Episodes

World news covering maritime history, marine archaeology, and maritime industry news from the past week.

The Italian ocean liner Principessa Mafalda sank off the coast Brazil in 1927, leaving 314 dead and many questions behind.

This Week in Shipwrecks is the weekly maritime news series of Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs. Here are the stories you will hear in this episode: The wreck of the Altalena was discovered off the coast of Israel The German vessel LS-6 has turned up in the Ionian Sea 17th century treasure ship of King Charles I has (possibly) been found The August 22, 2026 shipwreck of the ore carrier MV Ocean Winner A Medieval Ship Hiding in a German Basement International Day for Underwate...

A lighthouse keeper's family heroically aids survivors of a Christmas Eve shipwreck.

Shipwrecks and maritine news from around the world.

The former WW2 era tanker Marine Sulphur Queen disappeared without a trace in 1963.

The Open Boat is a fictional account of four men surviving in a small dinghy following being shipwrecked.

Author Stephen Crane survived the shipwreck of SS Commodore in 1897 and wrote "The Open Boat" based on his expierience.

The rail car ferry Pere Marquette sank under mysterious circumstances in Lake Michigan in 1910.

The luxury Italian ocean liner Andrea Doria sank after colliding with the Swedish vessel Stockholm in 1956.

The SS Eastland capsized in the Chicago River killing 844 people in 1915.

The loss of HMS Hood and the sinking of Germany's powerful battleship.

The USCGC Tampa was sunk by a German U-Boat in 1918 and found over 100 years later.

Oliver Hazard Perry scores an unlikely victory over the British for control of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

A gripping historical novel set in the golden age of Clippers.

Rich Napolitano and Dan Lefebvre discuss the real history behind The Terror, Season 1.

The passenger and vehicle ferry sank 6 March, 1987 after its bow door was left open.

An American whaleship is wrecked in a storm and its sailors stranded in Palau.

The Glenesslin mysteriously crashed into the cliffs of Oregon in calm weather.

The Doolittle Raid sparked massive retaliation against the Chinese people, with Unit 731 responsible for many atrocities.

He Solved the Greatest Mystery in Arctic History and Then Was Erased From It

129 men vanished in the Canadian Arctic, 1845-1848.

The scattered parties of the USS Jeannette struggle to survive in the remote Siberian wilderness.

The USS Jeannette is one of the most tragic polar expeditions in maritime history.