Case file · High strangeness
The loss of the Hans Hedtoft
On 30 January 1959, the Danish liner Hans Hedtoft struck an iceberg off Cape Farewell, Greenland, on her maiden voyage and vanished with everyone aboard.
1959 CE · 59.50, -43.50 · status: explained
The account
Only a single lifebelt was ever found, washed up months later in Iceland.
The sceptical view
The cause, an iceberg collision in a storm, is known; the wreck has never been located.