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Calypso's Search for the Britannic

Calypso's Search for the Britannic

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Status

Released

Release Date

Nov 22, 1977

Runtime

0h 55m

Genres

Documentary

Original Title

Calypso's Search for the Britannic

Production Companies

PBS

Director

Jacques-Yves Cousteau

Description

For 70 years, the sudden sinking of the mighty British ship Britannic - larger than the sister ship Titanic - has been shrouded in mystery. Jacques Cousteau reveals the full story of November 21, 1916 when, on her sixth journey as a hospital ship, Britannic exploded and sank into the Aegean Sea.