HeyJaredThe Shipwreck Archives
This podcast tells the story of a new shipwreck in every episode. This podcast does not constrain itself with nationality or century.
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The Three Boats of the Kotohira-Maru (1917) (opens the original)
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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 about the same feeling of wonder as to how they would be treated, by American residents of western Alaska as an American crew would have should their ship be wrecked upon a remote island of the Japanese gro
The Stranded Carnatic Fractures (1869) (opens the original)
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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 angle of 45 degrees, and he works in 13 fathoms of water. He found the Carnatic’s spare shaft and crank had fallen overboard to leeward, and the end rested against the mail-room door, where the boxes of s
The Tall Tale of The Tillie E Starbuck (1907) (opens the original)
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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 Andrew Keegan, of New York, while the First mate was Philip A McVicer, of Oregon. It may have been that Kuhlman was one of the ordinary seamen and, being familiar with the wreck as it occurred, decided to
The Coward Captain of the Caleb Grimshaw (1849) (opens the original)
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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 they were, they turned out in the hour of trial to be mere hen-coops, and were stove in or sunk. There is an act of Parliament rendering it imperative on emigrant ships to carry a life-boat, but on board
The Explosive Rescue of the Vinh-Long (1922) (opens the original)
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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 1929: “My officer of the watch had in the meantime sighted a vessel to starboard. While he strove to make her out in the dim early morning light, he suddenly saw a flash of fire near her stern. Sensibly he
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