Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs

From the world of maritime history, marine archaeology, and maritime news, This Week in Shipwrecks beings you the following stories from the past week:

Ten Missing After Cargo Ship Sinks Near Istanbul

A Ferry Disaster Off Cyprus

Another Ferry Goes Down in the Aegean Sea

An 18th-Century Mystery Emerges From the Yucatán

Tugboat Sinks Off South Korea

World War I Shipwrecks Become Part of a Turkish Commemoration

The Titanic Discovery Turns 41

A WWII Hospital Ship Has Become a Marine Neighborhood

Did Archaeologists Find the Graves of the Royal Anne Galley Victims?

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Faded Luxury: The Sinking of the Principessa Mafalda

On October 25, 1927, off the coast of Brazil, one of Italy's grandest ocean liners took over four hours to sink, in clear weather, calm seas, in daylight, with rescue ships already alongside.

The Principessa Mafalda had carried tens of thousands of Italian emigrants across the Atlantic for nearly two decades, and was a symbol of national pride on the Genoa-Buenos Aires run. But by 1927, she was a tired ship on what should have been her final voyage that was plagued by breakdowns, food spoilage, and a mysterious list to port that nobody explained to the passengers. When her propeller shaft finally failed near the Abrolhos Islands, what followed was four hours of chaos, panic, and preventable death, followed by a government-shaped press cover-up and an official inquiry that never asked the hard questions.

314 people perished that day, including many by shark attack. The wreck has never been found, and a century later, the Principessa Mafalda remains one of history's least-remembered maritime disasters, despite being the deadliest peacetime shipping catastrophe the Southern Hemisphere has ever seen.

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This Week in Shipwrecks is the weekly maritime news series of Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs.

Here are the stories you will hear in this episode:

The wreck of the Altalena was discovered off the coast of Israel

The German vessel LS-6 has turned up in the Ionian Sea

17th century treasure ship of King Charles I has (possibly) been found

The August 22, 2026 shipwreck of the ore carrier MV Ocean Winner

A Medieval Ship Hiding in a German Basement

International Day for Underwater Cultural Heritage

Wisconsin's Citizen Shipwreck Hunters Go Looking Again

The USS Macon Has Become an Underwater Neighborhood

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The aging barque Annie C. Maguire wrecked just 100 feet from the Portland Head Light, in suspicious circumstances, on Christmas Eve, 1886. Lighthouse Keeper Joshua Strout and his family heroically rescued all aboard, and then were promptly eaten out of house and home. The Strout family served at the Portland Head Light for over 100 years.

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Starting this week, Shipwrecks and Sea Dogs adds a new regular segment: This Week in Shipwrecks. Every Friday Rich will surface the latest headlines from the world of maritime history including fresh shipwreck discoveries, updates on famous wrecks, and other news from the deep — delivered in quick, repackaged nuggets.

Roman shipwreck off Sicily — spearfishers find a 2,000-year-old cargo ship loaded with amphorae

Classical Greek merchant wreck off Andros — 600+ amphorae recovered near the Aegean island

Deepest shipwreck in French waters — 16th-century vessel found by accident off Saint-Tropez, ~2,567m down

Shackleton's Quest & Scott's Terra Nova surveyed — Woods Hole/Alvin expedition documents both polar wrecks, warns of accelerating decay

Two Swedish warships off Rügen — artifacts recovered from Postillion and Cecilie, lost in winter 1714–1715

The Falken identified off Finland — 50-year-old mystery wreck confirmed as the Vasa's "little sister"

Global Mercy launches new mission — hospital ship begins 10-month field service in Ghana

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