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During World War II many submarines

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disappeared without a trace,

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their fate unknown.

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One of those was the British submarine, Perseus,

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who in 1941 disappeared somewhere in the Mediterranean,

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taking to the bottom her entire crew.

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(siren blaring)
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Rudders midships, hull depth.

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Only one man knew the true story

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of what had happened to the submarine and her crew.

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And that man was John Capes.

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Welcome aboard, passenger Capes.

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John was lucky not have been burned or suffocated,

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and his escape from the submarine

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is nothing short of a miracle.

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Surviving the destruction of the submarine,

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it would take all of his wits to evade capture

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and survive on the enemy occupied island.

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(waves crashing)
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(man whistles)

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(man speaking in foreign language)

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During World War II, in the evening of December 6, 1941,

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the British submarine Perseus struck a mine

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while patrolling off the Greek island of Kefalonia.

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The following morning, a sole survivor, John Capes,

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washed ashore with an incredible claim

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of escaping from a sunken submarine,

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ascending to the surface,

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an miraculously making it to shore.

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(soldiers speaking in foreign language)

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(cart rattling)

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Water. (coughing)

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I need water.

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Exhausted and hurt, Capes is at the mercy

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of the Kefalonian people

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if he expects to evade captured by the Italian soldiers.

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(John coughing)

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Capes is suffering from decompression illness,

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a sickness divers get

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when they come to the surface too quickly.

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For some time it was touch and go.

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It appeared that John was more dead than alive.

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(John sputtering)

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To the end of his life, no one would believe John Capes

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when he told the story of his amazing escape and survival.

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It's been 77 years since the loss of the Perseus

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and nowadays dozens of vessels pass by here every day

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with no idea of the events

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that took place here back in 1941.

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(ship's horn blaring)

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Before we really get in to diving operations,

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I think it's gonna be in our best interest

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to go all the way around,

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'cause it's a highly fished area,

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so I anticipate we're gonna see a lot

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of fishing nets and lines.

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We've only got about an hour of daylight,

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so I suggest that we obviously

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use the current to our advantage,

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and work our way around the submarine,

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looking for those entanglements.

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So that you're not gonna have a problem with the ROV.

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We wouldn't want Bob getting hung up on the wreck.

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Okay, we'll do it.

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No problem?

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Dima, what's the best way to move?

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We should start with the bow,

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where the current is now that direction,

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and proceed around this direction and come back.

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It should take us less than one hour, for sure.

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So we'll use the current to our advantage,

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go around the wreck, and then by that time

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it might be dark and we may as well

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just focus on some of the close ups

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that we'll need to tell the story of the Perseus.

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I have been exploring submarine wrecks

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around the world for over 25 years.

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Nearly every one of these ship wrecks

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has taken their crew and their stories to the bottom.

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By exploring these grave sites

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I have found answers to mysteries

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and provided closure to families.

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But this is a dangerous endeavor,

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and over the years I've lost friends diving on shipwrecks.

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It's a terrible and tragic price to pay for these answers.

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Today's new technology, like these submersibles,

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have expanded my abilities in exploration

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and made it safer to go even deeper.

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Triton to Navigator, starting to descend.

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(water gurgling)

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Copy that, good luck.

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Triton to Navigator, all readings in green.

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Copy that, Triton.

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So the ROV's now on the conning tower.

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I'm staring to see something.

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Yeah, there is it.

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Yeah, all right.

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Triton, I see you.

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Okay Bob, stop above the conning tower.

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Copy, Triton.

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Look at the size of it, this is a huge submarine.

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It was intended to operate in the Pacific,

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not the shallow waters of the Mediterranean.

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Triton, QU, I'm listening.

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I'm right above you, observing you.

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Get some light on the conning tower, if you can.

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This is the area of the control room,

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brain, or nerve center of the submarine.

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This is where, obviously, all the commands from the captain,

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whether to dive the submarine, go on to the surface,

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whether to use the diesel motors or the electric motors.

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Charge.

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Everything.

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Get the fresh air.

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Be careful, there's a large fishing net

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on the port side.

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Copy that.

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See, that's not the position that the gun would be in.

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Obviously that fishing net has pulled it over.

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And it's moved once or twice a year,

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so you can see, by the same, by the fishermen.

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They're pulling it in different directions.

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When the explosion sank Perseus,

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onboard, right here on the conning tower,

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was the bridge watch.

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And none of them survived.

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I can only think during the explosion

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probably broke their arms, their legs, terrible.

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I mean, they were on the surface.

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They could have made the same swim that Capes did,

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but the explosion debilitated them, they couldn't do it.

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I want to check inside the conning tower.

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Okay, Bob, I'm coming.

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Okay, thank you.

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Dima, I'm entering.

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Bob, be careful, there is a fishing line below you.

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Copy that, Triton.

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As John Capes dropped down that hatch

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and headed inside the Perseus,

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he had no idea that the mission would end so tragically

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and his journey would go on for so many years.

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(sailors chattering)

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Quickly now lads, grab your stuff,

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we're taking off.

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Permission to enter, sir.

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Leading stoker John Hawtrey Capes, sir,

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arrived and at your disposal.

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Welcome aboard, passenger Capes.

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Your suite is located at the stern of the vessel.

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(door clanging)

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John Capes was a stoker

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with a long history on His Majesty's submarines,

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serving on the L-34, the Thrasher,

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and the sister ship to the Perseus, the Olympus.

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He was only onboard the Perseus as a passenger,

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hitching a ride to get back to his own boat, the Olympus.

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Home sweet home.

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I'm John, but my friends call me Choppa.

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I'm Pete.

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In 1940, while the submarine was stationed in Malta,

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Capes rented a car to tour the island with some friends.

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While he was driving, he hit a bus.

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(upbeat jazz music)

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Hey, let's go to dance.

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Please.

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I'll watch you, go.

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A few months after the incident,

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the Maltese courts began proceedings,

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and Capes' presence was required at the hearing.

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The worsening situation on Malta

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was protracting John's case for too long.

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Finally the admiralty, tired of waiting

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for the court proceedings to end,

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decided to send him to Alexandria

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to continue his service.

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He was to travel there aboard the submarine HMS Perseus,

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with whose crew John had been spending time with

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at that moment.

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(people chattering)

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There you are.

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Steve, at last, I was beginning to think

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you weren't gonna arrive.

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Yeah, got put up at the base.

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I'll have one of those.

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By the way, Lieutenant Cartwright's been looking for you.

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Cartwright, the shrimp?

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I wonder what he wants all of a sudden.

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Well, the order's just come in.

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You, my friend, are going to Alexandria.

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Alexandria?

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When?

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Tomorrow, I'm afraid.

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But I still have tonight.

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(laughs)
♪ My only sunshine ♪

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♪ You make me happy ♪
Come on, let's sing a song.

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♪ When skies are gray ♪

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(footsteps thudding)
(typewriter clacking)

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Lieutenant Nicholas Merlin.

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Sir, I would like to speak to Commander George Simpson.

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What is the purpose of your visit?

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It's personal.

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Please, speak to his secretary.

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Capes was heading to Alexandria to join his crew,

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but he was not the only passenger aboard the Perseus.

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Captain Nicholas Merlin was also aboard,

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gaining additional experience

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before getting a submarine of his own.

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This patrol to intercept enemy convoys

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was the exact type of training Nicholas would need.

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Merchant shipping was the lifeblood

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of Rommel's Afrika Korps.

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Food and fuel was just as important as bombs and bullets.

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Without the supply line,

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Rommel's troops would be stopped in their tracks.

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Naval convoys had been in use for centuries.

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The idea is a simple one.

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Group all of your merchant ships together

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under military protections of both aircraft and destroyers.

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(ship creaking)

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Despite the bad weather,

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the paths of Perseus and the Axis convoy had crossed.

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Submerge to periscope depth, heading 80 degrees,

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half speed ahead.

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Both diesel engines to stop,

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electric motors to half speed ahead.

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Solomon Green, 100 degrees.

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(siren blaring)
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Rudders midships, hull depth.

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Close the main ballast valve.

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Bloody hell First Mate, I said periscope depth.

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Are you capable of following my orders, or not?

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Periscope depth, 32 feet.

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Once contact is made it would depend

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on the captain's experience and a bit of luck

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to get the submarine into good firing position.

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If the merchant vessel didn't change its course,

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their destiny is sealed.

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(suspenseful music)

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(thunder rumbling)

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(ship's engines chugging)

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Bearing 150, sound of the propellers.

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High revs, maybe a destroyer.

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There's a second hit, bearing 330.

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That's better.

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Mr. Robertson, battle stations.

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Flood torpedo tubes one to six.

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Bearing marked, open outer doors one to six.

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Open the outer doors.

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(doors clanging)

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That's not even fair.

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First Mate, track angle.

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Five right, sir.

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(dramatic music)

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Fire tubes one and two.

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Fire tubes one and two.

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Fire torpedoes one and two.

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Reverse cells on 80 green.

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High revs, directly on us.

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Merchant vessels themselves may be a soft target,

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but they can come at a price

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when being escorted by a destroyer.

271
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Electric motors one-third ahead,

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abort torpedo attack.

273
00:19:19,460 --> 00:19:20,490
Abort torpedo attack.

274
00:19:20,490 --> 00:19:23,310
Set depth to 200 feet, emergency deep.

275
00:19:23,310 --> 00:19:25,173
Shut off countermeasures attack.

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Maximum immersion angles,

277
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electric motors full speed ahead, depth 200 feet.

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No movement in the compartments, silent running.

279
00:19:34,660 --> 00:19:36,560
The sound of the propellor to the starboard,

280
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passing over us.

281
00:19:38,570 --> 00:19:39,773
I hear splashes.

282
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The destroyer is the natural enemy

283
00:19:46,410 --> 00:19:47,640
of a submarine.

284
00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:50,680
All they have to do is get close with a depth charge,

285
00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:53,067
and that would be enough to rip open the hull

286
00:19:53,067 --> 00:19:55,510
and send the sub to the bottom.

287
00:19:55,510 --> 00:19:57,490
(explosions booming in distance)

288
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Not too close.

289
00:19:59,934 --> 00:20:04,017
(explosions booming in distance)

290
00:20:11,116 --> 00:20:13,900
Turn off the bloody valve.

291
00:20:13,900 --> 00:20:15,750
Each explosion pushes the submarine

292
00:20:15,750 --> 00:20:18,000
deeper and deeper into the water.

293
00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:19,950
With the increasing water pressure,

294
00:20:19,950 --> 00:20:23,173
it crushes the submarines and starts to break the pipes.

295
00:20:24,231 --> 00:20:29,231
These bloody Italians, they can't hit right.

296
00:20:30,020 --> 00:20:35,020
(explosion booming)
(tense music)

297
00:20:37,250 --> 00:20:38,770
Regardless of whether the destroyers

298
00:20:38,770 --> 00:20:41,330
find and sink Perseus or not,

299
00:20:41,330 --> 00:20:44,022
once she lets go of her torpedoes,

300
00:20:44,022 --> 00:20:46,296
the intended target is doomed.

301
00:20:46,296 --> 00:20:51,296
(explosion booming)
(ship creaking)

302
00:20:56,762 --> 00:20:59,512
(dramatic music)

303
00:21:03,296 --> 00:21:07,879
(sailors shouting in foreign language)

304
00:21:31,877 --> 00:21:35,510
(birds chirping)
(waves crashing)

305
00:21:35,510 --> 00:21:38,700
All right, we've got a fantastic sonar image

306
00:21:38,700 --> 00:21:42,180
and we're moving back to get in position

307
00:21:42,180 --> 00:21:44,920
to start dive operations.

308
00:21:44,920 --> 00:21:48,650
This really looks to be like all of the targets

309
00:21:48,650 --> 00:21:51,490
that the British submarines like Perseus were hunting.

310
00:21:51,490 --> 00:21:54,960
An Italian merchant vessel carrying cargo

311
00:21:54,960 --> 00:21:57,750
destined for Rommel in North Africa.

312
00:21:57,750 --> 00:22:02,750
If we are lucky we can get inside these open hatches,

313
00:22:02,840 --> 00:22:04,580
with Bob, with the ROV,

314
00:22:04,580 --> 00:22:06,240
and see some of that cargo.

315
00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:11,240
Bombs, aviation fuel, who knows maybe even armor;

316
00:22:11,590 --> 00:22:13,240
tanks, Jeeps, that kind of stuff.

317
00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:17,380
It's really gonna be on your shoulders to get in there.

318
00:22:17,380 --> 00:22:19,820
We'll be outside with the Triton,

319
00:22:19,820 --> 00:22:21,720
making sure you don't get caught on the masts

320
00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:23,890
or any of that, but, you're gonna be the guy

321
00:22:23,890 --> 00:22:25,090
to bring home the image.

322
00:22:26,623 --> 00:22:29,970
(suspenseful music)

323
00:22:29,970 --> 00:22:32,300
Along these ancient convoy routes

324
00:22:32,300 --> 00:22:35,760
are the reminders of battles fought over the centuries.

325
00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:37,573
Ships lost along the way.

326
00:22:38,410 --> 00:22:42,143
Traces of war, fought long ago, that the sea hides.

327
00:22:43,720 --> 00:22:47,203
As underwater explorers we reveal this lost history.

328
00:22:49,630 --> 00:22:50,493
I'm at the bow.

329
00:22:53,438 --> 00:22:56,060
Copy that Triton, reading your position.

330
00:22:58,700 --> 00:23:00,710
Okay, well that confirms that this is

331
00:23:02,310 --> 00:23:04,540
one of the many vessels that were being used,

332
00:23:04,540 --> 00:23:06,260
possibly by the Italians,

333
00:23:06,260 --> 00:23:09,313
that was carrying munitions.

334
00:23:11,200 --> 00:23:13,230
That's a pretty dramatic bow shot.

335
00:23:13,230 --> 00:23:15,800
No damage here up at the front of the ship.

336
00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,493
Both anchors are right up in the hawsepipes.

337
00:23:19,530 --> 00:23:21,970
Doesn't look like there was anything that happened up here.

338
00:23:21,970 --> 00:23:24,073
It must have settled stern first.

339
00:23:26,150 --> 00:23:28,420
At this point there's no damage.

340
00:23:28,420 --> 00:23:30,010
Visibility looks pretty good.

341
00:23:30,010 --> 00:23:31,310
You can see the sea floor.

342
00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:34,353
Triton.

343
00:23:35,750 --> 00:23:37,200
Navigator, go ahead.

344
00:23:38,288 --> 00:23:41,718
ROV is deployed and ready to submerge.

345
00:23:41,718 --> 00:23:43,759
Copy that.

346
00:23:43,759 --> 00:23:46,509
(ethereal music)

347
00:23:54,403 --> 00:23:56,460
Many of these shipwrecks are far beyond

348
00:23:56,460 --> 00:23:59,060
the limit of where divers can go.

349
00:23:59,060 --> 00:24:01,150
It is here in the great depths

350
00:24:01,150 --> 00:24:04,253
that our advanced technology allows us to explore.

351
00:24:08,580 --> 00:24:10,890
Look at that accommodation area.

352
00:24:10,890 --> 00:24:13,943
That's four decks, four decks tall,

353
00:24:15,170 --> 00:24:16,633
in amazing condition.

354
00:24:18,300 --> 00:24:20,380
The top layer, that's where the bridge was,

355
00:24:20,380 --> 00:24:24,100
where they obviously controlled the ship

356
00:24:24,100 --> 00:24:27,580
and then the second, third, and fourth would be

357
00:24:27,580 --> 00:24:30,043
where the crew would live, eat, and sleep.

358
00:24:32,950 --> 00:24:35,140
Yeah, like that, now we can actually see

359
00:24:35,140 --> 00:24:38,048
from one side all the way to the other.

360
00:24:38,048 --> 00:24:40,965
(mysterious music)

361
00:24:51,949 --> 00:24:53,032
Triton, QU.

362
00:24:54,810 --> 00:24:55,737
Where are you?

363
00:24:56,620 --> 00:24:59,300
Triton, we're by the propeller.

364
00:24:59,300 --> 00:25:01,817
Okay, moving your direction.

365
00:25:01,817 --> 00:25:04,963
Moving along port side and leaving Bob to you.

366
00:25:13,503 --> 00:25:16,500
You know, between the British submarines and the aircraft,

367
00:25:16,500 --> 00:25:20,450
that was the only way they could stop the flow of material

368
00:25:20,450 --> 00:25:21,853
going to North Africa.

369
00:25:24,650 --> 00:25:27,350
Every ship like this that they sank

370
00:25:27,350 --> 00:25:30,130
was fuel, bombs, and bullets

371
00:25:30,130 --> 00:25:33,613
that was deprived to Rommel and the Afrika Korps.

372
00:25:40,060 --> 00:25:42,910
The top of the stern looks like its in pretty good shape.

373
00:25:49,770 --> 00:25:51,363
Let's go see down below.

374
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:55,800
It's things like that that help us identify the ship.

375
00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,350
Did it have one engine, two engines.

376
00:25:58,350 --> 00:26:01,283
Did it have a deck gun, the cargo that it's carrying.

377
00:26:02,660 --> 00:26:05,740
The starboard propellor is missing one blade.

378
00:26:05,740 --> 00:26:07,977
Look how the rudder is pushed in.

379
00:26:09,981 --> 00:26:12,980
Like upwards into the hull.

380
00:26:12,980 --> 00:26:14,780
I guess that happened when it came down.

381
00:26:14,780 --> 00:26:16,703
It must have come down stern first.

382
00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,920
Triton, come by when you're done.

383
00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:28,793
I want to enter the cargo hatch.

384
00:26:31,500 --> 00:26:32,773
Don't go in without me.

385
00:26:34,483 --> 00:26:36,410
It's in really good condition.

386
00:26:36,410 --> 00:26:37,680
I guess the water depth here,

387
00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:39,900
the fact that fishing nets can't get at it

388
00:26:39,900 --> 00:26:41,143
has protected the wreck.

389
00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:43,863
Wow, look at that.

390
00:26:45,610 --> 00:26:46,943
That's pretty impressive.

391
00:26:48,610 --> 00:26:50,300
You know, these ventilators,

392
00:26:50,300 --> 00:26:54,043
you never see them on wrecks shallower than this.

393
00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:00,853
I see you approaching the hatch.

394
00:27:07,336 --> 00:27:09,583
Got it, I'm entering.

395
00:27:09,583 --> 00:27:11,610
Try not to dazzle me.

396
00:27:11,610 --> 00:27:13,130
Sure.

397
00:27:13,130 --> 00:27:15,030
But don't get inside too deep.

398
00:27:19,148 --> 00:27:23,398
Don't worry, I'm not going in without Bob.

399
00:27:27,259 --> 00:27:29,695
It's very dangerous, too.

400
00:27:29,695 --> 00:27:31,540
'Cause we can't help him if he has a problem.

401
00:27:31,540 --> 00:27:32,730
He's got to figure it out by himself.

402
00:27:32,730 --> 00:27:34,973
Still depth, depth allowance.

403
00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:38,540
Follow me down here.

404
00:27:38,540 --> 00:27:41,290
(majestic music)

405
00:27:45,014 --> 00:27:48,514
There are several decks of cargo.

406
00:27:53,300 --> 00:27:56,370
Oh wow, there's a whole parking lot here.

407
00:27:59,372 --> 00:28:00,856
Bob, you're doing a good job

408
00:28:00,856 --> 00:28:02,236
with the light there.

409
00:28:02,236 --> 00:28:05,153
Turn a little to your left.

410
00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:09,110
Every ship sunk would deprive the enemy

411
00:28:09,110 --> 00:28:10,900
of desperately needed food,

412
00:28:10,900 --> 00:28:14,090
fuel, ammunition, and vehicles.

413
00:28:14,090 --> 00:28:16,450
But the most tragic cost was in the thousands

414
00:28:16,450 --> 00:28:19,293
of soldiers and sailors who were sent to the bottom.

415
00:28:21,820 --> 00:28:24,470
These successes against Axis shipping

416
00:28:24,470 --> 00:28:26,790
took their toll on British submarines.

417
00:28:26,790 --> 00:28:30,223
But fortunately, Perseus escaped undamaged.

418
00:28:32,540 --> 00:28:35,630
Two days later, while patrolling in Greek waters,

419
00:28:35,630 --> 00:28:38,500
Perseus was ordered near the island of Kefalonia

420
00:28:38,500 --> 00:28:40,960
to intercept a convoy that would be coming

421
00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:42,333
out of the Corinth Channel.

422
00:28:44,324 --> 00:28:45,680
Sir?

423
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:47,293
The First Mate is waiting in the mess.

424
00:29:05,450 --> 00:29:07,800
Mr. Merlin, please, join us.

425
00:29:07,800 --> 00:29:11,580
Thanks, but I don't think I'm hungry now.

426
00:29:11,580 --> 00:29:14,003
(chuckles) It's not much fun when it pitches.

427
00:29:15,110 --> 00:29:16,973
Or is it different on Greek boats?

428
00:29:18,260 --> 00:29:21,410
Well, not really no, it pitches exactly the same way.

429
00:29:21,410 --> 00:29:24,053
Just we normally submerge in this kind of weather.

430
00:29:24,940 --> 00:29:27,170
About an hour ago we made contact with a convoy,

431
00:29:27,170 --> 00:29:29,593
so we're trying our best not to lose it.

432
00:29:30,446 --> 00:29:32,470
So we can't dive right now.

433
00:29:32,470 --> 00:29:33,720
Excuse me, it's my shift.

434
00:29:36,190 --> 00:29:39,603
Some brew, of course not terribly fresh.

435
00:29:40,730 --> 00:29:42,697
At least it was warm not long ago.

436
00:29:42,697 --> 00:29:43,850
(horn blaring)

437
00:29:43,850 --> 00:29:45,870
Oh well, so it begins.

438
00:29:45,870 --> 00:29:49,710
Now we definitely won't be getting any sleep.

439
00:29:49,710 --> 00:29:52,520
For Nicholas Merlin today was no ordinary day.

440
00:29:52,520 --> 00:29:54,610
Today was the Feast of St. Nicholas,

441
00:29:54,610 --> 00:29:56,300
for whom he had been named.

442
00:29:56,300 --> 00:29:58,600
As fate would have it, he was passing right by

443
00:29:58,600 --> 00:30:00,400
the island of Kefalonia,

444
00:30:00,400 --> 00:30:02,810
where his mother and family had come from.

445
00:30:02,810 --> 00:30:05,100
But what Nicholas Merlin didn't know

446
00:30:05,100 --> 00:30:06,833
was today would be his last day.

447
00:30:10,114 --> 00:30:11,959
(explosion booming)

448
00:30:11,959 --> 00:30:14,876
(sailors shouting)

449
00:30:16,668 --> 00:30:21,668
Put out the fire, put out the fire.

450
00:30:34,859 --> 00:30:37,235
(explosion booming)

451
00:30:37,235 --> 00:30:39,982
(sailors shouting)

452
00:30:39,982 --> 00:30:42,649
(ship creaking)

453
00:30:53,119 --> 00:30:56,450
Stand by to operate submarine.

454
00:30:56,450 --> 00:30:58,410
On the prior dive we located

455
00:30:58,410 --> 00:31:00,070
one of the mine anchors,

456
00:31:00,070 --> 00:31:01,803
and now we're going to survey it.

457
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,610
Mines could be laid offensively or defensively,

458
00:31:05,610 --> 00:31:07,410
to either protect the harbor

459
00:31:07,410 --> 00:31:10,740
or limit an enemy's access to the area.

460
00:31:10,740 --> 00:31:13,200
Once laid, the mines can be activated

461
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:14,800
either by hitting them,

462
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:17,470
by sound, or magnetism.

463
00:31:17,470 --> 00:31:19,070
And a mine doesn't know the difference

464
00:31:19,070 --> 00:31:20,433
between a friend or a foe.

465
00:31:22,761 --> 00:31:25,132
Diver standing still.

466
00:31:25,132 --> 00:31:27,632
Starting the diving operation.

467
00:31:35,272 --> 00:31:38,022
(water sloshing)

468
00:31:46,638 --> 00:31:47,893
(speaker drowned out by background noise)

469
00:31:47,893 --> 00:31:49,481
Almost buoyant, feel free to.

470
00:31:49,481 --> 00:31:54,100
(speaker drowned out by background noise)

471
00:31:54,100 --> 00:31:57,730
The diver has almost reached the preset depth.

472
00:31:57,730 --> 00:31:59,230
Copy that, on my way.

473
00:32:02,260 --> 00:32:03,910
Hey Sergei, is he on the bottom?

474
00:32:03,910 --> 00:32:06,111
Yeah, on the bottom.

475
00:32:06,111 --> 00:32:06,944
Okay.

476
00:32:09,832 --> 00:32:12,924
I'm here, all is quiet.

477
00:32:12,924 --> 00:32:16,757
(speech drowned out by music)

478
00:32:17,770 --> 00:32:19,930
Now he's looking at us.

479
00:32:19,930 --> 00:32:22,464
How long has Andrew been down on the bottom?

480
00:32:22,464 --> 00:32:24,563
About 15 minutes.

481
00:32:24,563 --> 00:32:26,281
You need a lift down there?

482
00:32:26,281 --> 00:32:30,747
No. (speech drowned out by bubbles gurgling)

483
00:32:30,747 --> 00:32:32,330
I am by the object.

484
00:32:36,670 --> 00:32:38,740
That looks like that might be

485
00:32:38,740 --> 00:32:40,033
an anchor for a mine.

486
00:32:41,651 --> 00:32:43,073
Can't be that far if he's,

487
00:32:44,120 --> 00:32:45,810
as far as his umbilical.

488
00:32:45,810 --> 00:32:48,203
So it's gotta be relatively close.

489
00:32:49,480 --> 00:32:51,243
I am by the anchor.

490
00:32:51,243 --> 00:32:53,753
Judging by its size, the mine was quite large.

491
00:32:55,554 --> 00:32:57,340
It looks like one that belonged

492
00:32:57,340 --> 00:33:00,180
to a World War II minefield.

493
00:33:00,180 --> 00:33:01,930
That could actually be the mine anchor

494
00:33:01,930 --> 00:33:05,253
for the mine that sank Perseus.

495
00:33:07,771 --> 00:33:09,670
It is less than 20 meters

496
00:33:09,670 --> 00:33:12,389
between the wreck and the anchor.

497
00:33:12,389 --> 00:33:15,448
Must be from that exact mine.

498
00:33:15,448 --> 00:33:17,675
QU, I'm approaching the propellers,

499
00:33:17,675 --> 00:33:19,693
give me some light.

500
00:33:19,693 --> 00:33:21,010
I see you, careful.

501
00:33:21,010 --> 00:33:23,963
Don't get tangled, it's covered in fishing lines.

502
00:33:25,502 --> 00:33:29,875
(bubbles gurgling)
(mysterious music)

503
00:33:29,875 --> 00:33:33,042
Both propellers are intact.

504
00:33:36,097 --> 00:33:38,246
It seems that this compartment,

505
00:33:38,246 --> 00:33:40,163
it belongs to deck one.

506
00:33:44,601 --> 00:33:47,499
(dramatic music)

507
00:33:47,499 --> 00:33:50,032
Are you there, coming to help.

508
00:33:50,032 --> 00:33:51,024
What?

509
00:33:51,024 --> 00:33:52,181
Are you all in one piece?

510
00:33:52,181 --> 00:33:53,801
I can hardly hear you.

511
00:33:53,801 --> 00:33:56,301
Shine that on my leg.

512
00:33:57,412 --> 00:33:58,995
What have we hit?

513
00:34:00,772 --> 00:34:01,605
You sure?

514
00:34:02,620 --> 00:34:04,890
That wouldn't have been too bad.

515
00:34:04,890 --> 00:34:06,760
It appears we've hit the bottom.

516
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:08,709
While submerging?

517
00:34:08,709 --> 00:34:10,259
Well, you could call it that.

518
00:34:11,524 --> 00:34:13,857
I can't hear you.

519
00:34:15,130 --> 00:34:17,990
The pressure, it's pricked your ear drums.

520
00:34:19,980 --> 00:34:23,063
(submarine chugging)

521
00:34:25,226 --> 00:34:29,131
Now, I'm gonna go check the next compartment.

522
00:34:29,131 --> 00:34:30,220
Maybe it's dry.

523
00:34:30,220 --> 00:34:32,363
You wait here, try to keep quiet.

524
00:34:33,700 --> 00:34:35,880
After the explosion and sinking,

525
00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:39,670
Perseus was slowly killing the few men left alive.

526
00:34:39,670 --> 00:34:43,100
Smoke and poison gas filled every compartment.

527
00:34:43,100 --> 00:34:45,580
And with each breath the men were using up

528
00:34:45,580 --> 00:34:47,063
what little oxygen remained.

529
00:34:49,620 --> 00:34:51,690
The only thing that the Perseus survivors

530
00:34:51,690 --> 00:34:54,490
had going for them was that the stern section

531
00:34:54,490 --> 00:34:57,830
had stayed intact and not yet flooded.

532
00:34:57,830 --> 00:34:59,950
These men had a way out.

533
00:34:59,950 --> 00:35:03,318
(siren blaring)

534
00:35:03,318 --> 00:35:04,688
What the bloody hell?

535
00:35:04,688 --> 00:35:06,967
Just get going to the left.

536
00:35:06,967 --> 00:35:09,191
We're going outside.

537
00:35:09,191 --> 00:35:11,217
(speech drowned out by background noise)

538
00:35:11,217 --> 00:35:12,815
Get this off.

539
00:35:12,815 --> 00:35:14,754
(sailors grunting)

540
00:35:14,754 --> 00:35:16,820
(explosion booming)

541
00:35:16,820 --> 00:35:20,456
Get out of here, let's go, go, go.

542
00:35:20,456 --> 00:35:21,456
Come on, go.

543
00:35:22,936 --> 00:35:25,436
Get this door shut.

544
00:35:27,849 --> 00:35:30,432
(door banging)

545
00:35:31,310 --> 00:35:34,227
(mysterious music)

546
00:35:37,510 --> 00:35:39,270
Look at the twist on the bow

547
00:35:39,270 --> 00:35:43,150
from where Perseus slammed into the sea floor.

548
00:35:43,150 --> 00:35:44,410
Kind of just took a nose

549
00:35:44,410 --> 00:35:46,423
and twisted it over like that.

550
00:35:53,551 --> 00:35:58,138
(radio chatter drowned out by background music)

551
00:35:58,138 --> 00:36:01,670
Or maybe that does just go.

552
00:36:01,670 --> 00:36:04,320
Gone, probably very thin steel.

553
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:05,783
And it just rotted away.

554
00:36:08,010 --> 00:36:11,240
It you were semi-conscious after the explosion

555
00:36:11,240 --> 00:36:12,790
and you're in this compartment,

556
00:36:13,710 --> 00:36:17,390
when you hit the sea floor everything's gonna move forward.

557
00:36:17,390 --> 00:36:19,990
Everything's gonna slide at the same time.

558
00:36:19,990 --> 00:36:21,623
Water's coming from behind you.

559
00:36:23,465 --> 00:36:25,543
Water came through everywhere.

560
00:36:27,630 --> 00:36:28,463
I don't think the guys

561
00:36:28,463 --> 00:36:31,560
in the forward compartments had a chance.

562
00:36:31,560 --> 00:36:32,393
Not at all.

563
00:36:34,359 --> 00:36:35,850
Navigator, go ahead.

564
00:36:35,850 --> 00:36:37,280
The current got stronger.

565
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:39,183
We are leaving the bow.

566
00:36:39,183 --> 00:36:41,933
Headed towards the conning tower.

567
00:36:44,630 --> 00:36:47,020
Move a little more forward, towards the torpedo room,

568
00:36:47,020 --> 00:36:50,350
because that's where the crew,

569
00:36:50,350 --> 00:36:53,680
obviously the majority of the crew, were sleeping,

570
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:54,880
amongst the torpedoes.

571
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:57,930
I mean they lived, ate, and slept

572
00:36:57,930 --> 00:37:00,437
right next to these huge weapons.

573
00:37:00,437 --> 00:37:03,187
(ethereal music)

574
00:37:10,690 --> 00:37:12,757
Yeah, so none of the hatches up here...

575
00:37:13,874 --> 00:37:15,850
The conning tower hatch is open, but...

576
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:18,810
That would have been open on the surface

577
00:37:18,810 --> 00:37:19,960
when the mine went off.

578
00:37:21,490 --> 00:37:23,523
But nobody tried to get out of the bow.

579
00:37:25,310 --> 00:37:27,800
Because I imagine the explosion,

580
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,023
sank very, very fast.

581
00:37:31,010 --> 00:37:32,850
We are approaching the bridge.

582
00:37:32,850 --> 00:37:35,830
We will attempt to send mini-ROV inside.

583
00:37:37,355 --> 00:37:41,390
Understood, do you need any assistance?

584
00:37:41,390 --> 00:37:44,040
We could use some additional light from above.

585
00:37:46,470 --> 00:37:50,540
So right here, this is pretty substantial damage.

586
00:37:50,540 --> 00:37:53,740
What I'm looking at here is obviously

587
00:37:53,740 --> 00:37:55,520
right adjacent to what would have been

588
00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:56,803
the battery compartment.

589
00:38:05,050 --> 00:38:08,370
Can you go that, yeah, yeah, perfect, perfect, perfect.

590
00:38:08,370 --> 00:38:11,453
Good, good, good, right there, awesome.

591
00:38:25,870 --> 00:38:27,620
Inside the stern compartment,

592
00:38:27,620 --> 00:38:29,923
time is stopped at that horrible moment.

593
00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:35,550
And a large depth gauge with its glass face,

594
00:38:35,550 --> 00:38:38,200
which at the time it sank would have shown

595
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:41,670
the incorrect depth of 270 feet,

596
00:38:41,670 --> 00:38:44,510
which at that time was believed impossible

597
00:38:44,510 --> 00:38:47,853
to escape from this depth, and yet Capes did it.

598
00:38:50,820 --> 00:38:53,905
And there's the torpedo tubes, right there.

599
00:38:53,905 --> 00:38:56,905
(suspenseful music)

600
00:38:59,190 --> 00:39:02,320
Many warships have a crest or ship's emblem,

601
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:05,640
and on Perseus it was a dragon with a sword

602
00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:07,123
driven into its mouth.

603
00:39:09,040 --> 00:39:11,220
We can see one of them right here

604
00:39:11,220 --> 00:39:12,753
on a torpedo tube door.

605
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,410
In some instances the torpedo tubes

606
00:39:16,410 --> 00:39:20,390
could be used in an emergency as a point of escape.

607
00:39:20,390 --> 00:39:23,542
They were of no help to the crew of the Perseus.

608
00:39:23,542 --> 00:39:25,994
(ship's horn blaring)

609
00:39:25,994 --> 00:39:28,827
(sailor grunting)

610
00:39:33,305 --> 00:39:36,055
Listen lads, the hatch is open.

611
00:39:37,993 --> 00:39:40,216
Then we surface in a couple of minutes.

612
00:39:40,216 --> 00:39:42,216
Let's go, one at a time.

613
00:39:45,090 --> 00:39:46,510
Capes was a stoker,

614
00:39:46,510 --> 00:39:48,510
or an engineer on the Olympus,

615
00:39:48,510 --> 00:39:49,810
the sister ship to the Perseus,

616
00:39:49,810 --> 00:39:52,443
so he knew this type of submarine very well.

617
00:39:53,680 --> 00:39:56,640
He gathered as many of the survivors as he could,

618
00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:58,640
but the odds were against them.

619
00:39:58,640 --> 00:40:01,976
Between the cold, the pressure, and the bad air.

620
00:40:01,976 --> 00:40:02,864
Let's go, let's go.

621
00:40:02,864 --> 00:40:04,163
They didn't stand a chance.

622
00:40:05,030 --> 00:40:06,530
Good men.

623
00:40:09,580 --> 00:40:11,900
Makes me wonder, when he took a few sips

624
00:40:11,900 --> 00:40:14,900
of that rum, if it not only steeled his spirits,

625
00:40:14,900 --> 00:40:19,900
but kept his core warm for that rapid ascent to the surface.

626
00:40:20,860 --> 00:40:25,022
Whatever it was, escaping the submarine was a miracle.

627
00:40:25,022 --> 00:40:28,772
(flourishing dramatic music)

628
00:40:36,815 --> 00:40:39,898
(submarine groaning)

629
00:40:45,393 --> 00:40:47,630
All World War II submarines were equipped

630
00:40:47,630 --> 00:40:51,770
with emergency hatches and the crew given escape lungs

631
00:40:51,770 --> 00:40:54,430
in the case that the submarine was to sink.

632
00:40:54,430 --> 00:40:57,720
The problem is Perseus is three times deeper

633
00:40:57,720 --> 00:41:00,040
than this equipment was ever designed.

634
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:03,490
Not only that, no one would be expected to survive

635
00:41:03,490 --> 00:41:06,878
an ascent from a submarine this deep.

636
00:41:06,878 --> 00:41:09,461
(ROV whirring)

637
00:41:11,790 --> 00:41:13,440
You know, I have mixed emotions.

638
00:41:13,440 --> 00:41:15,270
I mean I'm happy to be here,

639
00:41:15,270 --> 00:41:17,113
but I realize that this is a war grave.

640
00:41:17,113 --> 00:41:20,793
That the crew is still on board.

641
00:41:23,730 --> 00:41:25,780
I can't wait to get to the back,

642
00:41:25,780 --> 00:41:29,120
see if we can peek into the hatch

643
00:41:29,120 --> 00:41:31,440
where John Capes made that

644
00:41:32,690 --> 00:41:36,173
miraculous escape from this submarine.

645
00:41:45,625 --> 00:41:49,149
Triton, (speech drowned out by background noise).

646
00:41:49,149 --> 00:41:51,293
Just set.

647
00:41:51,293 --> 00:41:53,063
Now where did it go?

648
00:41:53,900 --> 00:41:56,450
Maybe it's been removed by the trawl nets.

649
00:41:57,670 --> 00:41:59,800
Some of the outer structure's been ripped away

650
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:01,860
or rotted away over the years, though.

651
00:42:01,860 --> 00:42:06,070
It's not 100% intact.

652
00:42:06,070 --> 00:42:08,723
But the pressure hull is right there.

653
00:42:10,221 --> 00:42:11,367
Top hatch is completely open.

654
00:42:13,083 --> 00:42:15,300
Everything just like Capes said.

655
00:42:19,452 --> 00:42:21,830
You know, when you think about Capes

656
00:42:21,830 --> 00:42:23,960
organizing the escape,

657
00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:27,710
giving aid to the injured sailors

658
00:42:27,710 --> 00:42:30,380
and then getting the escape lungs,

659
00:42:30,380 --> 00:42:31,570
flooding the compartment.

660
00:42:31,570 --> 00:42:35,243
I mean he really orchestrated the entire escape.

661
00:42:37,380 --> 00:42:40,200
And then three men ducked underneath

662
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:42,893
and then punched out, where we consider that.

663
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:48,227
Here we are, 190 feet from the surface.

664
00:42:48,227 --> 00:42:52,570
And only one of the three guys made it to the surface.

665
00:42:52,570 --> 00:42:53,723
Only Capes survived.

666
00:42:55,896 --> 00:42:59,860
This submarine did everything it could

667
00:42:59,860 --> 00:43:01,360
to kill every one of its crew.

668
00:43:11,335 --> 00:43:14,002
(bells tolling)

669
00:43:38,900 --> 00:43:40,140
The explosion of the mine

670
00:43:40,140 --> 00:43:42,630
was soon discovered by the Axis.

671
00:43:42,630 --> 00:43:44,560
They knew the submarine had sunk,

672
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:46,080
and over the next few days

673
00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:48,043
had been looking for the survivors.

674
00:43:49,559 --> 00:43:53,809
(man speaking in foreign language)

675
00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:30,703
I'm sorry, I didn't meant to wake you.

676
00:44:30,703 --> 00:44:32,510
Ugh, it's these drugs.

677
00:44:32,510 --> 00:44:34,210
They make me do nothing but sleep.

678
00:44:36,090 --> 00:44:37,860
Here, you also have to eat.

679
00:44:37,860 --> 00:44:38,693
Thank you.

680
00:44:41,610 --> 00:44:43,343
Nico said you're feeling better.

681
00:44:45,550 --> 00:44:47,550
I'm capable of breathing normally now.

682
00:44:56,293 --> 00:44:57,320
What did he say?
The Germans are here,

683
00:44:57,320 --> 00:44:58,370
we have to leave now.

684
00:44:59,288 --> 00:45:03,015
(dogs barking)
(bells tolling)

685
00:45:03,015 --> 00:45:06,682
(motorcycle engine revving)

686
00:45:09,354 --> 00:45:14,021
(soldiers speaking in foreign language)

687
00:45:16,500 --> 00:45:18,810
On the island rumors began

688
00:45:18,810 --> 00:45:21,380
that the local people had buried sailors

689
00:45:21,380 --> 00:45:24,360
whose bodies they had found on the shoreline.

690
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:25,780
For harboring an enemy,

691
00:45:25,780 --> 00:45:28,400
the Germans could shoot a person dead.

692
00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:30,410
But despite that terrible threat,

693
00:45:30,410 --> 00:45:33,200
the Greeks still helped John Capes.

694
00:45:33,200 --> 00:45:35,820
In the event that Capes had gotten caught

695
00:45:35,820 --> 00:45:37,420
he simply would have gone to jail

696
00:45:37,420 --> 00:45:39,510
as a prisoner of war.

697
00:45:39,510 --> 00:45:41,240
But the people that helped him?

698
00:45:41,240 --> 00:45:42,480
They would have been criminals

699
00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:44,343
and subject to the death penalty.

700
00:45:51,129 --> 00:45:55,296
(man singing in foreign language)

701
00:46:25,450 --> 00:46:28,920
After the occupation of Greece in 1941,

702
00:46:28,920 --> 00:46:32,750
the island of Kefalonia came under Italian control.

703
00:46:32,750 --> 00:46:35,790
Besides the 12,000 Italian soldiers there,

704
00:46:35,790 --> 00:46:39,610
about 2,000 troops from Nazi Germany were also present.

705
00:46:39,610 --> 00:46:41,850
They opened camps for disobedient Greeks

706
00:46:41,850 --> 00:46:44,447
in Paxos, Athone, and Lazaretto.

707
00:46:50,340 --> 00:46:53,630
Where approximately 3,500 Greeks were jailed,

708
00:46:53,630 --> 00:46:57,543
tortured, and executed under horrible conditions.

709
00:46:59,762 --> 00:47:04,345
(soldier speaking in foreign language)

710
00:47:09,796 --> 00:47:12,463
(John coughing)

711
00:47:41,330 --> 00:47:42,163
Don't worry.

712
00:47:43,530 --> 00:47:46,570
When we were young, my brother and I, we used to hide here.

713
00:47:47,620 --> 00:47:49,193
Nico would never find us.

714
00:47:54,550 --> 00:47:56,110
John's luck holds.

715
00:47:56,110 --> 00:47:57,970
By moving to the center of the island

716
00:47:57,970 --> 00:48:00,550
he evades capture by the soldiers

717
00:48:00,550 --> 00:48:01,914
that are looking for him.

718
00:48:01,914 --> 00:48:04,497
(bright music)

719
00:48:31,320 --> 00:48:33,000
Time has changed Capes.

720
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:35,610
He's lost weight, grew a beard,

721
00:48:35,610 --> 00:48:37,850
and dressed like the local people.

722
00:48:37,850 --> 00:48:40,888
It's nearly impossible to see that he's a foreigner.

723
00:48:40,888 --> 00:48:44,471
(airplane engines revving)

724
00:48:49,512 --> 00:48:52,982
(sheep bleating)

725
00:48:52,982 --> 00:48:55,020
Feeling a little safer in his surroundings,

726
00:48:55,020 --> 00:48:57,670
John sends a postcard to his mother,

727
00:48:57,670 --> 00:49:00,170
who at this point believes that he is dead

728
00:49:00,170 --> 00:49:03,150
along with the rest of the Perseus crew.

729
00:49:03,150 --> 00:49:05,410
Mailed to his mother's home number,

730
00:49:05,410 --> 00:49:08,460
the card eludes the Nazi censors.

731
00:49:08,460 --> 00:49:12,047
Strangely, its delivered and the cryptic message,

732
00:49:12,047 --> 00:49:14,000
"All is well, Hawtrey,"

733
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:16,253
lets his mother know that he has survived.

734
00:49:18,540 --> 00:49:22,380
Time goes by, and more and more people are helping Capes.

735
00:49:22,380 --> 00:49:25,180
He was given a donkey so that he could blend in,

736
00:49:25,180 --> 00:49:27,530
he just had to promise that he wouldn't eat it.

737
00:49:44,740 --> 00:49:45,960
With this donkey,

738
00:49:45,960 --> 00:49:48,690
John starts scouting his surroundings,

739
00:49:48,690 --> 00:49:52,220
studying check points, locations of the soldiers,

740
00:49:52,220 --> 00:49:53,170
and their vehicles.

741
00:50:17,500 --> 00:50:20,520
Capes' mother, after reading his postcard,

742
00:50:20,520 --> 00:50:23,970
informs the Admiralty he's still alive.

743
00:50:23,970 --> 00:50:26,160
The Admiralty, although skeptical,

744
00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:28,260
wants to verify the information

745
00:50:28,260 --> 00:50:30,960
and the suspicious way in which it arrived.

746
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:34,342
So they forward the information on to MI-9.

747
00:50:34,342 --> 00:50:36,424
(crowd chattering)

748
00:50:36,424 --> 00:50:40,591
(man singing in foreign language)

749
00:50:48,764 --> 00:50:50,976
Located in Alexandria, Egypt,

750
00:50:50,976 --> 00:50:53,966
the MI-9 branch handled resistance operations

751
00:50:53,966 --> 00:50:56,170
in enemy occupied Greece.

752
00:50:56,170 --> 00:50:57,870
There is a unit which is engaged

753
00:50:57,870 --> 00:50:59,810
in pulling out sailors and pilots

754
00:50:59,810 --> 00:51:02,170
from behind the enemy lines.

755
00:51:02,170 --> 00:51:05,280
The man who formed MI-9, Michael Parish,

756
00:51:05,280 --> 00:51:07,630
using his contacts in Greece,

757
00:51:07,630 --> 00:51:08,750
confirmed that there really was

758
00:51:08,750 --> 00:51:10,563
a British sailor in Kefalonia.

759
00:51:13,240 --> 00:51:16,680
Michael Parish, through his agents in Kefalonia,

760
00:51:16,680 --> 00:51:20,090
swore to John Capes that there's a plan to get him out.

761
00:51:20,090 --> 00:51:22,710
With the assistance of the MI-9 agents

762
00:51:22,710 --> 00:51:24,060
and his new papers,

763
00:51:24,060 --> 00:51:26,660
John will have to pass through several check points

764
00:51:26,660 --> 00:51:28,660
in order to get to the rendezvous point.

765
00:51:30,590 --> 00:51:32,950
After receiving the fake documents,

766
00:51:32,950 --> 00:51:36,443
Capes' status changes from prisoner of war to spy.

767
00:51:37,323 --> 00:51:40,540
He is no longer protected under the Geneva Convention.

768
00:51:40,540 --> 00:51:43,583
And if caught, is subject to the death penalty.

769
00:52:44,197 --> 00:52:47,197
(suspenseful music)

770
00:52:51,630 --> 00:52:52,990
Capes was very grateful

771
00:52:52,990 --> 00:52:54,810
to the Greeks for his rescue,

772
00:52:54,810 --> 00:52:57,500
and never hid his feelings towards them.

773
00:52:57,500 --> 00:53:01,010
For 18 months they risked their own lives to hide him

774
00:53:01,010 --> 00:53:03,247
and nurse him back to health.

775
00:53:03,247 --> 00:53:05,997
(majestic music)

776
00:53:21,260 --> 00:53:23,030
Having left Kefalonia,

777
00:53:23,030 --> 00:53:25,940
in three days time he reaches neutral Turkey,

778
00:53:25,940 --> 00:53:28,283
from where he'll go on directly to England.

779
00:53:29,260 --> 00:53:32,520
In a way, John Capes came back from the dead.

780
00:53:32,520 --> 00:53:34,790
And although Perseus was still lost,

781
00:53:34,790 --> 00:53:36,223
she was no longer missing.

782
00:53:45,690 --> 00:53:49,080
And having told his story he receives a medal for bravery,

783
00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:51,863
as the only man to have survived the Perseus.

784
00:53:55,840 --> 00:53:57,290
Throughout his life,

785
00:53:57,290 --> 00:54:00,133
many doubted his story as unbelievable.

786
00:54:00,970 --> 00:54:02,610
It was only after his death,

787
00:54:02,610 --> 00:54:04,600
and thanks to the divers who discovered

788
00:54:04,600 --> 00:54:06,310
the wreck of the Perseus,

789
00:54:06,310 --> 00:54:09,603
could his incredible story of survival be proven true.

790
00:54:12,820 --> 00:54:14,620
As an underwater explorer,

791
00:54:14,620 --> 00:54:18,260
I find myself in awe of John Capes' luck,

792
00:54:18,260 --> 00:54:21,600
stamina, and single-minded will to survive,

793
00:54:21,600 --> 00:54:24,590
despite every obstacle thrown at him.

794
00:54:24,590 --> 00:54:26,590
Both the forces of war

795
00:54:26,590 --> 00:54:29,070
or the ocean that held him captive.

796
00:54:29,070 --> 00:54:31,210
He rose to the occasion,

797
00:54:31,210 --> 00:54:33,680
showing us that no matter the odds,

798
00:54:33,680 --> 00:54:36,771
the human spirit can not be defeated.

799
00:54:36,771 --> 00:54:41,771
(boat engine revving)
(flourishing music)

800
00:54:58,167 --> 00:55:02,000
(flourishing dramatic music)