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MV Joyita was an American merchant vessel from which 25 passengers and crew mysteriously disappeared in the South Pacific in October 1955. She was found adrift with no one aboard. The ship was in very poor condition, with corroded pipes and a radio which, while functional, had a range of only about 2 miles (3.2 km) because of faulty wiring.
French pirate and privateer Jean Lafitte was granted a commission from the Great Colombia government to take Spanish ships in June 1822. He is thought to have died on 5 February 1823 while trying to take two Spanish merchant vessels in the Gulf of Honduras, but rumors abounded that he had a different fate. [77] June 1827 Douglas Clavering: 32–33
SS Waratah and its 211 crew and passengers were last heard from on 27 July 1909. Its wreck has yet to be found. This is a list of missing ships and wrecks. If it is known that the ship in question sank, then its wreck has not yet been located. Ships are usually declared lost and assumed wrecked after a period of disappearance.
Active (1804 ship) Samuel Adams (naval officer) Disappearance of Royal Marine Alan Addis; Bas Jan Ader; Eddie Aikau; USS Albany (1846) June 1962 Alcatraz escape attempt; Theodosia Burr Alston; José Salvador Alvarenga; HMS Anacreon (1813) James Roy Andersen; Anna (1790 ship) Ikegusuku Antō; Geoffrey Appleyard; Francisque Arban; HMS Ardent ...
La Bourgogne – The passenger ship sank on 4 July after a collision in dense fog with the British ship Cromartyshire off Sable Island, Nova Scotia. La Bourgogne was carrying 730 passengers and crew, of whom 565 were lost. [5] 565 1891 United Kingdom: Utopia – Collided with HMS Anson while trying to enter the Bay of Gibraltar on 17 March. She ...
Their points of origin suggest a link to the Hanseatic League, an organization of northern German merchant communities that was a powerhouse in interregional trade. 1: roof tile; 2: brick; 3: roof ...
[47] 82 of the 314 people aboard Voyager were lost; [47] Australia's largest peacetime loss of military personnel. 82 2000 Greece: Express Samina – On 26 September, the roll-on/roll-off ferry hit a reef and sank at 23:02 hrs near the island of Paros. Of the 534 people aboard (473 passengers and 61 crew), 82 were lost. 82 1953 Turkey
The 184-foot Bayesian had been anchored about half a mile off the port of Porticello, near Palermo, with 22 people on board — 10 crew members and 12 passengers.