Shipwrecks: When History Resurfaces

10:00 AM to 11:00 AM

Thursday 5 December

The Last Hours of Saint-Pierre

Season 2 Episode 2 of 4

Kevin Sempé recalls the events of 1992, when a deadly cloud of steam and ash churned through plantations and villages, flattening the grand city of St Pierre, in Martinique. It then thundered into the bay where it sank 18 ships and hundreds of smaller craft. Within a minute or two, nearly 32,000 people died

Shipwrecks: When History Resurfaces airs on Sky History +1 at 10:00 AM, Thursday 5 December. (Subtitles.)

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