Latest / Emergencies and Natural Disasters
The Vanishing of Almeda Star: 360 Souls, No Trace, No Answers
The Vanishing of Almeda Star: 360 Souls, No Trace, No Answers
A colossal liner of 12,000+ tons, 578 feet long, and carrying 360 souls vanished in the North Atlantic on 17 January 1941 with no wreckage, no lifeboats recovered, and no bodies-seven destroyers searched for days and found nothing. What happened between the first torpedo at 07:45 and the destroyers' arrival that left only an empty ocean and unanswered questions?
In this episode, we tell the documented timeline from the Almeda Star’s launch in 1926 through her 1935 refit to the moments after the torpedo strike, presenting the known…
The skinny
The skinny isn't ready yet — notes appear once the transcript is processed.