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The Day the Ocean Gave Back Nothing: The Almeda Star Mystery
The Day the Ocean Gave Back Nothing: The Almeda Star Mystery
A British passenger and cargo liner carrying 360 people vanished from the North Atlantic with no lifeboats, no wreckage and no survivors recovered - seven destroyers searched for days and found nothing. What can explain four lifeboats lowered from a ship that took four torpedoes and a surfaced U‑boat that lingered for over two hours and then left without a trace?
In this episode, we present the events surrounding the sinking of the SS Almeda Star and the documented actions in the hours before and after her loss, asking how so many…
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