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When an Entire Crew Vanished: The Cemfjord's Silent Capsize
When an Entire Crew Vanished: The Cemfjord's Silent Capsize
Fear of sudden, inexplicable loss grabs you at once: an 83‑metre cement carrier carrying 2,000 tonnes inverted in the Pentland Firth and sank to 82 metres with eight crew gone and no distress call - how could an entire crew disappear without a single signal?
In this episode, we walk through the Cemfjord’s final voyage, its recent safety problems, and the prior unreported list in the same stretch of water, asking whether those red flags could have predicted the disaster - what exactly happened in those final hours?
Person: eight crew…
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