
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...
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...
moreJune 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...
moreMay 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 ...
moreMay 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,...
moreMay 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...
moreApril 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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