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1 de may. de 2021 · One night, during heavy fog on January 6, 1934, the Nantucket transmitted radio signals to the ocean liner SS Washington, the largest ocean-going ship ever built in the United States. The SS Washington’s lookout misjudged the coordinates, and the monstrous vessel sideswiped the Nantucket.
Nantucket lightship collision Olympic in 1934, passing the Lightship Nantucket, the same ship she would strike and sink a few months later. In 1934, Olympic again struck another ship. The approaches to New York were marked by lightships and Olympic, like other liners, had been known to pass close by these vessels.
RMS Olympic passes Nantucket Lightship 117 in early 1934. Lightship 117 at Nantucket was sideswiped by the SS Washington in early 1934, and four months later, on 15 May 1934, she was rammed and sunk by the British White Star ship RMS Olympic homing in on its radio beacon in dense fog. [3]
Moored south of Nantucket Island, Massachusetts, the lightship was at the western part of the transatlantic shipping lane and the first lightship encountered by westbound liners approaching New York Harbor. On May 15, 1934, one of these liners, RMS Olympic, rammed and sank LV-117, killing seven of her crew.
A drawing of the RMS Olympic running over the Nantucket Lightship. On May 15, 1934, The RMS Olympic had collided with one of the Nantucket Lightship LV-117. The Nantucket Lightship sank. 7 out of 11 crewman onboard were killed and 4 people survived.
3 de jul. de 2021 · This animation shows the collision of the RMS Olympic and the Nantucket Lightship
On May 15,1934, RMS Olympic, on approach to New York in heavy fog, collided with Nantucket Lightship LV-117 causing it to break apart and sink. There were seven fatalities out of...
