The Story of the Mediterranean Sky Cruise Ship

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  • Опубликовано: 12 янв 2025

Комментарии • 338

  • @PartTimeExplorer
    @PartTimeExplorer Месяц назад +316

    Another excellent video! Thank you so much for letting us be a part of this project. We really enjoyed working with your team to produce the animations and bring this ship back to life!

    • @omrouk
      @omrouk Месяц назад +17

      The CGI definitely adds to the storytelling. Well done all.

    • @declanohalloran4257
      @declanohalloran4257 Месяц назад +7

      Loved all the renders! Came to the comments to comment how great they made the story telling! Awesome job!

    • @Silentt141
      @Silentt141 Месяц назад

      The perfect marriage of @PartTimeExplorer and Bright sun

  • @gianniskatsios8033
    @gianniskatsios8033 Месяц назад +327

    I actually live in Elefsina, the little town right next to the wreck.
    When I was a kid, whenever we would pass by the wreck I was almost half way outside the window of the car. It always seemed fascinating to me.
    My parents have told me that no government has ever bothered to do anything with the wreck. It has been forgotten about.

    • @smudger4274
      @smudger4274 Месяц назад +6

      May I ask if you ever been on the ship

    • @gianniskatsios8033
      @gianniskatsios8033 Месяц назад +23

      @@smudger4274 the prospect of getting trapped in there or getting hurt is way too scary for me not gonna lie 😭😂

    • @smudger4274
      @smudger4274 Месяц назад +2

      @ hey if I go there I might consider it

    • @edcano2293
      @edcano2293 Месяц назад +1

      ​@@gianniskatsios8033makes sense. Still cool

    • @alveolate
      @alveolate Месяц назад +3

      how can it be "forgotten" when it is SO visible right there on the shore? it's been ignored/neglected.

  • @smontone
    @smontone Месяц назад +199

    Man that footage, I was screaming nope, nope, nope the entire time they were on that ship. Terrifying absolutely agree.

    • @Meatball2022
      @Meatball2022 Месяц назад +28

      I can’t think of a worse idea than walking around on a giant unstable bucket of rust hoping the floor/walls don’t collapse.

    • @Scrubworks
      @Scrubworks Месяц назад +6

      @@Meatball2022 The hull plating is extremely thick. The waters appear calm, so the outer hull above the water will take decades more to corrode through. That being said, yeah, I wouldn't want to walk around on it. Even though it may still be structurally sound, one slip into an open cabin window and you're in the shit.

    • @taysezz
      @taysezz Месяц назад

      So much this!!!!😮

  • @venomousnate7263
    @venomousnate7263 Месяц назад +168

    Seeing a cruise ship graveyard where they’re just floating there is a pretty creepy site.

  • @cpnquack
    @cpnquack Месяц назад +470

    it's a shame this vessel ended up like this, but, in a way, it's a better fate then simply being scrapped. Huge props to you Jake, and many others for keeping stories like these alive.

    • @mercuryredstone2235
      @mercuryredstone2235 Месяц назад +12

      It's really sad we can't save any ocean liners outside the Queen Mary, I can think of so many ships civilian and military that should still be with us as museum ships.

    • @glich86
      @glich86 Месяц назад

      Scrapping it was 100% the right decision and only didn't happen because greedy owners waited for scraps prices to rise. Instead it's an ecological hazard slowly poisoning the water it's decaying in....

    • @hobbitilius
      @hobbitilius Месяц назад +29

      How is being litter in nature a better fate than being scrapped? These wrecks and their irresposible owners who do not care to remove them, while interesting, are all destorying natural environments.

    • @ront769
      @ront769 Месяц назад +12

      @@hobbitilius People seem to easily get sentimental instead of asking a few common-sense questions like yours.

    • @CandyVan69
      @CandyVan69 Месяц назад +1

      Shame😂😂😂

  • @Spiritofthecimmarron
    @Spiritofthecimmarron Месяц назад +45

    thank you so much for using another creator to make the animations and not using AI, that really means a lot to me as a small artist myself

  • @tcbgarage2845
    @tcbgarage2845 Месяц назад +214

    Outstanding video Jake. Your content just gets stronger and stronger. I love that ship graveyard footage. I would love to explore one.

    • @XxUgLyBoY1940xX
      @XxUgLyBoY1940xX Месяц назад +5

      Is it just me or does this say “12 days ago”?

    • @tcbgarage2845
      @tcbgarage2845 Месяц назад +4

      @XxUgLyBoY1940xX Patreon get early access among other things.

    • @jimmtl9736
      @jimmtl9736 Месяц назад +3

      So true, year after year the quality of his videos always get better

  • @graceHan2447
    @graceHan2447 Месяц назад +69

    For almost the last ten years, your videos have always been a constant form of comfort, thank you for your videos Jake!! Keep doing what you’re doing!!

  • @ungabunga7879
    @ungabunga7879 Месяц назад +75

    Seeing the america docked up with dozens of other abandoned ships is like a cameo event, like seeing stan lee in an avengers movie.

  • @ItsAmaliaB
    @ItsAmaliaB Месяц назад +67

    I'm so glad you covered her story, I've been wanting a video of Med Sky from you and in your effortlessly professional style for a while. She really was just a gorgeous ship in her prime, and it's genuinely very cool that you can still visit her, even if she's a little worse for wear. Cheers.

  • @midshipcinema
    @midshipcinema Месяц назад +75

    Nice work. I have her CITY OF YORK bell, which I bought from her watchman after spending a day on board documenting her from top to bottom in Patras in the late 90s. She actually rolled over quite quickly after she was moved to her current location.

    • @Weird_but_neat
      @Weird_but_neat Месяц назад +1

      I’m playing like 👍

    • @BrightSunFilms
      @BrightSunFilms  Месяц назад +11

      Oh wow! I’d love to see your documentation!

    • @midshipcinema
      @midshipcinema Месяц назад +19

      @@BrightSunFilms I have over a thousand hours of footage of ships like her, taken during my many trips around the globe in search of historic liners and cruise ships over the past 30 plus years. In addition to MED SKY, I also have her sister, at the time called ALICE, documented while she was laid up in Chalkis. My RUclips channel, which only has a tiny fraction of your viewership, contains many videos about ships like ACHILLE LAURO, WINDSOR CASTLE, BRITANIS, LEONID SOBINOV, FAIRSTAR, SHANGHAI and more. I've also made nine trips to Alang to document and rescue items from classic ships and two to Aliaga. Please have a look sometime and if there is anything you need, let me know. :)

    • @Kordziel
      @Kordziel Месяц назад +3

      I'm surprised that the life boats have not been removed. They look salvageable

    • @fennecfoxfanatic
      @fennecfoxfanatic Месяц назад +1

      @@Kordziel maybe the life boats are still there, in case of emergency

  • @traciecombs7030
    @traciecombs7030 Месяц назад +21

    It really is a shame the cruise ship experience has evolved the way it has- MEGA floating amusement parks, in place of the calm sleek vessels of the past. Thank you, Jake, for these little glimpses of the past!

  • @A51Rene
    @A51Rene Месяц назад +30

    Once again a great video! Really enjoyed this story and loving the 3D graphics

  • @performa9523
    @performa9523 Месяц назад +9

    Another absolute home run of a video by Bright Sun Films! Rock on!

  • @GeekmanCA
    @GeekmanCA Месяц назад +53

    Thanks for introducing me to the term "Submechanophobia", which I very clearly have but haven't known there was a word for until now.

    • @dillyb0612
      @dillyb0612 Месяц назад +6

      Same, the anxiety I felt during the sections of video showing the interior half submerged was overwhelming. I would be just fine looking at this ship from the shore

    • @LegendsofSolComics
      @LegendsofSolComics Месяц назад

      Same, i cant help but jump back slightly whenever there is submerged things in the ocean or any body of water in videos i watch. Besides having submechanophobia i have thalassophobia.

    • @koini11
      @koini11 Месяц назад +3

      I'd say as phobias go this one is pretty sensible.

  • @definitelynotaweeb1111
    @definitelynotaweeb1111 Месяц назад +7

    Half expected to hear our friend Mike Brady from Oceanliner Designs😂 great vid Jake!

  • @AlexS-pb5hn
    @AlexS-pb5hn Месяц назад +9

    i am from Athens and I see this ship every time My family and I go to our vacation home. It's cool to know the story behind it.

    • @Mookeow
      @Mookeow 27 дней назад

      casual flex, can i visit? id love to see this icon chip

  • @Challechallechalle
    @Challechallechalle Месяц назад +11

    Yessss! Stoked to watch. You da man Jake. Love your work.

  • @drspudbear3828
    @drspudbear3828 Месяц назад +5

    your videos on shipwrecks is by far the best content you make on this channel. Please keep doing them more often.

  • @FriendlyPhilcoDealer
    @FriendlyPhilcoDealer Месяц назад +4

    I love the way Med Sky's design seems to blend the 50s appearance of the ship with the 70s overhaul. Some other older ocean liners that were given a second life as cruise ships lose their form and feel really disjointed - this redesign feels complementary to the point of almost being retrofuturistic.

  • @HelloKittyGal16
    @HelloKittyGal16 Месяц назад +4

    The inception and otherworldly. What an art exhibit. The glamour-elegance I feel.

  • @GreatGreebo
    @GreatGreebo 16 часов назад

    The videos and photos from inside had me shaking my head and physically backing away from my screen… *HARD NO* for me ever going inside a ship like that. I’m glad you gave me a name for what I’m feeling 👀

  • @Unownshipper
    @Unownshipper Месяц назад +3

    Always love your deep dives (no pun intended) into these subjects, it's surprisingly fascinating and your narration style and storytelling expertise are just terrific. Your coverage of the Oceanos is a perennial favorite.

  • @republicofoctania9571
    @republicofoctania9571 Месяц назад +9

    This is another great episode

  • @acrain7
    @acrain7 Месяц назад +3

    Man, the shot of the bridge half underwater is so, so cool

  • @JAF30
    @JAF30 Месяц назад +4

    The music at the end is so fitting, very nice touch.

  • @wagonlee5443
    @wagonlee5443 Месяц назад +4

    The adjacent villa, "Villa Eutaxia" is worth mentioning and visiting. It's a striking abandoned property with modernist architecture and magnificent landscaping. It too has an interesting history and it's adjacency to the wreck makes it all the more appealing. The old train tracks running next it are also amazing. All in all just a top tier place for urban exploration. Some very very observant people might also recognise the villa from Cronenberg's recent film "Crimes of the Future" where it appears in the opening sequence.

  • @earnshaw5
    @earnshaw5 Месяц назад +3

    The animations are so life like and adds another level of quality to your already fantastic content. Another great and enjoyable video 😊

  • @anthonysterling695
    @anthonysterling695 Месяц назад +3

    Wow...
    Another great documentary.
    I was surprised, thought, as I had spent 2 nights aboard this vessel while it was at Guantanamo Bay.
    I was temporary duty in the Air Force, attached to the Air Transportable Hospital set up to care for the refugees housed there in tent cities.

  • @EdenNeedsAYoutubeHandle
    @EdenNeedsAYoutubeHandle Месяц назад +8

    Part-Time Explorer collab? hell yeah

  • @isntpandaa
    @isntpandaa Месяц назад +11

    As a greek you all have no idea how happy i am that my house is in 2 of these photos

  • @dr0zone709
    @dr0zone709 4 дня назад +1

    Reminds me of the World Discoverer, a ship currently on its side beached in the Solomon Islands. I love abandoned ships

  • @rickbase833
    @rickbase833 Месяц назад +4

    Holy molly.......you just identified something that I've been afflicted with all my life. Submechanophobia. I've always been squeamish about the notion of being in the water next to a big ship. It's why I never did swim calls when I was in the Navy. I didn't know this phobia existed. I figured I was keel hauled in a previous life.

  • @djninjawolfman3162
    @djninjawolfman3162 Месяц назад +3

    Since im early I want to leave a comment saying how much I've loved your channel all these years!

  • @vivxsavageog
    @vivxsavageog Месяц назад +1

    So sad she just ended up lost in the bay. But I’m so happy to see a video from you Jake! Thank you for sharing your gifts with us, another great video for the channel!

  • @alexe9030
    @alexe9030 Месяц назад +1

    Yes!!! I love your shipwreck videos they are my absolute favorite!!!!

  • @alexjames9495
    @alexjames9495 Месяц назад +2

    Very much appreciated the visuals on this!

  • @moonlusterblack
    @moonlusterblack Месяц назад +10

    I was thinking "I'm surprised PTE didn't get in on this" but I was so happy to see that the animations were done by him!! I'm so happy--I love both these channels so this feels like a dream collab ❤

  • @Vassilika1
    @Vassilika1 Месяц назад +9

    I was on this ship as a 3yo child with my dad back in 1975, on the way from Ancona/Italy to Crete/Greece. I still have some old photos, but can't share them here since my comment with the link got deleted. 🤷‍♂

  • @transcatgirl551
    @transcatgirl551 Месяц назад +5

    new bright sun shipwreck video yeeeeeeeeeeessssssss

  • @dianab3585
    @dianab3585 Месяц назад +1

    Your videos are more than worth the wait . Thank you for another intriguing grand liner story and all you do!🎉

  • @tabbitee
    @tabbitee Месяц назад +3

    Aaahhh, submechanophobia, the most specific phobia I was ever pleased to find a name for, because I finally knew what I have

  • @HFBmarine
    @HFBmarine Месяц назад +3

    Brilliant video as always Jake, and was really great to work with you on this one!

  • @danielkolp2121
    @danielkolp2121 Месяц назад +1

    I have enjoyed your channel for a long time now!! Thank you very much for sharing your content!! You and I have so many of the same interests, even though there is a huge age difference. You bring such a new perspective on things I lived and are no more!! It is so fresh and inspiring for me!! Thank you!!
    “What’s up? I’m Jake.”
    I love hearing that in every episode!!
    *You should patent that statement *
    Thank you Jake!!

  • @FernandoGarcia-qr1ks
    @FernandoGarcia-qr1ks Месяц назад +1

    Great footage and narration. Thank you for sharing!

  • @dpmentertainment6664
    @dpmentertainment6664 Месяц назад +2

    Great video Jake. You always do your research. That’s what I like about your videos. I had never heard of this ship so it was very interesting to watch. Also, you have the best voice for narrating all your videos. Looking forward to the next video. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

  • @danielabackstrom
    @danielabackstrom Месяц назад +2

    Yay another shipwreck video, love these!
    Have you heard about M/S Estonia that sank in -94? Killed close to 900 people, such a horrible tragedy

  • @leighmaesaka5880
    @leighmaesaka5880 Месяц назад +2

    This was FANTASTIC! I've never even heard of this ship before, so you've taught me a brand new thing! (Also, I *thought* I recognized those animations from P-TE!)

  • @marykosin5053
    @marykosin5053 Месяц назад +1

    Such an interesting story, jake! thanks for sharing!! i’d love to see you cover more shipwreck videos 🫶🏻

  • @s0upra536
    @s0upra536 Месяц назад +1

    I just saw this and need to comment as fast as possible before it completely blows up.
    Jake, I love your channel and your "Story of" videos, especially the Andrea Doria one. I want to thank you for your channel and wish all the best!

  • @MidknightGlaze
    @MidknightGlaze 24 дня назад +1

    Fantastic CGI. Keep it up

  • @superbike6969
    @superbike6969 Месяц назад +4

    Great job. What an amazing story

  • @still_guns
    @still_guns Месяц назад +4

    Yo, I literally learned about this today after I looked up a different ship (the Soviet liner Ivan Franko that appears at 5:35). What a mega coincidence.

  • @boomr334
    @boomr334 Месяц назад +1

    Thrilled to see Port Elizabeth and Durban had their day as ship names. I sailed as a child on a boat from Cape Town to Durban, a mail ship that was terrifying to me as a small child.

  • @nicholaschampion4182
    @nicholaschampion4182 Месяц назад +1

    Been a while since the last cruise ship video, great to see another fascinating entry. Love your work Jake 👍

  • @OceanChannelProductions
    @OceanChannelProductions Месяц назад +1

    What a beautiful ship, both in its city of York configuration and Mediterranean sky. I think the last golden cruise lines livery was my favourite.

  • @blahmooblah789
    @blahmooblah789 Месяц назад +1

    Jaaaaaaaaaaake! I have been so curious about this ship ever since I viewed it on Google maps. Thank you and I’m really looking forward to your Queen Elizabeth 2 review
    I wantsssss da big boooooats!!!!!!!!!!

  • @nursestoyland
    @nursestoyland Месяц назад +44

    Srry im late, was watching some oceanliner designs!

    • @AdmiralGray1911
      @AdmiralGray1911 Месяц назад +8

      Oh, our dear friend Mike Brady.

    • @thomasashman8738
      @thomasashman8738 Месяц назад +3

      Would be a fantastic collaboration with these two actually

    • @nursestoyland
      @nursestoyland Месяц назад +3

      @@thomasashman8738 pretty sure he did, unless im gaslighting myself

  • @Jessa-RM
    @Jessa-RM Месяц назад +1

    I love when you upload shipwreck videos!

  • @104d_3rr0r_vince
    @104d_3rr0r_vince Месяц назад +3

    12:06 I grew up there. Used to ride the bike with friends and sometimes a bit of fishing.

  • @nixops
    @nixops Месяц назад +1

    Fascinating Vid. They were beautiful ships as built, but horrible conversions. The insides are really strange, a ship caught in time. As for the CGI models, they are amazing. Thanks for this glimpse.

  • @sinisterisrandom8537
    @sinisterisrandom8537 Месяц назад +6

    These ships retired, proud of what they have done even though they no longer serve. It's clear they still serve the sea creatures and sometimes people who come to visit.

  • @mbazzy123
    @mbazzy123 Месяц назад +1

    Jake great video cruise old ships fascinate me thanks for posting.

  • @SJS68
    @SJS68 Месяц назад +1

    Been waiting for new video like this to drop well done

  • @generaltophat5877
    @generaltophat5877 Месяц назад +2

    The Tom Lynskey, bright sun films crossover was not something I was expecting but I’m so here for it

  • @ScareFestTTV
    @ScareFestTTV Месяц назад +4

    Amazing content man!

  • @Whiskin87
    @Whiskin87 Месяц назад +1

    Another fascinating story!

  • @andyreynolds6194
    @andyreynolds6194 Месяц назад

    Beautiful looking ship. Great video thanks!

  • @Daniel28021991
    @Daniel28021991 Месяц назад +2

    Great episode

  • @noahbundonis
    @noahbundonis Месяц назад +1

    Great video Jake. Never heard of this ship before. Thanks for sharing. 😁

  • @abo3ay9_j
    @abo3ay9_j Месяц назад

    Always great stuff my man! Keep up the great work!!!!!! 💯

  • @historygamez5106
    @historygamez5106 Месяц назад

    having started watching this channel with the maritime videos, I'm happy to see another

  • @chrisbrooks5635
    @chrisbrooks5635 24 дня назад +1

    I too suffer from submechanophobia! But until this video I did not know it had a name. Buoys chains or anything that vanish into the abyss really make my skin crawl.

  • @hyperionenterprises
    @hyperionenterprises Месяц назад +1

    Amazing video Jake, my congratulations.
    I'm glad I could help even a little,
    thank you very much for the credits. ( Vasileios Galanakis)

  • @ronanallison7795
    @ronanallison7795 Месяц назад

    Fully agree with your submachanaphobia. Had the exact same feeling watching this!

  • @BoredVHSlover
    @BoredVHSlover Месяц назад

    so happy to see an upload of yours as it gets released! keep it up

  • @spacebug30
    @spacebug30 Месяц назад +1

    Awesome video. Apparently I drove past this wreck 4 times on my trips to Greece, but I never knew it was there. I'll definitely stop by the side of the road to take a look at it next time. I did visit the Dimitrios shipwreck near Githion, which you can just walk up to and touch the hull without your feet even getting wet.

  • @Tina-d8f
    @Tina-d8f Месяц назад +1

    That was really interesting.

  • @UCLASMR
    @UCLASMR Месяц назад +3

    Whoa, is that the Navarino @2:48? I cruised on her in the Mediterranean in the 70's.

  • @DavidRodriguez-zo1zk
    @DavidRodriguez-zo1zk Месяц назад +1

    I actually have seen this vessel myself, I took a trip to Greece with my best friend a couple years back, and I was fascinated with all the shipwrecks in this harbor, there are genuinely so many, this is definitely the most striking of them though, it was truly fascinating to see it in person and research it myself, I have a couple posts of the pictures I’ve taken on R/Shipwrecks, if anyone wants to check them out! Should be under Mediterranean Sky or City of York I kind of forget

  • @colinklang
    @colinklang Месяц назад +1

    Very fascinating. Great video. You do wonderful work.

  • @kevinhernandezgarcia6538
    @kevinhernandezgarcia6538 Месяц назад +1

    Visuals looked great!

  • @murphybrown7445
    @murphybrown7445 Месяц назад

    I had never heard of Submechanophibia before, I feel better about it now, thanks!

  • @BollingHolt
    @BollingHolt Месяц назад +2

    0:03 at least SOMETHING in this video is floating! Ayyyy ooooo! 😆

  • @boowah5
    @boowah5 Месяц назад

    I just binged all of your cruise ship stories yesterday, what a coincidence!!

  • @salty-9
    @salty-9 Месяц назад +1

    Part time explorer collab? I LOVE THIS NEW HELP EVERYONE ON RUclips TROPE!!!

  • @shinkyuuvoices
    @shinkyuuvoices Месяц назад +1

    Honey wake up new Bright Sun Films video and it’s shipwreck related!

  • @matthewturner7888
    @matthewturner7888 Месяц назад

    Amazing video jake! I am kind of surprised that she hasnt been refloated yet and scrapped and based on the research I have done over the years on this vessel, it seems that nothing really is in the cards for her, the logistics of physically trying to refloat it is daunting not to mention the cost associated with it. Plus she does attract tourism for sure so it may help the economy that the vessel is their even if it maybe an eye sore for the locals.

  • @Pigness7
    @Pigness7 Месяц назад +1

    wow those images and videos of the inside are crazy, if Two Face had a ship it would look like that

  • @CE000
    @CE000 Месяц назад

    Love waking up to a new episode!

  • @TheNorthwestWind
    @TheNorthwestWind Месяц назад

    Thanks Jake!!!!

  • @natethetrainboy9864
    @natethetrainboy9864 Месяц назад

    Nice you did a story about this ship, cause I've been a fan of the 1UP graffiti artists and I've always been wondering the story of the ship they put one of their biggest graffiti logo. Glad you made a video about that ship, just like you're other videos about things I didn't know about. Keep up the good work Jake.

  • @constantinosschinas4503
    @constantinosschinas4503 28 дней назад +1

    This was on our way to my uncle's shoreside villa. I remember as a kid the day we first saw it sunk. My uncle got bankrupt, his mansion became a wreck. He died a month ago. The two wrecks, still there.

  • @Mtownsend80
    @Mtownsend80 Месяц назад +1

    Love your channel

  • @SDSparkler
    @SDSparkler Месяц назад +1

    You saw photos and videos “floating around” the internet? Come on, man. I like a good pun, but that was bad.
    Love the video, as always. You never disappoint.

  • @verebellus
    @verebellus Месяц назад

    amazing visuals

  • @brookegray2697
    @brookegray2697 Месяц назад +1

    Babe wake up, new brightsunfilms video just dropped.

  • @Switchitup2000_heisthebest
    @Switchitup2000_heisthebest 24 дня назад +1

    This is such a shame that this the ship ended up that way. Anyways very excellent video and keep up the great work like you always do!! Also I was wondering if you can you do a video on Big Lots please? Since they are closing all remaining locations due to them struggling from bankruptcy and other factors as well.

  • @WOLFNBEAST
    @WOLFNBEAST Месяц назад +1

    My parents went on a Norwegian northern lights cruise and the boat was an active mail ship that stopped at every little town to deliver mail

  • @JCT420
    @JCT420 Месяц назад +1

    Nice video man