From Below

by Darcy Coates

Matthew Rostow from the Institute of Maritime Research, an expert in the ocean’s currents, believes the location of the wreckage suggests the oar first entered the water inside the Baltic Sea. If this is true, it would place the Arcadia more than a hundred miles from any of the coordinates given during the emergency broadcasts and at least three hundred miles from its intended route. When the ship left port on 6 April, twelve days before its last contact, it was under the command of Captain William Virgil and was manned by two hundred and sixty-five crew, along with four hundred and nine passengers. No bodies were ever recovered. It’s unknown yet whether this discovery signifies that the mythical ship was truly sunk at sea or whether the oar was jettisoned or simply lost during a storm. However, this is certain to add new fuel to the heated debate surrounding one of the British Navy’s most infamous lost ships.