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The Night a 91,000‑Ton Ship Vanished: The Derbyshire Mystery
The Night a 91,000‑Ton Ship Vanished: The Derbyshire Mystery
A 91,000‑ton British ship vanished in the western Pacific on 9 September 1980 without sending a single distress call, and six weeks later only one empty lifeboat was found drifting - no bodies, no debris, no oil. How could a vessel longer than three football fields disappear so utterly, and what hidden flaw in ship design did the wreck four kilometres down reveal?
In this episode, we lay out the Derbyshire's final voyage, the crew and cargo she carried, the weather routing she followed, and the six‑week search that turned up almost…
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