The Six: The Chinese Survivors of the Titanic Disaster
The Six: The Chinese Survivors of the Titanic Disaster
Of the 2,240 passengers and crew on board RMS Titanic on her fateful last journey, eight were Chinese, all travelling Th... Read more
14 Aug 2023
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45mins
The Maze Collection of Chinese Junks
The Maze Collection of Chinese Junks
In the stores of the London Science Museum is a highly significant collection of ship models of Chinese junks. They were... Read more
7 Aug 2023
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27mins
The Chinese Shipwrecks of South East Asia
The Chinese Shipwrecks of South East Asia
This episode continues our mini series on maritime China with an episode on Chinese shipwrecks found in Southeast Asia a... Read more
31 Jul 2023
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34mins
Zeng He and the Chinese Treasure Fleets
Zeng He and the Chinese Treasure Fleets
A Ming Dynasty court eunuch, a diplomat, an explorer, a mariner, a Muslim…Zeng He lived from the 1370s to around 1433 an... Read more
25 Jul 2023
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33mins
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HMS Captain: Victorian Catastrophe
HMS Captain: Victorian Catastrophe
The story of HMS Captain is one of the most shocking in naval history. Laid down in 1867 and, unusually, partly funded b... Read more
17 Jul 2023
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47mins
A Bronze Age Maritime Treasure: The Uluburun Ship
A Bronze Age Maritime Treasure: The Uluburun Ship
The Uluburun ship sank somewhere around 3,400 years ago near what is now Kas in Turkey and was discovered in 1982. The s... Read more
10 Jul 2023
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37mins
Castaways
Castaways
An episode that revels in the extraordinary mix of adventure, horror, myth and fact that makes maritime history the BEST... Read more
3 Jul 2023
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37mins
Aborigines and the Sea
Aborigines and the Sea
Indigenous perspectives are a crucial and immensely valuable part of the broad narrative of Australian maritime history.... Read more
27 Jun 2023
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31mins
The First Cricket Tour to Australia and the ss Great Britain
The First Cricket Tour to Australia and the ss Great Britain
In 1861 the engineering maritime marvel ss Great Britain was chosen to take the first ever English cricket team to Austr... Read more
19 Jun 2023
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26mins
The Pearling Lugger Penguin
The Pearling Lugger Penguin
The pearling industry was one of northern Australia’s major industries of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The hi... Read more
15 Jun 2023
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32mins
