Joachim Gans
Sir Richard Grenville, leader of Raleigh's expedition, founded the Roanoke Colony on Roanoke Island off the coast of modern North Carolina in 1585. Among the ruins at the Roanoke site, archaeologists have discovered lumps of smelted copper and a goldsmith’s crucible attributed to Gans's work at the colony. Because the royal mining company failed to resupply colonists who were also becoming increasingly fearful of conflicts with the Native Americans, they accepted an offer from Sir Francis Drake in June 1586 to sail them to England. Each of the colonists, including Gans, left North America.
SS Roanoke
SS "Roanoke" (1882–1916) was a passenger and cargo ship built by John Roach & Sons in Chester, Pennsylvania. The "Roanoke" was built for the Old Dominion Steamship Company's service from New York to Norfolk Virginia. In 1898 the ship was sold to the North American Transportation and Trading Company to take miners, supplies and gold between Seattle and ports in Alaska. Later the "Roanoke" was sold to the Oregon-based North Pacific Steamship Company. In 1907, the "Roanoke" helped to rescue the survivors of her former running mate "Columbia". On May 9, 1916, the "Roanoke" sank in heavy seas off the California coast near San Luis Obispo with the loss of 47 lives. There were only three survivors.