The SS Utopia had been built in Glasgow, Scotland in 1874 and was used as a transatlantic passenger ship. She was operated by Anchor Line and was used on the routes from Glasgow to New York, London to New York as well as Glasgow to Bombay in India. From 1882 her use changed and she was mostly used to transport Italian immigrants to the USA.

Residents claim that on hot summer days the area still smells of syrup.

A look inside this cruel money making scheme, and ways to put a stop to the inhumanity.

This beautiful landscape hides a secret past, a World War two tragedy took place on it’s beaches.

Alexander Marinesko from Hero or Villain: More Prisoners of Eternity.

On 30 January, 1945, the Wilhelm Gustloff left Gotenhafen harbour bound for Germany loaded to the gunnals with refugees desperate to flee the advancing Red Army. She was never to make her destination. Later that night, in the foullest weather imaginable, she was torpedoed and sank with the loss of up to 10,000 souls. It was the greatest maritime disaster in history. One man was responsible, Alexander Marinesco, the deadliest of submariners.