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Throughout history, ships have disappeared at sea, seemingly vanished without a trace. Today let’s look at five ships which never arrived at their destinations; White Star Lines’ SS Naronic, Hans Hedtoft, Blue Anchor Lines’ Waratah and the Collins Line paddle steamer Pacific.
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!
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Hey Mike, I realize that this ship never experienced any REAL calamity at sea, but do you think that there's any chance we could get a brief documentary on the SS City of New York 1888 (later SS New York, the ship that was moored next to Oceanic and almost collided with RMS Titanic on it's maiden voyage while leaving port)? I've always loved the look of that ship when it was first built. It ended up looking like an old homely cargo ship in 1912.
Always fascinating, thank you for these stories. 👍🧭⚓️🚢🛟…❣️🕯❣️
Why is it that whenever a ship is declared "Immune to sinking" it ALWAYS sinks!!! Its like tempting fate with god or the universe and they respond with "Alright, bet!"
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I wanna find the naronic and have been fascinated with her for many years
I worked on the USCGC Taney a museum ship in Baltimore that was the sister ship of the USCGC Campbell. The Treasury class Cutters were designed to sail through incredibly rough seas so if the Campbell couldn't reach the Hans Hedtoft then she must have been lost in truly appalling conditions
Another very entertaining and informative video. The story of the "Pacific" and the Collins Line in general is endlessly fascinating and tragic.
It's not often mwentioned that teh Waratah was the last of several vessels to bear that name, many of which had been wrecked or lost. And while I won't say that "the name is cursed," I do feel that its re-use showed a highly negligent form of bad taste. I've always questioned whether any company unwise enough to reuse such a name had the good judgment to build and/or operate the ship properly, to begin with.
It is kinda spooky to think that with all the KNOWN missing ships that were actually recorded as missing, there has been dozens, perhaps even hundreds of ships and small vessels that have disappeared and have never even been listed as missing.
Why do I keep expecting lookouts to find the ships while watching the video titled "4 ships that disappeared."
Another great video
DO PART 2 MIKE!!!!!!!
For a part 2, there's the Brazilian ship atalaia, built by the germans in 1910 and confiscated by Brazil in 1917. It was operated by lloyd brasileiro in it's remaining lifetime. In the 10th of may 1941, she departed from Maputo mozambique, bound to buenos Aires with 66 crewmembers aboard. In the 21st of may, the ship entered a huge storm near gough island, that It didnt leave at all. Before vanishing, the ship sent 2 messages, here they are: 5/21/41 0830GMT – WE LOST HELM. THERE IS NO HOPE FOR REPAIRS. THREE WHALING BOATS BROKEN VIOLENT SEA. WE HAVE ONLY SMALL FLOATING. SIXTY-SIX PEOPLE ON BOARD. Then, came the final message, a Very dark one. 21/05/41 1335GMT “NO HOPE. ALL LOST. FAREWELL". The ship then went silent, never to be heard from again.
Wouldn’t that be “disappear into thick water”? 🤔
The loss of Hans Hedtoft was a major national scandal for years, with many cover ups and political crisis.
Btw. The politician that were lost in her sinking, Augo Lynge, had been the most critical in the parliament about her construction and sailing in the winter.
A union of captain's were asked about exactly that and spoke against it but, after heavy political pressure they, sadly, changed their mind.
Is it really a disappearance if they are able to communicate that they are sinking? That sounds pretty straightforward. Is it maritime parlance? Like unless there is a witness then it's a disappearance?
I think they just sink and thats it
I'm so late today, there must be almost no chance of finding any of these…🆘🇦🇺⚓
CHEER'S,, MR. MIKE BRADY,, GREAT VIDEO LEARNING ABOUT THESE GREAT OLD SHIPS.. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK WOULD YOU DO ANY VIDEO'S ON THE GREAT ITALIAN LINER'S ANDREA DORIA ,, REX,,?? I HAVE MANY DIFFERNT LITHOGRAPHS OF DIFFERNT SHIPS INCLUDING THESE TWO SHIPS .. MY GRANDFATHER LEFT THEM TO ME YEARS AGO ,,..THEY CAME FROM A TRAVEL AGENCY MANY YEARS AGO.. MANY THANK''S ,,..CHEER'S…..
I was unfamiliar with all of these lost ships other than Pacific. Is it ironic that the Pacific was lost in the Atlantic. There’s something about the complete disappearance of a ship and everyone aboard that almost gives me a panic attack, thinking about how thousands of family and friends went to their graves never knowing what happened. The fate of those lost known but to God. Also another ship lost due to iceberg impact on her maiden voyage? Wasn’t one sufficient.
Curious your source for the gold and lead on Waratah? Someone I know who is obsessed with the ship has never heard either of those numbers before, and has no clue where they could have come from.
Waratah seems like another victim of the Agulhas current to me. I've heard horror stories about that part of the sea along the lines of "massive rips like holes in the ocean that can swallow ships." Is there anything to that, or no?
Can cows swim?
They don't disappear into thin air. They disappear into deep water.
Come on buddy, a clip on tie? Let’s do better buddy
What disaster is the footage at 4:40 from?
There is nothing "happy and healthy" about cattle ships, from the cattle's point of view, regardless of the "accommodations" one ship has compared to another. Period. They are no different than slave ships. Anyone care to debate me on that point? Anybody? Bueller … ???
Indeed, ship loss continues today. Some vanishings (perhaps many) are modern piracy: Turn off the transponder, change the paint scheme, add a new name, forge some papers. Presto! Ship and cargo continue and a large insurance claim is filed. However, genuine sinkings do occur. I listened to one. In the early 70's, I was in the USN aboard a fleet ballistic missile submarine in the Pacific. A typhoon intersected our patrol route for a few days. The strong weather reached unexpected depths, but we had little concern. On sonar we heard other vessels laboring in the storm. Engines raced when screws broke water, then bogged to a near stall when the propeller plunged deep. A couple of days after we first recognized a particular sonar contact, it broke up and sank. The sounds of rending metal and collapsing tanks is quite distinct. The event was over quickly. The storm raged on. I've always wondered about that ship's identity and the human loss.
What size were these gold bullion bars on the Waratah? Trying to figure out what all it would be worth today.
If there's one thing we've learned from history, it's that if you hear the owners of a ship bragging about it's unsinkability, avoid buying a ticket for that ship.
I'm have Danish from Copenhagen
As always, entertaining and educational…. Maybe a program on 'The Straitsman' sinking in the Yarra River Melbourne, the Greyhound and Tahiti collusion in Sydney Harbour too?
Can we get another Minecraft model video?
I hope one day underwater automated sonar equipped vehicles become so cheap to operate that we can send them on long range patrols to map the ocean floor. No need for multi million dollar expeditions just to run out of time or be pushed back from weather.
I mean if we can make nuclear doomsday automous torpedoes…
The disappearance and continued undiscovered state of such massive, to us, vessels is a stark reminded of just how extremely voluminous the oceans are by comparison.
If Titanic hadn't fixed their Marconi wireless, this would have been 5 Ships that Disappeared
EVERY single time anyone says that a ship is ‘unsinkable’ , the mo fo ALWAYS sinks!! I wouldn’t get on a ship going across the Atlantic, or anywhere else come to think about it!! The seas have changed since the 50’s/ 60’s/ 70’s…from there the seas began to change. Higher waves and more intense storms…not in a million would I get on a ship going anywhere
EVERY single time anyone says that a ship is ‘unsinkable’ , the mo fo ALWAYS sinks!! I wouldn’t get on a ship going across the Atlantic, or anywhere else come to think about it!! The seas have changed since the 50’s/ 60’s/ 70’s…from there the seas began to change. Higher waves and more intense storms…not in a million would I get on a ship going anywhere
EVERY single time anyone says that a ship is ‘unsinkable’ , the mo fo ALWAYS sinks!! I wouldn’t get on a ship going across the Atlantic, or anywhere else come to think about it!! The seas have changed since the 50’s/ 60’s/ 70’s…from there the seas began to change. Higher waves and more intense storms…not in a million would I get on a ship going anywhere…a HUNDRED foot waves?? Absolutely not. I’d rather have a postcard of wherever the ships going lol
If 'Hans Hedtoft' – you've gotta do 'København' too.
Hello, I have been thinking and I wanted to know if you know of the paddle steamer Waverley based in Glasgow.
She is the last sea going paddle steamer left and think she could make a great video.
She is currently waiting on dry docking but they need to raise the funds first and your platform could really help them on their way.
Man wheres the Edmund Fitzgerald
The Northwestern, an Alaskan fishing vessel seen on Deadliest Catch took a rogue wave on her bow is one episode, major visible damage done to the steel. If the Waratah was hit by one it could have been even more catastrophic than a capsizing.
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