Operating with the Naval Auxiliary Service, Atlantic Fleet, the collier voyaged in the Baltic during May to July 1911 to supply 2d Division ships. Worley, Master, Navy Auxiliary Service, in charge. Click here for a list of the 21 officers and 285 enlisted men officially listed as dead on June 14th, 1918.The ironclad steamer KICKAPOO carried the name CYCLOPS from 15 June to 10 August 1869, then was renamed KEWAYDIN.The second Cyclops, a collier, was launched by William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pa., and placed in service 7 November 1910, G. The loss of those two ships was overshadowed by the onset of World War II. Two of her sister ships the PROTEUS and the NEREUS disappeared on almost the same route in 1941. Volumes have been written about this vessel, and the more that come to light, the more confusing and mysterious it becomes. This is one of the classic Bermuda Triangle disappearances. 1917, March 6 TIMANDRA - A freighter that vanished east of Norfolk Virginia with 19 persons on board.A bark that disappeared east of Savannah Georgia with 12 persons on board. 1916, November 3 BROWN BROTHERS, or BROWN BROS.KRUM - A schooner that disappeared east of St. BASKER - A freighter that disappeared while en route from New York to St. BABSON - A schooner disappeared east of Jacksonville Florida with 7 persons. POOLE - A schooner disappeared east of Wilmington North Carolina. LAWRY - A schooner, disappeared east of Jacksonville Florida with 6 persons on board. PARKER - A steamship that disappeared east of the southern Jersey coast with 17 persons. The first steamship on record to vanish in the triangle BISHOP - A schooner disappeared east of Jacksonville, Florida with 7 persons 1909, December 23 AUBURN - A schooner disappeared east of Jacksonville, Florida with 9 persons.HART - A schooner disappeared east of Jacksonville, Florida with 8 persons BEMENT - A schooner disappeared east of Jacksonville, Florida with 7 persons He is the author of the book "Sailing Alone Around the World" A world famous sailor and the first man to sail around the world in a small boat.
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