← The Sea Hunters

Season 1

13 episodes · 2002

  1. 1The Search for the Carpathia

    01 Jan 2002 · 48 min

    On April 15, 1912, the passenger liner RMS Carpathia bravely raced through ice-choked waters to save the survivors of the Titanic. Sunk by a German U-boat six years later, it might still lie somewhere off the Irish coast.

  2. 2The Princess Sophia Tragedy

    08 Jan 2002 · 48 min

  3. 4Bluenose: The Last Journey

    22 Jan 2002 · 48 min

    The Bluenose was the crowning achievement of schooner development and her story has been the subject of Canadian song and legend.

  4. 5The Search for the Young Phoenix

    29 Jan 2002 · 48 min

    Since 1818 she has lain silent, guarding a trove of archaeological treasures – the remnants of the Irish immigrants who had intended to sail her to a new life in a new land.

  5. 6The Southwold: Malta's Lifeline

    05 Feb 2002 · 48 min

    Malta is an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea and is strategically located at the crossroads of the shipping lanes between Europe, Africa and the Middle East.

  6. 7Minesweeper Eddy: Heroes of the Night

    12 Feb 2002 · 48 min

    The devastation Malta endured during WWII from Axis mines is well documented.

  7. 8Mary Celeste, Ghost Ship

    19 Feb 2002 · 48 min

    Join The Sea Hunters as they use sophisticated search equipment to find the last remains of a world famous ghost ship, The Mary Celeste.

  8. 9Leopoldville/Clayoquot: Death on Christmas Eve

    26 Feb 2002 · 48 min

    December 24, 1944, two U-boats in the Atlantic are still at work late on Christmas Eve. Off the coast of France one sinks the American troop ship Leopoldville sending over 800 GI's to their grave.

  9. 10Runners and Raiders

    04 Mar 2002 · 48 min

    Scattered on the ocean's bottom, thousands of kilometres apart, lie the remains of three vessels linked by their service to a tragic cause.

  10. 11The Hunley - The First Kill

    11 Mar 2002 · 48 min

    Two historic shipwrecks, separated by five decades and resting hundreds of kilometers apart, tell the tale of man's newfound ability to strike at his enemies from beneath the sea.

  11. 12The Search for Swissair Flight 111

    18 Mar 2002 · 48 min

    In 1998, Swiss Air Flight 111 fell from the sky into the North Atlantic, just off the coast of Nova Scotia, Canada. This tragic event triggered one of the largest and most extensive search and salvage efforts ever undertaken in the world’s oceans.

  12. 13The Search for Andrea Gailfinale

    25 Mar 2002 · 48 min

    The Andrea Gail disappeared off Sable Island in the North Atlantic, one of the most inhospitable working environments on earth. Her wreck has never been found.