1x1 - The Search for the Carpathia

January 1, 2002

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.

1x2 - The Princess Sophia Tragedy

January 8, 2002

1x3 - Steam Ship Atlantic: Death on the Great Lakes

January 15, 2002

1x4 - Bluenose: The Last Journey

January 22, 2002

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

1x5 - The Search for the Young Phoenix

January 29, 2002

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.

1x6 - The Southwold: Malta's Lifeline

February 5, 2002

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.

1x7 - Minesweeper Eddy: Heroes of the Night

February 12, 2002

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

1x9 - Leopoldville/Clayoquot: Death on Christmas Eve

February 26, 2002

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.

1x10 - Runners and Raiders

March 4, 2002

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

1x11 - The Hunley - The First Kill

March 11, 2002

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.

1x12 - The Search for Swissair Flight 111

March 18, 2002

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.

1x13 - The Search for Andrea Gail

March 25, 2002

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.