November 1944: a German U-boat crept into Frenchman Bay, Maine, and put two spies ashore in a snowstorm. Four days later, the same submarine torpedoed the Canadian freighter SS Cornwallis. 43 people died. In July 2026, volunteer divers finally found her, nearly 400 feet down.

Chapters
0:00 Divers find the Cornwallis
1:25 Part 1: Two men, one birthday
5:05 Part 2: What happened to the last spies
6:22 Part 3: The crossing
7:50 Part 4: Snow on Crabtree Neck
8:47 Part 5: Two cars
10:09 Part 6: Into the city
11:35 Part 7: The ship that was torpedoed twice
14:00 Part 8: Sunday, the third of December
16:38 Your verdict
16:58 Part 9: The betrayal
19:04 Part 10: The myths
19:56 Part 11: Judgement
22:08 Part 12: What happened to everyone else
23:35 Part 13: Found

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About the visuals: all scenes are AI-generated reconstructions, not real footage or photographs. Maps are simplified illustrations; the wreck location shown is approximate (the exact site has not been published). Narration: AI voice. No endorsement by the Nomad Exploration Team or any organisation is implied.

In memory of the 43 people lost aboard the SS Cornwallis on 3 December 1944.

Sources
FBI counterintelligence history (CI Reader, Vol. 2): https://irp.fas.org/ops/ci/docs/ci2/2ch1_a.htm
US National Register of Historic Places, Nazi Spy Landing Site (NPS): https://npgallery.nps.gov/NRHP/GetAsset/NRHP/03000015_text
US Navy interrogation report, U-1230 (HyperWar): https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/rep/U-1230/index.html
uboat.net, Cornwallis: https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/3382.html
Portland Press Herald (27 Oct 2026): https://www.pressherald.com/2026/10/27/shipwreck-found-in-gulf-of-maine-more-than-80-years-after-wwii-sinking/
Bangor Daily News (27 Oct 2026): https://www.bangordailynews.com/2026/10/27/hancock/hancock-culture/mount-desert-island-maine-ss-cornwallis-shipwreck-found/
CBS News: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ss-cornwallis-sunk-nazi-sub-found-maine/
Eric Wiberg, Cornwallis sunk off Mount Desert: https://ericwiberg.com/2017/01/hmcs-cornwallis-sunk-off-mt-desert-maine-in-dec-1944-by-u1230hilbig-43-perished
Barbados 1942 torpedoing (bajanthings): https://www.bajanthings.com/cornwallis-torpedoing-carlisle-bay-1942/
FBI, Nazi saboteurs and George Dasch: https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/nazi-saboteurs-and-george-dasch
Colepaugh v. Looney (1956): https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/235/429/334748/
Connecticut History, Colepaugh: https://connecticuthistory.org/a-connecticut-nazi-spy-has-a-change-of-heart/

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