They were created to be the world s largest, grandest and safest ocean liners. Each were launched and sold as ships that would never sink, but despite this boast, all three were involved in maritime disasters, and two of the three were lost in the most dramatic of circumstances. This compelling documentary investigates the doomed history and flawed design of the White Star Liners Olympic, Titanic and Britannic from inception to disaster.
Production
Rare archival footage and wreck dives that'll make you gasp underwater.
Writing
Narrator delivers 'unsinkable' irony with delicious restraint.
Director
James Barker
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Olympic actually rammed and sank a U-boat in WWI — the only sister with a combat kill.
The documentary reveals Britannic's watertight doors were fatally modified before her final voyage — a fix that failed.
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