North America Shipwrecks Episodes

The pleasure yacht Wawinet sank on September 21, 1942, in Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada. The Wawinet was owned by retired NHL defenseman Bert Corbeau who played for the Montreal Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Corbeau was Plant Supervisor at …

On the evening of January 28, 1980 the United States Coast Guard cutter Blackthorn was leaving Tampa Bay when it collided with the SS Capricorn, killing 23 Coast Guardsman.

The HMS Gaspee was seized and burned by Rhode Islanders on June 10, 1772.

The horrifying fire and sinking of the Royal Tar killed 32 people and a menagerie of animals.

On October 9, 1862, David Henry White was kidnapped at sea from the United States merchant ship Tonawanda by Captain Raphael Semmes of the CSS Alabama.

The Ocean Ranger disaster occurred on February 15, 1982, when the semi-submersible offshore drilling rig sank off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada.

SS Marine Electric: The Wreck That Changed The Coast Guard

The Catastrophic Collision that Shattered a City: The Halifax Explosion of 1917.

History's Deadliest Submarine Disaster

The Steamboat Victoria Disaster

Over 1000 people perished when the General Slocum caught fire and sank in the East River in New York City.

The Pulaski went down 40 miles off the coast of North Carolina in 1838, killing 128.

The cargo ship El Faro sank on October 1, 2015 after sailing directly into Hurricane Joaquin.

The SS Atlantic disaster occurred on April 1, 1873, when the British steamship SS Atlantic, carrying over 900 passengers and crew, struck rocks off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada.

HMS Terror and Erebus disappeared in Canada in 1845, along with Sir John Franklin and his entire expedition.