Ship Hits The Fan

Ship Hits The Fan

What’s worse than death? How about meeting your end on the high seas, marooned, while sharks swim hungrily by? Or being trapped in a toppled ship in the middle of a bustling city? Set sail with Charlotte and Patrick as these landlubbers delve into the depths of history to find the weirdest, scariest and just plain stupidest marine disasters in history. Show art provided by Stevie Jude.

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June 7, 2023 59 mins
Go to http://lectricebikes.com to give the gift of adventure for Father’s Day! Today we continue the tale of the RMS Titanic. When we left off, the ill fated ship was approaching Newfoundland on her (so far) uneventful voyage. What happened next has reverberated throughout history and continues to haunt, shock, and amaze Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member ...
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Go to http://rtxaustin.com to buy your badge! April 14th, 1912, the pride of the White Star line collides with an iceberg and the largest, luxury liner sank to the depths taking thousands of lives with her. You may have heard of it. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS T-shirts n stuff: ...
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Go to http://rtxaustin.com to buy your badge! August 16, 1918, a ragtag group of men in a rowboat manage to rescue an entire steamship crew from a flaming wreck. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS T-shirts n stuff: https://store.roosterteeth.com/collections/funhaus Welcome to Funhaus, ...
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Go to http://rtxaustin.com to buy your badge! September 27th, 1994 an open cargo hold causes a cruise ferry to fill with water, capsize, and sink, becoming one of the deadliest wrecks in maritime history. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS T-shirts n stuff: https://store.roosterteeth.c...
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Go to http://hellofresh.com/shiphitsfan16 and use code shiphitsfan16 for 16 free meals plus free shipping! Go to http://rtxaustin.com to buy your badge! Adrift in a lifeboat for over 20 days, the crew of the Mignonette were hungry and dying, until they made one of the hardest choices of all. The choice to sacrifice one to save the others. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are y...
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Go to http://lectricebikes.com to explore their epic ebikes. In 2006 intrepid treasure hunters thought they’d hit the jackpot, but confusion over the wreck’s identity, and questions about their honesty, would lead to a bitter court battle and empty pockets. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIR...
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July 25th, 1956 a luxury Italian ocean liner and a Swedish ocean liner collided, but worked together for one of the most successful rescue operations in maritime history. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS T-shirts n stuff: https://store.roosterteeth.com/collections/funhaus Welcome to F...
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May 7th, 1915 a German U-Boat torpedoed a British ocean liner, killing almost 1200 passengers and crew. As the ship sank, tensions rose, and set the stage for the US to enter the first World War.  Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.c...
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A group of cryptocurrency moguls had a dream, a dream of creating a crypto-utopia on the high seas, but poor planning and maritime law would cause their dream to crash harder than their portfolios.  Go to http://lectricebikes.com to learn about the XPedition cargo eBike. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go he...
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November, 1913. One of the deadliest storms in history sweeps through the Great Lakes. In her wake some ships are badly damaged, some are destroyed, and some are never seen again. Go to http://lectricebikes.com to learn about the XPedition cargo eBike. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS...
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In the midst of World War 2, one of Japan’s only minelaying ships sets a series of explosives off the coast of China. The mines remain untouched for nearly a decade, until a steamship fleeing the Chinese Civil War sails directly into their path, killing almost everyone on board. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show...
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2013, an old cargo ship makes port in Beirut, Lebanon. Unable to pay for port fees and repairs, the ships’ cargo is placed in a warehouse where it sits forgotten for 7 years, until a fire changes the course of Lebanon’s history. Go to http://lectricebikes.com to learn about the XPedition cargo eBike. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private...
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September 5th, 1856, the Arabia was making a routine trip up the Missouri river. After hitting a submerged portion of a tree, the ship sank below the mud of the river within minutes, taking all of its cargo with it. 150 years later a crew unearthed her cargo, and her secrets. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? G...
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February 9th, 2001, the Ehime Maru set out from Honolulu on an educational fishing expedition, a few miles away the USS Greeneville set out from Pearl Harbor on a trip to impress investors. Hours later… the Ehime Maru would lie at the ocean floor and some of its passengers would never be seen again. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private R...
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February 21st 1944, as the sun set on the invasion of Iwo Jima, a squadron of Japanese pilots approached on the horizon. By morning over 40 planes were lost, and the last US aircraft carrier to be sunk by enemy action lay at the bottom of the sea.  Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Lear...
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Early in the morning on April 16, 2014 a ferry carrying 476 passengers from Incheon to Jeju attempted a tight turn and capsized. The crew abandoned the vessel and the passengers, and within hours the sea had claimed over 300 lives. Go to http://lectricebikes.com to get out there and find adventure! Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private R...
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In the fall of 1841, 135 enslaved people were loaded onto a boat bound for the slave markets of New Orleans. The boat would never reach its destination, but rather its passengers would take control of the ship and reach the Bahamas and freedom. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn mo...
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One freezing January night, in 1949, thousands of people fled China in search of a better life in Taiwan. Only hours later, under cover of darkness, the ship carrying them struck another vessel leaving more than 1500 passengers and crew to fend for themselves in open water.  Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go...
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August 3rd, 1942 the Island of Malta was trapped in the middle of the Mediterranean Ocean during one of the most brutal naval battles of World War 2. In desperate need of fuel, protection, and food, the Islanders had one hope to survive… the SS Ohio. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Le...
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