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On this day exactly 50 years ago, 29 men perished when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, "The Mighty Fitz," sank in Lake Superior during a terrible November gale. I am re-releasimg Ep. 33 of Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs to commemorate this milestone.

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#edmundfitzgerald #history
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - 50th Anniversary
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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On this day exactly 50 years ago, 29 men perished when the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, "The Mighty Fitz," sank in Lake Superior during a terrible November gale. I am re-releasimg Ep. 33 of Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs to commemorate this milestone.

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#edmundfitzgerald #history
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - 50th Anniversary
The SS Edmund Fitzgerald sank on Lake Superior on Nov. 10, 1975.
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November 10, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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There has been lots of buzz lately about the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald's sinking. I'll be re-running my episode about the Fitz on Nov 10, but also I'll be interviewing John U. Bacon about his new book "Gales of November" for an early December episode release.

#EdmundFitzgerald
Book cover of Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The bulk cargo ship is depicted in a violent storm.
November 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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I just finished reading Yarmouth Castle Burning by Eric Takakjian and Randall Peffer. Wow. Outstanding! I interviewed them both for the next episode of Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs, coming Nov 11th.

#maritimehistory #history #podcast #shipwreck
Book cover of Yarmouth Castle Burning showing a ship on fire at night with another ship nearby.
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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Raising a glass for Rosalind Franklin tonight. James Watson absolutely did her dirty.

But beware...
Rosalind Franklin at her microscope
November 7, 2025 at 8:42 PM
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I just finished reading Yarmouth Castle Burning by Eric Takakjian and Randall Peffer. Wow. Outstanding! I interviewed them both for the next episode of Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs, coming Nov 11th.

#maritimehistory #history #podcast #shipwreck
Book cover of Yarmouth Castle Burning showing a ship on fire at night with another ship nearby.
November 7, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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#OTD 5 Nov 1973, the Norwegian owned, Liberian flagged tanker SS Golar Patricia was bound from England to Bahrain in ballast. She suffered a succession of 3 explosions causing her to break in two and sink. (1/2)🧵

#maritimehistory #history
November 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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#OTD 5 Nov 1973, the Norwegian owned, Liberian flagged tanker SS Golar Patricia was bound from England to Bahrain in ballast. She suffered a succession of 3 explosions causing her to break in two and sink. (1/2)🧵

#maritimehistory #history
November 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
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New episode! The cargo vessel Star of Bengal met a tragic end in southeast Alaska on Sep. 20, 1908. 111 of 138 on board, mostly Asian immigrants, perished. My guest is Ronan Rooney from Wrangell History Unlocked podcast.
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#history #maritimehistory #Alaska #shipwreck
The Star of Bengal: Alaska's Forgotten Tragedy
The Star of Bengal was ran aground in Alaska on Sept 20, 1908 with the loss of 111 people.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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New episode! The cargo vessel Star of Bengal met a tragic end in southeast Alaska on Sep. 20, 1908. 111 of 138 on board, mostly Asian immigrants, perished. My guest is Ronan Rooney from Wrangell History Unlocked podcast.
www.shipwrecksandseadogs.com/94

#history #maritimehistory #Alaska #shipwreck
The Star of Bengal: Alaska's Forgotten Tragedy
The Star of Bengal was ran aground in Alaska on Sept 20, 1908 with the loss of 111 people.
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November 4, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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3 Nov 1940 - The British transport ship SS Casanare (requisitioned from Elders & Fyffes) was torpedoed and sunk west of Ireland by German U-boat U-99, with the loss of 9 crew. (1/3)🧵

#history #maritimehistory #RoyalNavy #WWII #skystorians #navalhistory #shipwreck #WW2 #Germany
SS Casanare at sea with a single funnel producing black smoke.
November 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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3 Nov 1940 - The British transport ship SS Casanare (requisitioned from Elders & Fyffes) was torpedoed and sunk west of Ireland by German U-boat U-99, with the loss of 9 crew. (1/3)🧵

#history #maritimehistory #RoyalNavy #WWII #skystorians #navalhistory #shipwreck #WW2 #Germany
SS Casanare at sea with a single funnel producing black smoke.
November 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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Verdwenen in 1929: Wrakkenjagers vinden vermist schip | historianet.nl share.google/EHoDLfRnvPiN...
Ontdek de grootste drama's in de wereldgeschiedenis
HISTORIA neemt je mee op een stormachtige reis naar het verleden, waar je de grootste drama’s uit de geschiedenis vanaf de eerste rang meemaakt.
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November 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
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#OTD In the misty and cold night of Oct 31, 1837 the sidewheel paddle steamer Monmouth was transporting over 700 Muscogee (Creek) people up the Mississippi River. They were being relocated due to the "Indian Removal Act" signed by President Andrew Jackson. (1/6)🧵

#history #maritimehistory
October 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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#OTD In the misty and cold night of Oct 31, 1837 the sidewheel paddle steamer Monmouth was transporting over 700 Muscogee (Creek) people up the Mississippi River. They were being relocated due to the "Indian Removal Act" signed by President Andrew Jackson. (1/6)🧵

#history #maritimehistory
October 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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#OTD The Spanish passenger steamer Vizcaya was bound for Havana from New York with 103 passengers and crew. On the evening of Oct 30, 1890 she was struck by the 4-masted schooner Cornelius Hargrave, near Barnegat Light off the coast of New Jersey. (1/4)🧵

#history #maritimehistory #NewJersey
The 4-masted schooner Cornelius Hargrave smashing into the passenger steamer Vizcaya amidships.
October 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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#OTD The Spanish passenger steamer Vizcaya was bound for Havana from New York with 103 passengers and crew. On the evening of Oct 30, 1890 she was struck by the 4-masted schooner Cornelius Hargrave, near Barnegat Light off the coast of New Jersey. (1/4)🧵

#history #maritimehistory #NewJersey
The 4-masted schooner Cornelius Hargrave smashing into the passenger steamer Vizcaya amidships.
October 30, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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The MS Berge Vanga was a Norwegian oil-bulk-ore (OBO) carrier built in Croatia in 1974. On Oct 29, 1979, contact was lost with the ship in the south Atlantic while on voyage from Brazil to Japan with a cargo of iron ore. (1/3)🧵

#history #skystorians #maritimehistory
The oil-bulk-ore carrier Berge Vanga in calm seas.
October 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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The MS Berge Vanga was a Norwegian oil-bulk-ore (OBO) carrier built in Croatia in 1974. On Oct 29, 1979, contact was lost with the ship in the south Atlantic while on voyage from Brazil to Japan with a cargo of iron ore. (1/3)🧵

#history #skystorians #maritimehistory
The oil-bulk-ore carrier Berge Vanga in calm seas.
October 29, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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New episode! On Sept 9, 1929, the semi-whaleback cargo ship SS Andaste was lost on Lake Michigan in a sudden storm, with all 25 on board. Only 16 bodies and assorted debris from the ship were ever found.

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#maritimehistory #history #greatlakes #LakeMichigan
Lost on Lake Michigan: SS Andaste
The SS Andaste and its entire crew were lost in 1929 on Lake Michigan.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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New episode! On Sept 9, 1929, the semi-whaleback cargo ship SS Andaste was lost on Lake Michigan in a sudden storm, with all 25 on board. Only 16 bodies and assorted debris from the ship were ever found.

www.shipwrecksandseadogs.com/93

#maritimehistory #history #greatlakes #LakeMichigan
Lost on Lake Michigan: SS Andaste
The SS Andaste and its entire crew were lost in 1929 on Lake Michigan.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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#OTD The King George V Class Super-Dreadnought HMS Audacious, under Captain Cecil Dampier, was the first principal casualty of WWI, when she struck a mine laid by German Norddeutscher Lloyd liner/minelayer SS Berlin. (1/2)🧵

#history #maritimehistory #WWI
October 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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#OTD The King George V Class Super-Dreadnought HMS Audacious, under Captain Cecil Dampier, was the first principal casualty of WWI, when she struck a mine laid by German Norddeutscher Lloyd liner/minelayer SS Berlin. (1/2)🧵

#history #maritimehistory #WWI
October 27, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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Bartholomew Roberts - the pirate with too many flags.
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4) In A General History of the Pyrates Captain Johnson claims a flag depicting a skeleton and a man with a flaming sword defying death was found by the crew of HMS Swallow when they captured Robert's ship. '… had a Figure of a Skeleton in it and a Man pourtrayed [sic] with a flaming Sword in his Hand, intimating a defiance of Death itself.'
October 26, 2025 at 4:52 PM