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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 7h

I can't wait to see and hear her play with Rush! Amazing!

Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 8h

Engulfed in flames, she reached shallow water while the stern overhung deeper water. The vessel Finertz arrived very quickly and picked up 43 survivors. 23 others perished either in the fire or by drowning. While arson was suspected, the cause of the fire was never officially determined. (2/2)⚓

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 8h

The E.K. Collins was a passenger and freight sidewheel paddle steamer. On 8 Oct 1854 she was on route from Sault St. Marie to Cleveland when she caught fire at the mouth of the Detroit River near Amherstburgh. (1/2) 🧵

#maritimehistory #greatlakes #history

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 1d

New episode! "Sir Ernest Shackleton: The Boss - Part 1." The first of a 2-part series about the life of the legendary explorer. Part 1 takes you from his birth through the end of his 2nd polar expedition aboard the Nimrod.

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#maritimehistory #history #shackleton #podcast

Sir Ernest Shackleton: The Boss - Part 1

Sir Ernest Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish explorer best known for his daring Antarctic expeditions during the Heroic Age of Polar Exploration.

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 23h

So would our cats. I've seen that greedy side-eye. They are just waiting...

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 1d

New episode! "Sir Ernest Shackleton: The Boss - Part 1." The first of a 2-part series about the life of the legendary explorer. Part 1 takes you from his birth through the end of his 2nd polar expedition aboard the Nimrod.

shipwrecksandseadogs.com/90

#maritimehistory #history #shackleton #podcast

Sir Ernest Shackleton: The Boss - Part 1

Sir Ernest Shackleton was an Anglo-Irish explorer best known for his daring Antarctic expeditions during the Heroic Age of Polar Exploration.

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you!

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 1d

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 1d

Endurance had a fatal structural flaw, and Shackleton allegedly knew it...

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The real reasons Endurance sank—study finds Shackleton knew of ship's shortcomings

Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, Endurance, was crushed by Antarctic sea ice and sank in November 1915. Emblematic of the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, it is widely considered the strongest polar ...

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Both reactors and most of the missiles are still down there. The nuclear reactors from USS Thresher and USS Scorpion are also on the bottom of the Atlantic.

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The Orkney News @theorkneynews.bsky.social · 2d

At Marwick Head #Orkney @rnshiplosses.bsky.social @shipwreckspod.bsky.social HMS Hampshire

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 2d

Despite efforts to contain damage, tow the boat, and control flooding, the sub sank on 6 Oct 1986, taking its two nuclear reactors and its full complement of nuclear warheads to the ocean floor.(3/3)⚓

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 2d

A failed seal in missile tube number 6 allowed seawater to leak in and react with residual liquid fuel in the missile, triggering a fire and explosion. 4 crew members died—three in the initial explosion or due to toxic gas exposure, and a fourth who helped manually shut down the reactors. (2/3)🧵

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 2d

In October 1986, the Soviet nuclear‑ballistic missile submarine K‑219 suffered a mechanical failure while on patrol northeast of Bermuda. (1/3)🧵

#maritimehistory #history #skystorians #coldwar #navalhistory

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 3d

I was just here a moment ago, I swear it. It must have fallen out of my pocket.

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 3d

I knew I left that treasure laying around somewhere...😊

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1,000 silver, gold coins found in historic 'Treasure Coast' shipwreck

A salvage company has recovered over 1,000 silver and gold coins valued at $1 million from a legendary 1715 shipwreck off the Florida coast.

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 4d

#OTD HMS Victory was returning to England as the flagship of Sir John Balchen's fleet on 4 Oct 1744. A major storm scattered the ships and the Victory was last seen at 15:30 near the Channel Islands before disappearing. (1/4)🧵

#hmsvictory #royalnavy #history #shipwreck #maritime

A painting of a sailing ship struggling through rough seas. A representation of what it may have looked like when HMS Victory was lost.

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 4d

A second HMS Victory was built, and launched in 1765. Although no longer afloat, it is currently still in service with the Royal Navy at Portsmouth. (4/4)⚓

The second HMS Victory on display at Portsmouth Harbour.

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 4d

It was confirmed to be from Victory, presumed lost on the Casquets. Additional wreckage reached Jersey and Alderney, where residents had heard distress guns but couldn’t help due to the storm. None of Victory’s 1,150 crew were found until the wreck's discovery in 2008. (3/4)🧵

Under photograph of cannon barrels laying in the sand.

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 4d

For over 260 years, she was believed to have wrecked that night on Black Rock near the Casquets.

Frigates searched the area where Victory was last seen. Capt. Thomas Grenville of HMS Falkland, while provisioning in Guernsey, learned from locals that wreckage and a topmast had washed ashore. (2/4) 🧵

An artist's rendering of the three-masted, wooden-hulled HMS Victory.

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 4d

#OTD HMS Victory was returning to England as the flagship of Sir John Balchen's fleet on 4 Oct 1744. A major storm scattered the ships and the Victory was last seen at 15:30 near the Channel Islands before disappearing. (1/4)🧵

#hmsvictory #royalnavy #history #shipwreck #maritime

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 4d

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 5d

Coming Tuesday, Oct 7, "Sir Ernest Shackleton: The Boss." This 2-part series will cover the entire life of the famed explorer. His feats of survival in the face of certain death cemented his place in history and legend.

#Shackleton #history #Antarctica #Endurance #skystorians #maritimehistory

Ernest Shacklton stands on a boat in a heavy turtleneck sweater with a blackened, sunburned, and windburned face. A sled dog is visible to his right.

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 5d

Already have! ☺️
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The Last Viking: Roald Amundsen

Roald Amundsen discovered the Northwest Passage, was first to reach the South Pole, and was likely the first to reach the North Pole.

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast @shipwreckspod.bsky.social · 5d

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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs | A Maritime History Podcast

Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs is a maritime history podcast featuring shipwrecks, explorers, captains, navigators, and other maritime related stories throughout history.

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