No One Discusses the Tragic Shipwreck More Than the Titanic. part 1.

Unfortunately, the Titanic disaster is not the only significant shipwreck, and sadly there have been cases much worse than the tragedy of the Titanic. They claimed it was the most technologically advanced, they said it was unsinkable, and when it sank they made a movie about it.

The first one happened on April 27, 1865. On April 23, she was on a routine trip from New Orleans when it broke down. There was a problem with the boiler, so the ship docked in Vicksburg. The Sultana Steamboat was a pretty large wooden boat with three decks and was 260 feet long and 70 feet wide, almost twice the size of a basketball court. The ship could carry about 350 passengers, but on that unfortunate day, more than 2000 people were on it.

James Cass Mason, the ship's captain, learned of a fantastic opportunity to make a lot of money at the port; all he had to do was transport a sizable number of former prisoners to the north. The captain agreed to do it, but the boiler needed a lot of time to repair, and Mason was worried that his rivals would take the job, so he decided to sail despite the ship's malfunction. He patched up the holes in the boiler instead of a major repair,

The Sultana embarked on a journey and sailed up the river for two days at the same time one of the largest Mississippi floods in history began. The River overflowed its banks, creating one of the worst floods in recorded history. There was a broken boiler, an excess of passengers, a lack of lifeboats, and unfavorable river conditions. Also, the captain refused to send the ex-prisoners to the hold so they were all with ordinary passengers.

The Sultana arrived in Memphis, Tennessee, on the evening of April 26, where they loaded even more 120 tons of sugar and 200 passengers. After getting extremely heavy around midnight, the ship continued its perilous journey. The captain sailed to barges to load a shipment of coal at 1am, and the vessel left the barge at 2am. The broken boiler, unable to withstand the load suddenly exploded the following morning.

According to a number of accounts, the Sultana disaster is regarded as the most catastrophic shipwreck in American history; the precise number of individuals who perished is still unclear.There were 961 to 1800 persons in this number.

Don't be shocked that so few people are familiar with this tale. The Sultana sank 12 days before the shipwreck the nation lost, despite though the Titanic disaster had many more survivors and was widely publicized. People in Abraham Lincoln hadn't yet recovered from this news, therefore they weren't very interested in the Sultana disaster.

Many tragedies occurred recently by historical standards, but one of them took place in 2002. The Senegalese ferry, the Fairy Lejula, sailed twice weekly primarily along the coast of Dakar carrying passengers who traded mango and palm oil. It made daily voyages and never encountered serious problems because of modern rescue equipment and reliable repair services, but one day the ship's crew discovered a malfunction and sent the boat to port for nearly a year.

On September 26, 2002, the Lejula sailed between Southern Senegal and Dakar. At 11 p.m., it sailed into Gambia,where a severe storm had just started.The wind had generated big waves, but the enormous passenger ship was not in danger as long as the number of passengers didn't go above the predetermined limit. Norm Majula had a lot more passengers that day than the estimated 500 he was meant to carry.