Uncovering History's Largest Cruise Ship Wreck | The Salvage Masters

A beautiful ship sunk by a captain with stupid hubris and, as it turned out, cowardice. I have so much admiration to all who evaluated, engineered and executed this job. This documentary does not even begin to acknowledge the work of all involved - that would take hours. Kudos to all who did their part - true heros all.

The difficulty of removing the ship - especially without environmental damage - is just amazing. Great job to all involved!

Nick Sloan handles pressure like an absolute beast. Cool, calm and collected, that's some serious mental strength.

This man should get an award not only did he help take the bodies out that were left but he stopped and ocean catastrophe. (No oil was spilled)😮

I remember when this happened. There was an interview with a young woman who was traveling with her mother. They were waiting to be evacuated and her mom got cold so she decided to go back to their cabin for a jacket. The woman tried to convince her mom to stay put, but her mom refused saying she would be fine. She never saw her mom alive after that as her mom became one of the casualties. I've never forgotten that story and what it teaches us about choices. So sad.

The scale and scope of this operation actually hurts my brain. So much really big stuff had to be built and installed in difficult, hazardous envirnments. So much could go wrong. Yet they did it. The skill of the people who made this salvage a success have my utmost admiration.

This documentary is 10 times better than that sensationalized discovery one, really well done

I remember watching the news when it sank... and I thought that's where she'll be til the ocean reclaims her. The only option I imagined then was somehow cutting it up on site and taking it away in smaller pieces. The scale of operations, planning, and execution to get that hunk of metal floating again is astounding. I wish I could have seen it happen in person.

This ship wreck was the final nail in my aunt's coffin, literally. She was so depressed, the cruise on this ship was supposed to get her back on track. The near death experience she and her husband had that day, gave her an abundance of emotions that would cost her life 3 months later, she comitted suicide..I wonder if she was still alive today, if this ignorant, arrogant captain hadn't showed off. Anyway, the technical and engineering aspect of this recovery is remarkable and if you have never stood beside an ocean liner like that, even the video does not do it justice.

I have always admired the planning and execution that goes into these salvage operations, mainly because each is unique. Creativity on a big scale.

The head guy, Nick Sloan, is obviously part engineer, part gambler. He knew the only way to get it up involved some educated guesswork, parbuckling and his own extensive experience. He got it right, and should now be considered one of the very best in the world, a "go-to-guy" for this type of catastrophe.

Engineering the recovery operation is more impressive than the original design of the ship itself.

Not only is this one of the largest salvage ops in history, it's also probably the most covered. Even in 2013, people had smartphones, we had ROV's, drones, computers, etc which not only helped with the planning, but also with the viewing of the entire operation from the time she hit the rock to the time she was refloated and towed off to the scrapyard. Amazing feat, and a testament to the ingenuity of mankind.

Bravo to Mr. Sloan, the Titan salvage crew & everyone who made this look effortlessly 🙏🏼

Mr. Sloan and all of the workers who made this happen are amazing! The engineering feats it took to make this safe for not only everyone involved, but the environment as well, is something to commend. We need more people like this heading companies. The attention to every single detail and how to pull it off safely should be everyone's top priority.

It is hard to fathom the scale of this project but this episode sheds some light on the arduous process these teams went thru. Well done to all those involved.

It’s so unfortunate that 32 souls were lost, that shouldn’t of never happened being so close to the shoreline, plus all the work, money and man hours invested into floating this hunk of steel was astronomical!

MAGNIFICO! Bravo to all not just to the salvage crew, the search & rescue crew but to the producers of this documentary. Totally incredible to watch.

If you are ever a ship's Captain who wrecks a ship in this way, you better be under it when it sinks.

1:06 this has got to be the most beautiful transition I've ever seen in a documentary and i was totally not jump scared