Sultana (steamboat) - Wikipedia
Sultana was a commercial side-wheel steamboat which exploded and sank on the Mississippi River on April 27, 1865, killing 1,864 people in what remains the worst maritime disaster in …
Sultana Fire - A maritime disaster that helped shape the ...
Apr 25, 2025 · In the early morning hours of April 27, 1865, Sultana, a 260‐foot wooden‐hulled steamer, exploded on the Mississippi River near Memphis. This steamer had the legal …
The Sultana Disaster - American Battlefield Trust
Jul 21, 2014 · The Sultana was a 260-foot-long wooden steamboat, built in Cincinnati in 1863, which regularly transported passengers and freight between St. Louis and New Orleans on the …
THE DISASTER - Sultana Association
The Sultana was a privately owned sidewheel steamboat built in Cincinnati, Ohio, in February 1863. A relatively large boat, the Sultana stood three decks tall and measured 260 feet long …
MUSEUM | Sultana Museum
The Sultana, a Civil War-era paddle-wheel steamboat, exploded and burned on the Mississippi River on April 27, 1865. The Sultana Disaster has been acknowledged by Congressional …
Why Nobody Remembers America’s Worst Maritime Disaster
Sep 28, 2017 · In fact, the disastrous Sultana explosion in April 1865 was the United States’ worst maritime disaster—but Potter had never run across the Memphis-area tragedy despite years …
Sultana: Greatest Maritime Tragedy in United States History ...
The steamboat Sultana met a tragic end on April 27, 1865. It solidified its place in maritime history when the boilers exploded, sending the grossly overloaded steamer into chaos and killing …