Documentary

Calypso's Search for the Britannic

Name: Calypso's Search for the Britannic
Director: Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1977-11-22
Duration: 55 min
Cast: Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Pierre Cabarou, Raymond Coll, Albert Falco, Sheila Macbeth Mitchell

November 22, 1977

55m

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.