Beyond the Breakers

This week we have the saga of the SS Springfjord, which survived World War Two unscathed but could not escape the wrath of the Central Intelligence Agency. 
Sources:
Handy, Jim. Gift of the Devil: A History of Guatemala. South End Press, 1984. 
Handy, Jim. Revolution in the Countryside: Rural Conflict and Agrarian Reform in Guatemala, 1944 - 1954. University of North Carolina Press, 1994. 
Prados, John. The Ghosts of Langley: Into the CIA’s Heart of Darkness. The New Press, 2017. 
https://web.archive.org/web/20101105080457/http://www.foia.cia.gov/docs/DOC_0000919986/DOC_0000919986.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/1954/07/01/archives/the-text-of-dulles-speech-on-guatemalan-upset.html
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This week it's the tale of the small fishing vessel Tullaghmurry Lass, lost in the Irish Sea on February 14th 2002. 
Sources: 
Andrews, Rachel and Liam O'Brien. "Tullaghmurry Lass." RTÉ Radio 1, March 2005. https://www.rte.ie/radio/doconone/646256-lass
"Kilkeel Harbour." eOceanic, https://eoceanic.com/sailing/harbours/113/kilkeel_harbour_county_down_ireland.
McDonald, Henry and Paul Harris. "Three generations lost in family fishing tragedy." The Guardian, 16 Feb 2002. https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2002/feb/17/henrymcdonald.paulharris
“Report of investigation into sinking of FV Tullaghmurry Lass N246 with loss of three lives in the Irish Sea on 14 February 2002.” Marine Accident Investigation Branch, February 2003. https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/explosion-on-board-prawn-trawler-mussel-dredger-tullaghmurry-lass-resulting-in-vessel-sinking-off-kilkeel-northern-ireland-with-loss-of-3-lives
Tanney, Paul. "Wreck of missing NI trawler is located." The Irish Times, 23 Mar 2002. https://www.irishtimes.com/news/wreck-of-missing-ni-trawler-is-located-1.1054754
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This week it's the tale of the Nantucket lightship LV-117 and her fateful collision with the Titanic's older sister. 
The Sameer Project (Tents / aid for Gaza) 
Sources: 
media.defense.gov/2020/Sep/28/2002507189/-1/-1/0/LIGHTSHIP_SNAPSHOT_OF_LIFE_ABOARD_LV78.PDF
https://web.archive.org/web/20121024033319/https://www.uscg.mil/history/weblightships/LV117.asp
Chirnside, Mark. The 'Olympic' Class Ships: Olympic, Titanic, Britannic. 2nd rev. ed., The History Press, 2011

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In this episode we discuss a maritime incident from March 2011 that saw the container ship COSCO Hong Kong collide with fishing transportation vessel Zhe Ling Yu Yun 135 off the coast of Zhejiang Province. 
Sources: 
“Collision between container vessel Cosco Hongkong and fish transportation vessel Zhe Ling Yu Yun 135 with loss of 11 lives.” Marine Accident Investigation Branch, 23 Jan 2015. https://www.gov.uk/maib-reports/collision-between-container-vessel-cosco-hongkong-and-fish-transportation-vessel-zhe-ling-yu-yun-135-east-china-sea-with-loss-of-11-lives
Yi, Zaicai. “Study on collision between fishing vessels and merchant ships within the China coastal waters.” World Maritime University, 23 Aug 2015. 
https://commons.wmu.se/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1125&context=msem_dissertations

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The first episode of Season 6 (!) takes us to Sydney Harbor for the story of the ferry Rodney. 
[The main story starts at 11:39] 
This episode ends with a trailer for the Season 6 Patreon (intro music - 'Poppy' by our pals Nadezhda https://nadezhda.bandcamp.com/) and preview for non-patrons of the Guadalcanal bonus series. 
The Sameer Project
Sources: 
"80 Years on: the Rodney ferry disaster." Sydney Morning Herald, 13 Feb 2018. https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw/80-years-on-the-rodney-ferry-disaster-20180208-h0vs63.html
Lennon, Troy. "19 died when the Rodney ferry capsized as people rushed to farewell US warship Louisville." Daily Telegraph, 13 Feb 2018. https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/today-in-history/19-died-when-the-rodney-ferry-capsized-as-people-rushed-to-farewell-us-warship-louisville/news-story/0d0fe4feb123318c05533537ce54f8c9
"Sinking of the ferry Rodney." Daily Telegraph Mirror, 8 Feb 1991. https://messui.polygonal-moogle.com/incident/1938_rodney.pdf
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