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SS Marine Sulphur QueenUnited States
NameSS Esso New Haven
OwnerBethlehem Steel Company
BuilderSun Shipbuilding & Drydock Co.
Yard number407
Launched8 March 1944
RenamedSS Marine Sulphur Queen, 1960
Identification
  • 1944:[1]
  • US Official Number: 245295
  • Code letters:KWPO
FateWent missing off Florida after 4 February 1963
General characteristics
Class and typeT2 tanker
Tonnage
  • 10,642 GRT
  • 6,419 NRT
Length504 ft 0 in (153.62 m)
Beam68.2 ft 0 in (20.79 m)
Depth93.2 ft 0 in (28.41 m)
Crew39

SS Marine Sulphur Queen, formally Esso New Haven, was T2 tanker converted to carry molten sulphur. It is notable for its disappearance in 1963 near the southern coast of Florida, taking the lives of 39 crewmen.

In the investigation, the Coast Guard determined that the ship was unsafe and not seaworthy, and never should have sailed. The final report suggested four causes of the disaster, all due to poor design and maintenance of the ship. The loss of the ship was the subject of lengthy litigation between the owner and families of the missing men.

Despite the clear cause of the disaster, an inaccurate and incomplete version of the ship's disappearance is often used to justify Bermuda Triangle conspiracies.

  1. ^ Lloyd's Register Foundation, Heritage & Education Centre (1947). Lloyd's Register of Shipping 1947 Steamers. p. 388.

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