On September 30, 1975, the fishing trawler Admiral Von Tromp mysteriously grounded, killing two of its crew.
Category: European Shipwrecks
The Ship of Gold
The English merchant vessel, Merchant Royal, is called the “Ship of Gold” and the “El Dorado of the Sea.” She went down in 1641 with a vast fortune of gold and silver.
The SS Principessa Jolanda
The SS Principessa Jolanda was the largest Italian passenger ship ever built when it was launched in 1907. It sank immediately after being launched.
The Tragedy of the Estonia
On September 28, 1994, the passenger and vehicle ferry MV Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea, killing 852 people on board. The exact cause of its demise is still controversial.
The Fleet of Tristán de Luna
On September 19, 1559, a devastating hurricane wiped out the settlement of Santa María de…
The Pourquoi Pas
On September 16, 1936, the three masted French barque Pourquoi Pas was sunk off the southwest coast of Iceland near Álftanes. The ship was built in 1908 at Saint-Malo for an Antarctic expedition led by Jean-Baptiste Charcot. The impressive ship was sturdy…
The S.S. Carnatic
On September 14th, 1869, the British passenger and cargo ship S.S. Carnatic sank in the Red Sea off the east coast of Egypt. She was traveling from Alexandria to Bombay carrying 34 passengers and 176 crew, along with cargo of copper, cotton, …
The Sinking of the S.S. Austria
On September 13, 1858, the German steam and sail ship S.S. Austria was transporting passengers from Hamburg, Germany to New York City. Still in the Atlantic, about 500 miles east of Newfoundland, Captain F. A. Heydtmann ordered the ship to be fumigated. The boatswain was ordered to dip a red-hot metal chain into a bucket of tar, which would produce toxic…