The story of Canada's Titanic! (The Sinking of the Empress of Ireland)
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- Опубліковано 14 жов 2024
- In this video we tell the story of the Canada's worst maritime disaster, The sinking of the Empress of Ireland.
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To think that the ship foundered in cold water, pitch black darkness and it’s faster than this video’s runtime is spine chilling.
No it's just as fast as the video runtime
Heh chilling
And probably wasn't even half flooded by the time her centre of buoyancy rose above her side. Most of those trapped within were probably still alive when she dropped under the surface.
Most sinkings are complete within 15 minutes
At least the water was only less than 200 feet deep
Titanic was scarier
For non-Canadians watching:
A. the Saint Lawrence "River" is enormous!
B: water in Canada in May is frigid!
what about irish watchers?
Thats good to know. Living here in America most water here is pretty cool but not actually freezing by May.
Yeah no shit Sherlock!
I was born in Canada (Windsor, ONT) but raised in Michigan. Yeah, I know how cold those waters can be in May. Michigan waters are nearly as cold that time of year. When the beaches opened on Memorial Day, the lakes were absolutely frigid. (Jan Griffiths).
i know that because i was born in canada
Even famous oceanographer Robert Ballard didn't even know about the Empress of Ireland until years after finding Titanic. I was shocked about that. It brought a smile listening to you pronounce Quebec.
He did an expedition on it though eventually if I remember correctly (he talks about it in one of his books). Dr. Ballard said it was one of the creepiest shipwrecks he'd ever studied (some of the skeletons were apparently still there). RIP to the Empress of Ireland and all those who went down with her.
@@thunderbird1921 years ago I saw a video of a dive on the Empresses which showed human skeletal remains but it’s very unlikely to find it again these days. If I remember properly many divers have died on the Empress as well. Dangerous dive.
@Andy Wehrle Different Environments. The Empress is in the Fresh Water area of the St. Laurence. The Titanic is in the Salt Water of The Atlantic Ocean.
Whereas Titanic is dealing w!Salt doing damage to the metal, The Empress has the Tides & Current of the River. Both are destroying the respective Ships. Just in different ways.
Hope that clears it up a bit.😊
@@denisecampbell6736 The St. Lawrence's water reaches full salinity at Tadoussac, about 100km southwest of the wreck.
@@AndyWehrle86 it’s also not 2 1/2 miles down and in salt water.
Still extremely creepy to see Skelton remains for all those years ago.
The Empress of Ireland was an even more horrifying shipwreck than the Titanic in my opinion. Fewer people died, but it was a greater percentage of the passengers and almost all the children died.
And it went down in only 14 minutes...
All except 4
The ship distaster documentary Universe is expanding...
Are you a smg4 fan
@@smgmario9101 Sure.
@@mr.epicmemerman131 yeah
Shipnado war is coming
@@daa589 oh no
“people normally go to bed around midnight, or 1-2AM”
aaaahaha it’s 4am
I have to be at work at 4 am. I go to bed at 8 pm, get up no later than 2:15 am. (I hit the snooze a couple times). (Jan Griffiths).
I’m up till 3 AM or 4. I sleep in till 12 noon.
I go to sleep at 11pm-12am then wake up at 6:30 am
3 or 4 sometimes for me.
Same
I think Sam has showed off a little bit of his comedian side. He put in a VERY funny easter egg himself at the beginning of the video. Which really made my night LOL. Thanks Sam.
I read a book called 'Ghostliners' when I was a kid that included the Empress' story and fate as one of five infamous ship sinkings. It's probably the only reason I know about this terrible tragedy. I suppose that the start of WW1 less than 2 months after this might be why her tale has been largely forgotten?
I have that book as well
I remember that book
I still have that book! Lol
I read that book, when I was very young. It started my interest in ship sinkings. Great book, can surely recommend.
I remember that book. Damn it’s been ages since I read it
You are quickly becoming one of my favorite UA-camrs! I found this channel because of my love for Titanic history and you’ve turned me into a shipwreck nerd in general. Keep doing what you do!
Mine too🥰🤩
I'm at about 25 videos for only today. A Titanic buff since the early 90's
Same. Here. I appreciate Sam and his storytelling sans the extreme level
of tragedy.
this video is longer then the time you had to escape
Uhhhhhh
@Kenn Honson X Wtf
@Kenn Honson X tf?
Yeah, quick sinking
but enough time to escape the Lusitania
(if you weren't on one of the 6 lifeboats the flipped over or the ones stuck in their cabins
putting a code in the video was a cool idea i havent seen that done before, it was fun to look for it but i wish i hadnt answered the phone call i had gotten at the time and watched the video i would have eyed every inch of the screen and look for white text on white light reflections. i really never thought of looking at the tv for it lmao well played
Before the Empress of Ireland left Quebec City the ship's cat named Emmy who was an orange tabby cat tried to escape the ship, and the crew could not coax her back onboard. And the ship left without her, which was regarded as a terrible omen. And some have believed that Emmy may have somehow foreseen the ship's demise to be the reason why she refused to board the Empress of Ireland on that voyage & leaving her kittens onboard.
Sad
RIP
That also happened with titanic’s cat a stoker saw and followed the cat of the ship
I know lots of cats that hate going into houses. Cats are just not smart. Not omnipotent.
@@mgtowdadUA-camSucksCoxks s t f u
Lol 🤣 I love how creative you're getting with how you're interacting with us now... I'd really like to see you do a video on what rooms survived and what rooms didn't survive on the Titanic wreck after it split up.... 💯 Please for some reason I'm fascinated by it...
How did any rooms survive? Lol they are all on the bottom of the ocean lol.
@@tyleralexander6368 The initial split obviously destroyed the rooms where the split occurred. The wheelhouse also didn't survive the plunge to the bottom because how it was contructed. But make no mistake. A lot of the rooms did survive relatively intact and still are intact to a degree to this day. I think it was in the past two years or so that the Captain's Stateroom finally caved in. There are plenty of pictures taken from the various dives that show rooms in pretty good condition. I remember a picture of a shelf with liquor bottles and those bottles are still upright and not broken.
@@25Erix I believe the Turkish bath also survived relatively intact. I watched a video that showed some of the tile and windows intact. And there was a fireplace also intact in the smoking lounge as well. The video was a few years old though, and no telling if they are still in the same condition today. (Jan Griffiths).
@@25Erix didn't the whole back half implode with the rooms that still had air after submerged?
@@adamsears1403 yep. The stern is a mangled nightmare.
I grew up with stories of the Empress of Ireland, since it happened quite close to my hometown. It's odd to think that not many people know about it! Thank you for bringing light to a very interesting (but tragic) event!
Sam is double fisting Canadian stories for us. First Halifax and now EoI. A Canadian thanks you!
I just started watching 1 month ago and I love the videos. I’ve learned so much
I’m glad you found him 😀
Same!
Really sad story indeed. We need to remember this one. Captain should have closed the watertight doors. Thank you and looking forward to your next video.
Also super dumb to turn to a complete different course during a fog.
@@grrrrbabyverygrrr8165 That was the Captain of the Storstad and yes, very bad decision
At last! I've been waiting for this one for a long time! I first found out about the "Empress of Ireland" in a book about lost ocean liners I read when I was in high school. I think the reason the tragedy is so obscure is because it was overshadowed by the outbreak of World War I shortly afterward, which had a monopoly on public attention for the next four years.
Was the book called Ghost Liners? I read that book in elementary school. Maybe it's the same.
@@toddv7257 Whoops! Just saw your reply. I think the book I read was called "Lost Liners", but it could have been "Ghost Liners". It's been more than 20 years since I read it, so I only remember the title was two words and the second word was "Liners". It was a large, hardcover book, richly illustrated with photos of each ship before it sank, and artistic depictions of the respective sinkings and the modern (as of approximately the year 2000) appearances of the shipwrecks on the ocean floor.
My dad's mom came from Ireland on the Empress of Ireland in 1906 when she was 19 years old and the ship was brand new. Not sure if she had been on the maiden voyage though.
Long ago I was in a Woolworth inside a shopping center when the lights went out. I knew approximately where I was at and I carefully took one step to the right and felt a shelf, then two steps to the left and felt a shelf. Took one step back then one step forward and felt product. Returning to the start point I turned around took a step and hit product. I literally felt boxed in. Employees with flashlights came along and escorted me out when the lights came back on I went back to the spot to see how I screwed up and I was hitting wingtips of products sticking out in the aisle. If the store had been sinking I would not have made it
I was in Walmart last summer during a monsoon storm when the power went out. I stayed where I was, and sat down on the floor. I was found by an employee within 1 minute. It was pitch black in there, since it already was night time, and I didn't have my phone with me. I wasn't scared---I knew I'd be found eventually, but people were screaming all throughout the store. So I just sat. (Jan Griffiths).
Lol probably best comment on this video 😂
@@douglasgriffiths3534 why were people screaming😂 that’s so funny in a weird way
@@itzhxrry2915 People panic, and that's their first reaction, I guess.. (Jan Griffiths).
Glad u made it out alive. Lol
I swaer i'll scream if I have to hear "My Heart Will Go On" one more time!
🤣🤣😂😂
Sam that computer skit at the beginning of the video was hilarious! It’s creative stuff like that that makes content creators like you fun to watch, keep it up!
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This disaster reminds a quite similar one in Soviet Union in 1986, the sinking of a cruise ship named "Admiral Nakhimov" (previously named "Berlin" I think) in the Black Sea. The short time it took to sink, lights going out quickly, collision with another ship as the reason - all that is very similar.
My parents nearly boarded "Nakhimov" on its last voyage, but changed their minds.
Might be you would be interested in doing a video about the Soviet Titanic as well.
@EraserRain the soviet union's titanic is definitely the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustlof
@@J.hernandez04 The Wilhelm Gustloff was German
@@calitexan4386 oops sorry I totally mixed them up 😅
SS Admiral Nakhimov (formerly SS Berlin, launched in 1925) sank in 7 minutes. 423 died and 811 survived.
that was in 1985, but in 1986 in my country new zealand, the pride of the soviet crews fleet "mikhail lermontov" sunk due to the captain bieng drunk and hitting a reef, it was carrying six hundred passengers and crew, and only one engineer died - pavel zagliadimov a engineer of the lermontov, so the ship sank near where i live on its way to australia and then one time the person responsible for sinking the ship babysat me 12 years ago and i asked him about because i was only 7 and didnt know better and then he left, he managed to get away with this trouble because apparently him and the person was investigating him were close, he is infact also one of my neighbors
Cant wait for another historic travel before bed!
yes think happily while you sleep about sinking ships.
@@naterosen9786 As the German coast guard said “Sinking? What are you sinking about?”
Thank you for yet another historically accurate and passionate video. I went to visit the Empress of Ireland museum in Rimouski, Québec a few years ago, it was cool!
So quick to sink and such a small percentage of survivors…yes like Canada’s Titanic but worse by ratio.
RIP.
Ran across your full 2+ hour documentary on the Titanic on day. Enjoyed it very much, I just had to subscribe. Really enjoy the work and research you do. Keep up the great work.
Very good video, learned a lot. Sweden has had two “Titanic” disasters throughout history: the Wasa and the more recent Estonia disaster. Would love to hear you tell about these two maritime disasters.
Respect from Sweden 🇸🇪
Clive Cussler "Night Probe"
The Empress of Ireland was a key component of his story.
Great book!!
And the wreck was blown the hell up in the process.
The Empress was a fine liner. Her sinking had to have been horrible. I believe she sank in about 14 minutes after colliding with the Storstad.
Hi Sam, love your content! Refreshing and wholesome. Would like to join a livestream of yours, but Sunday evening EST means Monday morning CET 🤣 love your radiant smile. Greetings from 🇩🇪
Historic travels you keep working hard just be you I’m very grateful that we have people like you
I read a short story about this in either middle school or high school and the name of the wreck and where it happened has eluded me ever since. I have thought about it every few years but convinced myself I made it up until
I stumbled across this! Thank you so much! I can’t believe how quick it sunk.
Ship's like being hit on the Starboard side because they love doing that trend. Titanic and the Empress of Ireland just wanted to keep up with the culture at the time. Ikr cool trend ngl.
The _Lusitania_ was torpedoed on her starboard side as well, and also the _Britannic_ hit the mine on her starboard side. I can't remember off the top of my head, but I think the _Stockholm_ hit the _Andrea Doria_ on her starboard side and the _Hawke_ hit the _Olympic_ on her starboard side also.
Look up the Andrea Doria. It was very similar to the Empress of Ireland and could have been a total catastrophe if it weren't for other ships in the region miraculously responding in quick manner. It too was hit on the starboard side if I remember correctly. A British newsreel described the Italian ocean liner as "thought to be unsinkable". People never learn it seems.
Man, y'all need to tell your ships to just not.
Other fun fact: The St. Lawrence river is do difficult to navigate that it is devided in 10 sections, in which a local captain takes command of every ship passing through to navigate that section. These captains are ferried aboard the ships as they enter and exit their respective section. It is believed that the St. Lawrence has had more than 2,000 shipwrecks.
I've been looking forward to this video for a while. I've known about this ship since I read a book titled Ghost Liners by Robert Ballard (the person who discovered the wreck of the Titanic) and I've always been wondering if you could shed some more light on the subject beyond what the book explained, and you most certainly delivered :).
I'm Canadian and I never knew about the Empress of Ireland sinking. Thank you!
This sinking was a huge blow to the Salvation army. They lost so many people that night. They lost 150 people, some handing their own life jackets to other passengers saying "I know where I'm going, take mine"
The Empress of Ireland tragedy grabbed my attention from a book printed in 1998 by Dr. Robert Ballard illustrated by Ken Marshall and text by Richard Archbold called Ghost Liners. I enjoyed the video as I am also not a Titanic enthusiast but and ocean liner enthusiast too. The reason why the Empress of Ireland tragedy was forgotten is because the press ignored it as World War I broke out between the Allied Powers and the Central Powers triggered by Arch Duke Ferdinand's assassination
Crazy that this happened here in Quebec, and that we don't hear more about the Empress of Ireland. As a Canadian I feel I should know more about the ship. For some reason the sinking of the Empress is even more terrifying to me than what happened to Titanic. The fact that the lights went out, people had to try to escape in complete darkness and the ship sank within minutes... Absolutely horrifying.
This is the video I've been waiting a long time for. I remember reading about this ship as a child as I had just gotten into the Titanic and it's just always stuck with me more. I wish the ship had more recognition and stories about it. But anyway great video as always Sam!
Glad you enjoyed it!
What the hell was the Captain of of the Storstad thinking?!?
That’s what I’D like to know, too!
@ligma nutz that's what the standard whistle signals and bright navigational lights are for.
The same thing that the captain of the Empress was thinking - unfortunately: 'There was a ship closing in and now I can't see anything anymore. Better move into the middle of the river and wait for the fog to clear.'
Fog
Thank you from all of Canada. Time was 14 minutes. Good book.
Sleeping at 9-10pm is still normal lol. I thought you were gonna say they slept at 2-4pm or something.
People that fucking work
@@trolltrama9780 Yeah…people who work late sleep late. It’s still normal for people to sleep at 9-10pm
That’s a ship disaster I haven’t never heard of. And you are right sir. Trying to escape a sinking ship that’s rolling over with well over 1000 people scrambling to save themselves with it being totally dark inside. That’s unthinkable. The titanic stayed almost completely level in the water during the sinking. And her ship’s crew and engineers kept the power on just minutes before she sank. But thank you Sam for your videos. They are very good and I can’t get enough of them. As I said this is one I wasn’t familiar with. So thank you. God bless you.
Lol the other Sam on the tv had me cracking up! I love Titanic but these other disasters are just as intriguing because I know you put a lot of work into the researching of them
Thanks! That means a lot! Glad you liked my little joke at the beginning
@@HistoricTravels hey I found your code buts it’s too fast
Another great and informative video. Can I please say how beautiful the paneling is in your room. Absolutely terrifying situation
There is a museum in Rimouski (my hometown) dedicated to the sinking of the Empress of Ireland. It is a must!
Outstanding video !!!! Love those little ships by the monitor . where you got them ? You should check out the General Slocum Fire , very interesting . Hope you have a great/safe week, Tony
The other Captain is clearly at fault in this kind of a weather condition he should have brought his ship to a stop like the Empress of Ireland in and waited for conditions to improve he literally ran his ship into the Empress of Ireland
@Nathan bond. WTF you are so incredibly smart how did you get that, Jk yeah he should have done literally the same thing as Empress Of Ireland did.
Actually it was very unusual and not exactly best practise to stop in the fog. A ship which is stopped can’t make evasive manoeuvres, which the Empress demonstrated perfectly by promptly taking a fatal blow like a sitting duck and sinking. When the Empress signalled via foghorn blasts that she was stopping, the Storstad responded resoundingly that it would continue moving, which is the accepted thing to do. At this moment, the Captain should’ve gone “yeah, they’re right, what the hell am I thinking”, and thousands of lives would have been saved.
From Ontario Canada, jus subscribed. Been waiting for a channel like this for a long time. Thank you, keep up the good work.
A tragic story. It happened so quickly that those folks didn't have a chance.
Another incident involving the CP Rail ship Princess Sofia that struck Vanderbilt reef in 1918 was also tragic.
The Empress of Ireland is my favourite ship, when I saw you make this video I was so happy but really sad about the loss of life onboard the ship as well
This is like the prequel of the Andrea Doria
Two ships colliding into eachother? Check ✔
Sinking ship capsizes to starboard? Check ✔
Impact ship survives? Check ✔
Your videos are always great, really informative and can tell you know your stuff, you dispel a lot of misconceptions and just always have interesting facts/stories that are unknown to so many. And it's all told in an entertaining/charismatic manner!
Hope this means we can expect a review on the 1997 version of titanic :) and maybe the other versions as well in the future
I absolutely love your videos. Every single one that I watch is so informative and interesting. Thank you so much!!!
I wonder how many deaths occurred at the point of impact?
Probably atleast 11
Only a dog because it was yapping and somebody kicked it in the throat! 🐶
@@TheKonga88 well that's sadistic
@@AmmyWulf Yep and very cultist 👺👺👹👹
Not usually the content I watch on UA-cam but I searched about the titanic one night and found your channel, you explain your reasoning and facts very well:) I’m loving your content. Also such a cool idea putting an Easter egg in your video.
"it was really good that the Storsstad was there".
1,000+ Empress of Ireland passengers would have disagreed.
Another fantastic video! While I know you've done a video previously on the Edmund Fitzgerald. Have you thought of doing other notable Great Lake wrecks?
We need a series of Empress' sinking now
i read about this ship in one of my copies of sea classics back in the 1980s and i still have that copy to this day
I've never heard about this event. Well documented, my friend.
Really clever use of an Easter egg and the tv in the background!
This is very interesting, I have been to the Saint Lawrence river many times enjoying watching the ships traveling through, totally unaware of the sinking of the Empress of Ireland.
Thank you very much for making this video Sam👍
Hi Sam! Thank you for another awesome story. Never heard of this one before.
Totally makes sense a hundred years ago television had yet to be invented to keep people up and entertained at night and most people at this point time. Didn't even have electric lighting yet in their home so when the sun went down you got sleeping you went to bed this effect still occurs today go on a camping trip and see how early in the night you start to get really sleepy when you cap and you don't have artificial lighting and entertainment to keep you up at night I guarantee you within an hour of the sun going down you want to go to bed
Mate, when Winter hits I want bedtime an hour after sundown despite having all my technology. 😂😂😂
amazing video man. keep up the good work! very glad i found your channel
The intro WAS ICONIC 🤩🤩 loved it
Have you seen the documentary “Last Voyage of the Empress of Ireland”? It’s on UA-cam, I just searched Empress of Ireland Wreck and I found it. They made dives into the engine room and found the Telegraph, which was in near perfect condition. You’ve gotta see it if you haven’t, it blew my mind how good condition the Telegraph is in, you can clearly see all the words on it. The orders are stuck on Full and Stop, which proves the captain never sent the order to close the watertight doors as he testified after. So interesting.. You should really check that documentary out in case you haven’t. Thanks so much for the video! Really enjoy all of your documentaries!
There’s a great book called Dark Descent by Kevin McMurray - it doesn’t just cover the sinking and the aftermath, it goes into what a hazardous dive the shipwreck is. Same author wrote one called Deep Descent about the Andrea Doria. Both are definitely worth a read.
I’ve spent several summers fishing the Saint Lawrence River from the lake through the Thousand Islands section out to the sea. It’s truly a beautiful stretch of water especially the Thousand Islands area with all those storybook style islands and stone mansions and castles with cottages scattered around in between.
Thanks to people like you who keep history alive by telling us about these incidents and great ships. It won’t be forgotten because people like you take the time to make videos and remind us of incredible stories. Thank you for doing this.
The TV skit in the intro was so cheesy I love it
I just subscribed. I am a big fan of the work that you do here. I thank you for your time and labors.
2am bedtime? Hold my beer. Continues to watch this channel.
This is really 😥. I am brand new to all of this information. I have always known that ships did sink and there are lots of disasters. I just never paid attention to when they happened and which ships they were. I am loving this channel. Learning a lot.
Since the Empress of Ireland sank so fast, passengers didn't have time to get up and see what was going on and go to the deck for the lifeboats. Just like the Titanic sinking, the water was below freezing. I wonder if the Captain had closed the water tight bulkheads, would it have saved the ship or at least slowed the sinking down
If he had done it before the collision, absolutely. That's really what that type of compartmentalisation is meant for-T-bone rammings that breach only up to two compartments at most-like this, or the time _Olympic_ was rammed by the dreadnought _Hawke._
Until spring 1912, nobody considered the possibility that a group of otherwise competent mariners could grind against the side of an obstacle for a distance of over 300' and open six consecutive compartments at once, so they saw no reason to design ships to handle that set of conditions.
Banger live video so much fun watching you thanks for the amazing 20 mins.
Imagine going to shut the water tight doors and there’s just the massive bow of a ship right in your face
That would ruin my day.
Big oversight by the ship builders not installing electrically operated water tight downs and for the owners accepting the ship as it was with manually operated doors. The Captain should have assisted all water tight doors to be shut whilst ship was under way. Great video by the OP.
Been fascinated my ships my whole life. My dad is a ships captain so not sure if this is why but anyway I used to read his books as a child. He has the ones on Titanic and plenty others. The bows and hulls of ships terrify me and the pictures do. So to see a bow of a ship facing me would be horrifying!
I think the main reason why this was mostly forgotten was the ongoing WW1
or, the fact that WW1 started 2 months after
I frequently find myself getting ultra obsessed with Titanic every year but this year i realized it's always in April. this year i also found your channel and have become hopelessly addicted to these tragedies. I have learned SO much since starting to follow your channel and More than i could ever dreamed about Titanic. I go the book 'on a sea of glass' because you suggested it and even went so far as to purchase two mugs, one a replica of the third class mugs they had on board, a tin of inspired tea and a key chain with a piece of certified coal from the wreck. I now also have a model though i hope to get a bigger better one in the future. Thank you for enabling me and introducing me to all these other amazing stories. it's only fair to those who lose their lives to have their stories told. and many of these i had no idea about. I love how knowledgeable and excited you get talking about these ships, you can really feel the passion in each and every video. I'm also super happy to see that you are steadily growing in popularity! Congrats! I loved your clever little bit at the beginning with the tv. you're like the fun teacher no one wants to admit is fun and has that quirky charm you can't resist. you should consider a podcast or something where you can have guests and experts come on and talk with you and discuss some of these things. thanks again and much love.
Truly makes the sinking of the Titanic seem like a day trip.
I remember years and years ago back in grade 4 I had to do a project on the Saint Lawrence River and in the interesting facts section I put the empress of Ireland story. Even the teacher didnt know about it.
The horrific scenes described in the hallways and stairs sounds similar to what probably happened on MS Estonia, when she listed and capsized very quickly. What an terrible thought.
Very interesting story Sam. Great video!
Another good stream by historical travels
Very interesting video! Speaking of the worst river disasters, would you please do a video on the wreck of the Sultana someday? I binged all your videos this weekend and subscribed. You do great work!👍
Thanks so much! That means more than you know!
this intro is so adorable, i cannot even.
Dang, they always say that hindsight is 20/20! I was on four ships while in the Navy, and one thing they all have in common, as well as every other ship in the fleet, were battery-operated battle lanterns. They were wired directly into the ship's electrical system, which kept a normally open contact open; upon the loss of power to the lighting system these contacts close, providing limited yet sufficient lighting, for hours if need be. I'm pretty certain that civilian cargo and passenger ships have the same emergency lighting...and I'm about to find out soon, taking the Queen Mary 2 across the Atlantic!
Furthermore it was a warm evening and most of the portholes were open. As the ship began to list she rapidly flooded.
I love your videos. They are always very detailed and informative. Keep up the good work!
There's been some good documentaries on this and the mechanics of the collision were the subject of water tank simulations in one. I think divers even got as far as the engine room telegraphs to try to work out what the last obeyed command was.
Awesome Work Bro!! Greetings from Helsinki, Finland
This reminds me of the SS Atlantic, the most fearful part to me about that disaster was the way all the lights went out instantly. Terrifying.
Atlantic had gas lamps not electric lighting
@@CJODell12 yes, my understanding was when the ship came to an abrupt stop on the rocks, the momentum shift caused any lights that were lit to go out all at once.
@@ChickVicious237 That’s exactly right. The air shifted inside the ship causing all the lights to be snuffed out.
Very well done and interesting. First time I ever heard of the ship and sinking. Thanks
Dude, this may sound weird but you're super adorable.
That is kinda sus
Let's just appreciate the work that Sam puts into this video, We need this man in our lives. God bless you Sam!
Reasons that this story is not more well known;
It wasn't on its maiden voyage,
It wasn't advertised as being unsinkable,
There weren't any major well known or wealthy people on board,
It was overshadowed by the advent of World War I,
It happened in Canada.
As a Canadian, I wasn't even aware of this event until I reached middle age. Canadians tend to pay more attention to the history of other places than their own.
I only heard first about the EoI back in 2007 during my first transatlantic flight. They had some of the most famous shipwrecks on the flight path map. :-)
Oh wow. I’ve flown many times across the sea, I’m in the UK so most places for us mean going across water, and never had this.
Would be very fascinating to know what wrecks are down below.