Drain the Oceans · S3 · E7
Raiders of the Civil War
Revealing the lost wrecks of the American Civil War.
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Revealing the lost wrecks of the American Civil War.
Season 3
1The Atomic Ghost Fleet
47 minMay 5, 2020
The dark secrets of U.S. nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll.
2The Viking Seas
47 minMay 5, 2020
A formidable battleship reveals secrets, 450 years later.
3Egypt's Sunken City
47 minMay 12, 2020
A lost Egyptian city gives up its secrets after 2,000 years.
4The Battle of Britain
47 minMay 19, 2020
Uncovered wrecks reveal how Britain defeated the Nazis.
5Pirate Ships of the Caribbean
47 minMay 26, 2020
Shipwrecks reveal the true story of piracy on the Caribbean.
6The American Revolution
47 minJun 2, 2020
Revealing forgotten stories from the American Revolution.
7Raiders of the Civil War
47 minJun 9, 2020Now viewing
Revealing the lost wrecks of the American Civil War.
8The Last Wrecks of WWII
47 minJun 16, 2020
New insights reveal how the Allies won World War II.
9Chicago
47 minJun 23, 2020
Chicago's past emerges from the waters of Lake Michigan.
10America's Last Slave Ship
47 minOct 18, 2020
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.