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Discovery Channel Documentaries: Season 1997

1997x14 The Floating Inferno - Yarmouth Castle
TV-G

  • Discovery
  • 45m
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
The Yarmouth Castle embarked on an overnight trip from Miami to the Bahamas every weekend until November 1965 when this mdnight cruise to paradise became a floating inferno that left 87 passengers dead. When a small storeroom fire went undetected, it let to one of the deadliest American shipwrecks since the 1930's. The fire was finally disocvered, but it was too late. Firehoses malfunctioned, radio equipment was destroyed, communication broke down, alarms failed, the captain abandoned ship, passengers panicked. Survivor and crew interviews, thrilling re-enactments, rare film footage, and frightening details reveal the bravery, terror and mystery aboard the Yarmouth Castle.
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