HMS Wager Shipwreck | Episode 1 | The Most Mad Seas

About this episode

The episode recounts the harrowing tale of the HMS Wager shipwreck during a secret mission in 1740.

In 1740, Commodore George Anson and his squadron of eight British ships had embarked on a secret mission, to strike at Spain's Empire in the Pacific in the War of Jenkins' Ear. Disaster struck as the Naval force rounded Cape Horn and sailed through the world's most perilous seas, while being chased by a Spanish fleet. What began as a mission for honor, glory and the British Empire, became a harrowing tale of survival that ultimately descended into madness, mayhem, mutiny, and murder. *SOURCESAND INFO* 🌐Website: https://defraggedhistory.com/ 📖 Sources: https://defraggedhistory.com/bibliography-the-wager/ 🎶 Music: https://defraggedhistory.com/hms-wager-the-music/ All music is licensed through Epidemic Sound. 🎥Full Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5kdplBvGykXSqQaBrMnrv_HnvMeLTL7x Episode 1 - The Most Mad Seas: ⁠⁠https://youtu.be/i3bRsdIkpxM⁠⁠ Episode 2 - Mission Control: ⁠⁠https://youtu.be/SjEi5dPWJIk⁠⁠ Episode 3 - Run to the Devil: ⁠⁠https://youtu.be/bZLVvXv5J74⁠⁠ Episode 4 - Perish or Pull: ⁠⁠https://youtu.be/72Hine-UuWs⁠⁠ Episode 5 - Unfortunate Adventures: ⁠⁠https://youtu.be/DKuw7E_lN8M⁠⁠ Episode 6 - The Ghost of Wager Island: TBA *Support the Channel*…

People in this episode

Host: Defragged History

Topics covered

• shipwreck
• survival
• mutiny
• naval history
• adventure
• madness

Keywords

• HMS Wager
• shipwreck
• Commodore George Anson
• War of Jenkins' Ear
• survival
• mutiny
• Cape Horn

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: British Empire, Epidemic Sound

Places: Cape Horn, Pacific, Wager Island

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