Episodes

Japanese Hell Ships were notoriously brutal POW transport ships of World War 2.

The 5-masted schooner Carroll A. Deering was found mysteriously abandoned in 1921, with no trace of the crew.

The USS Narcissus sank in 1866 during a storm at the mouth of Tampa Bay, Florida.

A daring naval manuever rescued the crew of HMS Rockingham on 27 September, 1944.

Violet Jessop survived three maritime disasters including the sinkings of Titanic and Britannic.

HMHS Britannic struck a German mine and sank on 21 November, 1916, during World War 1.

The Titan submersible imploded on June 18, 2023, killing all 5 people on board.

On June 18, 2023, the Titan submersible imploded during a voyage to the wreck of the Titanic, killing all 5 on board.

The Lac La Belle was lost in 1872 on Lake Michigan and found 150 years later.

The Battle of Jutland was the only full scale WWI naval battle between the British Royal Navy and the German High Seas Fleet.

The passenger ferry Wahine capsized in Wellington Harbour after being caught in Cyclone Giselle in 1968.

Rich Napolitano talks about his podcast Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs with host Sam Catling of Deck Tales

Jess Rowe and Miriam Payne of Seas The Day became the first women to row across the Pacific non-stop and unsupported.

Over 300 were killed when the Northfleet was rammed by the steamer Murillo in 1873.

The RMS Niagara struck a German mine and sank on January 19th, 1940 with 590 gold bars on board.

The Wilhelm Gustloff was sunk by a Soviet submarine on Jan 30, 1945, killing almost 10,000 people.

The wreck of SS Warwick in 1896 provided a night to remember for the residents of Grand Manan, New Brunswick.

The Empress of Ireland sank May 29, 1914, killing 1,014 people.

In 1994, the MV Estonia sank in the Baltic Sea after its bow visor detached and the car deck flooded.

Only 2 of 54 survive when the Loch Ard struck the rocks on the coast of Victoria.

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Author John U. Bacon joins Rich to discuss his new book and the true stories behind the Captain and crew of the famed ship.

Building and sailing a 17th century replica

20 men struggle to survive after their whaleship is destroyed by a whale in the south Pacific.