Name: Deep Sea Detectives
Released: 2003-04-01T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: John Chatterton

Available on Philo, Prime Video, HISTORY Vault, Disney+, Hulu, Sling TV

Investigate shipwreck mysteries, told through fascinating underwater footage, CGI graphics, expert interviews, archival materials and dramatic reenactments.

Documentary · 2003 · 43 min

Starring John Chatterton

Director Ted Poole

EPISODE 2

Shipwrecks!: California

Explore historic shipwrecks off the coast of California, many of which cause heated conflict between the archaeologists, fighting to preserve the wrecks, and salvagers, looking to profit from them.

43 min · Apr 8, 2003
EPISODE 16

The Death Of The Edmund Fitzgerald

In 1975, the 29-man crew of the iron-ore carrier Edmund Fitzgerald faced one of the worst storms head on. Fighting 30-foot waves and 95-mile per hour winds, she disappeared only 17 miles from safety.

44 min · Jul 22, 2003
EPISODE 17

The Ghost Ship of New England

On a bleak weekend in 1898, a trio of tempests engulfed New England, sinking hundreds of ships. Only now can the dramatic story of the nearly 200 people trapped aboard the lost passenger steamer SS Portland be told.

43 min · Jul 29, 2003
EPISODE 18

The Hunt For Derbyshire

Marine experts finally found the Derbyshire scattered on the bottom of the sea.

44 min · Aug 5, 2003
EPISODE 20

Skeleton In The Sand: The Montana

Divers explore the wreck of The Montana, a "mountainboat" built to carry passengers and freight West that sank on the Missouri River in 1884.

44 min · Sep 2, 2003
EPISODE 24

Gold Rush Disaster the Frolic

Just off the coast of Northern California sits the wreckage of a clipper that smuggled opium into China during the 1840s. Who built and owned it? And how is there no historical record of the sinking?

44 min · Nov 11, 2003