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A MASSIVE CARGO SHIP

VANISHES IN A RAGING TYPHOON.

IT IS A FANTASTIC MYSTERY

HOW A SHIP
NEARLY A THOUSAND FEET LONG

COULD JUST DISAPPEAR.

AUTHORITIES BLAME
CAPTAIN AND CREW,

BUT NOT EVERYONE IS CONVINCED.

I TRUSTED THE CREW.

THEY WOULDN'T PUT
THEIR LIVES IN DANGER.

WE'LL PROVE IT.

THEIR EVIDENCE LIES

AT THE BOTTOM OF
THE WORLD'S DEEPEST OCEAN.

LOOK AT THAT!

WHAT'S UNCOVERED,
NO ONE EXPECTED.

THE SHIP DID SOMETHING

WHICH IS TO IMPLODE
AND THEN EXPLODE.

FOR SURE, 44 OF THEM
WERE ALL ALIVE

AS SHE WENT INTO TYPHOON ORCHID.

FOR SURE, THEY'RE ALL DEAD.

HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?

ABANDON SHIP!

GO!

SEPTEMBER 8, 1980.

THE MV DERBYSHIREIS PASSING
THROUGH THE WESTERN PACIFIC

EN ROUTE TO JAPAN.

CAPTAIN GEOFFREY UNDERHILL IS
IN COMMAND OF THE MASSIVE SHIP.

THE 47-YEAR-OLD FATHER OF TWO
IS IN CHARGE OF EVERY DETAIL

OF THE DERBYSHIRE'SOPERATION

AND ITS CREW OF 42.

MORNING, CURLY.

MORNING, CAPTAIN.

HAVE THE MET REPORTS COME IN?

YEAH, I HAVE THEM RIGHT HERE.

GEOFF UNDERHILL, GVU,

AS HE WAS NICKNAMED BY EVERYBODY
BECAUSE THAT WAS HIS INITIALS,

WAS A VERY COMPETENT
SEAFARING MASTER.

AS FAR AS HIS PERSONALITY WENT,

HE LIKED TO CONTROL
BY CONSENSUS.

NIGEL MALPASS SERVED
ABOARD THE DERBYSHIRE

AS CHIEF OFFICER.

HE KNOWS THE SHIP
AND HER CREW VERY WELL.

DERBYSHIREWAS
A WONDERFUL SHIP TO SAIL ON.

SHE WAS ALMOST LIKE BRAND NEW.

THERE WAS HARDLY ANY
WEAR AND TEAR ON HER,

AND THINGS WORKED.

UNLESS YOU'VE ACTUALLY
SAILED ON ONE,

IT'S HARD TO VISUALIZE
HOW BIG THEY WERE,

BUT THEY WERE REALLY MASSIVE.

AT 965 FEET,
THE DERBYSHIREIS LONGER

AND TWICE THE WEIGHT
OF THE TITANIC.

HER NINE CARGO HOLDS HAVE
A CAPACITY OF 160,000 TONS,

AND THE BRIDGE DECK
IS TEN STORIES HIGH.

A SHIP OF THIS SIZE CAN TAKE
OVER TWO MILES TO STOP

AND ALMOST A MILE TO TURN.

THE DERBYSHIREIS
A BULK CARRIER.

HER HUGE HOLDS CAN BE FILLED
WITH ANYTHING

FROM GRAIN TO CRUDE OIL.

BUT ON THIS TRIP SHE'S CARRYING
157,000 TONS OF IRON ORE.

AFTER LEAVING CANADA

AND PASSING AROUND
THE SOUTHERN TIP OF AFRICA,

SHE'S NOW JUST A FEW DAYS

KAWASAKI, JAPAN.

BECAUSE OF HER SIZE, SHE'S HAD
TO TAKE THE LONG WAY AROUND.

SHE WAS CALLED
A CAPE-SIZE SHIP

BECAUSE SHE WAS 145 FEET WIDE
AND DREW 60 FEET OF WATER

AND WAS JUST SIMPLY TOO DEEP

TO GO THROUGH EITHER THE
PANAMA CANAL OR THE SUEZ CANAL,

SO SHE HAD TO GO
BENEATH THE CAPES--

CAPE HORN, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE--

INTO SOME OF THE ROUGHEST WATERS
OF THE WORLD.

BY NOW SHIP AND CREW
HAVE BEEN AT SEA

FOR MORE THAN TWO MONTHS.

MOST ARE EXPERIENCED SEAMEN,

INCLUDING 19-YEAR-OLD DECKHAND
PETER LAMBERT.

THIS IS HIS SECOND YEAR AT SEA,
AND HE LOVES IT.

HE COULDN'T STOP
TALKING ABOUT IT. LOVED IT.

YOU KNOW, I ALWAYS, I ALWAYS
FEEL A SEAFARER'S BORN,

YOU CAN'T MAKE ONE.

YOU FORM
VERY CLOSE BONDS

WITH THE SEAFARERS
THAT YOU'RE WITH.

YOUR LIFE AT TIMES
DEPENDED ON IT.

A SHIP'S CREW
IS LIKE A FAMILY

BECAUSE THEY'RE ON THE VESSEL

FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME TOGETHER.

AH, YES,
YOU CAN JUST SET IT THERE.

AN UNUSUAL BUT
WELL-APPRECIATED COMPANY PERK

ALLOWS WIVES TO TRAVEL
WITH THEIR HUSBANDS.

THANK YOU,
THAT'S PERFECT.

24-YEAR-OLD
ANN-MARIE HUTCHINSON

IS ONE OF THE TWO WIVES
ON BOARD.

SO FAR THE VOYAGE
HAS BEEN UNEVENTFUL.

CAPTAIN?

ANYTHING EXCITING?

A LITTLE TOO EXCITING.

CHIEF OFFICER
CURLY BAYLISS

DELIVERS WEATHER FORECASTS
PREDICTING A FAST-MOVING STORM.

TYPHOON ORCHID IS
HEADING THEIR WAY.

THE WESTERN NORTH PACIFIC

HAS THIS NICKNAME
OF TYPHOON ALLEY.

AND THAT'S BECAUSE
THE TYPHOONS THAT FORM THERE

CAN BE UPWARDS OF
300 TO 400 MILES ACROSS,

TREMENDOUS WINDS OF UPWARDS
OF 100 MILES AN HOUR

GENERATING TREMENDOUS WAVES--
VERY DESTRUCTIVE FORCE.

TO AVOID DANGER,
UNDERHILL NEEDS TO KEEP HIS SHIP

AT LEAST 200 MILES
FROM THE STORM.

BUT THERE'S A PROBLEM.

HE RECEIVED
THREE WEATHER REPORTS--

ONE FROM GUAM, ONE FROM TOKYO,
AND ONE FROM HONG KONG--

AND EACH ONE HAD GIVEN
TYPHOON ORCHID

A DIFFERENT LOCATION.

BRILLIANT.
THREE FORECASTS, ALL DIFFERENT.

WITH CONFLICTING
WEATHER REPORTS,

CAPTAIN UNDERHILL HAS
TO MAKE HIS BEST GUESS

HOW TO DODGE THE STORM.

YOU STILL HAD TO RELY
ON YOUR EXPERTISE,

YOUR KNOWLEDGE BASE, IN BEING
ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHERE YOU WERE

IN RELATION TO THE STORM.

BOTH THE TYPHOON
AND THE SHIP ARE MOVING.

FIGURING OUT HOW TO AVOID THE
STORM IS AN ENORMOUS CHALLENGE.

BEING THE SENSIBLE
SEAFARER THAT HE WAS,

HE WOULD HAVE SAID,
"RIGHT, THAT'S THREE TYPHOONS."

HE WOULDN'T HAVE TRIED TO SECOND
GUESS WHICH WAS THE RIGHT ONE.

HE ALTERED COURSE TO THE NORTH
AND THE EAST TO AVOID ALL THREE.

IF WE MAINTAIN
A GOOD SPEED,

WE SHOULD BE ABLE
TO SNEAK THROUGH HERE.

YOU WANT TO MAKE
A PLAN THAT,

IF I CAN KEEP THIS COURSE
AND THIS SPEED

OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS,
IT MAY PASS BEHIND ME.

I MIGHT CATCH
SOME OF THE WEATHER,

BUT I WON'T BEAR
THE BRUNT OF IT.

LET'S MAKE SURE
THE SHIP IS SECURE, YEAH?

YES, SIR.

THIS IS
THE CAPTAIN SPEAKING.

LOOKS LIKE THE WEATHER'S
GETTING WORSE,

SO PLEASE TAKE CARE
TILL THE STORM ABATES

AND MAKE SURE THE SHIP
AND YOUR CABIN ARE SECURE.

IT WAS PROCEDURE
WITHIN THE COMPANY

THAT AS YOU APPROACHED
BAD WEATHER

YOU WOULD GO THROUGH
THE PROCEDURES

OF BATTENING DOWN VENTILATORS,
PUTTING CANVAS COVERS ON THEM,

AND BASICALLY CHECKING
THAT EVERYTHING WAS SNUG

AND READY TO TAKE
ANY KIND OF SEA.

SAILING IN HEAVY WEATHER
IS PART OF LIFE AT SEA;

IT'S JUST PART OF THE JOB.

THAT'S NOT TO SAY
THAT YOU TAKE IT LIGHTLY.

ONE OF THE MOST
IMPORTANT TASKS

IS TO BATTEN DOWN THE HATCHES,
LARGE AND SMALL.

PETER LAMBERT IS STILL
LEARNING THE ROPES.

MAKE SURE
YOU DO IT NICE AND TIGHT.

EVERYBODY ADORED HIM.

EVERYBODY LOVED HIM.

HE'LL HELP YOU.

NO MATTER WHAT YOU NEED DOING,
HE WOULD HELP YOU.

CAPTAIN,
WE'RE DOWN TO EIGHT KNOTS.

WITHIN HOURS,

IT'S CLEAR THE CAPTAIN'S PLAN
ISN'T WORKING.

DESPITE THEIR CHANGE OF COURSE,
THEY'RE HITTING HEAVY WEATHER.

THE SWELLING SEAS ARE
ALREADY MAKING IT HARD

TO KEEP UP THEIR SPEED.

AUTOPILOT OFF.

LET'S SEE IF WE CAN MAKE
SOME BETTER HEADWAY.

CONDITIONS
CONTINUE TO WORSEN.

AN UNEXPECTED SHIFT
IN THE STORM'S DIRECTION

HAS PUT THEM DIRECTLY
IN ITS PATH.

THROUGH THE NIGHT, WIND SPEEDS
INCREASE TO 50 MILES PER HOUR,

AND WAVE HEIGHTS SOAR
TO MORE THAN 25 FEET.

GENTLEMEN...

LOOKS LIKE WE'LL HAVE TO
TOUGH THIS ONE OUT.

HEAVE TO, PLEASE.

HEAVING TO.

KEEP THE WIND LIGHT
ON THE STARBOARD BOW.

TURNING TO PORT.

KEEPING THE WIND LIGHT
ON THE STARBOARD BOW.

WHAT THE CAPTAIN
WANTED TO DO AT THE TIME

WAS TO ADJUST HIS HEADING
AND HIS COURSE

SUCH THAT HE WAS TAKING THE
WAVES RIGHT ON HIS STARBOARD BOW

BECAUSE THAT WILL CAUSE
THE SHIP TO JUST RISE AND FALL,

BUT ALONG HER LENGTH,
BUT NOT ROLL AND NOT PITCH.

AS THE CENTER
OF THE TYPHOON CLOSES IN,

WINDS HAVE INCREASED
TO 64 MILES PER HOUR

AND WAVE HEIGHTS
TO MORE THAN 35 FEET.

THESE ARE CONDITIONS THAT FEW
PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED AT SEA.

THE WIND IS VERY LOUD;
IT'S ROARING, BASICALLY.

THE SHIP IS PITCHING.

VERY LITTLE VISIBILITY

AND GENERALLY AN UNPLEASANT
SITUATION TO BE IN.

THERE'S LITTLE ELSE TO DO

BUT ENDURE THE VIOLENT MOTION
OF THE SHIP.

IT HAS A LONG-TERM EFFECT
OVER DAYS OF THAT ON THE CREW.

IT'S EXHAUSTING.

FATIGUE SETS IN,
BECAUSE NOBODY REALLY SLEEPS,

PARTICULARLY IF YOU'RE REALLY
BATTERED IN SOME HEAVY SEAS.

CAPTAIN UNDERHILL
PROBABLY DIDN'T LEAVE

WHEN THE WEATHER
REALLY PICKED UP,

BECAUSE HE HAS TO BE THERE AND
HE HAS TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON.

IT'S JUST CONTINUED VIGILANCE
ALL THE TIME, A WARY VIGILANCE.

RADIO OUR POSITION
TO LIVERPOOL.

AS THEY ENTER THEIR
SECOND NIGHT OF THE STORM,

THE DERBYSHIRERADIOS
HER POSITION TO SHORE

AND CHECKS IN
WITH A NEARBY SHIP.

THIS IS THE DERBYSHIRE,

HOW ARE YOU ENJOYING
THE WEATHER?

LOVING IT, LOV--

EVEN BETTER
WHEN WE MEET UP IN TOK--

SEEING YOU THERE IN A DAY OR T--

Narrator: WILLIAM McCRONE
WAS ON A CONTAINER SHIP

HEADING TO THE SAME PORT
IN JAPAN.

ACTUALLY WE
WERE TALKING TO THE DERBYSHIRE

ON THE VHF AT THE TIME,

AND WE MADE ARRANGEMENTS
TO MEET THE GUYS ON BOARD,

BECAUSE THERE'S A,
THERE'S A NIGHTCLUB IN TOKYO

CALLED FOU FOUS IN ROPPONGI.

WE'RE ALL GOING
TO GO UP THE ROAD

AND HAVE A NIGHT IN FOU FOUS,

BUT UNFORTUNATELY
IT NEVER HAPPENED.

20 DEGREES STARBOARD.

20 DEGREES
TO STARBOARD, CAPTAIN.

EASY DOES IT.

BY NOW
MORE THAN TWO DAYS

OF UNRELENTING GALE-FORCE WINDS

HAVE WHIPPED THE WAVES
TO MONSTROUS HEIGHTS.

THEN, LATER INTO THE NIGHT...

WE'RE GONNA FEEL
THIS ONE!

THE SCREAM OF TWISTING
STEEL CAN ONLY MEAN ONE THING.

WE'RE LOSING HER!

WE'RE GONNA LOSE HER!

ABANDON SHIP!
ABANDON SHIP!

ABANDON SHIP!

IT WOULD BE ONLY
IN THE LAST FEW SECONDS

THEY WOULD HAVE REALIZED
WHAT WAS HAPPENING.

FIVE DAYS LATER,

TYPHOON ORCHID HAS
FINALLY DISSIPATED,

BUT NO ONE HAS HEARD
FROM THE DERBYSHIRE--

NOT EVEN A MAYDAY CALL.

COME DAYLIGHT
IN THE MORNING

IN THE CONTAINER TERMINAL,
WE COULD HEAR HELICOPTERS.

WHEN WE LOOKED AROUND,

THE JAPANESE COAST GUARD
WERE JUST COMING OVER US.

THE HELICOPTERS WERE ALL
HEADING AWAY OUT TO SEA.

THEY WERE GOING TO START
THE SEARCH FOR THE DERBYSHIRE.

THEIR HOPE,
THAT IN A VAST OCEAN,

THE LIVES OF 44 PEOPLE
CAN STILL BE SAVED.

11 DAYS AFTER
THE LAST RADIO CALL

FROM THE MV DERBYSHIRE,

AN EXHAUSTIVE SEARCH
BY THE JAPANESE COAST GUARD

HAS FOUND NO SURVIVORS.

AN OIL SLICK IS SIGHTED

28 MILES FROM THE DERBYSHIRE'S
LAST POSITION,

BUT NO SIGN OF THE LARGEST
BRITISH SHIP LOST AT SEA.

IT WAS
A FANTASTIC MYSTERY

AS TO HOW A SHIP OF 1,000,
NEARLY 1,000 FEET LONG

COULD, UH, JUST,
UH, UH, DISAPPEAR.

ALL 44 PASSENGERS
AND CREW ARE PRESUMED DEAD.

AMONG THEM, 19-YEAR-OLD
DECKHAND PETER LAMBERT.

HIS FAMILY ARE DEVASTATED.

YOU KNOW, ME MOTHER,
SHE WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED.

AND SHE KEPT ON ASKING WHY?

WHY PETER?

WHY DID THIS SHIP SINK?

HOW DID HE DIE?

WHY?

THE SINKING IS
ATTRIBUTED TO TYPHOON ORCHID

AND WRITTEN OFF
AS AN ACT OF GOD.

BUT NOT EVERYONE IS CONVINCED.

WHY WOULD A SENSIBLE,
WELL-FOUND SHIP

SUDDENLY DISAPPEAR QUICKLY
WITHOUT ANY DISTRESS SIGNALS?

AND I JUST SAID,
"MOTHER, I PROMISE YOU

I'LL FIND OUT HOW THE SHIP SANK,
WHY IT SANK,

AND WHY PETER
LOST HIS LIFE ON IT.

I PROMISE YOU I'LL DO THAT."

WASTING NO TIME,
A 28-YEAR-OLD PAUL LAMBERT

REACHES OUT TO
THE NATIONAL UNION OF SEAFARERS.

WHAT I WANTED
TO ASK YOU ABOUT

WAS ACTUALLY THE DERBYSHIRE.

I THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE
A LOOK AT THIS.

DIFFERENT SHIPS
HAD BEEN GOING DOWN,

AND NOTHING WAS
GETTING DONE ABOUT IT.

DERBYSHIREWAS THE SAME.

ALL THE SAME
TYPE OF FREIGHTERS.

LAMBERT LEARNS A SHOCKING NUMBER
OF BULK CARRIERS

HAVE BEEN SINKING.

ON AVERAGE,
ONE BULK CARRIER SANK

EVERY SIX TO SEVEN WEEKS,
WITH TOTAL LOSS OF LIFE.

THE ERA OF THE COFFIN SHIPS--
THAT'S HOW WE CLASSED IT.

LAMBERT IS CONVINCED

THE LIVES OF OTHER SEAFARERS
ARE IN DANGER.

BUT HE CAN'T GET ANYONE TO ACT,

UNTIL ANOTHER ACCIDENT,
SIX YEARS AFTER THE TRAGEDY,

CHANGES EVERYTHING.

THE TURNING POINT
WAS IN 1986

WHEN THE DERBYSHIRE'S
SISTER SHIP,

THE KOWLOON BRIDGE,

GOT IN DIFFICULTIES
IN THE IRISH SEA.

THERE WAS MAJOR
CRACKING AT A BULKHEAD

RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE DECKHOUSE
AT FRAME 65.

THE DERBYSHIRE
IS ONE OF SIX SISTER SHIPS

DESIGNED WITH STEEL BEAMS

ALONG THE LENGTH OF THEIR HULLS
TO ADD STRENGTH.

BUT DURING CONSTRUCTION,

THE GIRDERS ARE JOINED
AT FRAME NUMBER 65,

CREATING A POTENTIAL WEAK POINT.

NOW THREE OF THE SIX SHIPS

HAVE HAD SOMETHING
GO BADLY WRONG AT SEA.

FOR THE DERBYSHIREFAMILIES

AND MANY PEOPLE
LOOKING AT THE SHIP,

SEEING AN OBVIOUS STRUCTURAL
FLAW IN A SHIP THAT DISAPPEARED

MADE THEM THINK THAT
PROBABLY WHAT CAUSED

THE DERBYSHIRETO SINK
WAS A FLAW AT FRAME 65.

THIS BEGAN TO LOOK
LIKE A SMOKING GUN.

THE FAMILIES FEAR
THAT IF A DESIGN FLAW

DID CAUSE THE DISASTER,
OTHER LIVES COULD BE AT RISK.

WE'RE LOSING HER!

WE'RE GONNA LOSE HER!

ABANDON SHIP!

IT'S NOT JUST
WHAT HAPPENED TO PETER.

SOMETHING HAD TO BE DONE.

YES, HELLO, IT'S, UH,
PAUL LAMBERT AGAIN.

HAVE YOU HAD TIME TO REVIEW
THAT INFORMATION I SENT YOU?

LAMBERT USES
THE SUSPICIONS ABOUT FRAME 65

TO CONVINCE GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
TO RE-EXAMINE THEIR CONCLUSIONS.

BUT AFTER TWO YEARS
OF INVESTIGATION

AND NINE YEARS
AFTER THE TRAGEDY,

THEY ONCE AGAIN CONCLUDE
TYPHOON ORCHID IS TO BLAME

FOR THE LOSS OF THE DERBYSHIRE.

THE FINDINGS
WERE AN ACT OF GOD.

IT'S A VERDICT
THE FAMILIES REFUSE TO ACCEPT.

DERBYSHIRESANK TWICE--

ONE IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA,

TWO IN A SEA OF WHITEWASH.

I WANT YOU TO HAVE
A LOOK AT THIS.

LAMBERT DECIDES
THE ONLY WAY

THEY'LL GET
A PROPER INVESTIGATION

IS IF THE FAMILIES
OF THE VICTIMS

TAKE MATTERS
INTO THEIR OWN HANDS.

WE'RE NOT GONNA
KNOW THE TRUTH

UNLESS WE FIND IT OURSELVES.

THEIR FIRST TASK
IS TO FIND THE WRECK.

THEY HAD TO WORK OUT
AND EXTRAPOLATE

WHERE ROUGHLY THEY THOUGHT
THE VESSEL WAS

BASED ON WHERE THE OIL SLICK
HAD BEEN DISCOVERED

BY THE JAPANESE COAST GUARD.

THE SEARCH AREA ENCOMPASSES

SOME OF THE DEEPEST WATERS
IN THE OCEAN,

REACHING DEPTHS
OF MORE THAN THREE MILES.

IN THOSE DAYS THERE WAS
VERY LIMITED CAPABILITIES

TO REALLY SEARCH LARGE AREAS
OF THE SEAFLOOR,

AND FOR THE MOST PART THE WRECK
WAS THOUGHT TO BE UNFINDABLE.

UNDAUNTED, LAMBERT AND
THE OTHER FAMILIES OF THE CREW

DO SOMETHING THAT'S NEVER
BEEN DONE BEFORE.

THEY RAISE ENOUGH MONEY TO
LAUNCH A SHORT EIGHT-DAY SEARCH.

AND THEY GET LUCKY.

14 LONG YEARS AFTER THE TRAGEDY,

ON THE FIFTH DAY
OF THE EXPEDITION,

THEY CONFIRM THE LOCATION
OF THE WRECK.

WE FOUND
THE DERBYSHIRE.

OOF, IT BLOWS YOUR MIND,
HONEST TO GOD.

WE KNOW WHERE SHE IS.

WE KNOW WHERE THE GRAVES ARE.
44 PEOPLE.

WITH NEWS
OF THE DISCOVERY,

42-YEAR-OLD LAMBERT DEMANDS

THE GOVERNMENT REOPEN
THE INVESTIGATION.

WE WANT THESE
BULK CARRIERS LOOKED AT.

WE WANT THEM SURVEYED PROPERLY.

WE WANT THE ONES
THAT ARE UNSEAWORTHY

TAKEN OUT OF COMMISSION
AND SCRAPPED.

WE WANT MEN TO GO AWAY TO SEA

KNOWING THAT THE SHIP
UNDERNEATH THEM IS SAFE,

NOT WORRYING WHETHER
THEY'LL COME HOME AGAIN OR NOT.

IN THE FACE OF
OVERWHELMING PUBLIC INTEREST,

THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT AGREES
TO FUND A FULL-SCALE EXPEDITION.

AND THIS TIME,
THEY BRING IN THE HEAVY GUNS.

THEY BROUGHT IN
WOODS HOLE,

WHO WAS THE MOST ADVANCED

OCEANOGRAPHIC AND DEEP SEA
RESEARCH GROUP OF THEIR DAY,

AND PERHAPS TO THIS DAY AS WELL.

THE WOODS HOLE
OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION,

WHOSE TEAM DISCOVERED
THE TITANIC,

WILL NOW EXPLORE THE DERBYSHIRE

OVER 13,000 FEET
BENEATH THE SEA.

THE DERBYSHIRESURVEY
WAS REALLY THE WORLD'S

SORT OF FIRST VERY HIGH QUALITY
FORENSIC INVESTIGATION.

38-YEAR-OLD
ROBOTICS ENGINEER ANDY BOWEN

IS IN COMMAND OF THE WORLD'S
MOST SOPHISTICATED SUBMERSIBLE.

OUR JOB WAS TO ACTUALLY
GO DOWN AND COLLECT EVIDENCE

FOR THE POSSIBLE SCENARIOS

THAT WOULD EXPLAIN WHY
THE SHIP WAS LOST.

FOR EXAMPLE,
HAD THE PROPELLER FALLEN OFF?

HAD THE RUDDER FAILED?

WAS THERE A FIRE
IN THE ENGINE ROOM?

A TOTAL OF 13 POSSIBLE
CAUSES FOR THE SINKING

ARE MARKED FOR INVESTIGATION,

INCLUDING A POSSIBLE
CATASTROPHIC FAILURE

AT FRAME 65.

DAMN IT, HOOKED AGAIN.

ANDY BOWEN
MANEUVERS HIS ROV

TO IMAGE AS MUCH OF THE WRECKAGE
AS POSSIBLE.

UP AND AWAY.

HE NEEDS TO GIVE
INVESTIGATORS ENOUGH DETAIL

TO ANALYZE THE DAMAGE.

IT WAS
AN INCREDIBLE CHALLENGE

TO THE EXTENT THAT
WE'RE DANGLING THESE CAMERAS

AT THE END OF LITERALLY A THREAD
THREE MILES DOWN,

INTO A DEBRIS FIELD,

SOMETHING LIKE A LARGE
COLLAPSED SKYSCRAPER.

WOW. IT'S COLD.

IT'S FOR THE COMPUTERS.

Narrator:
PhD STUDENT ALEX GLYKAS

JOINS PROFESSOR DOUGLAS FAULKNER
TO ANALYZE THE IMAGES.

THE DEBRIS
IS SCATTERED

OVER NEARLY A MILE
OF THE SEAFLOOR.

ALRIGHT. LET'S MOVE IN
FOR A CLOSER LOOK.

17 YEARS AFTER
THE TRAGIC LOSS OF THE SHIP

AND HER 44 PASSENGERS AND CREW,

THE ANSWERS MAY FINALLY
BE WITHIN REACH.

INVESTIGATORS GUIDE
A REMOTE CAMERA VEHICLE

TWO AND A HALF MILES BELOW THE
SURFACE OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN.

THEY NEED TO KNOW WHY
THE LARGEST BRITISH SHIP

EVER LOST AT SEA WENT DOWN.

REALLY TORN APART.

LOOK AT THAT.

THE GIANT SHIP
HAS BEEN SHATTERED

INTO OVER 2,000 PIECES
OF TWISTED METAL AND DEBRIS.

ANDY BOWEN HAS
EXAMINED MANY SHIPWRECKS,

BUT HE'S NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE THIS BEFORE.

I THINK EVERYONE
WAS STAGGERED

BY THE FACT THAT IT COVERED
SUCH A LARGE AREA.

THE BOW AND THE STERN
OF THE SHIP

WERE IN TWO SEPARATE PLACES

SEPARATED BY
A SIGNIFICANT DISTANCE.

AND EVERYTHING ELSE IN BETWEEN,
ALL OF THE SHIP'S STRUCTURE,

WAS FOR THE MOST PART

TURNED INTO WHAT I WOULD
ALMOST CALL CONFETTI.

THE TWISTED METAL
FRAGMENTS ARE A TELLTALE SIGN

OF A VIOLENT PHENOMENON
THAT CAN TEAR A SHIP APART.

WHEN THE DERBYSHIRESANK,

BECAUSE OF ITS UNIQUE
CONSTRUCTION OF A DOUBLE HULL,

IT ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING, WHICH
IS TO IMPLODE AND THEN EXPLODE.

AS DERBYSHIRE
SANK BELOW THE WAVES,

INCREASED WATER PRESSURE

DROVE HER WATERTIGHT
DOUBLE HULLS INWARD.

AT THAT POINT, THE TRAPPED AIR
BECAME SO HIGHLY COMPRESSED,

IT EXPLODED.

IT, IT EXPLODES BACK OUT
IN A SHOCKWAVE,

AND THAT ENERGY RELEASE
WAS PROBABLY EQUIVALENT

TO MANY TONS OF TNT.

AND SO THE WRECKAGE
ON THE SEAFLOOR

WAS JUST HUGE PIECES OF SHIP
TWISTED BY ENERGY

THAT JUST IS ALMOST
IMPOSSIBLE TO IMAGINE.

IN OTHER WORDS,
THE EXPLOSIONS WERE

THE RESULT OF THE CATASTROPHE,
NOT THE CAUSE.

INVESTIGATORS STILL HAVE NO IDEA
WHAT SET OFF THE DISASTER.

THE ROV HAS CAPTURED THOUSANDS
OF HIGH-DEFINITION PHOTOGRAPHS.

INVESTIGATORS SCRUTINIZE THEM,

SEARCHING FOR ANY SIGN
OF A FRACTURE

THAT OCCURRED BEFORE
THE SHIP SANK,

IN PARTICULAR, AROUND THE KNOWN
STRUCTURAL FLAW AT FRAME 65.

BUT IT'S A DEAD END.

FRAME 65 SHOWS
UNMISTAKABLE SIGNS

OF THE SAME
EXPLOSIVE PHENOMENON.

IT WASN'T FRAME 65.

THIS HAPPENED WHEN
SHE WAS ALREADY GOING DOWN.

THE CAUSE
THEY HAD HOPED TO PROVE--

A WEAKNESS IN HER CONSTRUCTION--

IS NOT THE REASON
THE DERBYSHIRESANK.

IF IT WASN'T FRAME 65,

SOMETHING ELSE MUST HAVE
TRIGGERED THE DISASTER.

WE'RE LOSING HER!

WE'RE GONNA LOSE HER!

ABANDON SHIP!
ABANDON SHIP!

ABANDON SHIP!

IF THE SHIP'S
STRUCTURE DIDN'T FAIL,

INVESTIGATORS WONDER,

IS HER CARGO RESPONSIBLE
FOR HER SINKING?

DERBYSHIREWAS
CARRYING THIS IRON ORE.

THE SNOWSTORM
OF THIS FINE MATERIAL,

IT WAS SCATTERED EVERYWHERE.

ORE CARRIERS ARE
VERY DANGEROUS SHIPS,

BECAUSE THEY HAVE SUCH
HEAVY, DENSE CARGOS

THAT AS SOON AS THE SHIP STARTS
FLOODING AND LOSES BUOYANCY,

THE SHIP GOES STRAIGHT
TO THE BOTTOM.

AN ORE SHIP SINKS
LITERALLY LIKE A STONE.

ON THIS VOYAGE
THE DERBYSHIREWAS LOADED

WITH 157,000 TONS OF IRON ORE,
A CARGO SO HEAVY,

ONLY SEVEN OF HER NINE HOLDS
COULD BE PARTIALLY FILLED.

YOU NEED TO ENSURE
THAT YOUR CENTER OF GRAVITY

AND CENTER OF BUOYANCY, WHAT'S
CALLED THE GM, IS MODERATE.

OTHERWISE, YOU GET WHAT'S CALLED
A DEAD SHIP.

IT DOESN'T HAVE THAT BUOYANCY,
AND IT WHIPS FROM SIDE TO SIDE.

IS IT POSSIBLE
THE CREW MADE AN ERROR

WHEN THEY LOADED THE SHIP?

ARE WE GOOD TO GO?

A DEAD SHIP IS ONE THAT
YOU START TO GET WORRIED ABOUT.

CHEERS, MATE.

THEY REVIEW
THE RECORDS

FROM THE DERBYSHIRE'S
PORT OF DEPARTURE.

BUT THERE'S NO SIGN
OF ANY PROBLEM

THAT WOULD EXPLAIN THE DISASTER.

INVESTIGATORS ARE FORCED BACK

THE SEA CONDITIONS ON THE NIGHT
THE DERBYSHIREWENT DOWN

WERE UNUSUALLY EXTREME.

ONE SHIP IN THE SAME
TYPHOON REPORTED SEEING WAVES

THAT WERE BETWEEN
60 AND 90 FEET TALL.

THIS IS THE DERBYSHIRE.

HOW ARE YOU ENJOYING
THE WEATHER?

YOU STAND ON THE BRIDGE,

AND ALL YOU SEE AHEAD OF YOU
IS JUST A WALL OF WATER.

IS SHE GOING TO GO OVER IT
OR GO THROUGH IT?

PROFESSOR FAULKNER
PROPOSES A THEORY,

WHICH AT THE TIME

PERHAPS THE DERBYSHIREWAS
OVERCOME BY A ROGUE WAVE.

AND I THINK
IT'S BEEN HAPPENING

SINCE THE DAWN OF TIME.

FOR CENTURIES,
MARINERS HAVE TOLD STORIES

ABOUT VAST WAVES THAT SEEM
TO COME OUT OF NOWHERE.

ROGUE WAVES
ARE OFTEN DESCRIBED

AS BEING A SINGLE,
SOLITARY WAVE

THAT'S MUCH TALLER THAN
THE REST OF THE SEAS,

USUALLY TWO
TO THREE TIMES TALLER,

OFTEN COMING FROM
A DIFFERENT DIRECTION

FROM MOST OF THE OTHER WAVES.

THE WAVE IS BREAKING,
IT'S UNSTABLE,

AND WHEN IT HITS THE SHIP,
IT CAN HAVE INCREDIBLE IMPACT.

NOBODY KNOWS
HOW THEY FORM.

THEY LITERALLY FORM
OUT OF NOWHERE.

AND THEY WILL HIT A SHIP.

DID A ROGUE WAVE SEND
THE DERBYSHIREAND 44 PEOPLE

TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA?

IT'S TERRIBLE, IT'S
TERRIBLE IF YOU COULD SEE IT,

AND JUST AS TERRIBLE
IF YOU COULDN'T.

INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE
THE HULL OF THE DERBYSHIRE

WAS NEARLY INTACT WHEN SHE SANK.

WAS SHE OVERCOME
BY A ROGUE WAVE?

OR WAS IT SOMETHING ELSE?

THEY ANALYZE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE
WRECKAGE, HOPING TO FIND OUT.

EACH IMAGE WAS
TAKEN INDIVIDUALLY

AND CAREFULLY PLACED IN CONTEXT
TO ITS NEIGHBOR

SO THAT YOU COULD GET
THIS LARGE AREA VIEW,

WHICH IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET
IN ANY OTHER WAY.

THEY LITERALLY
PUT TOGETHER

AN ENORMOUS MOSAIC OF WHAT
THE WRECK LOOKED LIKE.

MOST OF THE SHIP
HAS BEEN SHATTERED.

BUT THE BOW OF THE SHIP
IS DIFFERENT.

AMAZING.

THE BOW WAS
FOR THE MOST PART INTACT,

AND THAT INDICATED THAT THE BOW

WAS GENERALLY FLOODED
AND FULL OF WATER

AND THEREFORE DID NOT FRACTURE,

DID NOT COMPRESS OR EXPLODE
UNDER WATER PRESSURE,

WHICH SAYS A LOT ABOUT
THE POSSIBILITIES

TO WHY THE SHIP SANK.

IF THE BOW
WAS FULL OF WATER,

IS THIS WHAT CAUSED THE SINKING?

THANK YOU.

AS INVESTIGATORS
SEARCH FOR THE SOURCE

OF THE FLOODING,
THEY FIND A TROUBLING IMAGE.

THE OPEN HATCH THEY'VE
DISCOVERED IS THE BOSUN'S HATCH,

LEADING TO A STORAGE COMPARTMENT
BELOW THE FORWARD DECK.

LET'S MAKE SURE
THE SHIP IS SECURE, YEAH?

YES, SIR.

IS IT POSSIBLE THE
WINGNUTS ON THE BOSUN'S HATCH

WERE NOT PROPERLY SECURED
BY THE CREW?

MAKE SURE YOU DO IT
NICE AND TIGHT.

IF THE HATCH OPENED
DURING THE STORM,

TONS OF SEAWATER COULD HAVE
ENTERED THE STORAGE SPACE BELOW

AND LOADED DOWN
THE FRONT OF THE SHIP.

THE BOW IS LOWERING

AS THE WATER IS FILLING UP
THESE SPACES.

AND THERE COMES A POINT

WHERE THE BOW IS NOT RISING NOW
LIKE IT SHOULD.

WITH THE FLOODED BOW
SINKING LOW IN THE WATER,

WAVES WOULD BEGIN WASHING
FURTHER AND FURTHER UP THE DECK,

LOADING TONS OF SEAWATER ONTO
THE ENORMOUS MAIN CARGO HATCHES.

THOSE HATCHES ARE STRONG,
THEY'RE WELL MADE,

BUT THEY'RE NOT DESIGNED
FOR THAT TYPE OF LOADING.

AND BY NOW WE MAY BE IN
THE WORST PART OF THE WEATHER,

WITH WAVES MAYBE UPWARDS
OF 40 FEET,

SO EACH ONE OF THOSE FALLS DOWN
ONTO THAT NUMBER ONE HATCH,

HUNDREDS OF TONS FALLING DOWN
ON THE HATCH.

A 39-FOOT WAVE
CAN SMASH DOWN

WITH A FORCE OF 400 TONS,

FAR EXCEEDING THE DESIGN LIMIT
OF THE HATCH COVERS.

IT WOULD BE ONLY A MATTER
OF TIME BEFORE THEY GAVE WAY.

LOOK AT THAT.

ONCE THE FIRST
CARGO HATCH COLLAPSED,

THE NEARLY EMPTY HOLD
WOULD FILL QUICKLY,

PULLING THE BOW EVEN DEEPER
INTO ONCOMING WAVES.

THE COVERS FAILED
ON HATCH NUMBER ONE.

HATCH NUMBER TWO IS EMPTY.

HATCH NUMBER TWO
FILLS WITH WATER

AND BEGINS PULLING THE SHIP
DOWN EVEN FURTHER.

BY THE TIME SHE REACHES
HATCH NUMBER THREE,

AND THAT IS FILLING,

THE SHIP IS WELL ON HER WAY
TO THE BOTTOM.

INVESTIGATORS
BELIEVE THE EVIDENCE

PROVES THEIR THEORY--

THE DISASTER AND THE DEATHS
OF EVERYONE ON BOARD

COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED

IF ONLY THE CREW HAD PROPERLY
SECURED THE SMALL BOSUN'S HATCH.

THE FAMILIES AREN'T
GOING TO LIKE THIS.

AS A COURTESY,
THE FAMILIES ARE TOLD THE NEWS

BEFORE IT'S RELEASED
TO THE PRESS.

I'M SORRY,
BUT THE PICTURES INDICATE

THE HATCH WASN'T SECURED.

THE HATCH WASN'T SECURED,

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? THE...

IT SEEMS LIKE
BAD SEAMANSHIP.

BAD SEAMANSHIP?

THE BOSUN'S HATCH
WASN'T SECURED.

NO, THAT'S WRONG.

NO, YOU'RE WRONG ABOUT THAT.

EVIDENCE THAT
POINTED TOWARDS

MAYBE THERE WAS A HUMAN ERROR,

I THINK, REALLY FUELED
THE FIRE FOR THESE PEOPLE.

THEY SAID, "NO, THESE PEOPLE
WERE PROFESSIONALS.

THERE'S JUST NO WAY
THAT KIND OF A CREW

WOULD DO SOMETHING THAT WOULD
PUT THEMSELVES AT PERIL."

YOU'RE WRONG
ABOUT THIS,

AND I'M GONNA BLOODY PROVE IT.

I TRUSTED THE CREW.

THEY WOULDN'T PUT
THEIR LIVES IN DANGER.

YOU'VE SPENT ALL THESE YEARS NOT
BEING ABLE TO GRIEVE PROPERLY.

LEAVE. THANK YOU.

FIGHTING, CAMPAIGNING,

DOING WHATEVER YOU CAN,
WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO.

AND THEY COME BACK AND
THEY SAY BAD SEAMANSHIP.

JUST LOOK
AT THE PICTURES.

THE HATCH
WASN'T LEFT OPEN.

WE'LL PROVE IT.

IN THE SEARCH FOR PROOF,

THE DERBYSHIRE'S
FORMER CHIEF OFFICER

MAY ALREADY HAVE THE ANSWER.

I KNEW FOR SURE
THAT THE CONCLUSIONS

THAT HAD BEEN DRAWN SO FAR
WERE WRONG.

FORMER CHIEF OFFICER
NIGEL MALPASS

DOESN'T BELIEVE CREW ERROR
CAUSED THE DERBYSHIRETO SINK.

HE WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
ABOARD THAT FINAL TRIP,

BUT A LAST-MINUTE CREW CHANGE
SAVED HIM.

SOME PEOPLE HAVE SAID
I'M THE LUCKIEST PERSON ALIVE,

BUT IN FACT I SHOULD HAVE
BEEN ON THE DERBYSHIRE

WHEN SHE WAS LOST.

I'D BEEN WITH MOST OF THAT CREW
THE TRIP BEFORE.

I KNEW ALL THE CREW VERY WELL.

MALPASS IS CERTAIN
THE INVESTIGATORS HAVE IT WRONG.

HE DOESN'T BELIEVE THE CREW

WOULD EVER LEAVE
THE FORWARD HATCH UNSECURED.

ANYBODY THAT KNEW THE SHIP

KNEW THAT YOU COULDN'T
HAVE DRAWN THAT CONCLUSION.

ONE OF THE THINGS
THAT CONVINCED ME

WHEN I SAW THE PHOTOGRAPH
OF THE BOSUN'S STORE,

WITH THE BITS OF HEAVING LINE
HANGING OFF THE DOGS,

THAT SHE'D BEEN WELL SECURED.

WHEN MALPASS WAS
CHIEF OFFICER ON THE DERBYSHIRE,

HE MADE SURE THE CREW KNEW HOW
TO SECURE THE BOSUN'S HATCH,

WITH A LASHING KNOWN
AS A CAT'S CRADLE.

WE'D PUT A CAT'S CRADLE
ON THAT BOSUN'S STORE.

THE WHOLE ESSENCE
OF THAT BEING THERE

WAS TO STOP THOSE
WING NUTS OPENING.

AND I HAVE NO DOUBTS

THAT DERBYSHIREWENT
THROUGH THAT PROCEDURE.

THE TESTIMONY
OF NIGEL MALPASS,

ALONG WITH SOME STRANDS OF ROPE
FASTENED TO THE BOSUN'S HATCH,

EFFECTIVELY THROW
THE INVESTIGATORS' FINDINGS

INTO DOUBT.

SOMETHING ELSE MUST HAVE CAUSED
THE FLOODING IN THE BOW

THAT SET OFF THE DISASTER.

FOR HELP, THE HIGH COURT
TURNS TO MARIN,

THE MARITIME RESEARCH INSTITUTE
OF THE NETHERLANDS.

HERE, THEY CAN SIMULATE THE
BEHAVIOR OF ALL KINDS OF SHIPS,

IN NEARLY ANY SEA CONDITION.

IN FACT,
WE WERE THE ONLY FACILITY

IN THE WORLD THAT COULD
REPLICATE THE WAVE CONDITION

THAT HAPPENED
DURING THE ACCIDENT.

WE COULD MAKE ANY KIND OF WAVES,

LONG-CRESTED WAVES,
SHORT-CRESTED WAVES,

THAT MEANS WAVES COMING
FROM DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.

AND THIS WAS A VERY, VERY UNIQUE
CAPABILITY AT THAT TIME.

THE TEAM AT MARIN
ARE TASKED TO RECREATE

THE CONDITIONS
OF TYPHOON ORCHID

AND TEST ITS IMPACT
ON THE DERBYSHIRE.

THEY NEED TO KNOW IF SOMETHING
OTHER THAN CREW ERROR

COULD HAVE SET OFF THE DISASTER.

THERE WAS VERY LARGE
EXPECTATIONS FROM THE FAMILIES.

WE REALLY FELT THE PRESSURE THAT
WE REALLY HAD TO, TO PERFORM.

WE WANT THE TRUTH.

IF IT IS BAD SEAMANSHIP,
FAIR ENOUGH.

AS LONG AS THEY CAN PROVE
WITHOUT A SHADOW OF A DOUBT

SOMEONE MADE A MISTAKE,
WE'LL ACCEPT IT.

FOR THE DERBYSHIRETEST,

THE TANK IS PROGRAMMED

WITH DETAILED
METEOROLOGICAL INFORMATION

ABOUT TYPHOON ORCHID.

A PRECISE 15-FOOT REPLICA
IS LOADED WITH SENSORS

TO TRACK THE STRESSES
THE TYPHOON PUT ON THE SHIP

AND ITS FORWARD HATCHES.

IT'S A SCALE MODEL,

BUT THE GEOMETRY MUST BE
VERY, VERY ACCURATE.

WE ALSO MODELED
THE PROPULSION TRAIN,

BECAUSE THE, THE SPEED
OF THE SHIP WAS OF IMPORTANCE.

THE LOADS WOULD BE DIFFERENT
IF THE SHIP WAS SAILING

AT ZERO KNOTS, OR TWO KNOTS,
FOUR KNOTS.

ONE OF THE KEY IDEAS

IS TO HAVE
AN UNBIASED IMPRESSION

OF THE BEHAVIOR OF THE SHIP
IN STORM CONDITION.

IN OUR BASIN, THE MODELS HAVE
EVERYTHING THAT IS RELEVANT

FOR THE BEHAVIOR AND SAFETY
OF A NORMAL SHIP.

HOUR AFTER HOUR,
THE DERBYSHIREREPLICA

IS DRIVEN THROUGH THE VERY WORST
OF TYPHOON ORCHID.

EVEN WITH HUGE WAVES
BREAKING OVER HER BOW,

SENSORS DETECT
NO SIGN OF FAILURE

FROM THE FORWARD HATCHES.

DURING THE MODEL TEST,

WE SAW, OF COURSE,
A LOT OF DRAMATIC EVENT

LIKE WAVE COMING
ON THE FORWARD DECK

AND BREAKING ON THE HATCH COVER.

BUT THE SHIP SHOULDN'T HAVE SUNK
WITH THIS TYPE OF CONDITIONS.

SO IT HAD TO BE SOMETHING ELSE.

IF NEITHER THE CARGO HATCHES

NOR THE BOSUN'S HATCH FAILED
AT THIS POINT IN THE STORM,

WHERE DID THE SEAWATER THAT
FILLED UP THE BOW COME FROM?

THAT WAS
THE BIG QUESTION--

WHAT WAS THE OPENING IN THE SHIP

THAT MADE IT POSSIBLE
TO LOWER THE BOW OF THE VESSEL

IN A SUCH WAY THAT
YOU WOULD EXPOSE

THE, THE FORWARD PART
OF THE SHIP TO THE WAVES?

WEEKS OF TESTS
TURN UP FEW CLUES

UNTIL THE TEAM TURNS
TO A THEORY SO UNLIKELY

IT HARDLY SEEMED
WORTH CONSIDERING.

AIR VENTS ON THE FORWARD DECK

LEAD DOWN TO OPEN
STORAGE AREAS BELOW.

WRECKAGE PHOTOS REVEAL THE CAPS
THAT KEEP WATER OUT OF THE VENTS

WERE DAMAGED BY THE HEAVY SEAS.

DID THE DAMAGED AIR VENTS
LET IN ENOUGH SEAWATER

TO CAUSE FLOODING IN THE BOW?

WE PROPOSED TO MIMIC
THOSE OPEN HOLES ON THE MODEL.

BUT THE QUESTION WAS,
ARE THESE OPENINGS BIG ENOUGH?

CAN WE PROVE THAT,
THAT THE TIMEFRAME

OVER WHICH THE SHIP WAS EXPOSED,

THAT THAT'S LONG ENOUGH
THAT IT FILLS COMPLETELY?

THE AIR VENTS
ARE SO SMALL

THEY ONLY LET IN
A TRICKLE OF WATER

COMPARED TO THE SIZE
OF THE SHIP.

BUT TYPHOON ORCHID LASTED
MORE THAN TWO DAYS...

LONG ENOUGH FOR THAT TRICKLE
TO BECOME A FLOOD.

WE WERE ABLE TO SHOW
THAT THE INGRESS RATE

WAS MORE THAN ENOUGH TO EXPLAIN

THAT THE ENTIRE FOREPEAK
WAS FULL OF WATER.

ONCE FLOODED,

THE BOW SINKS DEEPER
INTO ONCOMING WAVES,

AND THE LARGE CARGO HATCHES
ARE HAMMERED

WITH MORE AND MORE WATER.

WITHIN FIVE TO SIX HOURS

YOU WOULD GET WAVES
THAT WOULD CREATE LOADING

IN EXCESS OF WHAT IS ADMISSIBLE
FOR HATCH COVER.

IT WAS A BIG SURPRISE
FOR EVERYBODY TO REALIZE

THAT SO TINY LITTLE HOLES COULD
PRODUCE THIS CHAIN OF EVENT,

AND THIS WAS REALLY
THE BREAKTHROUGH.

THE DISCOVERY
IS THE MISSING LINK

INVESTIGATORS NEEDED.

THEY NOW KNOW WHAT CAUSED
THE 20-YEAR-OLD TRAGEDY.

IT BEGAN WHEN THE DERBYSHIRE'S
CAPTAIN AND CREW

WERE ENDURING THEIR SECOND DAY
OF TYPHOON ORCHID.

20 DEGREES STARBOARD.

20 DEGREES
TO STARBOARD, CAPTAIN.

EASY DOES IT.

THEY'RE UNAWARE
OF THE DANGER UNFOLDING

UNDER THE FORWARD DECK.

THE VENTILATOR CAPS
ARE GONE,

THERE'S WATER NOW FILLING
INTO THE BOSUN'S LOCKER

AND INTO THE LOWER STORES.

AND FROM THE BRIDGE
YOU CAN'T SEE THIS.

YOU'D BE VERY LUCKY
IF YOU COULD SEE AT ALL.

MAYBE IF YOU HAD
THE FOREMAST LIGHT ON,

YOU MAY BE ABLE
TO JUST MAKE IT OUT.

BUT YOU CAN'T SEE
THAT IT'S SLOWING

IN ITS RISE AND ITS FALL.

IT'S NOT AS HIGH NOW.

THE DERBYSHIRE
HAS ENDURED

MORE THAN TWO DAYS
OF POUNDING SEAS.

NOW WE HAVE WAVES
SPILLING OVER THE BOW

AND MAKING IT DOWN AS FAR
AS THE NUMBER ONE HATCH.

WE'RE GONNA
FEEL THIS ONE!

ONE AFTER THE OTHER,

THE NINE ENORMOUS CARGO HATCHES
GIVE WAY.

WE'RE LOSING HER!

WE'RE GONNA LOSE HER!

ABANDON SHIP!
ABANDON SHIP!

NUMBER TWO
WOULD HAVE GONE.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

FOLLOWED BY
NUMBER THREE...

NUMBER FOUR, NUMBER FIVE,
NUMBER SIX.

ABANDON SHIP!

NUMBER SEVEN,
NUMBER EIGHT AND NUMBER NINE,

IN RAPID SEQUENCE.

BY THAT TIME,
IT'S TOO LATE.

THE FATE OF EVERYONE
ON BOARD IS SEALED.

THE SHIP SANK
SO QUICKLY

THAT NO ONE WAS ABLE
TO SEND A MESSAGE.

THE INVESTIGATION ESTIMATED

WITHIN THE SPAN
OF A FEW MOMENTS.

ON NOVEMBER 8, 2000,

THE HIGH COURT INQUIRY IN LONDON CONCLUDES

THAT THE DERBYSHIRESANK

DUE TO WAVES DESTROYING
AIR PIPES IN THE BOW,

TRIGGERING
UNCONTROLLABLE FLOODING.

THE ONE THING
THAT WE'VE LIVED WITH NOW

FOR OVER 12 MONTHS

IS THE FACT THE ASSESSORS
BLAMED THE CREW

FOR THE LOSS OF THE SHIP,

AND TODAY THEY'VE BEEN
COMPLETELY EXONERATED.

THE COURT DELIVERS
NEW SAFETY RECOMMENDATIONS

FOR BULK CARRIERS.

THEY INCLUDE A REQUIREMENT
TO INSTALL DEVICES

TO CONTROL FLOODING
IN THE FORWARD SECTION

AND THE CONSTRUCTION

OF SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER
HATCH COVERS.

THE COVER DESIGN,
ALMOST DOUBLED IN STRENGTH,

WAS ADOPTED BY
THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY,

AND HATCH COVERS AND
BULK CARRIERS AROUND THE WORLD

ARE MUCH SAFER BECAUSE
OF THE DERBYSHIRE.

IN 2004, PAUL LAMBERT

AND THE DERBYSHIRE FAMILY
ASSOCIATION'S EFFORTS

TO IMPROVE SAFETY ARE RECOGNIZED

WHEN THEY'RE AWARDED

THE MARINE SOCIETY'S
THOMAS GRAY SILVER MEDAL.

AND I THINK THAT'S ONE
OF THE MORE REMARKABLE STORIES

ABOUT THIS,
IS THEIR CONTINUED PERSISTENCE

TO GET TO THE BOTTOM
OF WHAT HAPPENED.

I BELIEVE THAT SHIP

TRIED TO KEEP THEM
SEAFARERS SAFE,

AND IN THE END,
IT WAS JUST TOO MUCH,

SHE WAS JUST TOO TIRED.

SHE'D LOST HER TRIM, HER HEAD
WAS CONSTANTLY UNDER THE WATER,

AND YOU WERE JUST WAITING
FOR THAT HATCH-BREAKING WAVE,

AND WHEN IT COME,
SHE JUST COULDN'T DO ANY MORE.