About this season
Maritime mysteries—old and new—come to life in this series, combining scientific data and digital re-creations to reveal shipwrecks, treasures, and sunken cities on the bottom of lakes, seas and oceans around the world.
Episodes (10)
1. The Atomic Ghost Fleet
4.0Aired 5 May 2020 • 47 min
The dark secrets of U.S. nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll.
2. The Viking Seas
6.0Aired 5 May 2020 • 47 min
A formidable battleship reveals secrets, 450 years later.
3. Egypt's Sunken City
5.5Aired 12 May 2020 • 47 min
A lost Egyptian city gives up its secrets after 2,000 years.
4. The Battle of Britain
5.0Aired 19 May 2020 • 47 min
Uncovered wrecks reveal how Britain defeated the Nazis.
5. Pirate Ships of the Caribbean
5.0Aired 26 May 2020 • 47 min
Shipwrecks reveal the true story of piracy on the Caribbean.
6. The American Revolution
4.0Aired 2 June 2020 • 47 min
Revealing forgotten stories from the American Revolution.
7. Raiders of the Civil War
5.0Aired 9 June 2020 • 47 min
Revealing the lost wrecks of the American Civil War.
8. The Last Wrecks of WWII
6.0Aired 16 June 2020 • 47 min
New insights reveal how the Allies won World War II.
9. Chicago
5.5Aired 23 June 2020 • 47 min
Chicago's past emerges from the waters of Lake Michigan.
10. America's Last Slave Ship
6.0Aired 18 October 2020 • 47 min
Maritime archaeologists and historians go in search of the crucial component in the Atlantic Slave Trade: the slave ship. An armoured, floating fortress operating for over four centuries, capturing and transporting over 12 million Africans, who were sold and forced to work in brutal conditions in the New World. By draining we reveal the cruel technology on-board, gain an insight into the horrific conditions and ID a wreck in Alabama that could be the last ever slave ship to bring Africans to American soil.