocampus: 1868: Lake freighter that capsized in Lake Michigan a few miles from Benton Harbor, Michigan. [13] SS: Marine Sulphur Queen: 1963: Somewhere in Florida Strait around 14] (missing wreck) SS
In 1985 an unknown shipwreck was found off St Augustine, Florida; in 2020 it was identified as the remains of the SS Cotopaxi. [21] 1941: USS Proteus (AC-9), lost with all 58 persons on board in heavy seas, having departed St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands with a cargo of bauxite on 23 November.
The Bermuda Triangle, also known as the Devil's Triangle, is a loosely defined region between Florida, Bermuda, and Puerto Rico in the North Atlantic Ocean.Since the mid-20th century, the area has been the subject of an urban legend, which claims that many aircraft and ships have disappeared there under mysterious circumstances.
The SS Marine Sulphur Queen, a tanker with a crew of 39 and a cargo of molten sulphur, was heard from for the last time, two days after its departure from Beaumont, Texas, en route to Norfolk, Virginia. Contact between the ship and its owner, Marine Transport Lines, Inc., was lost and the ship was reported missing two days later. [16]
This is a list of names for the approximately 500 Type T2 tankers built for the United States Maritime Commission during World War II.Not included are the tankers of the Samoset/Chiwawa (T3-S-A1) type, which despite the "T3" designation were in fact nearly identical hulls to the original T2s, and smaller than the T2-A and T2-SE series.
On 1 March 1963, she left Charleston with orders to search for the overdue SS Marine Sulphur Queen. Finding nothing, Parrot returned to port on 18 March. Resuming patrol duties and training exercises, Parrot also made annual deployments to the Caribbean until August 1968.