Inside The Wreck: The Safmarine Agulhas Disaster

'The Salvagemasters', Season 2, Episode 1: When the 184-meter MV Safmarine Agulhas broke its back on the South African coast, traditional salvage was impossible. In this episode of Wonder, witness an engineering feat of raw power. While others wanted to pull the wreck back to sea, Mammoet Salvage decided to do the impossible: drag the entire 16,800-ton vessel onto the beach using massive, custom-built hydraulic chain pullers.

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