James Stewart
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After a six-day search, the ship and all 44 people on board were declared lost.
The only sign of the Derbyshire was an oil slick near her last known position.
It's easy to see tragedies like this as just facts and figures in this video, but it's important to remember these were people with families and lives.
They were just people doing their jobs.
The families of the crew were anxious for answers, not because of any mysterious triangle, but because they wanted to know what happened to their loved ones.
An unsatisfactory inquest and questions around the build of the ship meant controversy rumbled on well into 1994.
Following a strong campaign led by the Derbyshire Families Association, an expedition was launched to find the needle in the Pacific haystack.
Against all odds, the wreck was found at a depth of 1280 metres using sonar and an ROV.
The debris fields stretch an area more than 1500 metres long.
A detailed survey of the wreck was conducted in two phases, the first in 1997 and the second in 1998, by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution.
The team used Argo 2, a towed imaging system.
And if that name sounds familiar, it's because the original Argo vehicle was used to find and image the Titanic in 1985.
Thousands of hours of painstaking work finally led to the UK government formally reopening the investigation into the loss of the Derbyshire.
Ultimately, it was concluded that damage to the bow caused by huge waves led the holds to fill with water.
The Derbyshire, the report states, would certainly not have been lost had it not encountered extremely severe seas close to the centre of Typhoon Orchid.
The crew were cleared of any blame, and recommendations were made to increase the safety of other bulk carriers.
This, this is why you need context, and this...
Well, this is why you need science.
Understanding how our oceans work is key to understanding why ships might disappear.
And here in the Dragon's Triangle, there's one last factor at play.
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