The SS Earnmoor was a steamship built by Palmers Co. A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving a Propeller in Newcastle, England in 1887 and registered under the U. Newcastle upon Tyne ( (often shortened to Newcastle) is a city and Metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear, England England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland K # 92856. She was 1,320 Tons, was 280 feet (85 m) long, and had a beam of 36 feet (11 m). She was purchased by Alfred J. Earnshaw's Earline Steamship Company out of Sparrow's Point, Baltimore, Maryland, United States. Sparrows Point is an unincorporated area in Baltimore County Maryland, adjacent to Dundalk Maryland. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the She was employed in moving iron ore and grain between the USA and Rio de Janeiro until she was sunk in a hurricane about 250 miles (400 km) north of Puerto Rico on September 5, 1889. Rio de Janeiro ("River of January" ˈhiw dʒi ʒʌˈnejɾu in Brazilian Portuguese, /ˈriːoʊ di ʒəˈnɛroʊ/ in English is the second largest city of Brazil Her captain, R. J. Grey along with 18 members of her crew were lost. A small group of six men, lead by the second officer Herbert W. Stone, managed to free a lifeboat during the storm and drifted for 21 days in the open boat for approximately 1,200 miles (1,900 km) until they were picked up by the S. S Mosquito just off Cape Hatteras, North Carolina on September 29, 1889. Cape Hatteras is a cape on the coast of North Carolina. It is the point that protrudes the furthest to the southeast along the northeast-to-southwest line of the North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Calculations say that the boat averaged 1. 3 knots in the Sargasso Sea until they reached the Gulf Stream, where the pace quickened to 3 knots (5. KNOT (1450 AM) is a commercial Classic Country music Radio station in Prescott Arizona, broadcasting to the Flagstaff - Prescott The Sargasso Sea is an elongated region in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean surrounded by Ocean currents. The Gulf Stream, together with its northern extension towards Europe the North Atlantic Drift, is a powerful warm and swift Atlantic Ocean current that 6 km/h). The survivors were taken to a hospital in Nassau, Bahamas until they recovered enough to be brought back to the United States. Nassau is the Capital, largest city and commercial centre of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas. The Bahamas, officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an independent sovereign English -speaking country consisting of two thousand Cays and An account of the ordeal was given by Herbert W. Stone to a church group around the turn of the century. Only one transcript is known to exist. A non-fiction book is currently being written about the experience of Second Officer Herbert W. Stone.