MV Salvador Allende was a cargo ship that sank in December 1994 in the North Atlantic Ocean with the loss of 29 of her 31 crew members.
[2] In early December 1994, Salvador Allende was sailing eastbound from the American port of Freeport, Texas to Helsinki, Finland, with 31 crew on board and a cargo of rice when she encountered a severe storm.
[3] Early in the morning of 9 December, Salvador Allende sank about 850 miles (1,370 km) southeast of Nova Scotia.
[2] The United States Coast Guard launched a rescue mission, aided by commercial vessels and military aircraft from both the US and Canada.
[2] Late in the morning, a second sailor floating in the water was rescued by the crew of a New York Air National Guard helicopter about 75 miles (121 km) from where the ship sank.