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Message: [QUOTE="Robert J. McDonnell, post: 284560, member: 197796"] This conversation addresses another mysterious shipwreck, the burning of the Turbo-Electric Liner Morro Castle, off the New Jersey Coast, in 1934. Captain Robert R. Willmott (usually mispelled as Wilmott), had not been feeling well for a few voyages. The vessel, following its usual, round-trip route from NYC to Havana, left the later port in a hurry on 5 September, because a hurricane had formed SSE of Cuba. Traveling at its usual 20 knots, the Morro Castle headed home in an effort to outrun the storm. Captain Willmott's health worsened. On 7 September, he was found dead in his cabin's bathroom at 7:40 p.m. E.S.T. At 2:10 a.m. EST the next morning, fire broke out in the ship's Writing Room--the ship was about eight miles off the New Jersey Coast. Chaos prevailed. End result? 134 people, mostly passengers perished. Numerous investigations followed. The officers believed that Willmott had been murdered, and the ship was set abalze to cover the act. Thus, the mystery lingers in the minds of many to this day. Please feel free to visit: [url="http://home.att.net/~morro34"]http://home.att.net/~morro34[/url] I am willing to answer questions as best I can, here or via email. Thanks, Bob [/QUOTE]