Other sea disasters

Paul Amirault

Jul 10, 20176 min read

SOS STORIES, Part Four: Disaster Foretold—The Wreck of the S.S. Kentucky

On the morning of February 3, a little before noon, the wireless station at Cape Hatteras, NC overheard a frantic transmission from the Kent

Paul Amirault

Jun 13, 20174 min read

SOS STORIES, Part Two: The First American to Send an SOS

The story of Theodore Haubner and the Arapahoe, the first American ship to be rescued at sea by a SOS wireless distress call.

Paul Amirault

May 17, 20175 min read

SOS STORIES, PART ONE: Titanic’s radio operator WASN'T the first to use the famous distress sign

This is the story of the first use of the SOS distress call in a sea disaster. And it didn't involve Titanic!