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This week we begin the story of the SS Torrey Canyon, the first major oil tanker spill in history. This part of the episode has us looking into the background of the vessel itself and her captain, Pastrengo Rugiati.
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Sources:
Green, Anna and Timothy Cooper. “Community and Exclusion: The Torrey Canyon Disaster of 1967.” The Journal of Social History, vol. 48, no. 4, 2015, pp. 892 - 909.Hassler, Bjorn. “Accidental Versus Operational Oil Spills from Shipping in the Baltic Sea: Risk Governance and Management Strategies.” Ambio, vol. 40, 2011, pp. 170 - 178.
Petrow, Richard. In the Wake of Torrey Canyon: The Great Oil Disaster - Its Causes, Consequences, and Lessons for the Future. David McKay Company, 1968.
Published in Britain as The Black TideSheail, John. “Torrey Canyon: The Political Dimension.” The Journal of Contemporary History, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 485 - 504.
Uekotter, Frank. The Vortex. University of Pittsburgh Press, 2023.Support the show
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This is an old bonus episode that we are unlocking to hopefully poach some listens off of a certain very popular podcast about engineering disasters (with slides), which just released an episode about the true story of the Pendleton and the Fort Mercer
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Kaylee is back with us for Breakerween 2024 - this year we've got spooky tales of a haunted U-boat, fishing for Oldsmobiles, and a veritable fleet of ultrabuoyant American-made caskets.
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This week we have another U-boat episode, but this time we're down in the Gulf of Mexico to talk about the SS Robert E. Lee (booooo)
Sources:
"The Panic of 1907 and the Maine Man Who Caused It." New England Historical Society. https://newenglandhistoricalsociety.com/the-panic-of-1907-and-the-maine-man-who-caused-it/
"Robert E. Lee." Uboat.net. https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/1981.html
"Screening Level Risk Assessment Package: Robert E. Lee". Office of National Marine Sanctuaries.
Sidle, Jeffrey. "The search for the USS Honesdale." River Reporter, 27 Sept 2023. https://riverreporter.com/stories/the-search-for-the-uss-honesdale,118041Support the show
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This week we have wrangled a real live Canadian to discuss the October 1804 sinking of His Majesty's Armed Vessel Speedy and the impact of her loss on the province of Upper Canada.
**one of our upcoming bonus episodes will look at the search for the Speedy's wrecksite**Sources:
Baillod, Brendon. “The Enduring Mystery of the HMS Speedy.” Shipwreck World, 3 December 2019. https://www.shipwreckworld.com/articles/the-enduring-mystery-of-the-hms-speedy-1.
Bojarzin, David. “HMS Speedy: Murder and a Mystery.” Friends of Presqu’ile Park.
Buchanan, Dan. The Wreck of HMS Speedy. Milner & Associates, 2020.
Climo, Percy L. “The mysterious sinking of The Speedy.” Saturday Morning Post, 9 June 1990.
Girard, Philip. "Rearguard or Vanguard? A New Look at Canada's Constitutional Act of 1791." The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, vol. 50, no. 1, 2022, pp. 1-24.Lee-Shanok, Philip. “Search is on for HMS Speedy - the ship that changed history.” CBC News, 2 Nov 2018.
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/constitutional-act-1791
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They were rescued by the Coast Guard, it counts.
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Civil Aeronautics Board - Accident Investigation Report. https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/33563
"The Ditching." Time, 29 Oct 1956. https://web.archive.org/web/20070428134921/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,867172,00.html
Stannard, Matthew B. "Danville pilot has historical predecessor." SFGate, 24 Jan 2009. https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/danville-pilot-has-historical-predecessor-3175278.phpSupport the show
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This week we have a steamboat tale to tell, specifically the story of the Ohio River steamer Scioto and her deadly collision with the John Lomas in 1882.
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Bailey, Kenneth R. "The 'Scioto' Disaster." West Virginia HIstory, vol. 6, no. 1, Spring 2012, pp. 49 - 72.
"A Pall of Egyptian Gloom: The Sinking of the 'Scioto'". East Liverpool Historical Society, http://www.eastliverpoolhistoricalsociety.org/scioto1.htm
Various excerpts from 1881 - 1882 editions of the Wheeling Daily Intelligencer and Daily RegisterSupport the show
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This week we are in the city of Baltimore to discuss the 2004 sinking of the water taxi Lady D.
A big thanks to our listener Josh for suggesting this as a topic for the show!
Sources:
"Baltimore Sea Cadets Cited For Rescue Efforts After Water Taxi Capsizes." Sea Power, July 2004.
"Capsizing of U.S. Small Passenger Vessel Lady D, Northwest Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, March 6, 2004." National Transportation Safety Board.Support the show
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Here is Episode 138 on the US Navy escort carrier Liscome Bay, sunk off of Makin Atoll by Japanese submarine I-175 during Operation Galvanic in November 1943.
Sources:
"Liscome Bay (CVE-56) - Naval History and Heritage Command."
"The Only Mission of USS Liscome Bay." 22 Feb 2019, https://pearlharbor.org/blog/the-only-mission-of-uss-liscome-bay/
Toll, Ian W. The Conquering Tide: War in the Pacific Islands, 1942 - 1944. W. W. Norton & Company, 2015.
"USS Liscome Bay (CVE-56)." NavSource Online. 5 March 2024.Support the show
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This bonus episode was recorded for July 2023. After a year marinating in the patrons-only vault, we think it's time you hear it on the main feed!
In this episode we discuss the publicity tours of the German cruiser Karlsruhe during the Interwar years, where the vessel found some cities quite welcoming and others decidedly less so
Santiago Ramos, Simone. "Gone to Texas - Twice! The Visits of the German War Cruiser Karlsruhe." The East Texas Historical Journal, vol. 53, no. 1, Spring 2015, pp. 24 - 45.Support the show
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Story picks back up around 11:20 if you want to get right down to brittle steel tacks
Sources:
Boyer, Dwight. Ships and Men of the Great Lakes. Freshwater Press, 1977.Schumacher, Michael. Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. University of Minnesota Press, 2005.
Schumacher, Michael. Torn In Two: The Sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell and One Man’s Survival on the Open Sea. University of Minnesota Press, 2016.
Thompson, Mark L. Graveyard of the Lakes. Wayne State University Press, 2000.
USCG Report on the sinking of the Daniel J. MorrellSupport the show
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Part One (of two, we promise) on the sinking of the lake freighter Daniel J. Morrell in 1966.
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Sources:
Boyer, Dwight. Ships and Men of the Great Lakes. Freshwater Press, 1977.History of Steelmaking in Johnstown
Morrell, Daniel J. Great Lakes Vessel History.
Schumacher, Michael. Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald. University of Minnesota Press, 2005.Schumacher, Michael. Torn In Two: The Sinking of the Daniel J. Morrell and One Man’s Survival on the Open Sea. University of Minnesota Press, 2016.
Thompson, Mark L. Graveyard of the Lakes. Wayne State University Press, 2000.
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This week we finally take down a ship that has been referenced a few times here and there but never actually been the star of her own show - SS Mataafa (yes the one from the storm)
We're joined once again by Kaylee (@kayleefabulous) who just this week has released her second album, Leading Lady (buy it on Bandcamp!) - we've included 'Seek and Destroy' at the end of the episode
Sources:
Lemay, Konnie. "The Mataafa Blow: The Stormy Horror of 1905." Lake Superior Magazine, 1 Oct 2005. https://www.lakesuperior.com/the-lake/maritime/the-mataafa-blow-stormy-horror-of-1905/
Miller, Al. Tin Stackers: The History of the Pittsburgh Steamship Company. Wayne State University Press, 1999.Thompson, Mark L. Graveyard of the Lakes. Wayne State University Press, 2000.
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This week we have another tale from the American Civil War - it's the sidewheel steamer Star of the West, focusing on her abortive attempt to relieve Fort Sumter in early 1861 and her service on the Confederate side at the Siege of Vicksburg in 1863
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Larson, Erik. The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War. Crown, 2024.
McPherson, James. Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era. Oxford University Press, 1988.
Miller, Donald L. Vicksburg: Grant's Campaign That Broke the Confederacy. Simon & Schuster, 2020.
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We're re-joined this week by Nick (@dolorousnick), who shares the story of the sternwheeler showboat Whippoorwill, struck by a tornado on Pomona Lake in June 1978.
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Here we have the epic finale of this three-part series - Famagusta will fall, and for the last time two fleets composed primarily of galleys will meet in a major engagement.
Sources:
Anievas, Alexander and Kerem Nişancioğlu. “The Ottoman-Habsburg Rivalry over the Long Sixteenth Century.” How the West Came to Rule: The Geopolitical Origins of Capitalism. Pluto Press.Bicheno, Hugh. Crescent and Cross: The Battle of Lepanto 1571. Phoenix, 2004.
Brummett, Palmira. “Foreign Policy, Naval Strategy, and the Defence of the Ottoman Empire in the Early Sixteenth Century.” The International History Review, vol. 11, no. 4, Nov 1989, pp. 613 - 627.
Crowley, Roger. Empires of the Sea. Random House, 2008.
Elliott, J. H. Imperial Spain, 1469 - 1716. Penguin, 2002.
Finkel, Caroline. Osman’s Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire. Basic Books, 2005.
Hess, Andrew C. “The Battle of Lepanto and Its Place in Mediterranean History.” Past & Present, no. 57, Nov 1972, pp. 53 - 73.
Hess, Andrew C. “The Evolution of the Ottoman Seaborne Empire in the Age of the Oceanic Discoveries, 1453 - 1525.” The American Historical Review, vol. 75, no. 7, Dec 1970, pp. 1892 - 1919.
Soucek, Svatopluk. “Naval Aspects of the Ottoman Conquests of Rhodes, Cyprus and Crete.” Studia Islamica, no. 98/99, 2004, pp. 219 - 261
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This is Part 2 of our (now) three part series leading up to the Battle of Lepanto.
Sources:
Anievas, Alexander and Kerem Nişancioğlu. “The Ottoman-Habsburg Rivalry over the Long Sixteenth Century.” How the West Came to Rule: The Geopolitical Origins of Capitalism. Pluto Press.Brummett, Palmira. “Foreign Policy, Naval Strategy, and the Defence of the Ottoman Empire in the Early Sixteenth Century.” The International History Review, vol. 11, no. 4, Nov 1989, pp. 613 - 627.
Crowley, Roger. Empires of the Sea. Random House, 2008.
Finkel, Caroline. Osman’s Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire. Basic Books, 2005.
Goodwin, Jason. Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire. Henry Holt and Company, 1998.
Hess, Andrew C. “The Battle of Lepanto and Its Place in Mediterranean History.” Past & Present, no. 57, Nov 1972, pp. 53 - 73.
Hess, Andrew C. “The Evolution of the Ottoman Seaborne Empire in the Age of the Oceanic Discoveries, 1453 - 1525.” The American Historical Review, vol. 75, no. 7, Dec 1970, pp. 1892 - 1919.
Libby, Lester J. Venetian Views of the Ottoman Empire from the Peace of 1503 to the War of Cyprus.” The Sixteenth Century Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, Winter 1978, pp. 103 - 126.
Martin, Colin and Geoffrey Parker. The Spanish Armada. Norton, 1988.
Soucek, Svatopluk. “Naval Aspects of the Ottoman Conquests of Rhodes, Cyprus and Crete.” Studia Islamica, no. 98/99, 2004, pp. 219 - 261
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This is part 1 of 2 in our discussion of the naval battle at Lepanto in 1571. Before we can get to Lepanto itself, there's a good bit of background to set up first.
Sources:Anievas, Alexander and Kerem Nişancioğlu. “The Ottoman-Habsburg Rivalry over the Long Sixteenth Century.” How the West Came to Rule: The Geopolitical Origins of Capitalism. Pluto Press.
Bicheno, Hugh. Crescent and Cross: The Battle of Lepanto 1571. Phoenix, 2004.
Brummett, Palmira. “Foreign Policy, Naval Strategy, and the Defence of the Ottoman Empire in the Early Sixteenth Century.” The International History Review, vol. 11, no. 4, Nov 1989, pp. 613 - 627.
Crowley, Roger. Empires of the Sea. Random House, 2008.
Elliott, J. H. Imperial Spain, 1469 - 1716. Penguin, 2002.
Finkel, Caroline. Osman’s Dream: The History of the Ottoman Empire. Basic Books, 2005.
Goodwin, Jason. Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire. Henry Holt and Company, 1998.
Hess, Andrew C. “The Battle of Lepanto and Its Place in Mediterranean History.” Past & Present, no. 57, Nov 1972, pp. 53 - 73.
Hess, Andrew C. “The Evolution of the Ottoman Seaborne Empire in the Age of the Oceanic Discoveries, 1453 - 1525.” The American Historical Review, vol. 75, no. 7, Dec 1970, pp. 1892 - 1919.
Libby, Lester J. Venetian Views of the Ottoman Empire from the Peace of 1503 to the War of Cyprus.” The Sixteenth Century Journal, vol. 9, no. 4, Winter 1978, pp. 103 - 126.
Martin, Colin and Geoffrey Parker. The Spanish Armada. Norton, 1988.
Soucek, Svatopluk. “Naval Aspects of the Ottoman Conquests of Rhodes, Cyprus and Crete.” Studia Islamica, no. 98/99, 2004, pp. 219 - 261
White, Joshua M. “Holy Warriors, Rebels, and Thieves: Defining Maritime Violence in the Ottoman Mediterranean.” Piracy in World History. Amsterdam University Press, 2021.
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This episode was released as a Patreon-exclusive bonus episode in May 2023 as the conclusion to our Spanish Armada series - now it's been unlocked for everyone in anticipation of our next main episode when we'll be returning to the 16th century and maybe even revisiting some old friends.
Sources for Part V:Brown, Meaghan J. “‘The Heart of All Sorts of People Were Enflamed’: Manipulating Readers of Spanish Armada News.” Book History, vol. 17, 2014, pp. 94 - 116.
Esler, Anthony. “Robert Greene and the Spanish Armada.” ELH, vo. 32, no. 3, Sep 1965, pp. 312 - 332.
Howarth, David. The Voyage of the Armada. Penguin, 1982.
Jensen, De Lamar. “The Spanish Armada: The Worst-Kept Secret in Europe.” The Sixteenth Century Journal, vo. 19, no. 4, Winter 1988, pp. 621 - 641.
Martin, Colin and Geoffrey Parker. The Spanish Armada. Norton, 1988.
McAleer, John J. “Ballads on the Spanish Armada.” Texas Studies in Literature and Language, vol. 4, no. 4, Winter 1963, pp. 602 - 612.
Thompson, I. A. A. “The Appointment of The Duke of Medina Sidonia to the Command of the Spanish Armada.” The Historical Journal, vol. 12, no. 2, 1969, pp. 197 - 216.
Younger, Neil. “If the Armada Had Landed: A Reappraisal of England’s Defences in 1588.” History, vol. 93, no. 3, pp. 328 - 354.
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