Case file · Anomaly hotspot
The loss of the Kaiyō Maru No. 5
On 24 September 1952 the survey ship Kaiyō Maru No. 5 vanished with all 31 aboard, including scientists, while studying the eruption of the submarine volcano Myōjin-shō south of the Izu islands.
1952 CE · 31.92, 139.92 · status: explained
The account
The loss in the area later called the Dragon's Triangle fed claims of a sea that swallows ships. Wreckage with volcanic debris embedded in it was found later.
The sceptical view
The ship was destroyed by an underwater explosion of the volcano as it passed over the vent; it is a documented volcanic disaster, not a mystery.
Connections in the atlas
- MV Derbyshire lost in the 'Devil's Sea'
- Berlitz's 'The Dragon's Triangle'
- The Dragon's Triangle (Devil's Sea)