Stay ConnectedWhat’s worse than death? How about meeting your end on the high seas, marooned, while sharks swim hungrily by? Or being trapped in a toppled ship in the middle of a bustling city? Set sail with Charlotte and Patrick as these landlubbers delve into the depths of history to find the weirdest, scariest and just plain stupidest marine disasters in history.
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November, 1913. One of the deadliest storms in history sweeps through the Great Lakes. In her wake some ships are badly damaged, some are destroyed, and some are never seen again.
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In the midst of World War 2, one of Japan’s only minelaying ships sets a series of explosives off the coast of China. The mines remain untouched for nearly a decade, until a steamship fleeing the Chinese Civil War sails directly into their path, killing almost everyone on board.
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2013, an old cargo ship makes port in Beirut, Lebanon. Unable to pay for port fees and repairs, the ships’ cargo is placed in a warehouse where it sits forgotten for 7 years, until a fire changes the course of Lebanon’s history.
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September 5th, 1856, the Arabia was making a routine trip up the Missouri river. After hitting a submerged portion of a tree, the ship sank below the mud of the river within minutes, taking all of its cargo with it. 150 years later a crew unearthed her cargo, and her secrets.
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February 9th, 2001, the Ehime Maru set out from Honolulu on an educational fishing expedition, a few miles away the USS Greeneville set out from Pearl Harbor on a trip to impress investors. Hours later… the Ehime Maru would lie at the ocean floor and some of its passengers would never be seen again.
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February 21st 1944, as the sun set on the invasion of Iwo Jima, a squadron of Japanese pilots approached on the horizon. By morning over 40 planes were lost, and the last US aircraft carrier to be sunk by enemy action lay at the bottom of the sea.
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Early in the morning on April 16, 2014 a ferry carrying 476 passengers from Incheon to Jeju attempted a tight turn and capsized. The crew abandoned the vessel and the passengers, and within hours the sea had claimed over 300 lives.
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In the fall of 1841, 135 enslaved people were loaded onto a boat bound for the slave markets of New Orleans. The boat would never reach its destination, but rather its passengers would take control of the ship and reach the Bahamas and freedom.
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One freezing January night, in 1949, thousands of people fled China in search of a better life in Taiwan. Only hours later, under cover of darkness, the ship carrying them struck another vessel leaving more than 1500 passengers and crew to fend for themselves in open water.
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August 3rd, 1942 the Island of Malta was trapped in the middle of the Mediterranean Ocean during one of the most brutal naval battles of World War 2. In desperate need of fuel, protection, and food, the Islanders had one hope to survive… the SS Ohio.
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