4+ Hours of Real Lost Ship Mysteries to Fall Asleep To | 22 Ships Gone Without a Trace

Real stories from the sea, told slowly, for people who can't sleep. Twenty-two ships that sailed out on ordinary days and never came back. Nothing here will startle you. If you drift off, the chapter list below will hold your place until morning. Tonight's stories 00:00:00 Before we begin 00:00:37 1. SS Cotopaxi (1925) – coal for Havana, found in 2020 00:12:50 2. Hans Hedtoft (1959) – lost on her maiden voyage 00:24:39 3. MS München (1978) – lost in a North Atlantic storm 00:36:58 4. Marquette & Bessemer No. 2 (1909) – a rail ferry on Lake Erie 00:48:54 5. SS Naronic (1893) – two empty lifeboats, nothing else 01:00:55 6. K-129 (1968) – Project Azorian 01:13:09 7. MV Lucona (1977) – an explosion and a fraud 01:25:19 8. HMS Atalanta (1880) – about two hundred and eighty aboard 01:37:07 9. København (1928) – five masts, South Atlantic 01:49:09 10. USS Conestoga (1921) – a Navy tug found in 2015 02:01:36 11. Bannockburn (1902) – Lake Superior's Flying Dutchman 02:13:12 12. SS Kamloops (1927) – found in 1977 02:25:17 13. Schooner Wyoming (1924) – the largest wooden schooner 02:37:16 14. SS Andaste (1929) – Lake Michigan, twenty-five aboard 02:48:28 15. USS Wasp (1814) – a warship gone after victory 03:00:15 16. Schooner Niña (2013) – seven aboard in the Tasman Sea 03:12:44 17. Patanela (1988) – a schooner off Sydney 03:24:44 18. Bel Amica (2006) – an empty yacht off Sardinia 03:36:32 19. Battleship São Paulo (1951) – a tow line parted 03:48:34 20. The Polaris Ice Floe (1872) – nineteen adrift for six months 04:00:58 21. Great Isaac Cay (1969) – two lighthouse keepers, gone 04:13:08 22. Jian Seng (2006) – no crew, no owner 04:24:44 Good night Where are you listening from tonight, and who's asleep next to you? Tell us in the comments.