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The Shipwreck Archives
by Shipwreck Archives
This podcast tells the story of a new shipwreck in every episode. This podcast does not constrain itself with nationality or century. It endeavors to tell the story of the disasters that plagued the ships that once plowed the waves as the powerhouses of global trade, warfare, and emigration. If you would like to reach us, we can be contacted at [email protected]. Want to support us? Thank you! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/shipwreckarchivIf you enjoy our content please give us a positive review on your preferred listening platform, and share with your friends.
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The Troubled Rescue of the Eten (1877)
The Pall Mall Budget from the 12th of October 1877 contained the following report in its “The Army and Navy” section: “The Admiralty have published the official report, by Captain Chatfield for Her Majesty’s ship Amethyst, of his proceedings in search of any possible survivors from the wreck of…
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The Three Boats of the Kotohira-Maru (1917)
The Seward Gateway from August 30th, 1917 ran the following story: “New friends have been made for the United States in Japan through the treatment accorded the officers and crew of the wrecked freighter by officials and residents of Unalaska. The sailors and officers of the Kotohira Maru had…
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The Stranded Carnatic Fractures (1869)
The Western Mail from November 23rd, 1869, discussed the difficult salvage work that had been taking place on the Carnatic. “From the 14th to the 20th there was a continual heavy gale, preventing all operations. On the 20th the English diver was down at the wreck four hours. She lies over at an...
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The Tall Tale of The Tillie E Starbuck (1907)
The Plainfield Daily Press from March 12, 1908, ran an interview with Mrs. Winn, wife of Captain Winn: “In speaking of the stories in last night’s papers, Mrs. Winn declared she could not place Kulman as a member of her husband’s crew. He claimed to be second mate, but this position was held by...
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The Coward Captain of the Caleb Grimshaw (1849)
The Lloyds Weekly London Newspaper from December 30, 1849, featured an article about the high demand for emigrant ships and the resulting dangers, inspired in a large part by the fate of the Caleb Grimshaw: “In fine calm weather the boats could not have contained one-tenth of the number. Few as...
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The Explosive Rescue of the Vinh-Long (1922)
Captain Edwards told the story of the events that led to him receiving a Medal of Honor from the Navy as well as earning him an officer in the French Legion of Honor, and that story was later published in American History Told by Contemporaries, edited by Albert Bushnell Hart and published in…
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The Bad Luck Captain of the San Juan (1929)
In the Nautical Gazette from September 14, 1929 Captain Felix Riesenberg gave his opinion about helm orders, connected to the fate of the San Juan: “Just what happened may never be clearly known, but the point is that something must have happened and that the happening had connected with it a...
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A Careless Blow to the Ranee (1923)
The Straits Echo from October 2nd, 1923 contained a summary of the investigation into the collision between the Ranee and the Boribat: “The plaintiffs alleged that no proper look-out was kept on board the Boribat, there was no certificated or properly qualified officer in charge at the time, and...
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A Piece of Cotton Dooms the Londonian (1898)
The South Wales Daily News on the 6th of December 1898 published the report of the Captain of the steamship the King Arthur about his discovery of a derelict vessel: On the mainmast was an ensign reversed, and from its good condition he judged had not been long hoisted. He passed very close to…
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First Day in Command of the Hermann (1869)
The Bloomington Weekly Leader of April 1st, 1869, reviewed the history of the Hermann: “The Hermann, with the Washington, was built about thirty years ago, for the Liverpool trade, but subsequently ran in the Bremen line. She was a staunch and popular steamer in old times, before the advent of…
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The Swift Flames of the Alsia (1939)
Radio Officer King, of HMS Grasshopper, described what he had witnessed in the Straits Times on the 18th of May, 1939: “As we circled round her,” he said, “flames from the pitch pine and other timber in the fore’ and aft’ holds of the Alsia rose to about 100 feet, and the whole ship was afire. We...
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The Lord William Bentinck Leads to Disaster (1840)
The Monmouthshire Merlin carried a story from the Gazette on the 17th of October, 1840: “The magnificent harbour of Bombay has hitherto been entered in safety, not in consequence of the adequacy of the lighthouse and landmark provisions, but by a singular concurrence of felicitous accidents…
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The Disastrous Course of the Monumental City (1853)
The Sydney Morning Herald on the 9th of June, 1853 wrote that the inquiry into the wreck of the Monumental City had opened with an unusual statement by the man presiding over the hearing: “Previous to the commencement of the inquiry, Captain Browne said that the inquiry had been undertaken by the...
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The Cobequid in Ice (1914)
On the 16th of January, the Townsville Daily Bulletin announced the lack of definitive news about the fate of the Cobequid: “A search for the liner Cobequid disclosed nothing definite. A crew of 102 are aboard, together with 15 second-class passengers. The fate of the vessel is unknown, but the...
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The Confused Collision of the Scholten (1887)
In the Evening Republican on the 21st of November, 1887, Captain Webster of the Rosa Mary described the events that had led to disaster from his perspective: “The weather was hazy. On Saturday morning there was a heavy fog and the Rosa Mary anchored for three hours off Halfordness. She proceeded…
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The Pinthis in a Sea of Flames (1930)
The New York Times on June 12th, 1930, reported the after effects of the Pinthis disaster: “Less than 200 yards east of the buoy the sea this afternoon was a seething flame, fed by the tanker’s 10,000 gallons of oil which continually oozes to the surface. Over an area of two miles the rolling…
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The Sudden List of the City of Ainsworth (1898)
The British Columbia News of March 25th, 1898, made the announcement that the City of Ainsworth was changing her route temporarily due to railway activity: “The Steamer Ainsworth is scheduled next week to begin trips on the run between Kuskonook and Bonner’s Ferry for a tri-weekly run…The…
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The Horrors of the Dumaru (1918)
The Oregon Daily Journal from December 30, 1918, announced the return home of third officer Nolan of the Dumaru, long assumed to have been lost: “More like fiction--a tale of Jack London or Stevenson--is the story told by Nolan of the wanderings about the broad expanse of the Pacific, in an open...
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The Greycliffe is Split in Two (1927)
Captain William Barnes of the Greycliffe made his official statement regarding the collision between his ferry and the Tahiti: “I called at Garden Island and picked up as usual and was proceeding to Neilsen Park. I was hardly half way between Garden Island and Neilsen Park, and was heading…
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The Giovanni out of Reach (1875)
Salvatore Chiappara, steward of the bark the Giovanni, told his story to the newspaper reporter of The Sun, of New York City, after arriving in that city: “The Giovanni, which had been storm-tossed for many days, neared Cape Cod. She was sailing under her main foresail and topgallant sail, the…
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The Flaming Cargo of the City of Montreal (1887)
A note: Sorry if this episode sounds like our narrator had a head cold, our narrator had a head cold. The Daily Gazette of Burlington, Iowa, from the 19th of August, 1887, contained the following description of the City of Montreal being abandoned: “There was a heavy sea running, and it was with...
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The Difficult Rescue of the Nevada (1932)
The Straits Times of the 29th of November, 1932, featured the following interview: “We picked up the S.O.S. of the Nevada through St. Paul’s radio Station,” Captain R. K. Healy, commander of the President Madison, told Newspapermen on the arrival of the liner at Victoria, B.C. on Oct. 5. “This…
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A Race for the Boat on the Flachat (1898)
The captain of the Elder, Dempster, and Co ship the Susu was the focus of the story of the Flachat in the London Daily Telegraph on the 1st of March, 1898: “The Susus, owned by Elder, Dempster, and Co, was ready to sail for Garachico on the night of the 15th, but owing to the bad weather she did...
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The Eldorado is Far from Home (1903)
The Evening Express from the 7th of November, 1903, ran a story about the trials and tribulations of the crew of the Eldorado: “An attempt was made to force the passage of the Moose River, but the current was so strong that at the end of three days only fourteen miles had been covered, and the...
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The Confusion of the Alcantara (1928)
George Bates, pilot of a Lydd steam tug, told the Cumberland Evening News on the 25th of February, 1928: “We first heard the news of the collision about 8:40 pm, the message stating that a Russian barque was in distress. I got my motor boat ready, and preparations were made to launch the…
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The Jason is Spotted in the Storm (1893)
19-year-old Samuel J Evans, one of two apprentices who had been on the Jason, sat down with the newspapers to tell his story on December 6th, the day after the Jason had met with disaster. The New York Times of December 7th, 1893, reported: “We sailed,” said he, “from Calcutta last February with…
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The Search for the Kinsen Maru (1933)
The Melbourne Argus on the 17th of March, 1933, had a very small article at the bottom of its seventh page: “Fears are growing that the Japanese cargo steamer Kinsen Maru has sunk with all hands. Nine ships unsuccessfully searched for lifeboats and wreckage yesterday. The Kinsen Maru, which was...
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The Blaze of the Coldwater (1933)
The Virginian Pilot from the 3rd of September 1933 contained various interviews related to the sinking of the Coldwater, as well as the complete story of what had occurred. “Courageous action on the part of Captain West was credited with the fact that there was no loss of life. ‘Captain West is…
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Chaos Aboard the All Serene (1864)
The Sydney Empire from June 21st, 1864, contained a detailed account of the fate of the All Serene, as told by the survivors: “She appears to have proceeded on her way without anything occurring worthy of notice until the 20th of February, when she experienced equally weather, accompanied by...
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The Misfortune of the Cap Lay (1928)
The Malaya Tribune of the 8th of August, 1928, described what had occurred when the first typhoon of the season, which had so troubled shipping, made landfall in the Philippines: “High winds have lashed the sea into a fury. Telegraphic communications from Pettit Barracks at Zamboanga state that...
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The City of Bristol in Pieces (1840)
The Glamorgan Monmouth, and Brecon Gazette and Merthyr Guardian of the 28th of November, 1840, described the storms that had wrecked havoc on the village of Pill, in North Somerset, where over half of the crew of the City of Bristol came from: “We have had a continuation of gales, accompanied by...
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The Fatal Updates of Progreso (1902)
One of the people who had been on the Pregreso for her destruction told his story to the Marine Engineering Log for January, 1903: “I knew it was an explosion, but was not sure until later as to just what had happened. I can say, positively, that the cause of the explosion did not lie in the oil...
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The Surgeons Tell of the Astrea and James (1834)
A C Buchanan, His Majesty’s Chief Agent for Emigration to Upper and Lower Canada, sent in his end of the year emigration report for 1834 with the following information: “Before concluding this report, it is with regret that I feel myself compelled to notice the increasing number of shipwrecks to...
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Trefin to the Aid of the Ragna (1900)
The Haverfordwest and Milford Haven Telegraph of the 2nd of January 1901 reported: “One of the most furious gales of recent years swept over this vicinity on Thursday night, but fortunately without effecting any really serious harm. Slates were swept off roofs, some trees were blown down, and...
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The Floridian is Lost in the Storm (1849)
Notable Shipwrecks, Retold by Uncle Hardy, published in 1873, contained an account of the loss of the Floridian. It set the scene as follows: “A south-westerly gale ravaged our English coasts on Wednesday, the 28th of February, 1849. Beginning in the early morning, it increased every hour…
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The Strong Abercrombie Robinson and the Rotten Waterloo (1842)
The Graham’s Town Journal from September 15th, 1842, featured a scathing article about the recent shipwreck in Table Bay, especially the loss of the Waterloo. “Yet we should lose no time in having our Life Boat and other Humane Apparatus in readiness, and our Boatmen, now experienced Salvors,...
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Delayed Aid for the Bentan (1887)
The Straits Times Weekly Issues from the first of June, 1887, reported the proceedings of the Marine Court of Inquiry against Captain Harrison of the Fair Penang. The witness was Mate Farquharson of the Bentan: “Cross-examination continued, -- I cannot say that if we continued on our respective...
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Fire and Flood on the Independence (1853)
The New York Times from April 8, 1853, announced that there was some concern felt about the fate of the Independence: “There was much anxiety felt for the safety of the Vanderbilt steamship Independence, from which nothing had been heard, though she was thirty days beyond her time. She had a…
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The Hero of the Conductor (1854)
In Walter Stevens Harrington’s Heroines of Canadian History, published in 1909, the plight of the crew of the Conductor was described as follows: “All night the eight victims of the storm clung to such treacherous foothold as they could gain. Daylight still found them battling for their lives.…
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The Quimistan Falls Apart (1929)
The New York Times on August 25th, 1929, had a chance to go to the stateroom of Captain George Pietsch and see what he had to say about his recent misadventure. It was two in the morning, but faced with reporter questions, the New York Times reported: “Captain Pietsch smiled, shrugged his…
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The Molesey Against the Storm (1929)
The Lifeboat. The Journal of the Royal National Life-boat Institution from March 1930 reported all of the heroism of the lifeboat service from the past quarter. In it was included the following report: “On 25th November, at 2.35 in the afternoon, a message was received by the Tenby Coastguard…
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Mystery of the Jonkheer Meester Van de Wall van Puttershoek (1867)
The World of Adventure, by Cassell and Company, published in 1899, contained the story of the Vicar of Mullyon, a man who had been active in the story of the wreck of the Jonkheer Meester Van de Wall van Puttershoek: “The wind swept right up from the sea, scarcely more than half a mile distant…
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The Bohemian's Missed Signals (1864)
Rector Elwell wrote an account of the wreck of the Bohemian for the Portland Transcript, which was published on March 5th, 1864. “On Saturday we visited the scene of the wreck. The distance from the city is about nine miles. As you pass to the left of the two light houses, the wreck lies in full...
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The Explosive Haste of the Moselle (1838)
Lloyd’s Steamboat Directory, and Disasters on the Western Waters by James Lloyd, published in 1856, contained an entire section about the Moselle, including the following passage: “The Moselle was regarded as the very paragon of western steamboats; she was perfect in form and construction…
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The Swift Sinking of the St Paul (1914)
Mr. Finlayson, a member of the Australian House of Representatives was quoted to have said the following about what had caused the wreck of the St Paul by the Daily Standard on the 31st of March, 1914: “Commander Brewis, who lately inspected the coast of Australia, made a recommendation in regard...
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A Strange Course for the Orion (1850)
The Monmouthshire Merlin, on the 29th of June, 1850, gave an account by commercial traveler John Cameron: “It was a beautiful day, and we spent it pleasantly on board. The steamer was excessively crowded with passengers, a large number of them being ladies. Every berth was occupied, as well as…
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The Flames of the Montreal (1857)
The Sydney Morning Herald on the 7th of September, 1857, published what they had learned from Canadian Newspapers that had just arrived about the Montreal: “There were 330 steerage passengers, and 10 cabin passengers, who sailed in the John McKensie from the Clyde at the above date. Two died at...
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The First Voyage of the City of Honolulu (1922)
Ralph Tinkham, one of the passengers who had been on the City of Honolulu, wrote a letter to the newspaper of the University of Michigan College of Engineering, from which he had graduated: “Replying to your inquiry relative to my experience at the burning at sea of the SS City of Honolulu, I am...
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The Stormy Rocks of the Gothenburg (1875)
Mr. Falk, who had been an Ablebodied Seaman on the Gothenburg, remembered his experience to the Adelaide Express and Telegraph on the 4th of April, 1911: “I don’t think,” he said, “I should have been saved had it not been for one of the others. He came to me as I stood aft, and said I had better...
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A Confusion of Lights on Pyah Pekhet (1889)
The Malacca Weekly Chronicle from the 19th of January 1889 reported the following: “That navigation in the Straits of Malacca is attended with difficulties and dangers of no mean order is fully borne out by the sad history of the past few years. One more collision, disastrous in its consequences,...
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This podcast tells the story of a new shipwreck in every episode. This podcast does not constrain itself with nationality or century. It endeavors to tell the story of the disasters that plagued the ships that once plowed the waves as the powerhouses of global trade, warfare, and emigration. If you would like to reach us, we can be contacted at [email protected]. Want to support us? Thank you! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/shipwreckarchivIf you enjoy our content please give us a positive review on your preferred listening platform, and share with your friends.
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