The British cargo ship Lulworth Hill was sunk by an Italian U-Boat on 19 March 1943. Two of 47 men on board made it to a cramped life raft. Only 2 of them survived the ordeal.
Category: European Shipwrecks
Batavia’s Graveyard – Part 3
The survivors of the Batavia are systematically murdered by Jeronimus Cornelisz and his mutineers. Francisco Pelsaert returns with a rescue ship and the mutineers are defeated by Wiebbe Hayes and his men.
Batavia’s Graveyard – Part 2
The Batavia leaves Table Bay in southern Africa and continues its voyage across the Indian Ocean for the Dutch East Indies. Mutiny is brewing, resulting in a cruel attack on Lady Lucretia. The Batavia wrecks at Houtman’s Abrolhos, and the survivors struggle to find dry land.
Batavia’s Graveyard – Part 1
The Batavia was a 17th century Dutch East India Company sailing vessel. It wrecked in 1629 off the coast of Australia, setting the scene for horrible cruelty by Jeronimus Cornelisz.
The Carlskrona: Pearl of the Swedish Navy
The Swedish naval ship Carlskrona met her demise on the 9th of August, 1845 in the Florida Strait.
Phantom Ship: The HMS Eurydice
In 1878, the HMS Eurydice was sunk in a terrible winter storm off the Isle of Wight. It’s ghostly visage has been reported on the waters ever since.
The Olivia Ribau
In 2015, the fishing vessel Oliva Ribau ran aground off the coast of Portugal, leaving 5 of its 7 crew dead. Local authorities were heavily criticized following the tragedy.
The Great Hurricane of 1780
The Great Hurricane of 1780 devastated the British fleet in the West Indies and killed over 22,000.
The Andrea Doria – The Pride of Italy
In 1956, the Andrea Doria collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm in dense fog off Nantucket Island. The beautiful and luxurious ship was lost to the Atlantic Ocean.
Lampedusa Migrant Shipwreck
On October 3, 2013, a migrant vessel carrying over 500 people from Libya sank in the Mediterranean Sea, killing more than 360 people.