The Real Wellermen: The Weller Brothers' Otago Whaling Boom and Bust
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The 2021 viral song about the Wellerman bringing sugar, tea and rum is named for three real Brit...
28 Sep 23min
Rogue Waves: The Draupner Laser, the München's Bent Pins, Vampire Waves
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1826 French naval officer Jules Dumont d'Urville reported a 33 meter wave in the Indian Ocean...
28 Sep 21min
Robin Knox-Johnston: Suhaili, the Golden Globe Win, and a Stolen Compass
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Robin Knox-Johnston, born in Putney in 1939, served in the Merchant Navy and Royal Naval Reserve...
28 Sep 22min
Jacques Cousteau: A Car Crash, the Aqualung, and the Calypso's Dark Side
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!A 1936 car accident shattered the arms of young French naval officer Jacques-Yves Cousteau, born...
28 Sep 21min
Ship's Cats: Unsinkable Sam, Simon of the Amethyst, and Weather Omens
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!A black and white cat later nicknamed Unsinkable Sam survived the sinking of the Bismarck in May...
28 Sep 22min
Eddystone Lighthouse: Four Towers, Molten Lead, and Smeaton's Oak Design
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The Eddystone rocks, a submerged gneiss reef 9 to 12 miles off Cornwall in the approach to Plymo...
28 Sep 23min
Caravel Ships: A Cost-Cut Roman Sail, Sagres, and Columbus's Niña Refit
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!The ship that opened the Age of Discovery was no towering galleon. A 15th century caravel ran ro...
28 Sep 21min
Battle of Hampton Roads: Monitor vs Virginia and the End of Wooden Navies
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!On the evening of March 8, 1862, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton feared a single Confederate ship...
28 Sep 26min
