Abandoned Engineering — S01E04 — Ghost Ships

00:00:03 They were once the most advanced buildings and structures on the planet.

00:02:03 People don't know how close we were to World War III during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

00:04:06 and arrived here in Australia.

00:06:04 The magic of the turret is that it can be rotated 360 degrees.

00:07:46 had been commanded in the war with Great Britain,

00:09:47 and had to travel 16,000 kilometers across the most dangerous waters on the planet.

00:11:37 if Cerberus didn't exist.

00:13:25 I see new things every time.

00:15:14 what you see behind me and all around us,

00:17:26 Captain Nigel James is an expert in shipwreck recovery.

00:19:08 Ernest Cox was an engineer with no seabed rescue experience,

00:20:53 and he welded them together, making very long pipes

00:22:41 in this way, only high-quality steel could be used,

00:24:26 his factories had been producing equipment for the Allies for two years.

00:26:12 they were sacrificial, meeting a German submarine

00:28:03 The ships had to be built quickly, the problem was with raw wood,

00:29:43 from where they were transported to Alexandria to have the metal parts removed.

00:31:30 that it is not only difficult to get rid of wooden steamships .

00:33:19 a warship symbolizing the cold war, as it is the most active,

00:35:23 that they could not remain under water for a long time.

00:37:25 and you begin to lose your mind - judgment is no longer the same

00:39:20 creating a looming natural disaster.

00:41:38 But her wreck has become a center for marine conservation.

00:43:28 traveled to the stars.