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SCIENCE . TECHNOLOGY

The Salvagemasters II

4 × 45' (ENG, GER)

Space capsules, lost wrecks, and fierce seas, the Salvagemasters tackle the ocean’s toughest missions.

Follow the salvage masters of salvage companies, large and small. Jean Godeanu, of Aqua Blue Diving, will raise the Fortuna S, together with the teams of Smit and Mammoet, who raised the Tricolor car transport have now been called upon by the Rijkwaaterstaat of Holland to cut up and take away the Baltic ace. Jim Bruseth, who raised the 17th-century French Frigate La Belle, wrecked off the coast of Texas, marking the end of France's dream of an American Colony in the West. The spectacular splash down of the European Space Agency Experimental Re-entry Vehicle in the Pacific Ocean is maybe the most extraordinary salvage. The Neri brothers of Livorno will recover IXV from the sea. Their specially designed tugboat will haul the European space ship aboard and take it home after its brief space flight.

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Season 1
Season 3

Episodes

  1. Splash Down - Recovering the IXY

    A crew of salvage masters retrieves an experimental space capsule from the European Space Agency out of the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Panama. The documentary follows the capsule’s construction and successful launch, its critical re-entry into the atmosphere, and the final splashdown in the Pacific.

  2. Raising La Belle

    The sinking of the French ship "La Belle" three hundred years ago in the Gulf of Mexico marked the end of France’s colonial ambitions in western Louisiana. How could such a small sailing vessel have such a remarkable impact on the course of American and European history?

  3. Cabo de Hornos

    The research vessel Cabo de Hornos was still under construction in a Chilean shipyard when a powerful earthquake struck, breaking it free from its chains and sending it drifting dangerously out to sea. A tsunami triggered by the same quake then hurled the ship back onto land.

  4. Wild Coast

    In 2006, a container ship ran aground shortly after leaving the port of East London in South Africa, breaking in two. This posed an extraordinary challenge for the Dutch salvage experts of Mammoet Salvage, who had to devise a plan to bring the vessel ashore. Their solution: installing three massive cranes...

Facts

  • Original Title
    Die Schiffsretter – Bergung auf hoher See II
  • Year
    2015
  • Length
    4 × 45' (ENG, GER)
  • Resolution
    HD
  • Film by
    Paul Russell, Andrea Vogt
  • Produced by
    Millstream Films, Autentic