The Sea Venture

The Bermuda Triangle has a history of disappearances starting almost 400 years ago with the mysterious sinking of The Sea Venture in 1609 just off the coast of Bermuda. Although ships were much more fragile in the 17th century and were constantly being lost to the sea due to the weather conditions The Sea Venture was constructed to handle the terrible storms of the Atlantic yet it could not hold up to the strange weather in the triangle. What was even more strange and added to the mystery, was the wreck of the rescue boat which was sent after The Sea Venture. These two incidents may have been the beginning of the legend of the Bermuda Triangle.

Linebaugh, P. (2003) The wreck of the Sea Venture.
Retrieved March 28, 2008
http://www.clairehope.btinternet.co.uk/PDFs/LinebaughRediker_seaventure.pdf


Steven McConchie

Flight 19

On the 5th of Decembe, 1945 Flight 19 departed form the U.S. Naval Air Station in Fort Lauderdale Florida. It was late afternoon and the the weather was mild with slight rainshowers and 20 knot winds. The squadron was on a routine training exercise in which they were to fly west from Fort Lauderdale, run a few bomb training exercises, then fly north for a little bit and then return to the base. Only a few hours after the flgiht had taken of radio technicians recieved a message between the leader of Flight 19 and another pilot in the group stating he was unsure of his position relative to Florida and it was relayed among the pilots that they were all experienceing strange compass failure. Due to the less than great atmospheric conditions of the day the squadron was unable to establish communication with the base back in Florida. From here the story is left up to speculation but this video gives one of the theories which has become widely accepted as the fate of Flight 19.




http://history.navy.mil/faqs/faq15-1.htm

Andrew Troester

The Bermuda Triangle also known as the "Devil's Triangle". It is located in the southeast Atlantic Ocean by the United States. The three points of the triangle are located in Bermuda, Miami, Florida, and San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Triangle ranges from 500,000 square miles to 1,500,000 square miles. The Bermuda Triangle is known for ship and aircrafts randomly disappearing. There is no explanation behind why these ships and aircrafts were gone or where they disappears to.

-Rebecca Bryan