Episode 262: The sinking of the White Ship
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4.2 • 839 Ratings
🗓️ 11 February 2026
⏱️ 82 minutes
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Summary
King Henry I of England had grand plans for the future of his sole legitimate male heir, William Aetheling. None of those plans would come to pass.
Articles and books:
- The Sinking Of The White Ship 1120
- The White Ship, by Charles Spencer
- The Impact of the White Ship Disaster of 1120
- 900 years since the White Ship disaster
- How one catastrophic shipwreck sank a medieval dynasty
- Divers find The Tragic White Ship
Transcript
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| 1:50.2 | by Charles Spencer, an article from Medium entitled The Sinking of the White Ship 1120, |
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