Dive Detectives

In the fall of 1975, the Great Lakes freighter S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald sailed into a terrifying winter storm, split in two, and vanished. There were no witnesses, no survivors and, decades later, still no answers. Father-and-son diver explorers Mike and Warren Fletcher investigate the lost ship made famous by Gordon Lightfoot’s ballad, “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” Working with naval engineers, meteorologists, and wave experts, the Fletchers uncover clues suggesting that the ships’ sinking was not the fault of the crew, but potentially a rogue wave.

In the summer of 1944, two submarines, the USS Flier and the Robalo, vanished under a treacherous stretch of water in the Philippines. Neither sub has been found, nor a cause for why they sank. The Dive Detectives join forces with the son of The Flier’s sole survivor to locate the lost submarine. And the deathbed revelation of a retired Naval officer helps launch the search for the Robalo. The clues are in place but with rough seas, killer sharks, and local pirates in their path, the two lost subs may be the least of their concerns.

There was no mayday call. No sailors reported missing. No record of it missing. So what is the story behind the modern cargo ship, over 300 feet in length, lying at the bottom of the raging Caribbean Sea? To unlock the secrets of this ghost ship, father-and-son professional divers and explorers Mike and Warren Fletcher brave the wild waters of Saba Bank, notorious for violent currents, man-eating sharks, and drug smuggling. They’ll conduct a challenging dive into the heart of the vessel in search of answers that went down with the ship.

At the bottom of Lake Ontario lie two icy gravesites known as The Hamilton and The Scourge. These wooden schooners served in the War of 1812, but were victims of a violent storm that claimed the lives of 80 sailors. Two centuries later, the Dive Detectives embark on the first scientific mission to enter the wrecks in hopes of revealing why the ships sank and why so many men perished. One giant obstacle stands in their way. The site is off limits to divers. Penetrating the vessels will require a remotely operated $350,000 camera…and one very steady hand.