Drain the Sunken Pirate City
Port Royal, the 'wickedest city on Earth', famous for its Caribbean pirates, liquor, is torn apart on June 7th 1692 by quake and tsunami. Two thirds of buildings are sucked into the ocean, the rest buried where they sink. 2,000 die. Marine archaeologist Jon Henderson goes in search of what happened. Scientific data combines with computer graphics to DRAIN the waters to investigate final moments and resurrect past secrets.
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 47m
- Released
- 2017
Details
Release year: 2017
Storyline
Port Royal, the 'wickedest city on Earth', famous for its Caribbean pirates, liquor, is torn apart on June 7th 1692 by quake and tsunami. Two thirds of buildings are sucked into the ocean, the rest buried where they sink. 2,000 die. Marine archaeologist Jon Henderson goes in search of what happened. Scientific data combines with computer graphics to DRAIN the waters to investigate final moments and resurrect past secrets.
Top credits
- Craig Sechler — Narrator
- Russell Boulter — Narrator, National Geographic Channel
- Jon Henderson — Self - Archaeologist, University of Nottingham
- Ronald Hutton — Self - Historian, University of Bristol