The Shipwreck Archives

The Plainfield Daily Press from March 12, 1908, ran an interview with Mrs. Winn, wife of Captain Winn: “In speaking of the stories in last night’s papers, Mrs. Winn declared she could not place Kulman as a member of her...

The Lloyds Weekly London Newspaper from December 30, 1849, featured an article about the high demand for emigrant ships and the resulting dangers, inspired in a large part by the fate of the Caleb Grimshaw: “In fine...

Captain Edwards told the story of the events that led to him receiving a Medal of Honor from the Navy as well as earning him an officer in the French Legion of Honor, and that story was later published in American...

In the Nautical Gazette from September 14, 1929 Captain Felix Riesenberg gave his opinion about helm orders, connected to the fate of the San Juan: “Just what happened may never be clearly known, but the point is that...

The Straits Echo from October 2nd, 1923 contained a summary of the investigation into the collision between the Ranee and the Boribat: “The plaintiffs alleged that no proper look-out was kept on board the Boribat, there...

The South Wales Daily News on the 6th of December 1898 published the report of the Captain of the steamship the King Arthur about his discovery of a derelict vessel: On the mainmast was an ensign reversed, and from its...

The Bloomington Weekly Leader of April 1st, 1869, reviewed the history of the Hermann: “The Hermann, with the Washington, was built about thirty years ago, for the Liverpool trade, but subsequently ran in the Bremen...

Radio Officer King, of HMS Grasshopper, described what he had witnessed in the Straits Times on the 18th of May, 1939: “As we circled round her,” he said, “flames from the pitch pine and other timber in the fore’ and...

The Monmouthshire Merlin carried a story from the Gazette on the 17th of October, 1840: “The magnificent harbour of Bombay has hitherto been entered in safety, not in consequence of the adequacy of the lighthouse and...

The Sydney Morning Herald on the 9th of June, 1853 wrote that the inquiry into the wreck of the Monumental City had opened with an unusual statement by the man presiding over the hearing: “Previous to the commencement...

On the 16th of January, the Townsville Daily Bulletin announced the lack of definitive news about the fate of the Cobequid: “A search for the liner Cobequid disclosed nothing definite. A crew of 102 are aboard, together...

In the Evening Republican on the 21st of November, 1887, Captain Webster of the Rosa Mary described the events that had led to disaster from his perspective: “The weather was hazy. On Saturday morning there was a heavy...

The Oregon Daily Journal from December 30, 1918, announced the return home of third officer Nolan of the Dumaru, long assumed to have been lost: “More like fiction--a tale of Jack London or Stevenson--is the story told...

Captain William Barnes of the Greycliffe made his official statement regarding the collision between his ferry and the Tahiti: “I called at Garden Island and picked up as usual and was proceeding to Neilsen Park. I was...

Salvatore Chiappara, steward of the bark the Giovanni, told his story to the newspaper reporter of The Sun, of New York City, after arriving in that city: “The Giovanni, which had been storm-tossed for many days, neared...