Bermuda Triangle: Ship Reappears 90 Years After Going Missing
The Cuban Coast Guard announced this morning, that they had intercepted an unmanned ship heading for the island, which is presumed to be the SS Cotopaxi, a tramp steamer which vanished in December 1925 and has since been connected to the legend of the Bermuda Triangle.
The Cuban authorities spotted the ship for the first time on May
16, near a restricted military zone, west of Havana. They made many
unsuccessful attempts to communicate with the crew, and
finally mobilized three patrol boats to intercept it.
When they reached it, they were surprised to find that the ship was
actually a nearly 100-year old steamer identified as the Cotopaxi, a
name famously associated with the legend of the Bermuda Triangle. There
was no one on board and the ship seemed to have been abandoned for
decades, suggesting that this could actually be the tramp freighter that
disappeared in 1925.
An exhaustive search of the ship led to the discovery of the
captain’s logbook. It was, indeed, associated with the Clinchfield
Navigation Company, the owners of the SS Cotopaxi, but hasn’t brought
any clue concerning what happened to the ship over the last 90 years.
Cuban expert, Rodolfo Salvador Cruz, believes that the captain’s
logbook is authentic. This document is full of precious information
concerning the life of the crew before the ship’s disappearance, but the
entries stop suddenly on December 1, 1925.
On 29 November 1925, the SS Cotopaxi departed Charleston, South
Carolina, and headed towards Havana, Cuba. The ship had a crew of 32
men, under the command of Captain W. J. Meyer, and was carrying a cargo
of 2340 tons of coal. It was reported missing two days later, and was
unheard of for almost 90 years.
The Vice President of Council of Ministers, General Abelardo
Colomé, announced that the Cuban authorities were going to conduct a
thorough investigation to elucidate the mystery of the ship’s
disappearance and reappearance.
“It is very important for us to understand what happened” says
General Colomé. “Such incidents could be really bad for our economy, so
want to make sure that this kind of disappearance doesn’t happen
again. The time has come to solve the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle,
once and for all.”
The Cuban authorities spotted the ship for the first time on May
16, near a restricted military zone, west of Havana. They made many
unsuccessful attempts to communicate with the crew, and
finally mobilized three patrol boats to intercept it.
When they reached it, they were surprised to find that the ship was
actually a nearly 100-year old steamer identified as the Cotopaxi, a
name famously associated with the legend of the Bermuda Triangle. There
was no one on board and the ship seemed to have been abandoned for
decades, suggesting that this could actually be the tramp freighter that
disappeared in 1925.
An exhaustive search of the ship led to the discovery of the
captain’s logbook. It was, indeed, associated with the Clinchfield
Navigation Company, the owners of the SS Cotopaxi, but hasn’t brought
any clue concerning what happened to the ship over the last 90 years.
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