The Titanic took over 90 minutes to sink, mostly upright, lights on and orchestra playing. The Lusitania, by contrast went down in 15. The Empress of Ireland, and most other wrecks were also quick and rolled over or otherwise got the job done without glamor. I would argue the Titanic became famous, because it’s sinking was so tragically civilized, and so elegant in its horrific finality.
My great grandmother saw the lusitania sink. She and her brothers got more people from the town and jumped in their boats and started dragging survivors out of the water and later went back to get more bodies so families could have closure.
@BILLY THE KID it went down in about 20 minutes because the captain tried to get it closer to shore so people could swim to safety but the ship filled up too fast.
I know the WORST ship disaster and that was the Wilhelm Gustloff in January 30th 1945, which got hit by 4 torpedoes at 9:16pm by Soviet submarine S13, the German ship sunk in 1 hour killing more than 9000 people with only 1239 survivors
The MV Willhelm Gustloff was the worst wreck of all time with around 10,000 casualties because the low visibility and the fact that it was so cold the lifeboats froze to their placements. People who somehow reached the lifeboats met with the unfortunate discovery that the ice was too thick for them to free the boats in time.
@@tirtatirta Let me fix that for you. “10,000 estimated souls, it was torpedoed by a Russian submarine.” Yes it’s true it was torpedoed. But historical archives and records say 10,000+ not 9,000.
There were about 5 other movies, including the excellent "A Night to Remember", that also 'made the Titanic famous' before Cameron's film. The Titanic has pretty much been in the public eye since the night she sank.
A night to remember is incredible. I love the scenes onboard the Carpathia. I wish someone would make a movie about the titanic from the Carpathia’s viewpoint.
@@hippo440that was a silent movie but I get your point. A Night To Remember is by far the best Titanic based film of all time and is what actually inspired Cameron.
Most wars throughout history were fought for territorial gains or riches. (the STATED reason may or may not be true; but is sometimes used as a catalyst to motivate people so that the leaders can achieve their true objectives.)
For me: The ferry MV Sewol sank on the morning of April 16, 2014, en route from Incheon towards Jeju in South Korea.[16] The 6,825-ton vessel sent a distress signal from about 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi; 1.5 nmi) north of Byeongpungdo at 08:58 KST (23:58 UTC, April 15, 2014).[17] Out of 476 passengers and crew, 306 died in the disaster, including around 250 students from Danwon High School in Ansan City.[18][19][20] Of the approximately 172 survivors, more than half were rescued by fishing boats and other commercial vessels that arrived at the scene approximately 40 minutes before the Korea Coast Guard (KCG).[21]
The sinking of the MS Estonia is pretty tragic too, only 137 people of nearly 1000 survived. It is also one of the deadliest maritime disasters in history.
Point there plus Titanic was traveling on a rather calm ocean which could easily deceive the crew. I also watched that a lot of not so normal events happened in 1912.
To me, there's a lot of reasons (beyond the movie) as to why the Titanic is a more talked about shipwreck. Firstly you have that it was a hugely technological ship for its time and was made very famous back then for being called unsinkable and for luxurious it was, with a lot of wealthy people of 1912 having tickets for the ship. Then you have how it went down, the fact that the moon wasn't out so the iceberg wasn't visible, the image of the propellers being lifted from the ocean and the ship breaking in half. It's iconic stuff. Then you have what ultimately was poor handling in the event of it sinking. Not enough lifeboats for everyone, and of the lifeboats on board, none were filled to capacity.
The Dona Paz ferry disaster in the Philippines, claimed over 4,385 lives for those of you that don't know, because he doesn't say in the video. The ship was way overloaded with people. I'm pretty sure it was 4,000+ people. And only a handful survived
Yes he skipped the details on this one. The accident was caused due to a faulty rudder on the Vector which caused the ship to steer a zig zag course; as it was dark the crew of the Dona Paz couldn’t tell which direction it was going until too late as they could see alternating port & starboard lights approaching
I think the reason nobody reaely talks about some of these is some of them were totally avoidable (the Titanic was to a point, but ones like the Sultana was avoidable if the owner of the ship had spent the extra money to fix the boiler correctly, and we know basically the events that took place as a result of his actions). The Titanic is still a bit of a mystery to some (at least, the very details and other theories as to how it could have been avoided, which I think is what makes it the most talked about shipwreck, plus everyone knows about it obviously due to its popularity).
Nope, it is just what the media chooses to pick up on and run with. Titanic was also totally avoidable. The radio room was busy sending and receiving passenger messages and after informing captain once about iceberg warnings didnt bother again, The captain ddint explicitly tell the radio room to keep him updated and mentally thought he would divert south if another warning came. There too greed doomed the ship. Not to mention in the greed of winning the blue riband titanic skipped the lifeboat drills that were supposed to be held first in the lake where they tested the dinghys, then before departure and then at sea. All were missed because hey she was unsinkbale right? They were running behind with the launch and then wanted to go as fast as possible on sea so they never did them. which is why it took the crew so long to lower them when they were needed and they were half filled because they literally didnt know how much weight they would be able to carry. It was literally a disaster caused by human vanity and greed
well when the titanic hit the iceberg it popped out the rivets holding the steel plates in place even if titanic hit it head on titanic was traveling at 22 knots! so if it had hit the iceberg head on the force from the crash would pop out the rivets and titanic would sink faster
@@TimelyEpic73There is just something about Titanic. It must be natural or spiritual. Plus James Horner gave it a matching sound track though for the movie but it sinks in with the actual event 😢
Could have mentioned the SS Eastland, which rolled over in the Chicago River, resulting in 844 deaths, the worst loss of life of any shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
Dona Paz was sailing to A stopover somewhere in Visayas carrying for almost 4,400 passengers and only not more than 30 passengers have survived that day. The Tanker delivers oil to Masbate(which is my hometown) It's the most deadliest shipwreck in the Philippine History. P.s I'm not yet alive that Day coz I was born in 2001 but it was mentioned on the stories of my grandparents
The MV Doña Paz collided with a tanker and caught on fire in December 20th, 1987. 4,385 people drowned or were burned alive with only 26 people made it out alive. The ferry was more than twice overloaded with passengers and later found to be sailing under unseaworthy conditions. This remains the deadliest peace time maritime disaster in history
Tragic as it was, it was predictable.. Way overloaded, broken boiler, a flood, etc... Titanic is the one that should not have happened... Clear calm weather, Morse code transmitter... A big Ocean liner that was declared practically unsinkable... Carrying both immigrants and business people, as well as some of the wealthiest people at that time.... Operated by what seemed the most competent crew of the day... Anything big enough to sink the ship they thought they would see in time to avoid it... Olympic already had a couple misshaps without sinking... What could possibly go wrong??? lol
The Federal Reserve was founded only 8 months after that ship "collided with an iceberg ". Very suspect and the media never stop goin on about it for a 110 years now.
What are you talking about? In fact, the calm weather worked against them especially with the colder weather at the surface of the water that created a mirage effect. That mirage covered the iceberg until it was too late. This mirage effect is documented by the officers and the watches of that night.
It was no one’s arrogance…they made appropriate diversions to avoid the ice fields. They just got unlucky. You just want to blame someone cause you’re a fool.
what about the Wilhelm Gustloff? 6000-9000 people died in the sinking of it but wasn't very famous due to the few survivors and the fact that it was during ww2 and many more complicated reasons i dont want to explain...
the captain on the sultana made very poor choices by not getting the boiler fixed taking to many passengers and cargo. it's so sad that because of one mans poor choices so many people suffered
When a ship is captained by weak, greedy men, ruin is inevitable and it will be everyone but them who suffers. Look at the captains of our ships of state and say they're not just that.
I’d also include the MV Sewol where they over loaded the ship. When they realized it was going to sink instead of telling people to abandon ship, they instead told the passengers everything was fine and to go back to their cabins which they did. It’s so sad to see videos and text messages they sent their families right before they died. Also the fact the captain and crew saved their own lives while needlessly killing all the passengers.
I am japanese who lived in korea half of my life ive had friends there all over which one of them was a girl boarding the sewol ferry the people in authority did nothing to save the kids which led to only 75 getting saved i also assume they let it sink because of the insurance to get the money
I think the main reasons why people are drawn to the story of the Titanic is because it was the biggest and most advanced ship of its time and it sank on its maiden voyage. And of course the real life sad story of Jack and Rose.
Mauretania and Lusitania, the two sister ships, were even more advanced, and they were built before Titanic by Cunard (Rival of White Star Line (Titanic operator)). Also, the jack and rose story was purely fictional. Welcome to Hollywood, brother.
I think a big part of the fascination with the Titanic is because of how deep it sank down to the ocean. I know there's plenty other ships that exceed the distance down. But it's definitely an element along with how elegant the ship is. It's a time capsule totally isolated from the world where few can ever go.
If another tragedic sinking ship gets a film, I'm thinking it should be the MV Sewol 2014 where 9 out of the 10 classes of the second years in Danwon highschool(Around 200+ students) and civilians, including ship crew present in the ship went down on April 16, 2014. The poor souls were told to by the captain to "Stay where you are" while he fled to his own safety, leaving as the FIRST "rescued" to get out of the ship, leaving everyone behind. The ship eventually sank with more than half of the passengers still inside.
I wish there were more disaster films based on real disasters instead of the over-dramatic, apocalyptic, borderline fantastical schlock that Hollywood churns out. Like, I get it, fictional, world-ending, massive mega-disasters allow for greater spectacle and larger stakes, but make too many of them and they all start to feel cliche and same-y.
One of the worst peace time maritime disasters happened in the Philippines on December 20, 1987 when the passenger ship MV Doña Paz collided with the oil Tanker MV Vector which killed around 4,385 passengers and crew
A ship normally carrying a capacity of 300 passengers and cargo, a patched up boiler, not enough lifeboats, and 2000 passengers on board ??? What's wrong with this picture ??? Looks like "greed" to make boat-loads of money was the reason the Captain allowed 2000 passengers on board.
I personally don’t really think it’s right to say ‘oh this shipwreck was worse than this one or that one and this one’ as you have to remember people died on each one of those ship wrecks, we can’t compare which one was the worst because they all are horrific for the world and the people who had to try to survive them.
One of the biggest (if not biggest) reasons why the Titanic disaster was so infamous was the impact it had on maritime laws. There were no life boats on the ship, a ship that was already hyped around the world as being unsinkable.
The last ship from the video was kinda odd, because all the life boats were full of men, not women and children. Most of the survivors were crew members, not passengers. And even the Captain was floating away on a makeshift raft??? Wow!! 😲
@@Miles0370I’m a woman with no children but I’d still rather a child survive than me 🤷🏼♀️ Or at least act in a manner that meant maybe a child AND me could survive instead of causing Chaos.
Hms Hood must be by far the most tragic. Being the symbol and might of the Royal Navy for decades, sailing out to stop the new and feared german battleship Bismarck. After only a short battle her magazine got hit by Bismarcks 5th salvo igniting a fire that rapidly spread to main magazine which explosion was so severe it instandly broke the ship in 2 after which she sank in only 2 minutes killing everhbody on the ship except for 3 survivors. Imagine that. 3 survivors of the 1418 people survived.
Probably the most famous shipwreck of all time, the Titanic, wasn't, in fact, the scariest or the worst in history. On April 27, 1865, the Sultana Steamboat carried more than 2,000 people instead of the regular 350. So, there was a broken boiler, an excess number of passengers, a lack of lifeboats, and not the best river conditions. At 2 am, the broken boiler, unable to withstand the load, suddenly exploded. It didn't leave many survivors, but it was not the only disaster at sea.
In some ways you can compare these horrible tragedies to those that often happen in third world countries even today. In a lot of countries many the roads are so bad that people often drive off cliffs and die. Also many boats sink due to lax regulations and many people drown, as well as huge fires in poor neighborhoods and tragedies involving dangerous working environments.
There's videos out there focusing on the Artic alone and they are worth the watch. Its one series of disasters after another and sadly there's more to the story of why no women and children lived than can be detailed in this video.
Mv Dona paz disaster was on December 20th 1987 the Dona paz was from tacloban port going to manila and the tanker MT vector was going from Bataan to Masbate and collided in the Mindoro straight
Y’all, the reason the titanic was so publicized is because so many rich and influential people were involved and died. Not because the most people died or how long it took to sink
The reason that tho Titanic is well known is because it was its maiden voyage meant to be unsinkable and was the largest cruise liner at the time that is the reason the titanic is Bette known and made headlines
The Doña paz have same problem with others, it was sailing with excessive amount of passenger hoping to go home to their families before the christmas eve. Some passengers manage to jump but burned in the water.
6:28 Some corrections: The sinking of the MV Doña Paz was dated on December 20th instead of September, and it happened at night time. The Doña Paz sank for 2 hours, whilst the Vector went under for another 2 hours.
And the collision didn't happen 'for some reason,' it happened because the ships were uncertified, the crews unqualified and partying on the bridges while they left the navigation to a single inexperienced intern. There's also the _Sewal_ , which capsized because she was overloaded with passengers, and cargo that was not secured in any way, and she was turned too sharply. Making it worse, very little effort was made to rescue the passengers, who were instructed by a recording on loop to stay in their cabins.
Also missing was the SS Andrea Doria sunk off the coast of Nantucket, MA on 25 July 1956 after colliding with the MV Stockholm in heavy fog, out of the 1,706 passengers and crew 1,661 were rescued she sank 11 hours later at 10:20 am the collision was 11:20 on the 26th of July. 51 died 46 on the Doria and 5 on the Stockholm
Other shipwrecks worse than Titanic is the RMS Empress of Ireland which killed around 1,500 to 2,000 RMS Lusitania which killed around 1,900 to 2,400 RMS Lucania which is basically forgotten but around 2,000 people died The worst ship disaster is the Wilhelm Gustloff which killed at least 9,000
I agree, several important events were not featured. Like the crew members sent out to rescue passengers from the Vesta, as they neared the Vesta, the Arctic took its daring dash to shore, leaving them behind. The men that broke into the liquor cabinet and killed several. And other horrible events.
That’s so sad but I think the titanic is so famous cause it wasn’t unsinkable and everyone thought it was unsinkable but that last one really shocked me about how no one cared and about how selfish it was from crew members
I know the worst boat disaster. I was in the local boat with other two pasangers traveling about 2 km distance. From nowhere the water started to come inside the boat. In a matter of seconds we were floating with life jackets. Another passenger boat came and took us. I lost my phone and my trust on local boats.
The Titanic took over 90 minutes to sink, mostly upright, lights on and orchestra playing. The Lusitania, by contrast went down in 15. The Empress of Ireland, and most other wrecks were also quick and rolled over or otherwise got the job done without glamor. I would argue the Titanic became famous, because it’s sinking was so tragically civilized, and so elegant in its horrific finality.
My great grandmother saw the lusitania sink. She and her brothers got more people from the town and jumped in their boats and started dragging survivors out of the water and later went back to get more bodies so families could have closure.
@BILLY THE KID it went down in about 20 minutes because the captain tried to get it closer to shore so people could swim to safety but the ship filled up too fast.
@@billythekid3234 Titanic was 160 mins not 135, 2 hours and 40 minuets isn't 135 minuets in 160...
@@stbg1719 TY for correcting my math! my bad!
@@billythekid3234 It happens to the best of us :), still way off the original 90 minuets either way.
The narrator is hilariously upbeat for the subject matter. He’s like, “unfortunately the boiler exploded, killing nearly everyone on board! “ 😃😃😃
Well it is called Bright Side so what did you expect?
He said no technology can guarantee you to not sink that’s true
Yeah
I just don't like the way he talks like he's talking to a 5 year old imo
I know the WORST ship disaster and that was the Wilhelm Gustloff in January 30th 1945, which got hit by 4 torpedoes at 9:16pm by Soviet submarine S13, the German ship sunk in 1 hour killing more than 9000 people with only 1239 survivors
Yes
THIS, this is rarely talked about...
I don't think any ship would take a hour to sink after 4 torpedo strikes. The gustoff couldve sank even faster with 4 torpedo strikes.
@@imnotnaitik2313 Wilhelm Gustloff was hit by 3 torpedoes, the 4th jammed in the submarine's torpedo tube.
YOU CANNOT SAY THE LUSITANIA SANK IN 18 MINUTES
Greed turns bad in every way. You may get rich, but more valuable things are lost...Thank you for sharing this story with us, Bright Side!
Watch historic travels please
Especially this channel who milks titanic because he makes a ton of money off of it.
This entire channel's history content has zero evidence or backing up to it, its all mainly rumours and widely known facts
(Cough) Oceangate
Yes please watch historic travels this channel has no evidence and doesn’t do research
The idea that so many people throughout history are lost underneath the ocean is so jarring.
The ocean floors are littered with ships and boats...😞🌹⚓
@@miapdx503and planes
Just think about all the beached whales.
@@MegaChonk1975did you know there are more planes under the ocean than there are submarines in the sky?
@@gdbriot1162I believe
The MV Willhelm Gustloff was the worst wreck of all time with around 10,000 casualties because the low visibility and the fact that it was so cold the lifeboats froze to their placements. People who somehow reached the lifeboats met with the unfortunate discovery that the ice was too thick for them to free the boats in time.
And the Lancastria
It's not 10000 it's 9000
@@yihu2252 it specifically says estimated 10,000. Please don’t interrupt a thread with misinformation. Thank you
9000 souls it was torpedowd bij a russia sub
@@tirtatirta Let me fix that for you. “10,000 estimated souls, it was torpedoed by a Russian submarine.” Yes it’s true it was torpedoed. But historical archives and records say 10,000+ not 9,000.
There were about 5 other movies, including the excellent "A Night to Remember", that also 'made the Titanic famous' before Cameron's film. The Titanic has pretty much been in the public eye since the night she sank.
right? like there was a movie about the titanic released a whole 29 days after it sank. it's always been famous.
A night to remember is incredible. I love the scenes onboard the Carpathia. I wish someone would make a movie about the titanic from the Carpathia’s viewpoint.
@@hippo440that was a silent movie but I get your point. A Night To Remember is by far the best Titanic based film of all time and is what actually inspired Cameron.
Want to see that either
Okay but the James Cameron version is and always will be the best version.
It’s so crazy how many lives are lost and changed forever due to mere greed.
Same!😆
Daam true
That's capitalism. Profits over lives.
Ever thought about the amount of shipwrecks from both world wars 1 & 2, & the amount of fuel & oil on board that is now slowly leaking into our oceans
Most wars throughout history were fought for territorial gains or riches. (the STATED reason may or may not be true; but is sometimes used as a catalyst to motivate people so that the leaders can achieve their true objectives.)
For me: The ferry MV Sewol sank on the morning of April 16, 2014, en route from Incheon towards Jeju in South Korea.[16] The 6,825-ton vessel sent a distress signal from about 2.7 kilometres (1.7 mi; 1.5 nmi) north of Byeongpungdo at 08:58 KST (23:58 UTC, April 15, 2014).[17] Out of 476 passengers and crew, 306 died in the disaster, including around 250 students from Danwon High School in Ansan City.[18][19][20] Of the approximately 172 survivors, more than half were rescued by fishing boats and other commercial vessels that arrived at the scene approximately 40 minutes before the Korea Coast Guard (KCG).[21]
The captain of this ship is the worst! he abandoned everyone without giving an evacuation order.
@@saimaddy3456yea he said to the students and people on board to stay put
Why almost every famous shop sinkings happen in April
@@catcat1080I was thinking exactly the same thing , wonder what it is about April 🤷♀️
@@carolineshephardlots of bad things has happened in April.
Since the implosion of the Titan, i find myself watching more sea disaster content here on YT.
Same
The sinking of the MS Estonia is pretty tragic too, only 137 people of nearly 1000 survived. It is also one of the deadliest maritime disasters in history.
The rust rating thing about the Estonia was that the Herald Of Free Enterprise had already occurred and lessons should have been learned…
@@andrewbrown6786 People never learn from these types of things, unfortunately.
the sultana was not claimed as unsinkable. that's why the titantic is so historic as well as it was the largest cruise ship of its time.
Along with bad preparation, the clasism on the boats, how they had time to save more people but because error after another, all that people died.
It wasn’t a cruise ship. It was an ocean liner.
@@CW-Designlol I was gonna say that
Ocean Liner
The Titanic wasn't a cruise ship, it was an ocean liner
So :
Fix the ship,
Dont overload them,
Dont sail in storms,
Don't trust that people in authority know what they are doing,
Trust your instincts.
@Matt Basically.
Point there plus Titanic was traveling on a rather calm ocean which could easily deceive the crew. I also watched that a lot of not so normal events happened in 1912.
Unlock the lifevest lockers
: Don't believe you have control over anything because you are at the mercy of the ocean
Don't sail in April??
To me, there's a lot of reasons (beyond the movie) as to why the Titanic is a more talked about shipwreck. Firstly you have that it was a hugely technological ship for its time and was made very famous back then for being called unsinkable and for luxurious it was, with a lot of wealthy people of 1912 having tickets for the ship. Then you have how it went down, the fact that the moon wasn't out so the iceberg wasn't visible, the image of the propellers being lifted from the ocean and the ship breaking in half. It's iconic stuff. Then you have what ultimately was poor handling in the event of it sinking. Not enough lifeboats for everyone, and of the lifeboats on board, none were filled to capacity.
And of course a very obvious reason for spotlight: that it was her maiden cruise.
@@greg-warsaw4708 I came to say just that 👍
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I'm a filipina and rest in peace to all the people who died on the ships...
The Dona Paz ferry disaster in the Philippines, claimed over 4,385 lives for those of you that don't know, because he doesn't say in the video. The ship was way overloaded with people. I'm pretty sure it was 4,000+ people. And only a handful survived
6:35
@@kwentongaha1100I think he means the amount of deaths
Yeah i am filipino and i know this ome
@@kwentongaha1100 yeah he doesn't mention how many people died. I think it's a pretty important number. So this is why I left the comment
Yes he skipped the details on this one. The accident was caused due to a faulty rudder on the Vector which caused the ship to steer a zig zag course; as it was dark the crew of the Dona Paz couldn’t tell which direction it was going until too late as they could see alternating port & starboard lights approaching
I think the reason nobody reaely talks about some of these is some of them were totally avoidable (the Titanic was to a point, but ones like the Sultana was avoidable if the owner of the ship had spent the extra money to fix the boiler correctly, and we know basically the events that took place as a result of his actions). The Titanic is still a bit of a mystery to some (at least, the very details and other theories as to how it could have been avoided, which I think is what makes it the most talked about shipwreck, plus everyone knows about it obviously due to its popularity).
Nope, it is just what the media chooses to pick up on and run with. Titanic was also totally avoidable. The radio room was busy sending and receiving passenger messages and after informing captain once about iceberg warnings didnt bother again, The captain ddint explicitly tell the radio room to keep him updated and mentally thought he would divert south if another warning came. There too greed doomed the ship. Not to mention in the greed of winning the blue riband titanic skipped the lifeboat drills that were supposed to be held first in the lake where they tested the dinghys, then before departure and then at sea. All were missed because hey she was unsinkbale right? They were running behind with the launch and then wanted to go as fast as possible on sea so they never did them. which is why it took the crew so long to lower them when they were needed and they were half filled because they literally didnt know how much weight they would be able to carry. It was literally a disaster caused by human vanity and greed
Your smart❤🎉
Sultana was hopelessly overloaded. The passengers were packed like sardines.
well when the titanic hit the iceberg it popped out the rivets holding the steel plates in place even if titanic hit it head on titanic was traveling at 22 knots! so if it had hit the iceberg head on the force from the crash would pop out the rivets and titanic would sink faster
@@TimelyEpic73There is just something about Titanic. It must be natural or spiritual. Plus James Horner gave it a matching sound track though for the movie but it sinks in with the actual event 😢
Could have mentioned the SS Eastland, which rolled over in the Chicago River, resulting in 844 deaths, the worst loss of life of any shipwreck on the Great Lakes.
This is because it had way to many lifeboats
Dona Paz was sailing to A stopover somewhere in Visayas carrying for almost 4,400 passengers and only not more than 30 passengers have survived that day. The Tanker delivers oil to Masbate(which is my hometown) It's the most deadliest shipwreck in the Philippine History.
P.s I'm not yet alive that Day coz I was born in 2001 but it was mentioned on the stories of my grandparents
I'm filipino and yes very true
The MV Doña Paz collided with a tanker and caught on fire in December 20th, 1987. 4,385 people drowned or were burned alive with only 26 people made it out alive. The ferry was more than twice overloaded with passengers and later found to be sailing under unseaworthy conditions. This remains the deadliest peace time maritime disaster in history
Also life jackets were apparently locked away and nowhere to be found.
What do you expect.. Its Philippines
Tragic as it was, it was predictable.. Way overloaded, broken boiler, a flood, etc... Titanic is the one that should not have happened... Clear calm weather, Morse code transmitter... A big Ocean liner that was declared practically unsinkable... Carrying both immigrants and business people, as well as some of the wealthiest people at that time.... Operated by what seemed the most competent crew of the day... Anything big enough to sink the ship they thought they would see in time to avoid it... Olympic already had a couple misshaps without sinking... What could possibly go wrong??? lol
The Federal Reserve was founded only 8 months after that ship "collided with an iceberg ". Very suspect and the media never stop goin on about it for a 110 years now.
What are you talking about? In fact, the calm weather worked against them especially with the colder weather at the surface of the water that created a mirage effect. That mirage covered the iceberg until it was too late. This mirage effect is documented by the officers and the watches of that night.
@@Orly90 not sure. Might have had a few beers. But I think I was getting at it was their own arrogance that caused the disaster.
It was no one’s arrogance…they made appropriate diversions to avoid the ice fields. They just got unlucky. You just want to blame someone cause you’re a fool.
why did i get a yacht ad before this video as if 1: i could afford a yacht and 2: as if i wasnt literally watching a SHIPWRECK VIDEO?
Same!!
what about the Wilhelm Gustloff? 6000-9000 people died in the sinking of it but wasn't very famous due to the few survivors and the fact that it was during ww2 and many more complicated reasons i dont want to explain...
The LANCASTRIA
@@juliemanarin4127 i guess too
Empress of Ireland as well. Sank in 14 minutes killing 1000
@@Brandon_093 i know about empress of ireland, just 6000 compared to 100 is a big difference
Bruh it’s 1000 it’s not 100
You should have mentioned the MV Wilhelm Gustloff. About 10,000 people die. Now THAT is worse really worse than the Titanic.
All tragedies are equally bad. When lives are lost, it’s the worst thing ever. Stop putting tragedies down because of the mere amount of lives lost.
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the captain on the sultana made very poor choices by not getting the boiler fixed taking to many passengers and cargo. it's so sad that because of one mans poor choices so many people suffered
they died because of his greed.
When a ship is captained by weak, greedy men, ruin is inevitable and it will be everyone but them who suffers. Look at the captains of our ships of state and say they're not just that.
I’d also include the MV Sewol where they over loaded the ship. When they realized it was going to sink instead of telling people to abandon ship, they instead told the passengers everything was fine and to go back to their cabins which they did. It’s so sad to see videos and text messages they sent their families right before they died. Also the fact the captain and crew saved their own lives while needlessly killing all the passengers.
I am japanese who lived in korea half of my life ive had friends there all over which one of them was a girl boarding the sewol ferry the people in authority did nothing to save the kids which led to only 75 getting saved i also assume they let it sink because of the insurance to get the money
Very informative clip I must say I truly enjoyed all my pre-school memories come flooding back listing to the guy telling the stories
5:31 that is scary I’ve never seen a boat turn upside down from a bad storm
ALLLL of the other stories you all are throwing out are fully and extensively covered on numerous chanels.
He is covering THIS ONE. So respect it.
I think the main reasons why people are drawn to the story of the Titanic is because it was the biggest and most advanced ship of its time and it sank on its maiden voyage.
And of course the real life sad story of Jack and Rose.
In case you're not being sarcastic, there is no real Jack and Rose. Sorry to disappoint.
Besides the fact there's no jack and Rose when the movie was made people were already obsessed with titanic
Mauretania and Lusitania, the two sister ships, were even more advanced, and they were built before Titanic by Cunard (Rival of White Star Line (Titanic operator)). Also, the jack and rose story was purely fictional. Welcome to Hollywood, brother.
I think that Titanic sinking was a big deal coz there were many extremely wealthy people that were on it.
I think a big part of the fascination with the Titanic is because of how deep it sank down to the ocean. I know there's plenty other ships that exceed the distance down. But it's definitely an element along with how elegant the ship is. It's a time capsule totally isolated from the world where few can ever go.
I love it, well done for 44.5M subs!
Titanic was famous because of its elegance and how much it cost to make the ship at that time there was none like its kind
Except two others.
Also it carried extremely wealthy people
It cost 7.5 million$ to build Titanic. Cameron spent close to 200 million$ to make his movie! Norma Jean.Morrissey
That clears the question if a ship can be capsizing in rough waters and stay capsized... Always thought the Poseidon was just a book.
If another tragedic sinking ship gets a film, I'm thinking it should be the MV Sewol 2014 where 9 out of the 10 classes of the second years in Danwon highschool(Around 200+ students) and civilians, including ship crew present in the ship went down on April 16, 2014. The poor souls were told to by the captain to "Stay where you are" while he fled to his own safety, leaving as the FIRST "rescued" to get out of the ship, leaving everyone behind. The ship eventually sank with more than half of the passengers still inside.
I wish there were more disaster films based on real disasters instead of the over-dramatic, apocalyptic, borderline fantastical schlock that Hollywood churns out. Like, I get it, fictional, world-ending, massive mega-disasters allow for greater spectacle and larger stakes, but make too many of them and they all start to feel cliche and same-y.
@@HistorianOfVaelris I agree
The last one I remember (not counting foreign (non-Hollywood) productions), was Deepwater Horizon in 2016.
One of the worst peace time maritime disasters happened in the Philippines on December 20, 1987 when the passenger ship MV Doña Paz collided with the oil Tanker MV Vector which killed around 4,385 passengers and crew
A ship normally carrying a capacity of 300 passengers and cargo, a patched up boiler, not enough lifeboats, and 2000 passengers on board ???
What's wrong with this picture ??? Looks like "greed" to make boat-loads of money was the reason the Captain allowed
2000 passengers on board.
I personally don’t really think it’s right to say ‘oh this shipwreck was worse than this one or that one and this one’ as you have to remember people died on each one of those ship wrecks, we can’t compare which one was the worst because they all are horrific for the world and the people who had to try to survive them.
One of the biggest (if not biggest) reasons why the Titanic disaster was so infamous was the impact it had on maritime laws. There were no life boats on the ship, a ship that was already hyped around the world as being unsinkable.
The last ship from the video was kinda odd, because all the life boats were full of men, not women and children. Most of the survivors were crew members, not passengers. And even the Captain was floating away on a makeshift raft??? Wow!! 😲
Awful, isn't it? One never *really* knows how one will react, when struck with fear. It can make you do things you never considered doing.
Why should you care if it isn’t your wife or kid?
Yeah they mutinied. The captain just didn’t die though, he stayed on the ship until it sank. There was also a French Duke that survived.
@@Miles0370I’m a woman with no children but I’d still rather a child survive than me 🤷🏼♀️
Or at least act in a manner that meant maybe a child AND me could survive instead of causing
Chaos.
Yea I bet the French Duke survived. That ilk would do anything to come out alive.
Great video!
FINALLY! It’s so annoying that only Titanic gets talked about still, but not the others.
I love your segment and visualisation of Sultana. Tragic 💔
Bright side is unreliable please don't watch them.
This is why, when toasting on a ship, one never says, "Bottoms up!"
Great timing on this being on my recommended. Next we’re gonna have people paying 500K to visit the Sultana disaster
Hms Hood must be by far the most tragic. Being the symbol and might of the Royal Navy for decades, sailing out to stop the new and feared german battleship Bismarck. After only a short battle her magazine got hit by Bismarcks 5th salvo igniting a fire that rapidly spread to main magazine which explosion was so severe it instandly broke the ship in 2 after which she sank in only 2 minutes killing everhbody on the ship except for 3 survivors.
Imagine that. 3 survivors of the 1418 people survived.
Probably the worst ratio of survivors to passengers of any major ship disaster. Literally you had 1 in 1000 chances of survival.
Probably the most famous shipwreck of all time, the Titanic, wasn't, in fact, the scariest or the worst in history. On April 27, 1865, the Sultana Steamboat carried more than 2,000 people instead of the regular 350. So, there was a broken boiler, an excess number of passengers, a lack of lifeboats, and not the best river conditions. At 2 am, the broken boiler, unable to withstand the load, suddenly exploded. It didn't leave many survivors, but it was not the only disaster at sea.
literally the first ship mentioned in the video was the sultana
Almost all of these shipwrecks happened on my birthday
In some ways you can compare these horrible tragedies to those that often happen in third world countries even today. In a lot of countries many the roads are so bad that people often drive off cliffs and die. Also many boats sink due to lax regulations and many people drown, as well as huge fires in poor neighborhoods and tragedies involving dangerous working environments.
There's videos out there focusing on the Artic alone and they are worth the watch. Its one series of disasters after another and sadly there's more to the story of why no women and children lived than can be detailed in this video.
Mv Dona paz disaster was on December 20th 1987 the Dona paz was from tacloban port going to manila and the tanker MT vector was going from Bataan to Masbate and collided in the Mindoro straight
I remember this hearing about this story in school.
Y’all, the reason the titanic was so publicized is because so many rich and influential people were involved and died. Not because the most people died or how long it took to sink
You're probably right because you can see the whole thing happening again in the case of Titan.
The reason that tho Titanic is well known is because it was its maiden voyage meant to be unsinkable and was the largest cruise liner at the time that is the reason the titanic is Bette known and made headlines
The Doña paz have same problem with others, it was sailing with excessive amount of passenger hoping to go home to their families before the christmas eve. Some passengers manage to jump but burned in the water.
Never knew cameras were invented back in 1829
There is even a photo of President John Quincy Adam's from about 1846. Looks like it was taken yesterday! Norma Jean Morrissey
Why is the video shaky? I can’t finish this video it’s giving me a headache
6:28
Some corrections: The sinking of the MV Doña Paz was dated on December 20th instead of September, and it happened at night time. The Doña Paz sank for 2 hours, whilst the Vector went under for another 2 hours.
Ya they don't seem to do much research in these videos unfortunately.
And the collision didn't happen 'for some reason,' it happened because the ships were uncertified, the crews unqualified and partying on the bridges while they left the navigation to a single inexperienced intern.
There's also the _Sewal_ , which capsized because she was overloaded with passengers, and cargo that was not secured in any way, and she was turned too sharply. Making it worse, very little effort was made to rescue the passengers, who were instructed by a recording on loop to stay in their cabins.
burned*
The most worst ship disaster is the H.M.S Hood, it sank in THREE whole fricking minutes.
General Slocum (1830's) , & Wilhelm Gustoff (1945).
GENERAL SLOCUM JUNE 15TH 1904
It's right it's on 1904 not 1830
Nice video
What a terrible way to die on that joola ship!!!
Can you imagine waiting for days trapped as the water slowly came up???
The empress of Ireland's captain was Henry George Kendall and it only took the empress of Ireland 14 minutes to sink
Can you do one on the Halifax explosion?
You should see the Oscar-nominated animated short "The Flying Sailor". Ship goes boom, he goes flying.
Thx for this you have to spread this
Up until today, I’ve NEVER heard of this. How tragic!
Also missing was the SS Andrea Doria sunk off the coast of Nantucket, MA on 25 July 1956 after colliding with the MV Stockholm in heavy fog, out of the 1,706 passengers and crew 1,661 were rescued she sank 11 hours later at 10:20 am the collision was 11:20 on the 26th of July. 51 died 46 on the Doria and 5 on the Stockholm
Other shipwrecks worse than Titanic is the RMS Empress of Ireland which killed around 1,500 to 2,000
RMS Lusitania which killed around 1,900 to 2,400
RMS Lucania which is basically forgotten but around 2,000 people died
The worst ship disaster is the Wilhelm Gustloff which killed at least 9,000
the Empress of Ireland was 1400 Lusitania 1199
At the time of the Sultana, it was impossible to record a video, because the first video was recorded in 1875.
Our worst ever ship disaster in asia and you explained it the wrong way 😢😢
United states
Bright side wouldn't be bright side without inaccuracies lol
I am surprised HMS Terror and Erebus didn't make it onto the list. That was tragic when looking for the Northwest Passage.
Why does society have to compare every ship disaster to the titanic? At this point, it's really annoying. Just stop.
Because Rose said goodbye to Jack as she drifted away and Jack was left in the ice cold sea.
I think that the Titanic became so famous because of the rich and famous passagers.
Titanic is famous because they said it couldn't sink and it did taking so many lives in the process. Norma Jean Morrissey lover of the great ships
If I recall correctly the Arctic Disaster is more tragic then made in this video due to what happened on board rather than it sinking.
I agree, several important events were not featured. Like the crew members sent out to rescue passengers from the Vesta, as they neared the Vesta, the Arctic took its daring dash to shore, leaving them behind. The men that broke into the liquor cabinet and killed several. And other horrible events.
Some people in 2023 paid $250k just to go see the titanic instead of sending a robot & they’ve been missing for days! How insane is that?!
The Dona Paz caught fire and sank on December 20 1987
i knew Dona Paz will be in the list. btw, it sank during the night not day.
That’s so sad but I think the titanic is so famous cause it wasn’t unsinkable and everyone thought it was unsinkable but that last one really shocked me about how no one cared and about how selfish it was from crew members
Very nice research and compilation admin! Kudos!
The narrator sounds like he's reading to kids at circle time....
Agreed! He is a bit too cheerful for the subject!
No mention of the Wilhelm Gostloff?!
It was December 20th 1987 not September 20.
Dona Paz is also called Asia's Titanic
I know the worst maritime disaster was the German cruise liner the Wilhelm Gustloff
One of my great grandpa's was on the Sultana Steamboat
what about estonia
Thanks
What about Wilhelm Gustloff?
this captain has one too many unfinished side quests
How eerie was it seeing a scuba diver SWIM up some steps? 😵💫
@0:57 I love New Orleaeens!
0:07 RED FUNNELS?
That's bright side for ya...
Hello bright side I'm a member❤❤❤
No one talks about wihelm gustloff?
5:56 so what I’m hearing is
We need doors near the ceiling
I know the worst boat disaster. I was in the local boat with other two pasangers traveling about 2 km distance. From nowhere the water started to come inside the boat. In a matter of seconds we were floating with life jackets. Another passenger boat came and took us. I lost my phone and my trust on local boats.
Titanic is so famous because it is indeed a state of art plus it just sunk to elagantly
no ship sinks elegantly
The Sasitina was severely overloaded
Sultana
While I was watching this video, an ad came up for a vacation cruise ship. How ironic.
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