CNN's documentary team obtained remarkable footage from the ship's bridge that revealed Captain Francesco Schettino grappling with a situation that was already out of control.
The "forward island" of HMS Queen Elizabeth, known as Upper Block 07, contains the main bridge of the ship.
It's an expedition that's been in the planning stages for years, Sir Ranulph says on the bridge of the ship, while looking at a map of his route.
He was on the bridge when the HBOS ship hit the rocks, and was judged to be "unable or unwilling to change course".
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Having nothing better in mind, he hops on board, and the ship sails off, beneath the Golden Gate Bridge, with the Stars and Stripes, at its stern, barely visible under a dying sky.
That bridge experience would replicate WWII warplanes attacking the ship.
But at time of the disaster the skipper had plotted a shorter than normal route, in effect cutting a corner, and it was the ship's cook who was on watch in the bridge.
It unveiled for a sinister, fluttering moment a ragged mass of clouds hanging low, the lurch of the long outlines of the ship, the black figures of men caught on the bridge, heads forward, as if petrified in the act of butting.
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When I get to the top of the ladder I'm usually met by a ship's officer and he takes me up to the bridge to meet the captain.
He is on the bridge for any special evolution that presents increased risk to the ship.
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During flight operations the captain can normally be found on the bridge directly involved in the mechanics of positioning and preparing the ship for launch and recovery of aircraft, ensuring the safe navigation of the ship and overseeing flight deck operations.
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It said important information was obtained following the first berthing trial "as to the precise adjustments that were needed in order for the ship to moor safely and securely in the berth and connect properly with the loading bridge".
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