Modern Shipwrecks

Rayvn Rowe Investigates
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Deep Dive is a storytelling podcast that surfaces the haunting, heroic, and often forgotten stories of modern-day shipwrecks. Hosted by investigative journalist Rayvn Rowe, each episode traces the final journey of a commercial vessel lost at sea, uncovering the storms, the decisions, and the lives forever changed. Around fifty ships vanish every year. These are their stories.

Episodes

  1. 08/28/2025

    Gulf Livestock 1: Animals, Steel, and a Typhoon

    What does trouble feel like on a ship with six thousand heartbeats below deck? In this episode, Rayvn Rowe follows the Gulf Livestock 1 into Typhoon Maysak and examines the gritty mechanics of a live-export voyage: top-heavy conversions, ballast discipline, ventilation, and what happens when a main engine fails in a beam sea. 📖 Additional Information & Tributes: Full episode notes, crew tributes, and sources are available here → Modern Shipwrecks Tribute Page

    3 min

  2. 08/15/2025

    The Rubymar Incident: A Shipwreck that Shook the World

    Rayvn Rowe traces the MV Rubymar’s final voyage through the Bab el-Mandeb, where a missile strike turned a routine transit into a chain reaction. 📖 Additional Information & Tributes: Full episode notes, crew tributes, and sources are available here → Modern Shipwrecks Tribute Page

    4 min
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Deep Dive is a storytelling podcast that surfaces the haunting, heroic, and often forgotten stories of modern-day shipwrecks. Hosted by investigative journalist Rayvn Rowe, each episode traces the final journey of a commercial vessel lost at sea, uncovering the storms, the decisions, and the lives forever changed. Around fifty ships vanish every year. These are their stories.

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