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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs

by Rich Napolitano

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Disaster in the Baltic: The Jan Heweliusz

October 20, 2026 · 24 min

On 14 January 1993, the Polish ferry MV Jan Heweliusz capsized in a hurricane-force Baltic storm off Cape Arkona, Germany. Fifty-five people died and only nine crew members survived. It remains Poland’s deadliest peacetime maritime…
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Charles Lightoller: Titanic’s Highest-Ranking Survivor w/Dustin Hyland

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Charles Lightoller was the most senior officer to survive the sinking of the Titanic, and his story did not end in the North Atlantic. In this episode, we follow Titanic’s Second Officer from the bridge on the night of April 14, 1912, to…
This Week in Shipwrecks #8

October 9, 2026 · 11 min

This week's roundup spans a war reaching the Black Sea, a fishing vessel run aground beneath a Scottish sea stack, and a 2,100-year-old shipwreck that gave up its cargo almost untouched. Host Rich Napolitano covers seven stories in…
HMAS Sydney: Australia's Worst Naval Disaster

October 6, 2026 · 47 min

On November 19, 1941, the Australian light cruiser HMAS Sydney met a suspicious merchant ship off the coast of Western Australia. The ship claimed to be a harmless Dutch freighter. It was actually the German raider HSK Kormoran, and within…

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This Week in Shipwrecks #7

October 2, 2026 · 12 min

This Week in Shipwrecks is the weekly maritime news series of Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs. News from September 25 through October 1, 2026 Masts removed from the "bomb" ship Richard Montgomery in the Thames Estuary. The death toll from the…
El Faro: The Clock is Ticking

September 29, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min

In October 2015, the cargo ship El Faro sank in Hurricane Joaquin with 33 people aboard. Hear Captain Michael Davidson's emergency calls and the bridge transcripts from the ship's Voyage Data Recorder. This episode reconstructs the final…
This Week in Shipwrecks #6

September 25, 2026 · 11 min

This Week in Shipwrecks: September 18–24, 2026 From a sabotage plot hidden in a 160-year-old cargo of Guinness to the long-overdue removal of the masts on Britain's most dangerous wreck, and a modern maritime disaster still unfolding in…
SS Caribou: Newfoundland's Deadliest Night

September 22, 2026 · 32 min

In the dark hours before dawn on October 14, 1942, the passenger ferry SS Caribou was making her regular crossing between North Sydney, Nova Scotia and Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, when a torpedo from the German U-boat U-69 struck her…
This Week in Shipwrecks #5

September 18, 2026 · 16 min

This Week in Shipwrecks is the weekly maritime news series of Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs. This week's stories: Rescuers race against time after the Virgo Transport 8 ferry capsizes in the Java Sea. Cádiz port dredging turns up 27 cannons…
Broken in Two: The SS Pendleton and SS Fort Mercer

September 15, 2026 · 54 min

On February 18, 1952, a violent nor'easter raged through New England and two steel tankers were torn in half within hours of each other off the coast of Cape Cod. The SS Pendleton and the SS Fort Mercer, both battered by hurricane-force…
This Week in Shipwrecks #4

September 11, 2026 · 13 min

This Week in Shipwrecks is the weekly maritime news series of Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs. A deadly ferry fire in the Philippines A deadly cargo ship fire in China A car-carrier fire in China The dismantling of a Canadian shipwreck…

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About the show

A maritime history podcast about shipwrecks, maritime disasters, and seafaring legends. Hear tragic shipwreck stories as well as heroic tales of triumph. Host Rich Napolitano explores maritime history like you've never heard, including occasional guests such as authors, historians, mariners, divers, and archaeologists. If you love history, you will love Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs.