Ship Hits The Fan

Go to http://lectricebikes.com to give the gift of adventure for Father's Day! Today we continue the tale of the RMS Titanic. When we left off, the ill fated ship was approaching Newfoundland on her (so far) uneventful voyage. What happened next has reverberated throughout history and continues to haunt, shock, and amaze Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS T-shirts n stuff: https://store.roosterteeth.com/collections/funhaus Welcome to Funhaus, the internet's ONLY comedy, gaming, and variety channel since 2015! Join FIRST to watch episodes early: http://bit.ly/2uNNz0O Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Go to http://rtxaustin.com to buy your badge! April 14th, 1912, the pride of the White Star line collides with an iceberg and the largest, luxury liner sank to the depths taking thousands of lives with her. You may have heard of it. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS T-shirts n stuff: https://store.roosterteeth.com/collections/funhaus Welcome to Funhaus, the internet's ONLY comedy, gaming, and variety channel since 2015! Join FIRST to watch episodes early: http://bit.ly/2uNNz0O Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Go to http://rtxaustin.com to buy your badge! August 16, 1918, a ragtag group of men in a rowboat manage to rescue an entire steamship crew from a flaming wreck. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS T-shirts n stuff: https://store.roosterteeth.com/collections/funhaus Welcome to Funhaus, the internet's ONLY comedy, gaming, and variety channel since 2015! Join FIRST to watch episodes early: http://bit.ly/2uNNz0O Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Go to http://rtxaustin.com to buy your badge! September 27th, 1994 an open cargo hold causes a cruise ferry to fill with water, capsize, and sink, becoming one of the deadliest wrecks in maritime history. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS T-shirts n stuff: https://store.roosterteeth.com/collections/funhaus Welcome to Funhaus, the internet's ONLY comedy, gaming, and variety channel since 2015! Join FIRST to watch episodes early: http://bit.ly/2uNNz0O Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Go to http://hellofresh.com/shiphitsfan16 and use code shiphitsfan16 for 16 free meals plus free shipping! Go to http://rtxaustin.com to buy your badge! Adrift in a lifeboat for over 20 days, the crew of the Mignonette were hungry and dying, until they made one of the hardest choices of all. The choice to sacrifice one to save the others. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS T-shirts n stuff: https://store.roosterteeth.com/collections/funhaus Welcome to Funhaus, the internet's ONLY comedy, gaming, and variety channel since 2015! Join FIRST to watch episodes early: http://bit.ly/2uNNz0O Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Go to http://lectricebikes.com to explore their epic ebikes. In 2006 intrepid treasure hunters thought they'd hit the jackpot, but confusion over the wreck's identity, and questions about their honesty, would lead to a bitter court battle and empty pockets. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS T-shirts n stuff: https://store.roosterteeth.com/collections/funhaus Welcome to Funhaus, the internet's ONLY comedy, gaming, and variety channel since 2015! Join FIRST to watch episodes early: http://bit.ly/2uNNz0O Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 25th, 1956 a luxury Italian ocean liner and a Swedish ocean liner collided, but worked together for one of the most successful rescue operations in maritime history. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS T-shirts n stuff: https://store.roosterteeth.com/collections/funhaus Welcome to Funhaus, the internet's ONLY comedy, gaming, and variety channel since 2015! Join FIRST to watch episodes early: http://bit.ly/2uNNz0O Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

May 7th, 1915 a German U-Boat torpedoed a British ocean liner, killing almost 1200 passengers and crew. As the ship sank, tensions rose, and set the stage for the US to enter the first World War.  Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A group of cryptocurrency moguls had a dream, a dream of creating a crypto-utopia on the high seas, but poor planning and maritime law would cause their dream to crash harder than their portfolios.  Go to http://lectricebikes.com to learn about the XPedition cargo eBike. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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November, 1913. One of the deadliest storms in history sweeps through the Great Lakes. In her wake some ships are badly damaged, some are destroyed, and some are never seen again. Go to http://lectricebikes.com to learn about the XPedition cargo eBike. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the midst of World War 2, one of Japan's only minelaying ships sets a series of explosives off the coast of China. The mines remain untouched for nearly a decade, until a steamship fleeing the Chinese Civil War sails directly into their path, killing almost everyone on board. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

2013, an old cargo ship makes port in Beirut, Lebanon. Unable to pay for port fees and repairs, the ships' cargo is placed in a warehouse where it sits forgotten for 7 years, until a fire changes the course of Lebanon's history. Go to http://lectricebikes.com to learn about the XPedition cargo eBike. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

September 5th, 1856, the Arabia was making a routine trip up the Missouri river. After hitting a submerged portion of a tree, the ship sank below the mud of the river within minutes, taking all of its cargo with it. 150 years later a crew unearthed her cargo, and her secrets. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 9th, 2001, the Ehime Maru set out from Honolulu on an educational fishing expedition, a few miles away the USS Greeneville set out from Pearl Harbor on a trip to impress investors. Hours later… the Ehime Maru would lie at the ocean floor and some of its passengers would never be seen again. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

February 21st 1944, as the sun set on the invasion of Iwo Jima, a squadron of Japanese pilots approached on the horizon. By morning over 40 planes were lost, and the last US aircraft carrier to be sunk by enemy action lay at the bottom of the sea.  Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Early in the morning on April 16, 2014 a ferry carrying 476 passengers from Incheon to Jeju attempted a tight turn and capsized. The crew abandoned the vessel and the passengers, and within hours the sea had claimed over 300 lives. Go to http://lectricebikes.com to get out there and find adventure! Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Early in the morning on April 16, 2014 a ferry carrying 476 passengers from Incheon to Jeju attempted a tight turn and capsized. The crew abandoned the vessel and the passengers, and within hours the sea had claimed over 300 lives. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One freezing January night, in 1949, thousands of people fled China in search of a better life in Taiwan. Only hours later, under cover of darkness, the ship carrying them struck another vessel leaving more than 1500 passengers and crew to fend for themselves in open water.  Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August 3rd, 1942 the Island of Malta was trapped in the middle of the Mediterranean Ocean during one of the most brutal naval battles of World War 2. In desperate need of fuel, protection, and food, the Islanders had one hope to survive… the SS Ohio. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1929, two ancient ships were discovered in Lake Nemi. These ships had technology and features believed to be impossible until modern day and even more shocking… they had once belonged to one of the most infamous emperors of Rome, Caligula. Go to http://lectricebikes.com to learn more. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 1717, a former slave ship was captured by the most dangerous man on the high seas. For the next 9 months she would be used to make history, chaos, and profit, before deliberately sinking at the hands of her captain Edward Teach, a man most people knew as Blackbeard. This is Queen Anne's Revenge.  Go to http://lectricebikes.com to learn more. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The sea can be a vast lonely place. Boats filled with rats, trash, and sailors desperate for companionship became the perfect place for our modern furry friends to flourish. How do you hoist a mainsail if you don't have opposable thumbs? We'll find out when cats sail the high seas. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For as long as humans have traveled and battled on the sea, there have been stories of weapons capable of laying waste to ship and sailor alike. Are they real? Do they work? And did they shape the course of history? Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Winter, 1955 - An entire U.S. Navy destroyer is teleported from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Norfolk, Virginia and back. At least that's what an anonymously delivered book of handwritten notes would have us believe. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 https://twitter.com/elysewillems Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

July 28th, 1945 - The USS Indianapolis set out from Guam after dropping off the components for the bomb destined for Hiroshima. Two days later, the Indianapolis had sunk. A third of her crew was dead and the rest clung desperately to life boats as the sharks circled. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The USS Indianapolis set out from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor on a top secret mission. Two weeks later the Indianapolis had sunk, and her crew had spent three harrowing days in shark infested waters. The world would never be the same again. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March 23rd, 1911 - A cargo ship carrying forty-nine passengers, seventy-three crew members, and one famous racing horse, Set out from Mackay, Australia. Within hours the ship and all aboard had mysteriously disappeared, only to be discovered forty-seven years later. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A fleet of ships and submarines enter a foggy cove, not knowing they are sailing to their deaths. The most powerful fleet in the ancient world is thwarted by a seemingly supernatural storm. And one of America's greatest tragedies on land reveals a mysterious maritime relic.  Go to http://lectricebikes.com to save up to $250 with a special Black Friday Bundle. Go to http://masterclass.com/shiphitsfan to give an annual membership and get one free! Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March 16th, 1978 - A traditional Hawaiian canoe left Honolulu with plans to travel to Tahiti using only ancient navigation methods and the tools of their ancestors. Only a few hours later the boat capsized, and one crew member would never be seen again. Go to http://lectricebikes.com to save up to $250 with a special Black Friday Bundle. Go to http://hellofresh.com/shiphitsfan65 and use code shiphitsfan65 for 65% off plus free shipping! Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode Charlotte, Patrick, and Brian discuss the needless tragedy of the SS Mont-Blanc, whose collision with the SS Imo resulted in the largest ever man made explosion until the invention of the atomic bomb. Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode Charlotte, Patrick, and Brian discuss the tragedy of The Costa Concordia, the only cruise ship in history to meet its end due to category 5 peacocking. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"Tell your friends, tell your mom, tell her book club." This week Charlotte, Patrick, and Brian discuss the final voyage of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald, just one in a long line of ships swallowed by the capricious, freezing waters of the Great Lakes. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 23, 1912 - A ship loaded with Christmas trees sinks in a violent storm on Lake Michigan. All on board were killed. But the wreck would become a legend that lives on to this day.  This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp — go to http://betterhelp.com/shiphitsfan to get 10% off your first month. Go to http://uncommongoods.com/SHIPHITSFAN for 15% off. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 https://twitter.com/briangaar Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS

Sept 12, 1857 - A sidewheel steamer named the SS Central America sinks off the coast of North Carolina. Hundreds of people died in what was one of the worst maritime disasters at the time. But also aboard the ship was millions of dollars in gold. What happened next would cause a financial meltdown in the US that would be felt for years to come. Go to http://uncommongoods.com/SHIPHITSFAN for 15% off. Go to http://lectricebikes.com to save up to $150 on a 2.0 eBike purchase. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 https://twitter.com/briangaar Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS

August 12, 2000 - The Russian nuclear submarine, the Kursk, is taking part in a major fleet exercise when a pair of huge explosions rocks the craft. What happens next is one of the worst peacetime submarine accidents ever. Go to http://hellofresh.com/SHIPHITSFAN65 and use code SHIPHITSFAN65 for 65% off plus free shipping! Thanks to BetterHelp for sponsoring this video. Go to http://betterhelp.com/shiphitsfan to get 10% off your first month! Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 https://twitter.com/briangaar Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS

April 16, 1947 - A cargo ship filled with fertilizer prepares to leave the Texas coast en route to Europe, to help with the rebuilding effort after World War II. But before the ship leaves port, a small fire is spotted on board. What followed would be the deadliest industrial accident in American history. Go to http://meundies.com/SHIPHITSFAN to get 20% off your first order and free shipping. Listen to 30 Morbid Minutes wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 https://twitter.com/briangaar Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS

August 10, 1628 - The newly built warship, the Vasa, an incredibly ornate and well-armed ship that's the pride of the Swedish Empire, sinks almost immediately after it launches. It's an unmitigated disaster and an embarrassment for the king. And today, nearly 400 years later the Vasa is both a historical treasure and a lesson in what not to do. Go to http://lectricebikes.com to get $100 off any eBike purchase. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 https://twitter.com/briangaar Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS

June 4, 1629 - A ship loaded with treasure wrecks near a small island off the western coast of Australia. Many on board manage to escape and make their way to shore. But that was just the beginning. What followed was a tale of mutiny, backstabbing and murder that has been called “one of the worst horror stories in maritime history.” Download the FREE Upside App and use promo code HITSFAN to get $5 or more cash back on your first purchase of $10 or more. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 https://twitter.com/briangaar Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS

November 20, 1820 - An American whaleboat is attacked and destroyed, ironically, by a whale. What happens next is a harrowing account of survival that would go on to inspire one of the great American novels.  Go to http://hellofresh.com/SHIPHITSFAN16 and use code SHIPHITSFAN16 for 16 free meals across 7 boxes AND 3 free gifts! Go to http://betterhelp.com/shiphitsfan to get 10% off your first month! Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 https://twitter.com/briangaar Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS

Feb 16, 2020 - A jogger near the southern coast of Ireland makes a strange discovery: a rusty 2,400-ton ship appeared to be stranded on some rocks. Authorities later arrive on the scene and try to contact anyone on board. But nobody responds. The ship is abandoned, and has been for a long time, in one of the strangest maritime events in recent memory. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 https://twitter.com/briangaar Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS

May 31, 1920 - An oil tanker named the SS Selma hits a jetty off the coast of Tampico, Mexico. The impact rips a hole in the ship's hull and the ship is taken to Galveston for repairs. When those don't work, the ship becomes a permanent landmark on the Gulf coast of Texas. Follow us on social: https://twitter.com/mc_lotta https://twitter.com/handsomemaster2 https://twitter.com/briangaar Are you a FIRST Member and need your Private RSS feed for this show? Go here: bit.ly/FIRSTRSS