The Bermuda Triangle is also known as the Devil's Triangle, HooDoo Sea, and the graveyard of the Atlantic.
In the region, a magnetic compass points toward true north. Normally it points toward magnetic north. The difference between the two is known as compass variation. The amount of variation changes by as much as 20 degrees as one circumnavigates Earth. If this compass variation or error is not compensated for, a navigator could become far off course quite quickly.
Flight 19's assignment was known as Navigation Problem 1. The plane crews were to fly east to Hen and Chickens Shoals, take a few bombing practice runs, continue east another 67 miles (107 kilometers), turn north and fly 73 miles (117 kilometers), then turn southwest and fly for 120 miles (193 kilometers) to return to their base at Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
U.S.S. Cyclops
Another famous disappearance is that of the U.S.S. Cyclops, a supply ship first launched in 1910 operating with the Naval Auxiliary Service of the Atlantic Fleet in the Baltic and Caribbean Seas. During troubled conditions in Mexico in 1914 and 1916, the Cyclops supplied coal to ships on patrol there and received the thanks of the State Department for cooperation in bringing refugees from Tampico to New Orleans.
With America's entry into World War I, Cyclops was commissioned on May 1, 1917, with Lieutenant Commander G. W. Worley in command. The ship joined a convoy headed for St. Nazaire, France, in June 1917, then returned to the east coast in July.
In January 1918 Cyclops was assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service and sailed to Brazilian waters to fuel British ships in the South Atlantic. It put to sea from Rio de Janeiro on February 16, 1918, and after touching at Barbados on March 3 and 4, was never heard from again. The loss of the ship without a trace is one of the sea's unsolved mysteries.
Another mysterious disappearance is that of the S.S. Marine Sulphur Queen. Bound for Norfolk, Virginia, from Beaumont, Texas, the tanker was last heard from on February 3, 1963, when it routinely radioed its position near Key West.
The only sign ever found was a single life jacket about 40 miles southwest of the tanker's last known position. The waters there are infested with sharks and barracuda. The tanker was carrying 15,000 long tons of molten sulfur contained in four metal tanks, each heated to 275 degrees Fahrenheit by a network of coils connected to two boilers. An explosion is a likely possibility.
In December 1954, a converted Navy LST, the Southern District, was heading up the North Carolina coastline when it disappeared without a trace or distress call. Its cargo was powdered sulfur.
2006-09-08 03:42:04
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answered by bob christopher suyam 1
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I trust Seeker. All this human beings right here claiming methane bubbles are the to blame forgot that the Bermuda Triangle is particularly well-liked for taking down boats to boot as PLANES. I even have traveled from the Unites States to Puerto Rico many circumstances (crossing the triangle each and every time) and that i'm nonetheless alive. it fairly is all BS, in my opinion.
2016-11-24 21:09:06
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answered by Anonymous
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Some kind of gas being produced from the sed bed make the water so light that even a small piece of wood would sink like a rock deep down to the sea bed.
2006-09-04 04:22:12
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answered by Best Answer Expert 3
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strangely quiet in recent years what with al of our modern technology, and since the aliens moved the base...
2006-09-04 04:15:22
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answered by Iamstitch2U 6
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Hold On!
I've got it right here...
Oh No!
It's mysteriously disappeared...
2006-09-04 04:11:35
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answered by I Sleep Easy 2
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