Amazing Sinking Ships Captured on Film

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  • Опубліковано 7 лип 2024
  • We’re all used to seeing ships sink in the movies, but sometimes real life can be more dramatic than fiction! From deep within the Getty Images archives comes some incredible footage of sinking ships captured on film from history including Andrea Doria, Klipfontein, the Flying Enterprise, HMS Barham, the ferry TEV Wahine and the Newarp Lightship.
    One of the interesting facts I learned from making this video is that Oceangate made a survey of the wreck of Andrea Doria in 2016 although not with their Titan submersible whose purpose was reserved exclusively for diving on Titanic.
    Oceanliner Designs explores the design, construction, engineering and operation of history’s greatest vessels- from Titanic to Queen Mary and from the Empress of Ireland to the Lusitania. Join maritime researcher and illustrator Michael Brady as he tells the stories behind some of history's most famous ocean liners and machines!
    0:00 Intro
    0:45 Andrea Doria
    5:32 Flying Enterprise
    8:15 Klipfontein
    10:09 TEV Wahine
    13:40 Newarp Lightship
    14:44 HMS Barham
    #ship #documentary #history #sinking
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  • @ChickVicious237
    @ChickVicious237 Рік тому +837

    HMS Barham's sinking is both mesmerizing and devastating to watch.

    • @OceanlinerDesigns
      @OceanlinerDesigns  Рік тому +131

      Horrifying stuff - that much energy is hard to even comprehend!

    • @Rilez616
      @Rilez616 Рік тому +16

      how did u comment 6 days ago it says uploaded 19 minutes ago for me

    • @OceanlinerDesigns
      @OceanlinerDesigns  Рік тому +57

      @@Rilez616 channel member and Patreon members get early access to most videos :)

    • @RoyalFalkeno
      @RoyalFalkeno Рік тому +23

      @@OceanlinerDesigns Quick note, HMS Valiant was Barham's sister ship, not a destroyer, another of her sister ships HMS Queen Elizabeth was also sailing with the pair.

    • @snickle1980
      @snickle1980 Рік тому +7

      @@Rilez616 time is funny here. You may hear noises that sound like voices, but those are just the loons up by the lake.

  • @ayindestevens6152
    @ayindestevens6152 Рік тому +888

    Hearing the HMS Barham explode sent chills down my spine. I actually understand WHY they chose to not release the footage until the war ended it would’ve been too much especially with the blitz going on at home.

    • @avus-kw2f213
      @avus-kw2f213 Рік тому +60

      You should look at the film of the Austro-Hungarian battleship that sunk in a similar manner
      The ship didn’t explode and the crew could swim so luckily there was nowhere near as much deaths

    • @user-bd3ds4ev5f
      @user-bd3ds4ev5f Рік тому

      Almost every loss during the war was suppressed by the media to prevent morale damage

    • @dec_thesussy
      @dec_thesussy Рік тому +115

      just thought i'd mention that the sound effect used isnt the original sound

    • @pressstart1490
      @pressstart1490 Рік тому +67

      As someone else said, that was just a stock sound effect, not the real sound. Film cameras usually dont record sound.

    • @ewanc1
      @ewanc1 Рік тому +19

      And with HMS Hood having been destroyed in May of the same year.

  • @alanvanasch4793
    @alanvanasch4793 Рік тому +405

    Most people have probably seen it but I think the footage of the Oceanos sinking is also one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. A somewhat modern cruise ship/ocean liner totally sinking without a single casualty is absolutely amazing

    • @JeffKlavir
      @JeffKlavir Рік тому +16

      I was just gonna post what you said. A lot of great full color video about the Oceanos sinking.

    • @oriontaylor
      @oriontaylor Рік тому +14

      The UA-camr Jesse Gillett made an excellent full-length documentary on Oceanos’s sinking, including going through the effort of obtaining interviews with several survivors.

    • @brileymitchell2632
      @brileymitchell2632 Рік тому +2

      You must not have heard of the costa concordia then if you say that’s modern

    • @OFCbigduke613
      @OFCbigduke613 Рік тому +5

      Exactly. You beat me to it. I was expecting it at any moment.

    • @prudencepineapple9448
      @prudencepineapple9448 Рік тому +9

      @@brileymitchell2632 Or MS Sea Diamond. Mike is bringing some lessor known ships sinking to the surface!

  • @AQDuck
    @AQDuck Рік тому +265

    Incredible that the little girl survived the ship swap.

    • @SPierre-dm4wo
      @SPierre-dm4wo Рік тому +56

      Extra wild twist to that story: her dad was a news commentator in New York who had to report on the sinking while knowing that his daughter was missing and presumed dead. (The NYT had actually already reported her death.) He didn't find out she was still alive until the next day.

    • @vladraduandrei5227
      @vladraduandrei5227 11 місяців тому +10

      she wasn t a little gril, she was a teenager

    • @enjoyingmyvodka1013
      @enjoyingmyvodka1013 11 місяців тому +1

      Agreed!!!! It’s so interesting and incredible

    • @ShadrakJohn
      @ShadrakJohn 11 місяців тому

      Linda Morgan

    • @zainmudassir2964
      @zainmudassir2964 10 місяців тому +10

      ​@@vladraduandrei5227she's still a little girl to her father ❤

  • @baahcusegamer4530
    @baahcusegamer4530 Рік тому +191

    Can we all just take a moment to appreciate this fine young gentleman takes time to dress in a tie and grace us with a magnificently distinguished accent while framed against a backdrop of real bound books to educate us about a facet of the world that may never directly apply to our lives but for which he makes a source of long-lasting fascination?

    • @harridan.
      @harridan. Рік тому +12

      yes, he does an incredible job!! most impressive

    • @SPierre-dm4wo
      @SPierre-dm4wo Рік тому +18

      I was recently swapping channel recommendations with one of my brothers and mentioned a ship history project I really enjoy. "Wait," he said. "Great animations? Is there an Aussie guy running the show? Good voice for broadcasting and dresses very sharp, always in historic clothing?" (He was already subscribed, lol. Congrats to Mike on his distinctive production and presentation!)

    • @kath1626
      @kath1626 Рік тому +11

      We're being spoiled 👌🏻❤️

    • @OceanlinerDesigns
      @OceanlinerDesigns  Рік тому +23

      @@SPierre-dm4wo Haha that is great! Thanks for watching :)

    • @theccieguy
      @theccieguy 11 місяців тому +4

      Here here, great job 👍

  • @KPen3750
    @KPen3750 Рік тому +167

    HMS Barhams footage will always be haunting, especially when the magazines go up. you can see heavy tons of steel and armor bent over like a child folding a piece of paper. While also seeing the many men on the hull when it goes. Truly horrifying but beyond fascinating

    • @yeeebayeeba4268
      @yeeebayeeba4268 Рік тому

      Or like a child in a room with Joe biden.

    • @GamerGod-fp1tj
      @GamerGod-fp1tj Рік тому +2

      yes

    • @BrettonFerguson
      @BrettonFerguson 9 місяців тому +9

      Yes especially when you realize what looks like sand pouring over the side of the ship before it explodes, is actually hundreds of sailors running across the side of the ship as it capsizes.

    • @josephayers7395
      @josephayers7395 8 місяців тому +2

      ​@BrettonFerguson Also those men were getting carved up on the way down the bottom of the ship because of those damn barnacles

  • @Endermanrule
    @Endermanrule Рік тому +429

    The footage is incredible! It's so fascinating to see such events unfold on camera

    • @TORQUENDB
      @TORQUENDB Рік тому +6

      Some of this footage has probably never been seen in this quality since it was shot. Most of these look like modern high resolution film scans, much better than blurry re-re-re-encodes of SD VHS captures. I wonder what other gems are waiting in Getty's archives. Hopefully they can be licensed at a reasonable price and shared as well.

    • @Blox117
      @Blox117 Рік тому +3

      big oof with the oceangate mention

    • @turtlesrprettycool3379
      @turtlesrprettycool3379 Рік тому +5

      how is this comment 6 days old when the video released a few hours ago

    • @matthewbowen5841
      @matthewbowen5841 Рік тому +6

      ​@@turtlesrprettycool3379Pay to watch early shenanigans thanks to YT limiting content creators' income...

    • @garrom5652
      @garrom5652 11 місяців тому +1

      How did u post this comment 6 days before this video was posted?

  • @ExUSSailor
    @ExUSSailor Рік тому +150

    The Andrea Doria is still claiming lives to this day. She's right at the extreme limit for scuba diving, and, is an incredibly dangerous, though very popular, wreck to dive.

    • @dks13827
      @dks13827 Рік тому +18

      I am dying to go down there !!!

    • @nickryan6787
      @nickryan6787 Рік тому +6

      ​@@dks13827lmao

    • @falcor200
      @falcor200 Рік тому +33

      ​@@dks13827oceangate is looking for paying tourists I hear.

    • @phee3D
      @phee3D 11 місяців тому

      ​@@dks13827no, you are going down there to die

    • @RiceReaper
      @RiceReaper 11 місяців тому +5

      That’s a joke in poor taste bro

  • @jacksargent2925
    @jacksargent2925 Рік тому +278

    Mike this is wonderful you’ve found the footage of the divers on the Andrea Doria. My great uncle Frank Hogan was one of those divers from the US Navy that went down to go locate the wreck. Obviously it’s impossible to know if the diver in the picture is specifically him, but I had heard about his trip to the Doria but had never seen or knew this existed. Thank you for sharing it

    • @OceanlinerDesigns
      @OceanlinerDesigns  Рік тому +48

      That’s a great family connection!

    • @concept5631
      @concept5631 11 місяців тому +5

      ​@@OceanlinerDesignsIndeed

    • @brownwrench
      @brownwrench 6 місяців тому

      Fun fact: the Stockholm still exists

    • @anonomuse9094
      @anonomuse9094 5 місяців тому

      There was a pretty cool concept car that sunk on the Andrea Doria, called the Chrysler Norseman. 51 people died, so that kind of overshadows the loss of the car, but still it was a nice car.

  • @indiafox5786
    @indiafox5786 Рік тому +55

    I don't know why ship sinkings fascinate me so much. I think it's because something so enormous can be completely swallowed up. As if they were never there in the first place. Simply amazing. Thanks, Mike! 🖤
    That last footage left me speechless.

    • @Xpwnxage
      @Xpwnxage Рік тому +7

      The unimaginable dread of being on a sinking ship is something that helps cement the fascination for me.

    • @indiafox5786
      @indiafox5786 Рік тому +7

      @@Xpwnxage I agree. It's easy to say "oh, I'd calmly go to the deck and get in a life boat. Hell, I'm a great swimmer." But in reality, what would really be going through your mind, you know?

    • @bena8121
      @bena8121 11 місяців тому +2

      @@indiafox5786 I witnessed a semi crash into a store. I was settling in for bed when I heard a loud bang and rushed outside to see the truck a complete wreck inside the store. I was first onto the scene, and I was in PJs, and I wasn't even sure if the driver was alive. The ground was covered in diesel and I had to step through it hoping it wouldn't ignite, and call out to the driver. I didn't hear anything for a few seconds, but began hearing gulping. The driver was alive, but only just. I sat there for what seemed like an hour, but was just 10 minutes talking to the guy waiting for emergency crew. I was telling him he'll make it, even though I couldn't even see him. I could only hear his faint voice coming out from the destroyed truck, the whole truck cabin had caved inward. I believe he was crushed up against the hot engine. I asked his name, and he said Trevor, and I told him mine, and I just tried being a good fellow citizen. Just trying to be his friend in the last moments of his life. Unfortunately he later died in hospital before his family arrived at the hospital. They travelled all night to get there, because he was a long distant truck driver, his family lived a long way away. He died in the early hours of the morning. I was at home still trying to come to terms with the rough night. Never in my mind did I ever expect my night to go that way, but within moments I was in the middle of a diesel hell, I think I did alright, don't you? Considering the circumstance. I was 21 at the time. My point is, people do amazing things when it matters most, and I'm not generally a feelings person.

    • @indiafox5786
      @indiafox5786 10 місяців тому

      ​@bena8121 I'm so sorry! I'm just now seeing this. I think you did an incredible job. It's really sad that he didn't make it...I'm sure he was grateful that he had someone to be there with him...that reminds me of how the human body can release an unbelievable amount of adrenaline when it's needed. People moving giant boulders that they normally would never be able to on a regular day. I'm really glad you made it out okay as well 🖤

    • @adambane1719
      @adambane1719 4 місяці тому +2

      Maybe you just have a natural inclination towards, "something so enormous to be completely swallowed up".

  • @rockymountainlifeprospecti4423
    @rockymountainlifeprospecti4423 Рік тому +272

    Incredible work Mike. My grandfather would mention the unfathomable sounds and thoughts of watching a ship go under in just minutes, the 1000s of hour's building and the lives of the majority of the crew..gone, petty and officer alike. Thank you already sharing. He was gunner on a amphibious assault craft in the US navy during the Pacific theater.

    • @OceanlinerDesigns
      @OceanlinerDesigns  Рік тому +46

      It is amazing stuff and to think they reckon there are 3-6 million ships on the sea floor…. Unreal!

    • @rockymountainlifeprospecti4423
      @rockymountainlifeprospecti4423 Рік тому +19

      @OceanlinerDesigns that is incredible, and hard to imagine . I remember my grandfather saying how the ocean has no memory and the same gaze across the water (we had at that time) has been the last for so many. Thank you again for putting this together.

    • @user-bd3ds4ev5f
      @user-bd3ds4ev5f Рік тому +6

      ⁠​⁠HMS Valiant wasn’t a destroyer. Rather Valiant was another queen Elizabeth class battleship. Other than that nice video

    • @wayneantoniazzi2706
      @wayneantoniazzi2706 Рік тому +19

      I remember a WW2 US Navy veteran (USS Lexington) telling me "Sailors never cheer when a ship goes down, even an enemy ship. It's one of the saddest things you'll ever see."

    • @28pbtkh23
      @28pbtkh23 11 місяців тому +6

      @@wayneantoniazzi2706 - that’s so true. Good of you to point that out. I have heard many of the eye-witnesses in the Royal Navy who watched the Bismarck being destroyed and slowly sink. There was no cheering amongst them as they watched the men of the German battleship jump overboard into the cold sea.

  • @jantyszka1036
    @jantyszka1036 Рік тому +47

    A few years ago my mother took a cruise around the Baltic on a ship called 'Açores', operated by a Portuguese company. Imagine my feelings when I looked up the ship's history and found she was orginally the 'Stockholm' of 'Andrea Doria' fame (heavily re-built and refitted, obviously).

    • @DeanStephen
      @DeanStephen Рік тому

      I wouldn’t have taken that trip. I disagree with the findings and have always believed the Stockholm was more in the wrong.

    • @sirboomsalot4902
      @sirboomsalot4902 11 місяців тому +4

      @@DeanStephenYou can’t blame the ship herself for the actions of her crew. She actually still sails today (though has been laid up since COVID) and she’s given decades of great service.

    • @aguiii_films
      @aguiii_films 2 місяці тому

      Its now called the MV Astoria and is out of service currently waiting to be sold for a few years now in the Rotterdam Yard

    • @aguiii_films
      @aguiii_films 2 місяці тому

      @@sirboomsalot4902 She isn't currently sailing anymore. She is waiting to be sold in the Rotterdam Yard

  • @TwitTheNit
    @TwitTheNit 10 місяців тому +31

    As a New Zealander myself, and a guy who loves ships, it's cool to see the wahine on this list. My nana was about 18 when that storm hit, and she was working in Wellington, she listened to the radio and heard the news talking about details of the sinking. I know a lot about this sinking and I just wanted to say that it's nice to see this ship get some more recognition.

    • @tamarahammond3580
      @tamarahammond3580 9 місяців тому +2

      Yeah true I'm a new Zealander too but I live in oalmyt

    • @tamarahammond3580
      @tamarahammond3580 9 місяців тому +1

      I mean palmy

    • @CTNZ2000
      @CTNZ2000 6 місяців тому +1

      I was 2 years old and living in the Hutt, I remember having a piece of one of the lifeboats that was half covered in sand around Pencarrow

    • @andrewstevenson118
      @andrewstevenson118 2 місяці тому +1

      I dated someone who was born on April 10, 1968. When she told me her birthday, I said "oh, the Wahine". She said her mum was in labour as things unfolded.

  • @Funny-ship-man
    @Funny-ship-man Рік тому +40

    Interesting fact, Barham was one of two battleships ever caught sinking on camera, the other being the Austro-Hungarian dreadnought Szent Istvan, although her sinking is... much less dramatic than Barham's magazine detonation.

    • @kovacsabelkristof3566
      @kovacsabelkristof3566 Рік тому +3

      And if I'm right, the Szent István was also the first (battle)ship sinking caught on camera

    • @kovacsj7823
      @kovacsj7823 Рік тому +5

      The detonation of the USS Arizona is also a very dramatic thing to see.

    • @adambane1719
      @adambane1719 4 місяці тому

      Interestingly the Arizonas' owners intentionally placed it there precisely for that purpose !@@kovacsj7823

  • @danielscottrussell3365
    @danielscottrussell3365 Рік тому +34

    I’ve seen the footage of the Barham’s destruction before but it never ceases to give me chills. So sudden and complete. I suppose it was a mercy for the men. Still, what a tragic loss of life. Thanks for this one!

    • @jonathanstrong4812
      @jonathanstrong4812 Рік тому

      The poor guys what would it be if they search for the Barham's

  • @harmsway2914
    @harmsway2914 Рік тому +71

    I've only seen the clips of HMS Barham and the Andrea Doria before watching this. Seeing ships fighting to stay afloat and inevitably losing their battles is always mesmerizing to see. Surprised that Oceanos wasn't a part of the list of ships seen as her sinking was very well documented.
    As always, this is an excellent video. I look forward to seeing the next one.

  • @doughboi007
    @doughboi007 Рік тому +5

    At 5:18, it's eerie to hear that OceanGate did a dive to the wreck....

  • @Engine33Truck
    @Engine33Truck 11 місяців тому +19

    The footage of the sinking of HMS Barham, filmed from her sister HMS Valiant (also a QE class battleship), is the most harrowing. We often see ship sinkings that include loss of life, but this is different. As she rolls over, you can see hundreds of men on her side. Then, she exploded and they’re just…gone.

  • @karllewis735
    @karllewis735 Рік тому +10

    Before he died, Captain Carlsen spent some years working as the tender operator at the Raritan Yacht Club, in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. He used to take me from the dock out to the boats I raced on, as crew, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In all the times I rode with him, I don't think I ever heard him say a dozen words, and though I guess it seems like a humble job, EVERYONE addressed him as "Captain", and treated him with a great deal of respect.

  • @Lumine_Kai
    @Lumine_Kai 4 місяці тому +8

    Hearing the name ocean gate after the... incident.. is an interesting sensation 💀

  • @scottlewisparsons9551
    @scottlewisparsons9551 Рік тому +60

    Hi Mike, I was on Seatoun beach when the Wahine sunk. Most, if not all, the photos you show were taken on Seatoun beach. Unfortunately, a lot of passengers who fell into the sea were washed up on the rocks on the other side of Wellington harbour and died there. I was sixteen at the time and still remember that day quite well. It was a terrible day, there were lots of bad things happening on land in Wellington as well as the sinking of the Wahine. Thank you for another great video. All the best from Sydney.

    • @OceanlinerDesigns
      @OceanlinerDesigns  Рік тому +11

      Horrible stuff!! That must have been quite a sight seeing the ship wallowing there like that. A very sad story!

    • @scottlewisparsons9551
      @scottlewisparsons9551 Рік тому +9

      @@OceanlinerDesigns yeah Mike, I blame you for making me think about it again! Lol actually, when watching your video I wondered if you would choose the Wahine. I was not disappointed! I did a search about the Wahine sinking and found a few films showing what was happening in Wellington. One even showed the house I lived in. All the best Scott

    • @CRAIGKMSBISMARCKTIRPITZ533
      @CRAIGKMSBISMARCKTIRPITZ533 11 місяців тому +1

      😂

    • @rogerbrown1750
      @rogerbrown1750 11 місяців тому +2

      We were sailing the Hobart waterways about two klm away from the Hobart Bridge when it was struck by the Illawarra ,nasty mess that one.

    • @trapdoorguppi
      @trapdoorguppi 10 місяців тому +1

      @@rogerbrown1750my grandfather was on the Hobart did you know a man named Paul Jackson

  • @brendanrusso4594
    @brendanrusso4594 Рік тому +6

    Whenever there's a new video, a new "It's your friend, Mike Brady," and a slew of new wonderful things to learn, it always puts a smile on my face. Cheers, Mike!

  • @sirboomsalot4902
    @sirboomsalot4902 Рік тому +13

    The footage of Andrea Doria’s wreck right after she sank is incredible! I’ve never seen it before, I’m just used to the murky footage of what little of her remains intact today

    • @richardrenner3974
      @richardrenner3974 11 місяців тому +1

      The Andrea Doria was seen as a work of art. At dock side, they gave tours to non-passengers to take it all in. My mother went on one of these tours.

  • @p_filippouz
    @p_filippouz Рік тому +19

    Fun fact: the captain on the Andrea Doria, Pietro Calamai, refused to leave the ship even after everyone was saved so the crew threatened him to stay with him too had he not evacuated.
    He eventually got off the ship

    • @reactive435
      @reactive435 Рік тому +1

      He felt that bad huh?

    • @davidmurphy8190
      @davidmurphy8190 Рік тому +5

      Capt. Calamai was of a different ilk than the skipper of the COSTA CONCORDIA!

    • @p_filippouz
      @p_filippouz Рік тому +1

      @@davidmurphy8190 to be a bit fair, Schettino isn't the only one at fault.
      He was used as a scapegoat

    • @divinerowecom
      @divinerowecom 4 місяці тому

      I read that Captain Calamai not only never went to sea after the sinking but choose to live the rest of his life away from it.

  • @alexhockley9906
    @alexhockley9906 Рік тому +26

    Despite growing up in Wellington, I wasn't expecting the TEV Wahine to be on this list! You did a fantastic job summarising the longer story, and props on your pronounciation as well as it's often mixed on UA-cam.
    I actually have a window from the Wahine. My grandad helped to scrap the ship, but a year after it first sank, it was torn to pieces by a second cyclone and spread over the harbour floor. The scrappers were given "gifts" from the scrap in many cases, and he came away with an armour glass window from the vehicle deck, which can be seen in a number of photos of the wreck.
    It really was a beautiful vessel, and the footage and photographs of the sinking and the wreck itself are astounding insights. As a story too, it shows the power of the sea and weather very well - the fact 53 people died when the ship was so close to shore is terrifying.

    • @KathrynDainty
      @KathrynDainty 11 місяців тому +4

      Actually the pronounciation is a bit off. The contemporary pronounciation was more like "wa-he-nee".

    • @adambane1719
      @adambane1719 4 місяці тому

      Its the Kiwi accent that is off. Not his pronunciation@@KathrynDainty

    • @markmunroe5919
      @markmunroe5919 4 місяці тому

      "Wahine" is a Maori meaning "woman". It is typically pronounced "wah - hee - nee".@@adambane1719

    • @shauntempley9757
      @shauntempley9757 3 місяці тому

      His pronunciation is perfect.
      The way that they say her name in the footage is wrong, because this is a time where Maori was still taboo to be spoken correctly.@@KathrynDainty

  • @jacobthomasdanao
    @jacobthomasdanao Рік тому +7

    Seeing the Andrea Doria's wreck footage is unreal! I've never really encountered genuine footage of shipwrecks where the ship itself is "fresh" underwater. It's usually covered in rusticles and its paint just stripped or covered in marine life. Fresh shipwrecks are mainly artist's illustrations or animated re-enactments of how the ship went down (e.g Titanic)

  • @kmacksb
    @kmacksb Рік тому +16

    Very cool footage, most of which I hadn't seen before.
    The footage of the Oceanos sinking off South Africa is pretty impressive, too, and the footage of the Ile de France - yes, the one that rescued so many Andrea Doria passengers, as I know you know - being sunk for a movie, of all things, is also quite good.

  • @debbiejarus1723
    @debbiejarus1723 Рік тому +8

    This footage is incredible! I grew up reading a book about the Andrea Doria sinking, and it did have several still photos......but nothing begins to compare with the live footage! I had never heard of the other sinkings you covered, and the excellent footage brought so much to the presentation. Thank you, Mike!

  • @Verdi.and.violet
    @Verdi.and.violet 10 місяців тому +3

    I have studied shipwrecks for years, but something about seeing actual footage of them sinking tied my stomach in knots! Thank you for sharing these amazing and devastating videos. It brings a level of humanization to these wrecks that is much needed and appreciated.

  • @selinalunaria9346
    @selinalunaria9346 Рік тому +4

    Seeing videos like this really put sinkings into another perspective

  • @ssclallamproject
    @ssclallamproject Рік тому +21

    Fantastic video once again, Mike! Even having seeing it before, HMS Barham's footage is horrifically chilling. It's astounding that anyone survived that, let alone several hundred.
    While not video footage, Lusitania's assistant wireless operator David McCormick took photographs in the Lusitania's final moments. The saltwater ruined the film role, so only two photographs taken the morning of May 7 survived. Touched up versions were published in the Daily Sketch, along with a photo of the damaged role, and I don't know what became of it. There were accounts of other passengers taking photographs too, but it seems neither they or the cameras survived the sinking.

  • @ryanpope7754
    @ryanpope7754 Рік тому +5

    Absolutely loving your videos, Mike! There's just something beautifully lost about the old ocean liners and battleships of their time and something eerily fascinating about their wrecks now.

  • @Randomeris1
    @Randomeris1 Рік тому +3

    My friend Mike finally uploaded a new video, hell yeah

  • @StephanieGraham0129
    @StephanieGraham0129 Рік тому +5

    This was so well put together. The information and the footage were so intriguing. I had heard and read about some of these vessels, but the footage was all new to me. Thank you for creating this for everyone. 😊

  • @jetsons101
    @jetsons101 Рік тому +2

    Thanks, Mike, for another great watch and keeping maritime history alive.

  • @crazyguy_1233
    @crazyguy_1233 Рік тому +2

    Another two are the Oceanos, and the Szent István. The Oceanos is a pretty common sinking video. The Szent István is an interesting sinking it’s a ww1 sinking. The vessel is listing then you see it completely capsize with the bottom of the hull sitting above water while the rest is under water. The overturned vessel then rocks from side to side as it slowly goes under.

  • @Boldipie
    @Boldipie Рік тому +7

    “Sorry babe, I can’t go to dinner right now. New Oceanliner Designs video just dropped.”

  • @bwag4152
    @bwag4152 Рік тому +10

    Recently discovered your channel - been into history and titanic ever since I was young! Literally the best channel I have come across regarding this field; you are precise, informative and very welcoming! Thanks for the videos!

  • @bazza945
    @bazza945 Рік тому +21

    I have a bit of history with the TEV Wahine of the Union Steam Ship Company. I took the first radio'gram from her as she left the UK on her maiden voyage to New Zealand. (It was on HF radio from Awaruaradio/ZLB.) Strangely, she didn't have a radio callsign allocated before she sailed, so we used the ship's name instead.
    By the time of her unfortunate end, on 10th April 2968, she had been on the inter-island overnight ferry run between Wellington and Lyttelton for just a few years.
    By a quirk of fate, I had been in Wellington on the 8th/9th, before flying out to the Chatham Islands to work in the radio station (ZLC) there. We got all the shocking news of the disaster secondhand.
    When I flew back to Wellington later in the year, my later flight going south flew over the wreck, which was still laying on her side on the Wainuiomata side of the Wellington Harbour. It was a brief but shocking sight.
    Many years later, I made the acquaintance of the master of the first ship to enter Wellington Harbour after the "Wahine Storm" had abated. His ship was the Crusader Line's vessel Crusader.

    • @bazza945
      @bazza945 11 місяців тому

      Thanks.

  • @alexanderneve2323
    @alexanderneve2323 Рік тому +6

    This was amazing to see! I am a bit surprised that the "Oceanos" wasn't there, because that is one of the more modern ship sinkings caught on camera. But overall it was great to see! And it's good to have you back! :)

  • @charleschris4123
    @charleschris4123 Рік тому +23

    Thank you for mentioning Oceangate. It’s nice to hear someone say something good about the company considering their contribution to underwater research.

    • @jacktaylor8195
      @jacktaylor8195 11 місяців тому +3

      Other than another wreckage, what have Oceangate contributed to ocean research?

    • @sirboomsalot4902
      @sirboomsalot4902 11 місяців тому +5

      @@jacktaylor8195Keeping up on the condition of Titanic and their scans on the Andrea Doria are two examples I can think of

    • @alexbutler7269
      @alexbutler7269 11 місяців тому +2

      ​​@@jacktaylor8195s he stated in the video, they surveyed the wreck of the Andrea Doria. this is extremely valuable information for those who do dives for research purposes, or even leisure.

    • @TheSonic1685
      @TheSonic1685 11 місяців тому +4

      @@sirboomsalot4902 Ah yes "Update, Titanic is decaying." what amazing contributions to ocean research well worth the 5 dead people.

    • @biscuitcase83
      @biscuitcase83 11 місяців тому +3

      They did nothing anyone else hasn't done...until they managed to 5 kill people on a Titanic expedition for the first time in the history of diving to the wreck

  • @wayneantoniazzi2706
    @wayneantoniazzi2706 Рік тому +8

    There's something weirdly fascinating about watching the sea swallow up a ship, isn't there?
    And those poor guys on HMS Barham. At least it was over with quickly for them.
    Thanks for posting Mike, you never disappoint!

    • @tinypoolmodelshipyard
      @tinypoolmodelshipyard Рік тому +1

      Yes its the Valley of Uncanny. The ship is doing what its not supposed too (sink). I love floating ships but watching one sink makes it to where i cant look away.

    • @wayneantoniazzi2706
      @wayneantoniazzi2706 Рік тому +1

      @@tinypoolmodelshipyard In a way it reminds me of what American railroad photographer, historian, and steam locomotive fan Ron Zeil wrote about visiting scrapyards in the early 1960s where steam locomotives were being cut up. Ron called them "Terrible, but at the same time fascinating places."
      Ron also said the torch men cutting up the locomotives weren't happy about it themselves but as the saying goes "A job's a job!"

  • @colinevans3285
    @colinevans3285 Рік тому +1

    Fantastic video Mike

  • @CriticoolHit
    @CriticoolHit 5 місяців тому +1

    Ocean gates origin story gets lore added to it here. Nice.

  • @johnmiller8975
    @johnmiller8975 Рік тому +6

    Mike I have been an academic research librarian, I know the sheer amount of work that goes into producing a book, never mind a video of this caliber. Whether as a team or a single individual it's monumental. Kudos, Man

  • @SeanMcGuire92
    @SeanMcGuire92 Рік тому +11

    That last one is truly horrifying. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you can actually see the crew sliding down the side of the ship to jump into the waves just before the explosion?
    And seeing you talk about the Andrea Doria makes me so curious about what your thoughts on the movie Ghost Ship would be. The ghost plot notwithstanding, obviously, but since they were inspired by the Andrea Doria's design, I'd love to see you react to it since we see so much of the ships design/architecture both in flashbacks and as a rotting ghost ship. I wonder how the fictional ship's design compares to the inspiration?

    • @wesleypeters4112
      @wesleypeters4112 Рік тому +1

      There was a dark mass of bodies towards the middle where the explosion happened. Many didn't even make it off the ship. Very sad.

  • @Sc0tt_e
    @Sc0tt_e Рік тому +6

    The footage of the Barham sinking is one of my favourite pieces of footage ever. Very similar to the sinking of the Austrian dreadnought, St Istvan, where it can be seen such a proud ship going down

  • @dwightsmith2918
    @dwightsmith2918 Рік тому +1

    The Barham video is always so haunting.

  • @mando9364
    @mando9364 11 місяців тому +7

    Another fascinating video. And I think you should do a second one because there are plenty more ships that can be covered. There's actually one called the Szent István an Austro Hungarian battleship that was filmed capsizing after being hit by torpedoes, all the way back in 1918.

  • @mikek4288
    @mikek4288 Рік тому +3

    Grandpa was a survivor of Pearl on the USS Pennsylvania so ive always had a big fascination of those big ol battleships and of todays video, that last britt warship hit hardest. What i would find fascinating would be to see a sinking ship breaking in 2 as in the Titanics sinking. Oh, and btw, he took COLOR video of the big ships while at sea and also Hiroshima when they they went there after the surrender. Absolutely beautiful blue waters. The last time i saw them is when i took the reels into highschool to show on the projectors in history class. I could gladly rip my aunt and uncle a new one for not getting those reels digitized before it was too late.

    • @wheels-n-tires1846
      @wheels-n-tires1846 Рік тому

      My father was aboard California on Dec 7th. Was quite a day for a new sailor who'd had his 17th birthday the day before...

  • @brennanodea1878
    @brennanodea1878 Рік тому +2

    The HMS Barnum destruction is the most shocking explosion of a Naval ships. Tie with the USS Arizona explosion, which still gives me chills when I watch it. 😮

  • @jangroen5386
    @jangroen5386 11 місяців тому

    my grandfather sailed on the MS Klipfontein also on January 8, 1953 when the ship sank. His story, photos about this disaster has always stayed with me.

  • @kellie5476
    @kellie5476 Рік тому +6

    Sadly, it was the recent Titan tragedy that brought me to your channel but the high quality, fascinating content made me stay and binge watch too many of your videos whilst I should be getting work done.

    • @OceanlinerDesigns
      @OceanlinerDesigns  Рік тому +4

      Sorry for being a point of distraction 😎

    • @kellie5476
      @kellie5476 Рік тому +2

      @@OceanlinerDesigns A good distraction. 😉

  • @bowtiejess80
    @bowtiejess80 Рік тому +20

    Thanks Mike, you are awesome! Appreciate all of your hard work!

  • @boffage8922
    @boffage8922 Місяць тому

    As a kiwi it was great to see the Wahine included. It’s so fresh in so many minds even after over fifty years. Like the Erebus Disaster, it seems everyone knew someone involved in the disaster

  • @shannabauer
    @shannabauer Рік тому +1

    Michael, thank you for another fantastic video! We appreciate the way you present your stories without sensationalizing it beyond belief. Also, love seeing someone who looks very professional during the presentation. It is such a welcome break from some of the other folks. Have a wonderful evening/morning and we'll will see you on the next video.

  • @fishwithlightbulb1064
    @fishwithlightbulb1064 Рік тому +4

    Omg this is the first time I have ever heard anyone talk about the Wahine! I grew up next to the beach were she sunk and it always interested me as a kid.
    Another horrific detail about the sinking was that many survivors in the sea including many elderly people were swept to the cliffs on the other side of the harbour and bashed against the rocks

  • @Phaaschh
    @Phaaschh Рік тому +11

    Fantastic presentation, Mike.
    It always amazes me that anyone on HMS Barham could survive that enormous detonation, and its worth mentioning that the survivors were taken down to South Africa for treatment and recovery. Surely a judicious form of incarceration masquerading as rehabilitation for those men.
    Also worth looking out is the medium who caused consternation in the Admiralty by "revealing" the sinking just after it happened, during a seance held in Portsmouth.

    • @wayneantoniazzi2706
      @wayneantoniazzi2706 Рік тому +4

      Japanese sailors who'd suvived their ships being sunk at Midway were also quarantined on their return to Japan and sworn to secrecy afterward.

    • @PhantomP63
      @PhantomP63 11 місяців тому +1

      Same for those who survived Mutsu exploding at the pier.

    • @ottaviobasques
      @ottaviobasques 9 місяців тому +1

      It's like Hood.
      Althought her crew losses here much more tragic, only 3 survivors.

  • @Paulatthedisco
    @Paulatthedisco Рік тому +2

    Babe, wake up! A new Oceanliner Designs video just dropped!

  • @RobertLydonReviews
    @RobertLydonReviews 9 місяців тому

    When I was 10 my mom got me a book called Ghost Ships and from that book my love of modern Martine history, the ocean liners and so much was born. I’m so glad I found your channel because I’m learning more and more.

  • @bradydacloud
    @bradydacloud Рік тому +4

    Welcome back Mike! It’s good to have you back! Great video as usual

  • @brandonstevens5628
    @brandonstevens5628 Рік тому +6

    I'm surprised you didn't talk about the oceanos. That footage is unreal and the story is quite interesting too. Perhaps it could appear in a possible part 2? Nevertheless, excellent video as always!

  • @OldShippinglines
    @OldShippinglines Рік тому +1

    LOVED THIS amazing footage

  • @BeenDead
    @BeenDead Рік тому +11

    I have been binge watching your channel recently and just wanted to say the effort and time and research you put into these videos are amazing. Thank you for sharing your passion with us!

    • @doctorbohr1585
      @doctorbohr1585 Рік тому +1

      "She said I know what it's like to be dead......"

    • @BeenDead
      @BeenDead Рік тому +1

      @@doctorbohr1585 I said who put all that draft in your head?

    • @doctorbohr1585
      @doctorbohr1585 Рік тому +1

      @@BeenDead you're making me feel like I've never been born 😂

  • @Peacemaker6742
    @Peacemaker6742 Рік тому +7

    The story of the girl in the bow of Stockholm is pretty incredible. Love the new intro, which whistle replaced the QM?

    • @OceanlinerDesigns
      @OceanlinerDesigns  Рік тому +5

      Thanks piper! It's a recording of an older white star liner pitched to somewhat match Titanic's, I think it might have been the SS Naronic.

  • @iiiSK8orDI3iii
    @iiiSK8orDI3iii Рік тому

    Probably the coolest and most eerie video I've watched in a long time. Great job. RIP to the souls lost aboard these vessels.

  • @jessicam5712
    @jessicam5712 Рік тому

    This is fantastic, usually UA-cam videos of sinking ships dont actually have any sinking ships in them but our friend Mike Brady never disappoints

  • @Holmes846
    @Holmes846 Рік тому +3

    Great video, quite informative! If you do another like this, the footage of the MTS Oceanos is online and quite dramatic as well.

  • @BalhaMilan
    @BalhaMilan Рік тому +4

    Amazing video as always! I'd love a second episode of this if you can find enough more footage. For one, I recommend the sinking of the Austro-Hungarian battleship, SMS Szent István (or Saint Stephen) whose capsizing was captured on film.

    • @TheGrejp
      @TheGrejp 11 місяців тому +1

      Same, I can't say I'm not at least a little disappointed he didn't include Szent Istvan, as it was the only battleship whose sinking was filmed during WW1. Not only that, but almost everyone aboard survived since the Austro-Hungarian navy required the crew to know how to swim, which was paradoxically not common at the time in other navies.

    • @PatrickSmyers-gl5st
      @PatrickSmyers-gl5st 11 місяців тому

      I agree, the sinking of the Italian liner SS Rex , during WW2

  • @geoffreydowen5793
    @geoffreydowen5793 Рік тому +2

    Very sad to witness a royal navy ship go down with lives I'm a navy veteran and it is always in your mind mid ocean . I witnessed huge storms pounding us making one realise how vulnerable you are at sea I remember the Torrey Canyon in 1967 I was 9 now 65 went down off the Lizard in English water . just subbed see you again .

  • @rafaelpaes5666
    @rafaelpaes5666 Рік тому +2

    Amazing work, Mike, thank you! I remember when I was a kid seeing a UA-cam video of a Greek cruise ship called Oceanos sinking in the South African Coast… Thankfully no one died that day 🙏🙏

  • @beckyboo3222
    @beckyboo3222 Рік тому +13

    We are all just grateful your still making awesome videos and great content ❤️ love ya 😁

  • @MorrisHillmanProductions
    @MorrisHillmanProductions Рік тому +3

    Hi Mike, the name of the young girl found amid the wreckage of the Stockholm's bow is Linda Morgan (you probably already know this). Her biological father, a journalist named Edward Morgan, even reported on the sinking and was subsequently photographed next to her while she recovered in hospital.

    • @saintsfan1258
      @saintsfan1258 Рік тому +1

      Correct. Edward Morgan was a well-known journalist and anchor on the ABC Radio Network and went to ABC News on TV and helped cover the JFK Assassination.

    • @MorrisHillmanProductions
      @MorrisHillmanProductions Рік тому

      Wow!

  • @morleysonthemove5624
    @morleysonthemove5624 Рік тому

    oceanliner designs is one of if not the best maritime channel on youtube

  • @laratheplanespotter
    @laratheplanespotter Рік тому +1

    Yay! I knew I stayed up for a reason! Grand treat after a couple days in the hospital, thank you, Mike!

  • @kwd3109
    @kwd3109 Рік тому +4

    Supposedly there was a film taken by a German officer on the Kormoran during the Battle with HMAS Sydney. The story goes that the German officer buried the film and camera on the beach after coming ashore in Australia to keep it from the allies. The film wouldn't show the HMAS Sydney sinking but it's tantalizing to see what record of the naval battle it would have. I wonder if anyone ever went looking for it.

  • @SRFriso94
    @SRFriso94 Рік тому +3

    Kind of surprised the Oceanos didn't make it onto this list, those last few minutes of that ship afloat are spectacular, and shows just how fast a ship can go from a bad list to completely under. But I suppose that footage is a bit too well-known and maybe even publically available, since it was a news helicopter that documented it.

  • @OrderOfTwisted
    @OrderOfTwisted 8 місяців тому +2

    I’ve never even been on a boat, but I love this channel so much. Thanks for all you do, Mike!

  • @coffeetableinc7534
    @coffeetableinc7534 11 місяців тому

    I'm quite happy to see MV Wahine on this video because I actually live very close to where it went down and my dad even remembers listening to the story on the radio and it is quite a popular story around the area and i always though it deserved more coverage.

  • @theannoyinghistorian1812
    @theannoyinghistorian1812 Рік тому +3

    5:22 😑😑😑

  • @pilotbug6100
    @pilotbug6100 11 місяців тому +2

    5:22
    Oceangate
    Hmmmmmmm why is that familiar?

  • @paulgerard5413
    @paulgerard5413 Рік тому +2

    Mike, I’ve seen many of your videos and I’ve got to say; you are the consummate professional. Everything is well done, music is expertly chosen and there’s no overblown hype or drama. Subscribed and enjoying all your content. Well done sir.

  • @W7DSY
    @W7DSY 6 місяців тому

    I was seven years old when the Andrea Doria sank, and I remember it well. It was THE news event. Thank you for a well-presented video.

  • @ellebelle86
    @ellebelle86 Рік тому +1

    Man, the HMS Barham footage is gutting to see, and that explosion is incredible - and while I'm not trying to be insensitive, I can't help thinking that the newsman who was filming the disaster was pretty amazing, holding that shot. Wow.

  • @danielhamilton1438
    @danielhamilton1438 11 місяців тому +2

    This is truly amazing thank you so much. Its quite sad that these beautiful ships end in watery graves and lives are lost. But these footages of the ship's are truly incredible.

  • @cleverusername9369
    @cleverusername9369 Рік тому

    When he was needed most, he returned! Good to see you back Mike, hope you had a good break

  • @deltavee2
    @deltavee2 4 місяці тому +1

    Hi Mike, thanks for another fascinating piece of maritime history. In a side note, one of HMS Barham's crew that went down with the ship had a mother who was a medium. He appeared to her within hours of the tragedy and informed her of his passing and how it had happened. She spoke of it to friends and within days she was arrested by the British authorities charged with spying. The fact that she had no possible way to know of anything about the sinking was ignored and she was held prisoner for some time before sanity prevailed. Wartime atmosphere needs had been met by the authorities and that was all that mattered. Forgivable under the circumstances one supposes but quite fascinating.

  • @LandyVlad_Rides
    @LandyVlad_Rides Рік тому +1

    Brilliant Mike! Great video

  • @propertyofranger
    @propertyofranger 18 днів тому

    I’m glad you’re still our friend, Mike Brady!

  • @XmalD73
    @XmalD73 Рік тому +1

    Amazing video as always, Mike! You do this so well.

  • @TheHylianBatman
    @TheHylianBatman 11 місяців тому

    I had no idea there was period footage of Andrea Doria's wreck, that's simply amazing.
    What I would give for more footage like that.
    Also, the beginning felt like you were soothing someone's anxiety. "Yes, I'm still your friend".

  • @diggernator
    @diggernator 11 місяців тому

    As a Wellingtonian I greatly appreciated the effort in presenting the Wahine disaster. Thanks for the post

  • @Lily-qy1sh
    @Lily-qy1sh 11 місяців тому

    Movies and stuff never manage to startle me but the explosion of HMS Barham did. Wow. And it's also due to your grand storytelling skills.

  • @user-et2xc2ww6q
    @user-et2xc2ww6q Рік тому +1

    Your channel just gets better and better Mike . So proud of you . Looking forward to the livestream first class Titanic

  • @carlmarris5543
    @carlmarris5543 11 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for covering the Wahine, it was decades before I was born but I grew up in Wellington - I lived in the suburb of Eastbourne which was the side of harbour where a few survivors but many deceased ended up. There is a memorial with the mast of the ship in the same area today. Wellington can get very stormy! it would have been hellish for those people.

  • @jeffreysalomone6354
    @jeffreysalomone6354 11 місяців тому

    Incredible footage, and masterfully told stories of heroism. THANKS, Mike!

  • @raquellofstedt9713
    @raquellofstedt9713 11 місяців тому

    Oh wow, the Barrum. I remember seeing footage of that as a child. I never knew of which ship the footage was of or shen it was filmmed, but you can bet little me never forgot those images. Thank you. You have cleared up a childhood mystery for me!

  • @jazzyparntz6451
    @jazzyparntz6451 2 місяці тому

    Thank you so much for including the TEV Wahine on your list. Though I was born a few years after the disaster, I grew up in Wellington so was taught about it from a young age. Relatives of mine were part of the rescue effort and told me some very sad stories.

  • @alexis_ianf
    @alexis_ianf Рік тому +2

    The HMS Barham explosion was probably the most horrific that have been featured I can only imagine being one of the crews on-board RIP!

  • @MadTheDJ
    @MadTheDJ Рік тому +1

    Take as long a break as you need, Mike, you'll always be our friend.