A tanker of molten sulphur vanished with 39 crew in 1963

On February 4, 1963, the SS Marine Sulphur Queen sent a routine position report from the Gulf of Mexico, about 200 miles west of the Florida Keys, and was never heard from again. The T2 tanker was carrying 15,260 tons of molten sulfur, kept liquid at around 255°F, and 39 crew members. — Read the rest The post A tanker of molten sulphur vanished with 39 crew in 1963 appeared first on Boing Boing.