Disaster Favours the Daring: Shipwreck at Honda Point

Disaster Favours the Daring: Shipwreck at Honda Point

Published on Aug 29
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Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
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<p>In 1923, legendary navigator Captain Dolly Hunter led a squadron of warships into America&rsquo;s worst peacetime naval catastrophe. The mission was supposed to be a speed trial, a display of the squadron&rsquo;s skill. But it ended in a maritime pile-up, with some destroyers stranded on rocks, others sinking fast, and deadly oil leaking into the Pacific Ocean. How?</p><p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>
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