Was it salvaged without anyone knowing about it?Until it emerges from hiding to be sighted again, or someone finds the wreckage, the ultimate fate of this ghost ship of the Arctic will remain beyond our grasp.Subscribe to our mailing list and get history updates to your inbox! Its main function was to shuttle goods between Hamburg and Sweden and back again. The SS Baychimo was a small (230 ft) steam powered cargo ship originally named SS Ångermanelfven.The ship was built in Sweden in 1914 and used to move cargo between Hamburg and Sweden until the First World War began in August 1914.

The closest city was Barrow, Alaska, the northernmost city in the United States – too far to get to in the blowing snow and high winds. The ship had vanished, no doubt sunk by the preceding blizzard. The mystery of the Arctic ghost ship: Abandoned 1914 cargo vessel SS Baychimo drifted for decades - but is she still out there? The crew decided to wait until they could retrieve the ship, and built a camp out on the ice nearby where they could keep an eye on it. Its original name was Ångermanelfven.

Receiving provisions from the company, they were prepared to stubbornly wait out the entire winter if that was what it took.The crew that had remained behind lost sight of the ship and when the storm lifted the following day, the Baychimo ghost ship was nowhere to be seen. People managed to board her several times, but each time they were either unequipped to salvage her or were driven away by bad weather. First and foremost, abandoned ships never “roam the seas.” Its a nice description for a so-called ghost ship, but they never do, really. If you do make a purchase after clicking one of the clicks, I’ll earn some coffee money, ☕ which I will drink while creating more interesting content such as this. The creeping ice floes intervened, however.

The ship was simply gone. The captain wished to salvage her. The ship was mostly used to trade provisions for fur with Inuit settlements, but it also made voyages to Alaska and British Columbia carrying various cargo and passengers.The Baychimo and its crew performed their duties well, braving rough, frigid seas, foul weather, and perilous ice floes to perform a total of nine successful journeys to and from Alaska and British Columbia across less than calm waters.The Baychimo was on a routine transport run to Vancouver with a cargo of valuable furs, however, the crew had not accounted for the fact that winter had come earlier than usual that year.The ship and its crew were tossed about by icy blasts of wind and gripped by freezing temperatures, yet they pressed on, determined to deliver their precious cargo.Even as they pushed on through the ominous weather and menacingly choppy seas, a sudden blizzard descended upon the ship and brought with it chunks of pack ice that began to surround the Baychimo ghost ship and its terrified crew.Unable to continue their voyage, and facing a possibly sinking ship, the captain ordered the crew to abandon the ship and make their way to the town of Barrow on foot, which was about a mile of treacherous, shifting ice floes away.

Built in 1914 in Sweden, the SS Baychimo was used for trading routes between Hamburg and Sweden. 15 men remained behind. People managed to get on board her several times.

Each time they were either unequipped to salvage her or bad weather deterred them.A few days after Baychimo had disappeared on 24 November 1931, the ship was spotted about 45 mi away, stuck again in the ice.After several months, she was seen floating about 300 miles from her original locationIn March of 1932, she was seen slowly floating near the shoreA few months later, she was seen by a company of gold prospectorsIn August 1932, she was boarded by a 20-man Alaskan trading party off the coast near Wainwright, AlaskaMarch 1933, she was found by a group of Alaska Natives who boarded her. Nobody has seen the ship since, and while some presume she sank or was destroyed in storms, no wreckage has been found.Join 1000s of subscribers and receive the best Vintage News in your mailbox for FREE

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She was last seen in 1969, 38 years after she was abandoned in the Arctic - but since then no one has laid eyes on the SS Baychimo. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. SS Baychimo The SS Baychimo is a unique ship because for decades it was considered to be a “ghost ship.” The ship was built in 1914 and was used by the Hudson’s Bay Company to trade provisions for pelts with the Inuit settlements that were found along the Victoria Island coast of Canada.

The Baychimo, a 1,322 ton steam ship owned by the Hudson Bay Trading Company, regularly traveled to Alaska and British Columbia transporting goods and passengers, and fur trading with the Inuit who lived along the Beaufort Sea. The Ship. On occasion, the Baychimo was reported to simply vanish from view before it could be reached.Every attempt to board the derelict vessel was thwarted in some way, and every crew that tried were forced to let it go for one reason or another. The mysterious ship was subsequently sighted several more times up to 1969 when it was seen stuck in a pack of ice, as it was wont to do. Initially launched in 1914, the SS Baychimo was a a 1,322-ton cargo ship built in Gothenburg, Sweden, and was originally named the Ångermanelfven. The ship was initially used by a German shipping company along the trading routes between Sweden and Hamburg.