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Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast

Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs Podcast

Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs brings you the most tragic, significant, and momentous events from maritime history, from ancient shipwrecks to the very recent. Created and hosted by Rich Napolitano, each episode focuses on the people, the time period, events and circumstances that shaped maritime history, ...

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June 24, 2025

King Henry VIII's Lost Warship: The Mary Rose

The Mary Rose sank for unknown reasons in 1545 in Portsmouth Harbour.
June 20, 2025

Listener Appreciation Week: The Wreck That Crashed the Stock Market

The SS Central America was lost with millions of dollars of gold.
June 19, 2025

Listener Appreciation Week: The Pourquoi Pas and Roald Amundsen

The French explorer Jean-Baptiste Charcot joined the search for Roald Amundsen.
June 18, 2025

Listener Appreciation Week: The Toilet That Sank a German U-Boat

An experimental deepwaTer toilet system resulted in the sinking of German U-1206
June 17, 2025

Listener Appreciation Week: The Top Secret Mission That Found the Titanic

The top secret mission that led to the discovery of the Titanic
June 16, 2025

Listener Appreciation Week: Heroes of Two Shipwrecks

Moss and Tracy Hills survived 2 major shipwrecks and were heroes of both.
June 12, 2025

Announcement: Listener Appreciation Week 2025!

Listener Appreciation Week: Bonus mini-episodes each day from June 16 - 20.
June 3, 2025

The Bounty Mutiny - Part 2

WIlliam Bligh makes his miraculous voyage and Fletcher Christian heads to Pitcairn Island.
May 27, 2025

The Bounty Mutiny - Part 1

Fletcher Christian stages a mutiny and casts William Bligh adrfit.
May 20, 2025

History Daily: The Pirate Trials of 1720

This guest episode is from History Daily hosted by Lindsay Graham. November 16, 1720. The trials of notorious pirates Anne Bonny, Mary Read, and John Rackham begin in Spanish Town, Jamaica. A co-production from award-winning...

Reviews

Mesmerizing and entertaining!

"This podcast brings to life many important events in Maritime history from a variety of perspectives and sources to paint vivid pictures while telling captivating stories."

Nate McCrillis | July 3, 2023

Awesome podcast!

"This podcast is really interesting and informative! Great for anyone who enjoys listening to stories, and even more so for history buffs, sailors, and veterans. Excellent interviews!"

Skeptical-987 | Nov. 26, 2023

Excellent podcast

"Becoming one of my favorite podcasts. Well read and interesting content."

Mule_Skinner45 | Dec. 13, 2023

Unique storytelling

"Well written and good narration"

praxis78 | March 9, 2025

Love it!

"This is my favorite podcast, I can’t stop listening! Very well researched and high quality podcast."

sassycat125 | June 21, 2025

A must follow

"Even if you don’t like ships the history that is on this podcast is great! If you kinda like boats or more then you will be in heaven. Every time I see it show up in my up next my heart gets happy."

sacto11c | Aug. 8, 2024

Obsessed

"Never knew I was a going to end up a nerd for shipwrecks but the way these are told has me now obsessed!!!!"

Awkward mama | June 12, 2025

Great show!

"Well researched with a true passion for history!"

bloodybeaver | Aug. 19, 2024

The podcast I didn’t know I needed

"Very well researched. Fascinating content. He covers many stories that haven’t been well covered before. Even stories I’m familiar with I end up learning something new."

CeliaTisdale | April 5, 2024

Great history show about shipwrecks

"This podcast made me realize that there’s always more to shipwrecks than meets the eye. When I first tuned in, I wasn’t sure what to expect but now I see how there are always a multitude of stories …"

consciousdave | March 12, 2023