In this, one of our absolute favorite bonus episodes (originally released for patrons in September 2022), we discuss the brief but eventful life of the Pensacola lumber schooner Richard A. Bingham.

Sources:

Heier, Jan Richard. "The Development of American Ship-Accounting Practices to 1900: A Comparative Study of Three Vessels." The Accounting Historians Journal, vol. 26, no. 1, June 1999, pp. 27 - 52.

Heier, Jan Richard. "The Short Life of the Richard A. Bingham: A Pensacola Lumber Schooner." The Florida Historical Quarterly, vol. 79,  no.  2, Fall 2000, pp. 137 - 158.

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This week we have a WWI story in the Mediterranean with the sinking of HMT Aragon off of Alexandria, Egypt. 

Sources:

"100 Years Ago." Posted by fredarth09, 01 June 2014. https://fredarth.wordpress.com/tag/hmt-aragon/

"Aragon." The Yard, http://www.theyard.info/ships/ships.asp?entryid=367

"Chaplain recalls torpedoed ship drama." The Luton New, 31 Jan 1918. http://www.worldwar1luton.com/blog-entry/chaplain-recalls-torpedoed-ships-drama

"The British Ship HMT Aragon." The University of Newcastle, https://livinghistories.newcastle.edu.au/nodes/view/101374?keywords=

"The Forgotten Ally: Japanese escorts in the First World War." https://thewellingtontrust.wordpress.com/

"The sinking of the S.S. Aragon, 30th December 1917." The Bedfordshire Regiment in the Great War, http://bedfordregiment.org.uk/5thbn/ssaragon.html

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This week it's the tale of the stern trawler Gaul, and the mystery of her 1974 sinking in the Barents Sea fishing grounds, leading to a decades-long search for answers. 

Sources:

Dispatches - "Secrets of the Gaul." 1997.  https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=secrets+of+the+gaul 

Re-opened Formal Investigation Report 2004

"Sinking of stern trawler Gaul with loss of 36 lives." Marine Accident Investigation Branch, April 1999. https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/sinking-of-stern-trawler-gaul-in-the-barents-sea-with-loss-of-36-lives

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This week we go back to a place near and dear to us - Scapa Flow - for the story of the Royal Navy battleship HMS Royal Oak.

Sources:

Gorbahn, Katja. "Perpetrators, victims, heroes – the Second World War and National
Socialism in Danish history magazines." Commercialised History: Popular History Magazines in Europe.

"Korvettenkapitän Günther Prien." uboat.net. https://uboat.net/men/prien.htm

Mason, Geoffrey B. "HMS Royal Oak, British battleship, WW2."
Service Histories of Royal Navy Warships in World War 2. 2008. http://www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-01BB-Royal%20Oak.htm

Ritzel, Fred. "Das kann doch einen Seemann nicht erschüttern! Über ein Lied aus der Zeit des Kriegsanfangs, seine mediale Präsentation und seine Nachwirkungen." Lied und populäre Kultur, 2014, pp. 143 - 169. 

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As we're in a new location this week, there's a good deal of background in this episode leading up to the sinking of the ferry Sinar Bangun on Lake Toba (Sumatra, Indonesia) in June 2018. This episode is being released just before the five-year anniversary of the incident. 

**KM = Kapal Motor (Motor Vessel), equivalent to MV designation in English

Sources:

Bakkara, Binsar and Niniek Karmini. "Divers search Indonesian lake for 192 missing after sinking." AP News, 20 June 2018. https://apnews.com/article/indonesia-ap-top-news-sumatra-international-news-asia-pacific-e06826d999954aad9050ef96bca72e41

"BASARNAS, continuing to improve." Asia Corporate News Network, 11 July 2018. https://www.acnnewswire.com/press-release/english/44710/basarnas,-continuing-to-improve

Bowo, Ludfi Pratiwi, Masao Furusho, and Mohammad Arif Kurniawan. "A Causal Study of Indonesian Sinar Bangun Ferry Accident by HEART Methodology." Navigation, https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/jinnavi/207/0/207_34/_pdf/-char/ja

Hutajulu, Rithaony. "Tourism's Impact on Toba Batak Ceremony." Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, 1995, pp. 639 - 655.

Jensen, Fergus. "Indonesians face daunting task to recover bodies from ferry sunk in crater lake." Reuters, 22 June 2018. https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-indonesia-ferry-recovery-idUKKBN1JI1FM

"Overhaul maritime safety after Lake Toba tragedy: Indonesian President Joko Widodo." The Straits Times, 21 June 2018. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/overhaul-maritime-safety-after-lake-toba-tragedy-indonesian-president-joko-widodo

Salim, Hanz Jimenez. "Jokowi Perintahkan Menhub Evaluasi Standar Keamanan Angkutan Penyeberangan." Liputan 6, 20 June 2018. https://www.liputan6.com/news/read/3564822/jokowi-perintahkan-menhub-evaluasi-standar-keamanan-angkutan-penyeberangan

"Ship Safety Standards Ignored on Lake Toba." Kompas, 6 July 2018. https://www.kompas.id/baca/english/2018/07/06/ship-safety-standards-ignored-on-lake-toba

Videos referenced:

Short news segment showing cell phone footage from the accident

About 11 minutes of cell phone footage showing the incident and immediate aftermath

Segment of the TV program Hitam Putih (Black and White) featuring an interview with Sinar Bangun survivor Hernando Lingga

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This week we travel back to the early days of steamers on the Great Lakes - Walk-In-The-Water. With the power of 73 horses and a little bit of a horned breeze, who knows what adventures we can have?

Sources:

Carroll, Francis M. "The Search for the Canadian-American Boundary along the Michigan Frontier, 1819-1827: The Boundary Commissions under Articles Six and Seven of the Treaty of Ghent." Michigan Historical Review, vol. 30 no. 2, Fall 2004, pp. 77 - 104. 

Palmer, Mary A. Witherell. "The Wreck of the Walk-In-The-Water, Pioneer Steamboat on the Great Lakes." Communicated to the Buffalo Historical Society, 1865. https://www.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/documents/walkinthewater/default.asp?ID=c1

"Walk-In-The-Water." Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. https://case.edu/ech/articles/w/walk-water

"Walk-in-the-water (Steamboat), aground, 1 Nov 1821." Maritime History of the Great Lakes. https://images.maritimehistoryofthegreatlakes.ca/details.asp?ID=47525

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**this was originally released on the bonus feed for Patrons in July 2022; enjoy! And consider supporting the show on Patreon!**

This is the second installment in our sporadic Dead Reckoning bonus series. This episode takes us to the haunted coast of Connecticut, where spirits are said to linger at New London Ledge Light and Penfield Reef.

Sources:

Blake, Kevin. "Lighthouse Symbolism in the American Landscape." FOCUS on Geography, Summer 2007, pp. 9 - 15.

Carter, Donald. Connecticut's Seaside Ghosts. Schiffer, 2008.

“Lighthouse Facts.” United States Lighthouse Society. https://uslhs.org/education/glossaries-facts-trivia/lighthouse-facts.

Miller, Allen S. “‘The Lighthouse Top I See’: Lighthouses as Instruments and Manifestations of State Building in the Early Republic.” Buildings & Landscapes: Journal of the Vernacular Architecture Forum, vol. 17, no. 1, Spring 2010, pp. 13 - 34. 

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We make a return to Chile after about two years away to tell the tale of the steamship Cazador (the first such vessel to ever serve in the Chilean Navy). 

We were previously in Chile for the story of the Angamos wayyyy back in Episode 14; give it another listen if you need a refresher!

Sources:
 
"A 163 años del naufragio del barco 'Vapor Cazador': Así fue la peor tragedia naval en Chile". Teletrece, 30 Jan 2019. https://www.t13.cl/noticia/nacional/Flotaban-cadaveres-de-mujeres-sosteniendo-a-sus-hijos-a-163-anos-de-la-peor-tragedia-naval-en-Chile

"Loss of a Steamer and 300 Lives." Lloyd's Weekly, London, 6 Apr 1856. 

Sotomayor, Rafael "Num. IV. Notas Relativas al Naufragio del vapor Cazador." Memoria que el Ministro de Estado en el Departamento de Marina Presenta al Congreso Nacional de 1856.

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For this month's bonus episode we are discussing the 1984 film The Bounty starring Anthony Hopkins and Mel Gibson. 

Apologies for the delay, but we hope you enjoy our burgeoning interest in sound effects. 

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This week Taylor brings us the story of a vessel with a short but fascinating life - Cleopatra's Barge, which would later be renamed Ha'aheo o Hawai'i (Pride of Hawai'i) after being purchased by Kamehameha II for his personal use.

**This episode opens with a longer banter session than normal as we shake off the chains of the Spanish Armada series**

Sources:

Johnson, Paul Forsyth. "Do They Really Pay You To Do That?" Smithsonian Institution, Sept 1996. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604054435/http://americanhistory.si.edu/about/pubs/johnston2.pdf

Johnston, Paul Forsyth. "A Million Pounds of Sandalwood: The History of Cleopatra's Barge in Hawaii." The American Neptune, vol. 62, no. 1, 2002, pp. 5 - 45

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