The Tragedy of the MV Derbyshire

One of the most tragic losses in British maritime history, and the largest British vessel ever to be sunk, the MV Derbyshire was a gigantic but severely flawed bulk carrier that disappeared during Typhoon Orchid in the South China Sea on September 9th, 1980. In this video, we will examine the history of the Derbyshire and the shipping line for which it was built, and how a flawed design and outdated, inaccurate work practices, combined with the worst of nature's fury, helped to bring down what many considered to be a ship too large to sink, and how its loss ultimately helped to improve the quality of shipbuilding in the future. All video content and images in this production have been provided with permission wherever possible. While I endeavour to ensure that all accreditations properly name the original creator, some of my sources do not list them as they are usually provided by other, unrelated YouTubers. Therefore, if I have mistakenly put the accreditation of 'Unknown', and you are aware of the original creator, please send me a personal message at my Gmail (this is more effective than comments as I am often unable to read all of them): [email protected] The views and opinions expressed in this video are my personal appraisal and are not the views and opinions of any of these individuals or bodies who have kindly supplied me with footage and images. I would also like to thank Paul Lambert, chairman of the MV Derbyshire Association, for permission to use photographs from their Facebook page in order to help support this video, and for also helping to correct me on certain points in order to make the video as accurate as possible, and I recommend visiting their page at the follow address:   / mv.derbyshire   If you enjoyed this video, why not leave a like, and consider subscribing for more great content coming soon. Paypal: https://paypal.me/rorymacve?country.x... Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/rorymacve Thanks again, everyone, and enjoy! :D References: MV Derbyshire Association Wrecksite.eu (and their respective references) Red Duster (and their respective references) Merchant Navy forums (and their respective references) Wikipedia (and its respective references)