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If you enjoyed this video, please consider joining my Patreon to help create more videos like this! https://www.patreon.com/PartTimeExplorer To give a one-time tip, please visit: https://www.historicalfx.com/support Built as LST 510 in 1943, this ship is one of the last ships still in practical service from the Second World War and is now sailing as the M/V Cape Henlopen for the Cross Sound Ferry Service between Long Island, NY and New London, CT. This ship participated in the D-Day Landings on June 6th, 1944, and previously served both the Chesapeake Bay Ferry and the Cape May Lewes Ferry in New Jersey.

If you enjoyed this video, please consider joining my Patreon to help create more videos like this! https://www.patreon.com/PartTimeExplorer To give a one-time tip, please visit: https://www.historicalfx.com/support In February, 1899, after a freakish winter storm in the North Atlantic, the White Star Line Germanic limped into New York Harbor with 1,800 tons of ice accumulated on her decks in her rigging. Within a day or two, the ship sank at her moorings. This is the story of the incident and the remarkable raising of the massive vessel. A special thank-you to the Titanic International Society, who actively works to keep the story of the Titanic and White Star Line alive. https://titanicinternationalsociety.org/ Thank you to Charles Haas and the late Jack Eaton for their exceptional work in the book "Falling Star", and Mike Poirier for additional materials on the incident.

If you enjoyed this video, please consider joining my Patreon to help create more videos like this! https://www.patreon.com/PartTimeExplorer To give a one-time tip, please visit: https://www.historicalfx.com/support Though there isn't much left of her, the Cora F. Cressy's remains are of the largest wooden schooner still in existence. This 120 year old vessel is acting as a breakwater in Maine, rotting away and settling into the silt. Let's take a quick tour of her site and look back on her history while there's still something left to see of her. Special thanks to the Maine Maritime Museum for all their ongoing hard work to keep the story of these ships alive. https://www.mainemaritimemuseum.org/

If you enjoyed this video, please consider joining my Patreon to help create more videos like this! https://www.patreon.com/PartTimeExplorer To give a one-time tip, please visit: https://www.historicalfx.com/support After departing Albany en route for Manhattan, in the thick of a snowstorm on the evening of April 7, 1845, the steamboat "Swallow" crashed onto the rocks near the towns of Athens, Hudson, and Lunenburg, New York. With rescue efforts from the locals, as well as the steamboats Rochester and Express, the Swallow quickly foundered with the loss of either 15 or 23 souls. 0:00 - Intro, and About the Swallow 1:19 - Competition and the Swallow's Running Mate 2:10 - Stormy Voyage 5:10 - The Wreck of the Swallow 10:53 - The Aftermath 13:30 - Comparisons Links: Billy Shannon's wreck survey article: http://hudsonriverzeitgeist.com/home/2016/7/17/free-diving-in-search-of-the-wrecked-steamboat-swallow The Wreck of the Steamboat "Swallow" by Andrew Amelinckx: http://hudsonriverzeitgeist.com/home/2016/7/16/the-wreck-of-the-steamboat-swallow An excellent collection of first-hand accounts and newspaper clipping relating to the "Swallow": http://johnmaynard.net/Swallow.html The Hudson River Maritime Museum: https://www.hrmm.org/ NOTE: The music credit at the end of this video is incorrect; the following is the actual music credit: "Once in a Decade" by Martin Klem "The Rose and the Thorn" by Johanne Bornlof "Prestige" and "Virtuosity" by Howard Harper-Barns "Unspoken" by Silver Maple

If you enjoyed this video, please consider joining my Patreon to help create more videos like this! https://www.patreon.com/PartTimeExplorer To give a one-time tip, please visit: https://www.historicalfx.com/support As night fell on January 8th, 1884, two boys spotted the barquentine ELMINA stuck on the shoal off Long Beach Island, New Jersey. The alarm was raised at the life saving stations of Long Beach, Ship Bottom, and Beach Haven and every effort was made to save the crew of the stranded vessel, but some things went dreadfully wrong. In this video, learn about this unknown wreck remembered only in the 1884 report of the New Jersey Life Saving Stations, and also learn a bit about how these old time stations would use the Lyle Gun to bring souls ashore.

If you enjoyed this video, please consider joining my Patreon to help create more videos like this! https://www.patreon.com/PartTimeExplorer To give a one-time tip, please visit: https://www.historicalfx.com/support By East Point Lighthouse, near Heislerville, New Jersey, sits a wreck that, despite a fairly straight-forward story, is the source of several rumors about its origins. Some say it was the tug boat "Hazel Moore", wrecked in a storm. Others say that it's a sloop from the War of 1812. The truth is a bit less glamorous, but the "Fremont" is none the less a very interesting wreckage to survey and study. Special thanks to Nelson "Captain" Klein for all of the information and some photographs, and the Maurice River Historical Society for pointing me in the right direction. Please like and subscribe, and follow my studio, HFX Studios, on facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/HFXStudios

If you enjoyed this video, please consider joining my Patreon to help create more videos like this! https://www.patreon.com/PartTimeExplorer To give a one-time tip, please visit: https://www.historicalfx.com/support The Mary D Hume, discarded on the shore of the Rogue River at Gold Beach, Oregon, isn't a wreck per-se. She didn't crash here; she's simply been decaying where she was left. This understated ruin might not look like much, but she's incredibly old; over 140 years old, and hold the title of being the longest serving commercial vessel on the West Coast, having sailed the most lucrative whaling voyage in American history, and nearly having claimed the record for longest Arctic whaling voyage at 6 and a half years. She was nearly a museum ship with the Curry County Historical Society putting a good effort into preserving her, but between faulty equipment and legal fees, the effort ran out of funds before the ship was even given a real chance. There isn't much drama to this wreckage, but simply a story worth telling before it's forgotten completely.

If you enjoyed this video, please consider joining my Patreon to help create more videos like this! https://www.patreon.com/PartTimeExplorer To give a one-time tip, please visit: https://www.historicalfx.com/support The Peter Iredale is perhaps one of the most iconic and photographed visible shipwrecks in North America, but few people know the story of the ship, her harsh crew conditions, or the story of her grounding here on Clatsop Beach nearly 120 years ago. The Columbia River Maritime Museum has a wonderful collection of artifacts on the wreck, from pieces of the ship to items that were on board when she wrecked in 1906. Together with first hand accounts, museum artifacts, and recreations in Unreal Engine 5, we'll take a detailed look at her past all the while exploring what remains of the old sailing ship.

If you enjoyed this video, please consider joining my Patreon to help create more videos like this! https://www.patreon.com/PartTimeExplorer To give a one-time tip, please visit: https://www.historicalfx.com/support This massive field of hard, limestone rocks are what’s left of the deadliest rockslide in North America, after 110 million tons broke from the unstable Turtle Mountain, sweeping down the mountainside and pummeling part of the mining town of Frank, Alberta. In this video, we’re exploring the site of the disaster, looking for what is left behind of this once booming town, and visiting the Frank Slide Interpretive Center to see what stories we can learn and remember. This is the town of Frank, Alberta, in mid-west Canada, and this is the story of the terrible Frank Rockslide. I’ve explored several ghost towns across North America, but this town’s history ranks among the most dramatically gripping stories I’ve looked into, right up there with the underground fires of Centralia, Pennsylvania- a video of mine that you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qj5LjacccJ0 Thank you to those of you who suggested this town! A huge thank you as well to my friend Scotty Martin for putting together the sweet new channel intro.

If you enjoyed this video, please consider joining my Patreon to help create more videos like this! https://www.patreon.com/PartTimeExplorer To give a one-time tip, please visit: https://www.historicalfx.com/support The Halifax Ferry System is the oldest saltwater ferry service in the Western Hemisphere and second in the world after the Mersey Ferry in Liverpool. The Dartmouth, which served from 1888 until the 1930's was one of the longest serving ferries in the fleet. There's a mysterious, unidentified wreck sitting on a beach in Three Fathom Harbor... could that be the old, lost Dartmouth?

If you enjoyed this video, please consider joining my Patreon to help create more videos like this! https://www.patreon.com/PartTimeExplorer To give a one-time tip, please visit: https://www.historicalfx.com/support Cumberland County is a large section of land in Nova Scotia, Canada, jutting into the Bay of Fundy. Thickly forested, its history is made up primarily of logging, mining, and shipbuilding, with its southern shore producing famous ships, including the infamous Mary Celeste, previously explored on this channel. But, on its north shore, once sat a thriving community now erased from most maps. We’re exploring the site of an old logging camp and mill and the small town that was built around it. There’s not much left here to actually see, but there are countless stories to uncover and tell. This is the town of Shulie, Nova Scotia. Today, in the heat, humidity, and swarms of bugs, we’re exploring what little remains of this once thriving community alongside Fred Priest, who is a descendant of several residents of Shulie. He also happens to be my wife’s grandfather. We also explore the story of the giant logging rafts sent out from near Joggins down to New York City in the 1880's. For genealogical purposes, here's a list of family names discussed in this video: Priest, Patterson, Colbourne, Warren, Hoeg, Goldstein, Copp, and Greer.

If you enjoyed this video, please consider joining my Patreon to help create more videos like this! https://www.patreon.com/PartTimeExplorer To give a one-time tip, please visit: https://www.historicalfx.com/support They’ve been called the ghost ships of Wiscasset. It’s been said that they were once the most photographed ships in the world. Whatever you want to call them, out of the over 500 built, the Hesper and Luther Little were the very last of the four masted wooden ships that once sailed the coastal waters of North America. This is the story of two sister ships that were created in the same yard, and launched only a few months apart. They sailed completely separate careers under the same company, ultimately being reunited in their long, drawn out fates on the shores of Maine. The true history of these ships is becoming mythology and lore. In researching, I’ve found heated newspaper articles arguing over which ship was which. I’ve found conflicting accounts as to what shipyards built them. I’ve found debates over their namesakes or even why they were abandoned. I’ve gone back to original materials from the time, found interviews with people involved, and researched the backgrounds of it to remove confusion and return to the original facts. A special thank you to Gordon Bok and Lois Lyman for their song about the Wiscasset Schooners. Gordon's work can be found at http://www.timberheadmusic.com/ Thank you as well to Smithsonian Folkways for the recording Lastly, a thank you to the Wiscasset Public Library for sharing their archive with me: https://wiscasset.lib.me.us/

If you enjoyed this video, please consider joining my Patreon to help create more videos like this! https://www.patreon.com/PartTimeExplorer To give a one-time tip, please visit: https://www.historicalfx.com/support - - - - In 1963, the steamer Fleurus caught fire and was sinking with an entire circus menagerie on board, including their cast of dozens of circus animals. The more the fire department fought the flames, the more the ship rolled to its side. This was a race against time to save the animals on board, while also making sure to keep people safe from the deadly animals. This is the story of one terribly unlucky band of performers, their clunky old ship, and the heroic action of the locals and fire department of Yarmouth, Nova Scotia. The Kelly and Miller Brothers Circus had just purchased the SS Fleurus to transport that large circus of performers and wild animals around North America, planning to do an inaugural circuit around Nova Scotia, staging shows in Digby, Yarmouth, Shelbourne, and Liverpool, before moving on to Newfoundland. After the Yarmouth performance, a fire broke out aboard the vessel, jeopardizing the hundreds of animals on board. Also discussed is the wreck of the Royal Tar in 1836.