Episode 5 of 5

Lifeboat Sighting

When: July 1893
Where: North Atlantic
Part of: White Star liner SS Naronic sinks without a trace in the Atlantic

The captain of the Norwegian ship Emblem reported spotting a lifeboat from Naronic floating upside down and covered with barnacles in July.

In October 1893, a newspaper reported the testimony of the captain of the Norwegian ship Emblem. He declared to have spotted a lifeboat of Naronic in July, floating upside down and covered with barnacles, providing indirect evidence of the loss.

Sources

SS Naronic Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-14

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