On December 20th, 1987, the MV Doña Paz collided with the oil tanker MT Vector killing over 4300 passengers on the overcrowded Doña Paz. It is the worst peacetime maritime disaster in history.
Category: Asian Shipwrecks
The Wrecks of North Sentinel Island
North Sentinel Island is one of the most isolated places on earth. Its people do not welcome visitors and fiercely protect their island.
The Ancient Uluburun Shipwreck
The Uluburun shipwreck dates from the Late Bronze Age, circa 1300 BCE. It went down off the southern coast of Anatolia, or modern day Türkiye, and was found in 1982 by a sponge diver. Dr. Eric Cline, author of 1177 BC: The Year Civilization Collapsed, joins me for an in-depth interview about Bronze Age civilizations in the Mediterranean, Aegean, and Near East Asia, and the ship that was taking part in a vast trade network between them.
Batavia’s Graveyard – Part 1
The Batavia was a 17th century Dutch East India Company sailing vessel. It wrecked in 1629 off the coast of Australia, setting the scene for horrible cruelty by Jeronimus Cornelisz.
The Toya Maru
The Toya Maru was a Japanese commercial ferry operating between the island of Honshu and Hokkaido in Japan. Built by the Japanese National Railways and launched in 1947, the ship was 118.7 m (389 ft) long and 15.85 m (52.0 ft) wide, with a capacity of 1,128 passengers and a crew of 120. On September…