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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs

Rich Napolitano

Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs tells the stories of the most notorious, tragic, unfortunate, and mysterious events in the history of ocean voyages, spanning ancient shipwrecks to the very...

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Episode list

53

  • June 12, 2025

    6 min

    Announcement: Listener Appreciation Week 2025!

    Announcing the first ever Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Listener Appreciation Week! From June 16 - 20, 2025 a bonus mini-episode will be published each day as a special thank you to list...

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  • June 3, 2025

    42 min

    The Bounty Mutiny - Part 2

    William Bligh makes his miraculous voyage to Timor in the small launch, and Fletcher Christian and his fellow mutineers take the Bounty to the uninhabited Pitcairn Island. Meanwhil...

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  • May 27, 2025

    35 min

    The Bounty Mutiny - Part 1

    The legendary story of the Mutiny on the Bounty. In part 1 of this 2-part series, the Bounty departs England for Tahiti to obtain breadfruit. The crew become comfortable on Tahiti ...

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  • May 20, 2025

    18 min

    History Daily: The Pirate Trials of 1720

    This guest episode is from History Daily hosted by Lindsay Graham. November 16, 1720. The trials of notorious pirates Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and John Rackham begin in Spanish Town,...

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  • May 13, 2025

    38 min

    The HL Hunley: First Submarine to Sink an Enemy Ship

    The H.L. Hunley was a submarine built by the Confederate States of America in 1863, during the American Civil War. Two tragic mishaps during testing resulted in the deaths of 13 cr...

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  • April 29, 2025

    1 hr 11 min

    The Adriatic Affair: A Maritime Hit and Run

    The American sailing vessel Adriatic collided with the French steamship Le Lyonnais on November 2, 1856, off the coast of Nantucket in what can best be described as a maritime hita...

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