Voyages of Discovery: Hanging by a Thread
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm, Saturday, August 15 on BBC Four (9)
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Hanging by a Thread
Paul Rose recounts the story of how American submarine USS Squalus became stranded in the Atlantic in 1939 after a fault caused a partial flooding of the vessel and the deaths of 26 men. The surviving 33 crew members were rescued by divers under the direction of inventor Charles Momsen, employing his pioneering underwater escape apparatus
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Paul Rose
(Presenter)
Sean Smith
(Producer)
Jeremy Phillips
(Series producer)
