As Christmas Eve 1951 approached, the 40-person crew and the ten civilian passengers on board the SS Flying Enterprise cargo freighter were looking forward to celebrating the holiday inside the ship.
The Flying Enterprise was on a trek from Germany to the United States, carrying tons of different materials. However, in the early hours of December 25, the freighter encountered one of the largest Atlantic storms of the century while crossing through the English channel.
The storm only worsened as the days went by, and as 40-foot-tall waves jerked the ship around, the crew suddenly heard gunshot-like sounds as the water caused large cracks in the ship's hull.
Despite the captain's efforts, his ship was sinking, and so was his precious cargo. The captain vehemently refused to leave the ship, and became something of a celebrity during those days. Still, modern historians claim there was more to this stubbornness than mere naval duty, and that the ship might have been carrying something far more precious than initially thought…
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