The Norwegian collier SS Storstad ran into her in the St. Lawrence River's dense fog. More than a thousand people perished as the ship sank in a matter of minutes. As a result of the more well-known sinkings of the Titanic and the Lusitania, the "Forgotten Empress" has been mostly forgotten. <
Steamer vessel named Cuaspud (ex "Witch") foundered Trinidad Island on 1867
Does anyone know any info on the shipwreck at the lower end of the old Baldwinsville Canal on the Seneca River just below the dam in Baldwin
What types of goods were transported on the Washington and what if any were recovered? Specifically were there any perfume bottles sealed or
Do you know if the USCG 56022 cable boat home station was Cleveland Harbor? My father ran the cable boat from Cleveland from 1967-1972.
I know where the ship wreck is but it is not listed so what do I do.?
Texanita?
What is the most famous shipwreck in the world?
Are you interested in adding the Hartford to your site?
The National Museum of the Great Lakes is excited to announce the release of a new book titled Shipwrecks of Lake Ontario: A Journey of Discovery. This book contains stories of long lost shipwrecks and the journeys of the underwater explorers who found them, written by Jim Kennard with paintings by Roland Stevens and underwater imagery by Roger Pawlowski.
The recent discovery of the wreck of the British warship Ontario, “the Holy Grail” of Great Lakes shipwrecks, solves several mysteries that have puzzled historians since the ship sank more than two centuries ago. Now, for the first time, the whole tragic story of the Ontario can finally be told.