List of Bermuda Triangle incidents

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The list of Bermuda Triangle incidents concerns all air and maritime incidents that occurred in the Bermuda Triangle and incidents that are claimed to have occurred in the Bermuda Triangle. Please see also the chronological list in Bermuda triangle

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[edit] Incidents in air

This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

[edit] Incidents at sea

  • General Gates; went missing 1780 (no British warship claimed her sinking, but she had been declared unseaworthy in 1779 and sold).
  • USS Insurgent, a 36-gun French-built warship with 340 crew; went missing September 1799
  • USS Pickering; went missing on voyage to West Indies, on or around August 20, 1800
  • USS Wasp; sloop-of-war that severely harassed British shipping in the War of 1812, went missing on Caribbean cruise, October 1814
  • USS Epervier, while carrying original peace proposals for War of 1812; left Algiers for Norfolk, and went missing, 1815, delaying the ending of hostilities (rare instance of maritime disappearance directly connected to international politics)
  • USS Wildcat, crew of 31; went missing after leaving Cuba, October 1824
  • Schooner Lynx, crew of 40; went missing in far western Atlantic, 1824
  • Schooner USS Hornet, victor over HMS Peacock in 1812; went missing in far western Atlantic, 1824
  • Rosalie; went missing in Sargasso Sea, 1840
  • USS Grampus; went missing sailing south of the Carolinas, March 1843
  • HMS Atalanta, crew of 290; went missing, after departing Bermuda for home, 1880
  • Spray, piloted by renowned world-circumnavigator Joshua Slocum, considered "finest sailor of his age"; went missing after departing Miami, November 14, 1909
  • Timandra, 1,579 gross-ton freighter, crew of 21 under Captain Lee; went missing, while bound for Buenos Aires from Norfolk in cargo of coal, sometime between March 6 and March 27, 1917; sent no wireless/radio communication, despite capability
  • Collier USS Cyclops, crew and passengers of 309 under Lieutenant Commander George Worley; went missing after leaving Barbados for Baltimore, sometime after March 6, 1918; sent no wireless/radio communication, despite capability
  • Tramp steamer SS Cotopaxi, crew of 32 under Captain Meyers; went missing, after leaving Charleston, South Carolina for Havana, Cuba, December 1, 1925; sent no wireless/radio communication, despite capability
  • Freighter SS Suduffco, crew of 29; went missing, while sailing from New York City to Los Angeles, March 14, 1926, though owner waited approximately one month before reporting her overdue; sent no wireless/radio communication, despite capability
  • British freighter Anglo Australian, 5,500 tonnes, crew of 38 under Captain Parslow; went missing, bound from Cardiff, Wales for British Columbia, March 1938; last reported by wireless/radio off Azores: "Passing Fayal this afternoon. All well."
  • Evelyn K; lost on March 6, 1948
  • SS Samkey; lost on January 31, 1948
  • Home Sweet Home; lost on January 13, 1955
  • Connemara IV; lost on September 26, 1955
  • Revonoc; lost on January 1, 1958
  • SS Marine Sulphur Queen; lost on February 3, 1963
  • Sno' Boy; lost on July 2, 1963
  • Enchantress; lost on January 13, 1965
  • El Gato; lost on October 28, 1965
  • Witchcraft; lost on December 22, 1967
  • El Caribe; lost on September 10, 1971
  • Dawn; lost on April 22, 1975
  • Sylvia L. Ossa; lost in October 1976
  • SS Poet; lost on October 26, 1980
This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it.

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  • "Into the Bermuda Triangle: Pursuing the Truth Behind the World's Greatest Mystery" by Gian Quasar, International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press (2003) ISBN 0-07-142640-X; contains list of missing craft as researched in official records. (reprinted in paperback (2005) ISBN 0-07-145217-6).
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