HMS Wager Shipwreck | Episode 1 | The Most Mad Seas

In 1740, Commodore George Anson and his squadron of eight British ships had embarked on a secret mission, to strike at Spain's Empire in the Pacific in the War of Jenkins' Ear. Disaster struck as the Naval force rounded Cape Horn and sailed through the world's most perilous seas, while being chased by a Spanish fleet. What began as a mission for honor, glory and the British Empire, became a harrowing tale of survival that ultimately descended into madness, mayhem, mutiny, and murder. *SOURCESAND INFO*🌐Website: https://defraggedhistory.com/📖 Sources: https://defraggedhistory.com/bibliography-the-wager/🎶 Music: https://defraggedhistory.com/hms-wager-the-music/All music is licensed through Epidemic Sound. 🎥Full Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5kdplBvGykXSqQaBrMnrv_HnvMeLTL7xEpisode 1 - The Most Mad Seas:  ⁠⁠https://youtu.be/i3bRsdIkpxM⁠⁠Episode 2 - Mission Control: ⁠⁠https://youtu.be/SjEi5dPWJIk⁠⁠Episode 3 - Run to the Devil: ⁠⁠https://youtu.be/bZLVvXv5J74⁠⁠Episode 4 - Perish or Pull: ⁠⁠https://youtu.be/72Hine-UuWs⁠⁠Episode 5 - Unfortunate Adventures: ⁠⁠https://youtu.be/DKuw7E_lN8M⁠⁠Episode 6 - The Ghost of Wager Island: TBA*Support the Channel*Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/c/u83314446Paypalhttps://defraggedhistory.com/support/Buy me a Coffee https://buymeacoffee.com/defraggedhcFree Newsletter Subscription: Substack https://substack.com/@defraggedhistory*SOCIALS*X/Twitter:https://x.com/DefraggedHInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/defraggedhistory/ Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/defraggedhistory/Threads:https://www.threads.net/@defraggedhistoryBluesky:https://bsky.app/profile/defraggedhistory.bsky.social*CHAPTERS*00:00:00 Intro00:01:21 01. The History So Far00:06:00 02. The War of Jenkins' Ear00:10:07 03. Obscure Squire00:13:10 04. Rotten Row00:15:51 05. Transformer00:18:01 06. Crewless00:22:43 07. Shake Up00:27:35 08. Airborne00:30:11 09. Forest for the Trees00:34:41 10. I Spy With My Little Eye00:36:23 11. Davy Jones' Locker00:39:16 12. Schooled00:43:08 13. Port Blood00:46:23 14. Cape Horn00:49:36 15. Stick Together as a Team00:51:48 16. Strait Le Maire00:54:05 17. Old Wounds00:56:55 18. Then Everything Fell Apart01:00:42 19. Strait Up01:01:56 20. Rock On!