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CS Mackay-Bennett

Episode 2 of 4

Series exploring four ships built on the river Clyde. David Hayman tells the story of CS Mackay-Bennett, a cable repair ship launched in 1884.

David Hayman explores the stories of four ships, built on the river Clyde, that helped forge links with countries throughout the Commonwealth of Nations.

Here, David tells the story of CS Mackay-Bennett, a cable repair ship launched on the Clyde in 1884. She kept information flowing along a network of underwater cables that connected Britain with her empire and the world - the Victorian internet of its day. It's also a story of a date with disaster, as the ship and her crew recovered the bodies of those who died when the Titanic sank. David travels to Halifax in Canada to find some facts about the ship and to unravel a DNA mystery that's taken over a century to solve.

59 minutes

Last on

Wed 31 Aug 2022 02:35
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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • 00:01

    M83

    Another Wave From You

  • 00:02

    Hans Zimmer, Michael Hobe

    Aggressive Expansion

  • 00:04

    DJ Shadow

    Blood On The Motorway

  • 00:11

    Kasabian

    Fire

  • 00:53

    Goldfrapp

    Voicething

  • 00:56

    David Holmes

    The Ballad Of Sarah And Jack

Credits

Presenter David Hayman
Executive Producer Craig Hunter
Director Russell Leven
Series Producer Graeme Thomson

Broadcasts

How the Clydebuilt team created the Cutty Sark in 3D

See it in position on the River Clyde.