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Madagascar was a large British merchant ship built for the trade to India and China in 1837 that disappeared on a voyage from Melbourne to London in 1853. The disappearance of Madagascar was one of the great maritime mysteries of the 19th century and has probably been the subject of more speculation than any other 19th century maritime puzzle, except for the Mary Celeste.
Madagascar (1837 ship) Greek steamer Maximilianos; HMS Megaera (1837) HMS Modeste (1837) N. Nantucket (ship) New York (1837 steamboat) P. USS Pennsylvania (1837)
The ship was wrecked on Christmas Island. Her crew were rescued six months later by Charles Frederick ( United Kingdom) and taken to the Sandwich Islands. [10] Caroline United States: The ship was lost in Chaleur Bay. [11] Emmée France: The ship was wrecked on the coast of Madagascar. [12] Europa United States: The whaler was wrecked in a ...
Madagascar (1837 ship) was a large British merchant ship built for the trade to India and China that disappeared on a voyage from Melbourne to London in 1853. PS Madagascar (1838 ship) was a paddle steamer that served the British Empire as a troop transport in the First Opium War, during which conflict an accidental fire destroyed her.
O n Dec. 21, 1988, Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie. All 259 passengers and crew were killed, plus another 11 died when the wreckage fell over ...
List of shipwrecks: 4 January 1837 Ship State Description Adolphe France: The ship struck the pier and sank at Dover, Kent, United Kingdom. She was on a voyage from Calais to Dover. [1] Cornwallis: New South Wales: The whaler, a brig, was wrecked on Bougainville Island. All on board survived. [22] [23] Evenwood United Kingdom
Investigators head into the debris field at the site of a commercial plane crash near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, September 11, 2001. The crash is one of four planes that were hijacked as part of a ...
21 December 1988: Pan Am Flight 103 from London to New York explodes 31,000 feet over Lockerbie, 38 minutes after take-off from London. The 259 people on board the Boeing 747 are killed, along ...