Vanished Without a Trace: Missing Persons Biographies, Antiquity–1930 - 186 Biographical Entries | Searchable PDF

Discover the Lives Behind History's Most Baffling Vanishings

Published by Fairbairn's Crests, this expanded collector's edition of Vanished Without a Trace: The Lives and Final Days of History's Most Baffling Missing Persons (Antiquity to 1930) brings together 186 biographical entries profiling 209 named men, women, and children who stepped out of documented history and were never definitively found. Rather than treating these mysteries as bare timelines or sensational rumors, this collection restores the real lives, family backgrounds, careers, and final documented movements of the people at the center of centuries of unanswered questions.

Spanning royal palaces, polar pack ice, transatlantic shipping lanes, pioneering air routes, inland deserts, and crowded urban streets, these accounts trace who each individual was long before they vanished. Readers encounter diplomats fleeing war-torn Europe, New England and Nova Scotian master mariners, Scottish surgeons and Royal Navy officers in the High Arctic, Saharan and Australian explorers, early transatlantic aviators, and everyday citizens who walked out of homes or hotels in New York, London, Philadelphia, or Toronto and never returned.

Historical and Geographical Scope

Arranged alphabetically from Antiquity through 1930, the volume spans England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Continental Europe, the United States, Canada, Australia, Africa, South America, the Himalayas, and the world's oceans. Featured lives include British envoy Benjamin Bathurst at Perleberg; John Cabot and the Corte-Real brothers in North American waters; Henry Hudson, Sir John Franklin, Francis Crozier, and Roald Amundsen in the polar regions; Ludwig Leichhardt and Alfred Gibson in the Australian outback; Mungo Park and Alexander Gordon Laing along the Niger and Timbuktu trails; Captain Benjamin Spooner Briggs, his family, and crew aboard the Mary Celeste; Nova Scotia solo circumnavigator Joshua Slocum aboard the Spray; Manhattan socialite Dorothy Arnold; writer Ambrose Bierce in revolutionary Mexico; mountaineers George Mallory and Sandy Irvine on Mount Everest; Percy and Jack Fawcett with Raleigh Rimell in Brazil; pioneering fliers Charles Nungesser, François Coli, Frances Wilson Grayson, and Paul Redfern; Belgian financier Alfred Loewenstein; Toronto theatre magnate Ambrose Small; and New York Supreme Court Justice Joseph Force Crater.

What the Biographies Reveal

Because surviving primary records vary across eras and voyages, entry lengths scale naturally from concise 50-to-85-word archival sketches for individual crewmen and expedition members to rich multi-paragraph narratives for extensively documented figures:

• Origins, Kinship & Community Roots: Birthplaces, parentage, spouses, allied surnames, and early upbringing prior to each disappearance.
• Service, Craft & Exploration: Naval and military commissions, deep-water commands, scientific surveys, literary or political careers, and pioneer flights.
• Final Recorded Days: Verified departure dates, companions, ship logs, last posted letters, wireless signals, and eyewitness sightings.
• Searches & Archival Legacy: Relief expeditions, admiralty and parliamentary inquiries, police investigations, and nineteenth- and early twentieth-century chronicles.

What's Included in Your Download

• 186 Alphabetical Biographical Entries (A–Z): Covering 209 named historical subjects in clean, readable narrative prose free of database tags.
• Story-Driven Introduction & Source Bibliography: Historical context paired with quiet end-of-entry source credits and a master bibliography of 20 primary works, biographical cyclopaedias, and archival newspaper series.
• Supporting Back-of-Book Indexes: Cross-referenced indexes of names and spelling variants, geographic places, and ships, aircraft, and expeditions to support fast navigation.
• Fully Searchable PDF Format: Book-styled digital typography formatted for effortless reading across desktop, tablet, and e-reader screens.

How to Use This Edition

Read straight through from A to Z as a narrative biographical companion, or use Ctrl+F (Windows) or Cmd+F (Mac) to search instantly for any surname, parish, port, vessel, aircraft, or expedition. Every profile closes with concise source attributions pointing researchers toward historical volumes and archival records for deeper study. Family historians should confirm genealogical conclusions against original civil, parish, probate, and muster rolls.

What You Are Purchasing

You are purchasing the standalone expanded 186-entry digital biographical compilation PDF of Vanished Without a Trace (Antiquity–1930) published by Fairbairn's Crests. Original source books are not included. Digital download only. No physical book will be shipped.

People Featured in This Biographical Collection

Peter Aboltins (variant P. Aboltin; c. 1882–vanished 1910; Latvian revolutionary fugitive; Riga & Stepney in London), Sidney George Foster (alias Sidney Alleyne; vanished after Dec. 1910; Houndsditch & Sidney Street fugitive; London), Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa ("Agrippa Postumus"; 12 BC–AD 14; exiled Roman imperial heir; Rome & Planasia), Theodosia Burr Alston (née Theodosia Burr; 1783–vanished 1813; First Lady of South Carolina aboard schooner Patriot; Georgetown & Cape Hatteras), Roald Engelbreth Gravning Amundsen (1872–vanished 1928; Norwegian polar explorer aboard Latham 47 flying boat; Borge & Barents Sea), Salomon August Andrée (variant S. A. Andree; 1854–vanished 1897 / camp found 1930; Swedish polar balloonist aboard Örnen; Gränna & Kvitøya), Dorothy Harriet Camille Arnold (1885–vanished 1910; socialite & writer; New York City), Albert Arundell (variant Albert Arundel; c. 1848–vanished 1872; able seaman aboard Mary Celeste; Devonshire & Azores), Henry Avery (variant Henry Every / "Long Ben" / alias Benjamin Bridgeman; 1659–vanished after 1696; pirate captain of the Fancy; Devon & Lough Swilly), George Bass (1771–vanished after 1803; Royal Navy surgeon & explorer aboard brig Venus; Lincolnshire & Sydney Cove), Benjamin Bathurst (alias Baron de Koch; 1784–vanished 1809; British Envoy Extraordinary; Vienna & Perleberg), Frederick Thomas Beechey (c. 1824–vanished 1848; Royal Navy Mate aboard HMS Terror; King William Island), Lloyd W. Bertaud (1895–vanished 1927; U.S. Air Mail pilot of monoplane Old Glory; California & North Atlantic), James DeWitt Hill (1883–vanished 1927; co-pilot of monoplane Old Glory; Maine & North Atlantic), Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce ("Bitter Bierce" / pen name Dod Grile; 1842–vanished after 1913; Union officer & writer; San Francisco & Chihuahua), Thomas Blanky (variant Thomas Blankey; c. 1800–vanished after 1848; Ice-Master aboard HMS Terror; Whitby & King William Island), Volkert Bonsall (recorded variant of Volkert Lorenzen; c. 1843–vanished 1872; Frisian seaman aboard Mary Celeste; Island of Föhr & Azores), Henri Bousquet (fl. 1875–vanished 1890; provincial bailiff; Rodez in Aveyron), Arthur Boyle (c. 1865–vanished 1890; Clyde deck officer aboard ship Dunedin; Greenock & Cape Horn), Robert Braine (variant Robert Brain; c. 1813–1846; Royal Marines Corporal aboard HMS Erebus; Woolwich & Beechey Island), Benjamin Spooner Briggs (1835–vanished 1872; Master of the Mary Celeste; Marion in Massachusetts & Azores), Sarah Elizabeth Cobb Briggs (1841–vanished 1872; captain's wife aboard Mary Celeste; Marion & Azores), Sophia Matilda Briggs ("Little Sophy"; 1870–vanished 1872; infant passenger aboard Mary Celeste; Marion & Azores), Charles Brown (variant Charles Browne; c. 1852–vanished 1880; Royal Navy Lieutenant aboard HMS Atalanta; Portsmouth & Bermuda), John Cabot (born Giovanni Caboto / Zuan Caboto; c. 1450–vanished after 1498; Venetian-English navigator; Bristol & North Atlantic), Thomas Pitt Camelford (2nd Baron Camelford; 1775–1804; Royal Navy Commander; Cornwall & St Anne's Soho), John Campbell (c. 1850–vanished 1893; Chief Engineer aboard White Star steamer SS Naronic; Belfast & Grand Banks), William Harrison (c. 1590–fl. 1662; steward in "The Campden Wonder"; Chipping Campden in Gloucestershire), William Cantelo (variant William Cantello; 1839–vanished 1880s; engineer & machine-gun inventor; Isle of Wight & Southampton), Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie (hotel alias Teresa Neele; 1890–fl. 1930 / vanished Dec. 3–14 1926; English mystery novelist; Sunningdale & Harrogate), George Clark (variant Purser G. Clarke; c. 1822–vanished 1856; Purser aboard Collins liner SS Pacific; New York & Liverpool), Asa Eldridge (1809–vanished 1856; Captain of Collins liner SS Pacific; Yarmouth in Massachusetts & North Atlantic), Alfred Classan (variant Adolf Classen; c. 1812–vanished after 1848; Prussian deputy on Leichhardt Expedition; Hamburg & Queensland), Henry Foster Collins (c. 1819–vanished after 1848; Second Master aboard HMS Erebus; Portsmouth & King William Island), Robert Colquhoun (fl. 1850–vanished 1853; Scottish merchant aboard clipper Madagascar; Glasgow & Melbourne), Gaspar Corte-Real (variant Cortereal; c. 1450–vanished 1501; Portuguese royal navigator; Terceira & Newfoundland), Miguel Corte-Real (variant Cortereal; c. 1448–vanished 1502; Portuguese royal navigator; Lisbon & Newfoundland), Edward Couch (1823–vanished after 1848; Royal Navy Mate & acting Lieutenant aboard HMS Erebus; Devon & King William Island), William Couchman (fl. 1860–vanished 1873; retired Anglo-Indian army officer; London & Spa in Belgium), Matthew Crabb (variant Gunner M. Crabbe; c. 1848–vanished 1887; Royal Navy Warrant Officer aboard HMS Wasp; Devonport & South China Sea), Joseph Force Crater (1889–vanished 1930; New York Supreme Court Justice; Manhattan & Belgrade Lakes), Francis Rawdon Moira Crozier (1796–vanished after 1848; Royal Navy Captain of HMS Terror; Banbridge & King William Island), John Daly (variant Petty Officer J. Daley; c. 1868–vanished 1901; Royal Navy Petty Officer aboard HMS Condor; Queenstown & Esquimalt), Eustache Dauger (variant D'Auger / "The Valet of Dunkirk"; c. 1637–1703 / vanished July 1669; French secret prisoner at Pignerol & Bastille), Thomas Allen Davis (variant Capt. T. A. Davies; c. 1866–vanished 1912; Master of liner SS Koombana; Port Hedland & Broome), Charles Frederick Des Voeux (1825–vanished after 1848; Royal Navy Mate & Lieutenant aboard HMS Erebus; London & King William Island), Arian Martens Didericksen (variant Adrian Didericksen; c. 1827–vanished 1872; Frisian helmsman aboard Mary Celeste; North Frisia & Azores), Washington Harrison Donaldson (1840–vanished 1875; tightrope performer & aeronaut aboard balloon P. T. Barnum; Philadelphia & Lake Michigan), Pierre Duchêne (variant Pierre Duchesne; fl. 1795–vanished 1815; Parisian artisan & Temple Tower witness; Paris), William Portwood Erwin (1895–vanished 1927; Great War ace & pilot of Dallas Spirit; Oklahoma & Pacific Ocean), Alvin Eichwaldt (c. 1900–vanished 1927; marine navigator of Dallas Spirit; Oakland & Pacific Ocean), John Eunson (c. 1844–vanished 1890; Orkney merchant officer aboard ship Marlborough; Kirkwall & Lyttelton), James Walter Fairholme (1821–vanished after 1848; Royal Navy Third Lieutenant aboard HMS Erebus; Perthshire & King William Island), Jack Fawcett (1903–vanished after 1925; junior explorer in Mato Grosso; Devon & Xingu Headwaters), Percy Harrison Fawcett (1867–vanished after 1925; Royal Artillery Lieutenant-Colonel & explorer; Torquay & Mato Grosso), James Fitzjames (1813–vanished after 1848; Post-Captain of HMS Erebus; Hertfordshire & King William Island), James Ducat (1852–vanished 1900; Principal Lighthouse Keeper; Eilean Mòr in the Flannan Isles), William Marshall (1876–vanished 1900; Second Assistant Keeper; Flannan Isles), Donald MacArthur (1860–vanished 1900; Occasional Keeper; Isle of Lewis & Flannan Isles), Alexander Forbes (c. 1854–vanished 1883; Scottish merchant mate aboard barque Knowsleydale; Aberdeen & Indian Ocean), Richard Fox (c. 1882–vanished 1918; Chief Machinist's Mate aboard USS Cyclops; Baltimore & Barbados), Knut Hjalmar Ferdinand Fraenkel (variant Fränkel; 1870–vanished 1897 / camp found 1930; Swedish civil engineer aboard balloon Örnen; Karlstad & Kvitøya), Sir John Franklin (1786–1847; Rear-Admiral & Arctic expedition commander aboard HMS Erebus; Spilsby & King William Island), Alfred Gibson (c. 1851–vanished 1874; outback explorer on Ernest Giles Expedition; Gibson Desert in Western Australia), Andrew Gilling (c. 1847–vanished 1872; Second Mate of the Mary Celeste; Samsø in Denmark & Azores), Archibald Gillmore (variant Capt. A. Gilmore; c. 1834–vanished 1877; Scottish Master of clipper Cairo; Greenock & Southern Ocean), James "Jimmy" Glass (1911–vanished 1915; missing child; Jersey City & Greeley Lake in Pennsylvania), Harry David Stephen Goodsir (1819–vanished after 1848; Scottish anatomist & Acting Assistant Surgeon aboard HMS Erebus; Fife & King William Island), Graham Gore (c. 1809–c. 1847–1848; Royal Navy Commander aboard HMS Erebus; Plymouth & King William Island), Alfred Louis Moreau Gottschalk (1873–vanished 1918; U.S. Consul-General aboard USS Cyclops; New York City & Rio de Janeiro), Goodaad Gottlieb (recorded variant of Gottlieb Gondeschall; c. 1844–vanished 1872; German seaman aboard Mary Celeste; Pomerania & Azores), William Gower (c. 1852–vanished 1870; Royal Navy Midshipman aboard turret ship HMS Captain; Portsmouth & Cape Finisterre), Frances Wilson Grayson (c. 1890–vanished 1927; American aviation contender aboard Sikorsky amphibian The Dawn; Arkansas & Long Island), Brice Goldsborough (1889–vanished 1927; navigator of The Dawn; Long Island & North Atlantic), Fred Koehler (c. 1895–vanished 1927; flight engineer of The Dawn; Long Island & North Atlantic), Dr. Timothy Green (fl. 1795–vanished 1813; physician aboard schooner Patriot; New York City & Cape Hatteras), Henry Greene (c. 1588–1611; mutiny ringleader aboard bark Discovery; Kent & Hudson Strait), René Guilbaud (1890–vanished 1928; French Naval pilot of Latham 47 rescue flying boat; France & Barents Sea), Leif Dietrichson (1890–vanished 1928; Norwegian polar aviator aboard Latham 47; Norway & Barents Sea), John Halcrow (c. 1829–vanished 1870; Shetland-born Captain of SS City of Boston; Shetland & Halifax in Nova Scotia), Robert Hamilton (c. 1871–vanished 1902; Scottish engineer aboard Allan liner SS Huronian; Glasgow & North Atlantic), Kaspar Hauser (variant Caspar Hauser; c. 1812–1833; mysterious German foundling; Nuremberg & Ansbach), Edward William Head (1849–vanished 1872; steward & cook aboard Mary Celeste; Brooklyn & Azores), Arthur Hentig (c. 1817–vanished after 1848; pastoralist on Leichhardt Expedition; Hull & Queensland), William Hird (variant Capt. W. Herd; c. 1842–vanished 1890; Master of clipper Marlborough; Lyttelton & Cape Horn), Fortescue Hislop (c. 1818–vanished after 1853; Captain of gold-clipper Madagascar; London & Melbourne), Francisco de Hoces (fl. 1525–vanished 1526; Spanish commander of caravel San Lesmes; Tierra del Fuego & South Pacific), John Hornby ("The Hermit of the Barren Lands"; 1880–1927 / vanished 1926–1928; Arctic bushman; Cheshire & Thelon River in Northwest Territories), Edgar Christian (1908–1927; Barren Lands diarist; England & Thelon River), Harold Adlard (1898–1927; RAF veteran on Thelon River Expedition; Northwest Territories), Daniel Houghton (c. 1740–vanished 1791; Irish Major & West African explorer; Ireland & Simbing), Henry Hudson (c. 1565–vanished after 1611; English Arctic navigator of the Discovery; London & James Bay), John Hudson (c. 1593–vanished after 1611; apprentice navigator of the Discovery; London & James Bay), Charles George Ilbery (Joshua Edward Ilbery; 1840–vanished 1909; Commodore Captain of SS Waratah; London & Durban), Andrew Comyn "Sandy" Irvine (1902–vanished 1924; Oxford oarsman & Mount Everest climber; Birkenhead & Mount Everest), John Irving (1815–1848; Royal Navy Third Lieutenant aboard HMS Terror; Edinburgh & King William Island), James S. Jamieson (c. 1835–vanished 1881; Scottish Captain of clipper Loch Maree; Glasgow & Geelong), Alexander Kirkwood (c. 1838–vanished 1870; Scottish ship's carpenter aboard SS City of Boston; Greenock & Halifax in Nova Scotia), James Knight (c. 1640–vanished c. 1719–1721; Hudson's Bay Company Governor; York Factory & Marble Island), Vilas R. Knope (1900–vanished 1927; U.S. Navy navigator of biplane Miss Doran; Wisconsin & Pacific Ocean), Mildred Doran (1905–vanished 1927; Michigan schoolteacher aboard Miss Doran; Caro in Michigan & Pacific Ocean), Hans Kurt Erich Krueger (variant Dr. H. K. E. Krüger; 1886–vanished 1930; German Arctic geologist; Darmstadt & Meighen Island), Åge Rose Bjare (1899–vanished 1930; Danish Arctic explorer; Ellesmere & Meighen Islands), Akqioq (vanished 1930; Inughuit polar hunter & guide; Greenland & Meighen Island), Alexander Gordon Laing (1794–1826; Scottish Major & explorer of Timbuktu; Edinburgh & Sahara), Willis B. Wormell (logged cross-ref Landers; 1854–vanished 1921; Maine Captain of ghost schooner Carroll A. Deering; Bath & Diamond Shoals), David Lang (attributed vanishing 1880; Tennessee farmer in open-field lore; Gallatin), John Lansing Jr. (1754–vanished 1829; Chancellor of New York; Albany & Manhattan), Jean-François de Galaup Comte de La Pérouse (1741–vanished after 1788; French Commodore of La Boussole & L'Astrolabe; Albi & Vanikoro), Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (1813–vanished after 1848; Prussian naturalist & Australian explorer; Brandenburg & Queensland), Lord Fitzroy George Charles Lennox (1820–vanished 1841; British nobleman aboard SS President; Sussex & North Atlantic), Joseph Lepaute Dagelet (1751–vanished after 1788; French astronomer aboard La Boussole; Paris & Vanikoro), Henry Thomas Dundas Le Vesconte (1813–vanished after 1848; Royal Navy Second Lieutenant aboard HMS Erebus; Devon & King William Island), Edward Little (1811–vanished after 1848; Royal Navy Commander of HMS Terror; Devonport & King William Island), Alfred Léonhard Loewenstein (1877–vanished from mid-air 1928; Belgian financier aboard Fokker trimotor; Brussels & English Channel), Boz Lorenzen (variant Boye Lorenzen; c. 1846–vanished 1872; Frisian seaman aboard Mary Celeste; Island of Föhr & Azores), Louis XVII (Louis-Charles of France / "The Lost Dauphin"; 1785–1795?; Bourbon heir; Versailles & Temple Tower), Francis Lovell (1st Viscount Lovell; c. 1456–vanished after 1487; Lord Chamberlain of England; Minster Lovell & Stoke Field), Gillies Alexander MacBean (variant McBean; c. 1815–vanished after 1848; Second Master aboard HMS Terror; Inverness-shire & King William Island), Alexander MacDonald (variant McDonald; 1817–vanished after 1848; Scottish Assistant Surgeon aboard HMS Terror; Edinburgh & King William Island), John MacFarlane (c. 1833–vanished 1877; Scottish clipper captain; Dumbarton & Wellington), Duncan MacIntyre (1831–1866; Scottish-Australian leader of Leichhardt Search; Argyllshire & Queensland), Colin MacKenzie (c. 1841–vanished 1870; Ross-shire mate aboard SS City of Boston; Halifax & Grand Banks), Charles B. McLellan (c. 1865–vanished 1921; First Mate of schooner Carroll A. Deering; Maine & Diamond Shoals), Madoc ab Owain Gwynedd (fl. c. 1170; Welsh prince & Atlantic navigator; Gwynedd), George Herbert Leigh Mallory (1886–vanished 1924; English mountaineer; Cheshire & Mount Everest), John Martyn (c. 1778–vanished 1806; Royal African Corps Lieutenant with Mungo Park; Gorée & Bussa Rapids), Count Ercole Antonio Matthioli (prison alias "Lestang"; 1640–1703 / vanished 1679; Mantuan diplomat at Pignerol), Thomas Francis Meagher ("Meagher of the Sword"; 1823–vanished 1867; Union Brigadier General & Acting Governor of Montana; Waterford & Fort Benton), Frederick F. Minchin (1890–vanished 1927; Imperial Airways pilot of monoplane St. Raphael; Wiltshire & North Atlantic), Leslie Hamilton (c. 1894–vanished 1927; RAF navigator of St. Raphael; Britain & North Atlantic), Lady Anne Savile (Princess of Löwenstein-Wertheim; 1864–vanished 1927; aviation patroness aboard St. Raphael; Yorkshire & North Atlantic), William Morgan (1774–vanished 1826; stonemason & Masonic dissenter; Virginia & Fort Niagara), Kenneth Morrison (c. 1812–vanished 1854; Scottish Captain of SS City of Glasgow; Clyde & North Atlantic), Jean-François Moyne (fl. 1830–vanished 1842; French mail-coach courier; Lyons & Avignon), Nana Sahib (Dhondu Pant; c. 1824–vanished after 1859; Maratha Peshwa claimant; Bithoor & Nepal), Pánfilo de Narváez (c. 1478–vanished 1528; Spanish conquistador of Florida; Castile & Gulf Coast), George Nelson (c. 1853–vanished 1890; Chief Steward aboard clipper Dunedin; New Zealand & Cape Horn), John B. Nicholls (c. 1851–vanished 1887; Royal Navy Commander of gunboat HMS Wasp; Singapore & South China Sea), Charles Eugène Jules Marie Nungesser (1892–vanished 1927; French ace & aviator aboard L'Oiseau Blanc; Paris & North Atlantic), François Coli (1881–vanished 1927; French navigator aboard L'Oiseau Blanc; Paris & North Atlantic), Oskar Omdal (1895–vanished 1927; Norwegian polar pilot of The Dawn; Kristiansand & Sable Island), Johann Orth (Archduke Johann Salvator of Austria; 1852–vanished after 1890; former Habsburg archduke & Captain of SS Santa Margaretha; Vienna & Cape Horn), Charles Henry Osmer (c. 1796–vanished after 1848; Purser aboard HMS Erebus; Gosport & King William Island), William Overstocks (c. 1775–vanished 1813; Captain of schooner Patriot; New York & Cape Hatteras), Owen Parfitt (c. 1703–vanished 1768; crippled tailor; Shepton Mallet in Somerset), Mungo Park (1771–vanished 1806; Scottish surgeon & Niger explorer; Selkirkshire & Bussa Rapids), Philip A. Payne (1893–vanished 1927; New York Daily Mirror editor aboard Old Glory; Manhattan & Grand Banks), Jasper K. Peck (c. 1858–vanished 1897; American classical scholar; New York State), John Smart Peddie (c. 1815–vanished after 1848; Scottish Chief Surgeon aboard HMS Terror; Edinburgh & King William Island), John A. "Auggy" Pedlar (1902–vanished 1927; pilot of biplane Miss Doran; Flint in Michigan & Pacific Ocean), William Knight Pettigrew (Capt. William Knight; 1850–vanished 1911; Master of liner SS Yongala; Queensland & Whitsunday Passage), Thomas Pickering (c. 1824–vanished 1858; Royal Navy Officer aboard brig HMS Sappho; Portsmouth & Bass Strait), Edward V Plantagenet (1470–vanished 1483; uncrowned King of England in Tower of London), Richard of Shrewsbury Plantagenet (1473–vanished 1483; Duke of York in Tower of London), William Porteous (c. 1859–vanished 1909; Scottish Chief Engineer of SS Waratah; Clydebank & Durban), Walter Powell (1842–vanished 1881; Member of Parliament for Malmesbury aboard balloon Saladin; Wiltshire & Bridport Cliffs), William Grattan Tyrone Power (1797–vanished 1841; Irish stage actor aboard SS President; Waterford & North Atlantic), Paul Rinaldo Redfern (1902–vanished 1927; solo aviator of Port of Brunswick; South Carolina & Orinoco Delta), James Reid (c. 1800–vanished after 1848; Aberdeen Ice-Master aboard HMS Erebus; Scotland & King William Island), Heinrich Reinecke (c. 1860–vanished 1902; German Master of barque Freya; Oldenburg & Manzanillo), Albert G. Richardson (1844–vanished 1872; First Mate of the Mary Celeste; Maine & Azores), Raleigh Rimell (1902–vanished after 1925; junior explorer in Mato Grosso; Devon & Brazil), Richard Roberts (1803–vanished 1841; Royal Navy Lieutenant & Captain of SS President; County Cork & Nantucket Shoals), William Roberts (c. 1843–vanished 1893; Welsh Master of White Star steamer SS Naronic; Anglesey & Grand Banks), Georg Heinrich Roentgen (1787–vanished 1811; Hanoverian explorer toward Timbuktu; Göttingen & Morocco), Romulus (trad. c. 771–vanished 716 BC; First King of Rome; Campus Martius), Charles Brewster "Charley" Ross (1870–vanished 1874; kidnapped child; Germantown in Philadelphia), William Ruthven (c. 1581–vanished after 1603; Scottish nobleman & alchemist in Gowrie Conspiracy; Perth & Continental exile), Count of Saint-Germain (c. 1691/1712–1784?; enigmatic European courtier & diplomat; Versailles & Eckernförde), Jenny Savalette de Langes (c. 1786–1858; concealed-identity pensioner; Palace of Versailles), Clifton Sclater (1865–vanished 1901; Royal Navy Commander of HMS Condor; Hampshire & Esquimalt), Gordon Scott (c. 1900–vanished 1927; navigator of monoplane Golden Eagle; California & Pacific Ocean), John "Jack" Frost (c. 1898–vanished 1927; pilot of Golden Eagle; California & Pacific Ocean), King Sebastian I of Portugal ("O Desejado"; 1554–vanished 1578; Aviz monarch; Lisbon & Alcácer Quibir in Morocco), Richard Shackell (c. 1820–vanished 1854; steamship officer aboard SS City of Glasgow; Glasgow & North Atlantic), Joshua Slocum (1844–vanished after 1909; Nova Scotia solo circumnavigator aboard sloop Spray; Annapolis County, Brier Island & Atlantic Ocean), Ambrose Joseph Small (1866–vanished 1919; Canadian theatrical magnate; Bradford & Toronto), Reverend Benjamin Speke (1830–fl. 1881 / vanished Jan.–Feb. 1868; Somerset vicar; Dowlish Wake & Westminster), Philip Stafford (fl. 1610–vanished 1611; carpenter of the Discovery; London & James Bay), Stephen Samuel Stanley (c. 1809–vanished after 1848; Chief Surgeon aboard HMS Erebus; Cumberland & King William Island), Donald Stewart (c. 1820–vanished after 1848; Scottish bushman on Leichhardt Expedition; Highlands & Queensland), Francis Stirling (1839–vanished 1880; Scottish Royal Navy Captain of HMS Atalanta; Stirlingshire & Bermuda), William Stoddard (fl. 1845–vanished 1855; Master of derelict ship James B. Chester; Mid-Atlantic), Nils Strindberg (1872–vanished 1897 / camp found 1930; Swedish physicist aboard balloon Örnen; Stockholm & Kvitøya), Ludmilla "Milli" Stubel (Frau Johann Orth; 1852–vanished after 1890; Viennese ballerina aboard SS Santa Margaretha; Vienna & Cape Horn), Andrew Symington (c. 1862–vanished 1905; Scottish Chief Officer of clipper Loch Vennachar; Glasgow & Kangaroo Island), George Henry Thomas (c. 1817–vanished after 1848; Acting Master aboard HMS Terror; Portsmouth & King William Island), James Thornton (with Capt. Martin; c. 1872–vanished 1917; mariner aboard derelict schooner Zebrina; Falmouth & Cherbourg), A. J. Tucker (variant Capt. Baker; attributed 1881; packet master in Ellen Austin derelict crew mystery; Maine & Mid-Atlantic), Ugolino Vivaldi (fl. 1280–vanished after 1291; Genoese galley explorer; Genoa & Moroccan coast), Vadino Vivaldi (fl. 1280–vanished after 1291; Genoese galley explorer; Genoa & Moroccan coast), Eduard Vogel (1829–vanished 1856; German astronomer & explorer; Krefeld & Wadai), Hugh Wallace (c. 1831–vanished 1853; Ayrshire Second Mate aboard gold-ship Madagascar; Melbourne & South Atlantic), John Webb (c. 1818–vanished after 1848; Royal Marine aboard HMS Terror; Woolwich & King William Island), John Weekes (c. 1808–vanished after 1848; Ship's Carpenter aboard HMS Erebus; Devonport & King William Island), John H. Weldon (Capt. John H. James; c. 1842–vanished 1884; Welsh Master of derelict brigantine Resolven; Aberystwyth & Newfoundland), Charles Whitaker (c. 1855–vanished 1888; wool clerk; Bradford & Rombalds Moor in Yorkshire), Eleanor White Dare (c. 1563–vanished c. 1587–1590; English colonist; London & Roanoke Island), Virginia Dare (b. 1587–vanished c. 1587–1590; first English child born in North America; Roanoke Island), Orion Williamson (attributed vanishing 1854; planter in open-field lore; Selma in Alabama), Sir Hugh Willoughby (c. 1500–vanished 1553; Captain-General of Northeast Passage fleet Bona Esperanza; Derbyshire & Kola Peninsula), William Wilson (c. 1580–1611; boatswain of the Discovery; London & Hudson Strait), Charles Wood (c. 1836–vanished 1870; Nova Scotian merchant aboard SS City of Boston; Halifax & North Atlantic), Thomas Woodhouse (fl. 1609–vanished 1611; mathematician of the Discovery; London & James Bay), George Washington Worley (born Johann Georg Wichmann; 1862–vanished 1918; Lieutenant Commander of USS Cyclops; Hanover & Baltimore), Robert Young (c. 1814–vanished after 1848; Boatswain's Mate aboard HMS Erebus; Chatham & King William Island), Janis Zhaklis ("Peter the Painter" / alias Peter Piatkow; 1883–vanished after Jan. 1911; Latvian fugitive; Riga & Stepney in London), Edward Zouch (c. 1861–vanished 1880; Royal Navy seaman aboard HMS Atalanta; Portsmouth & Bermuda).