Lusitania Sinks in REAL TIME | 18 Minutes of Terror
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- Опубликовано: 28 май 2024
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It amazes me a single teenager is making these as essentially a hobby.
Jack, if you see this, regardless of what ship and what version, you are always improving and making these a watch.
Thank youuu ❤
@@jackganimationshi jack
@@jackganimations Jack, let me suggest similar "clothed" figures for the next Titanic animation if you're crazy enough to do one.
And as aside for your directing tastes... I find your "cosmic horror" type shots - the ship as a speck on an uncaring sea in its final moments with muffled screaming - to be VERY effective. Keep using those.
Done by a 17 year old??? 😮
Truly shocked, 😮 the quality is outstanding, network levels of professional 👏 👌 👍
gen z are really amazing people.
I love that the anti fouling has green on it, and the water is absolutely gorgeous. The same can be said about literally anything in this animation, but the light of the waters surface reflecting on the U-Boat is what made the deal for me. Phenomenal work to all on the Liner Design team.
Thank you!
I like how the passengers absolutely refuse to remove their hats
They are going down as gentleman I'm sure they would like a brandy too
"Do you know how much this hat COST?!" - some lady in 1915, probably.
The animation is about the ship. I am sure the people could use a bit of improvement.
If you are promenading, etiquette demands that you continue to do so calmly regardless of hullabaloo or the deck adopting a rakish angle.
I wear a hat constantly, I wouldn’t have even thought to remove my hat in that sinking situation.
God, imagine traveling up in one of those elevators, it's travelling up, then it grinds to a stop, the lights go out, the doors won't open.. terrifying
Huddled in the dark, hoping-praying-that you can somehow escape. And then the water starts to come in. Absolute horror.
God rest their souls.
I thought those early elevators where operated manually, so no electric locking doors
@@TecSanento these were new electric elevators, with electric locks
I worked from 2008 to 2021 for the PANYNJ in their 'headquarters' offices in NYC. Some of the people I worked with were in WTC 1 when it was hit by the first plane in the 9/11/01 terror attacks. One of my co-workers was stuck in an elevator and barely got out alive and to this day is afraid of elevators.
not trying to be rude but who thought it was a good idea to use the elevator during an extreme emergency???
The sight of the propeller churning towards the passengers from lifeboat 10 at 10:20 is absolutely gutwrenching. Amazing video!
It’s foreshadowing to a certain hospital ship sunk in 1916
The music and the ship in the distance, then the echo and plunge underwater to reveal the u-boat. I had chills. Phenomenal storytelling, fabulous animation, and brilliant directing.
18:45 I am blown away by how that shot looks so similar to a famous painting depicting this disaster. The way the angle is at, the way the water lightning is.
The angles are purposeful. It is showing respect to original inspiration. It used to be a lot more common before everyone would claim copy right over every little detail. The original painting was done by Ken Marshall. Several of the panoramic shots of the ship are also replicating exterior shots of the ship from “Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic”.
4:09 One aspect of the Lusitania sinking I find the most terrifying is how quickly she started rolling. That explosion absolutely devastated her hull.
Well consider this. There was an initial explosion from 160 kilos of TNT or the like. That would already have created a rather sizeable hole in the hull, even if contained in one watertight compartment. And consider that a hole one square meter in size will allow about 6 to 10 ton of water to enter each second. For one square meter. And just how big is the initial hole? certainly not just a single square meter.
Then a second explosion of greater magnitude occurs to rip an even bigger hole. How many tons is now entering the hull each second is unknown, But we are talking hundreds of tons of water each second. And it occurs so fast that there would not have been enough time to close the watertight doors, let alone all the portholes that were open. And for each open porthole coming under water, an additional jet of water about the size of slightly over a square meter was added to the equation across all watertight compartments.
At 10 minutes in, you might as well have moved a giant metal cutter along the buttom of the hull, and it wouldn't have made any difference by then. Only the holes to higher decks would have limited the amount of water passing on to these at that point, which wouldn't actually help much with all the portholes and entry ways open.
All things considered, even those on open deck at the time of torpedo impact can count themselves extremely lucky to have survived at all.
15 degree list almost immediately from what I remember of TV docs on the disaster. Absolutely terrifying.
Yeah, to me is the scariest part. No other ship sinking I heard listed THAT quickly.
To add to what others said, Lusitania also had coal bunkers running horizontally the length of the ship on each side. This pretty much allowed for the free flow of water and she immediately heeled over. It’s miraculous she didn’t capsize.
@@noahdavidson8733 There's just one little slip up in that. While it is true that the bunkers were present all along the length of the boiler romms the fed, they WERE divided by the watertight bulkheads that compartmentalised the ship lengthwise. So if the bulkheads held up, the water would not move freely through the length of the ship.
The trouble was that the second explosion tore one such bulkhead to pieces over a significant area, allowing water to fill the initial and the next compartment rapidly. And that was enough to ensure that the list exceeded that of the top of these bulkheads so that water could flow over the top and spill into the next compartment and so on.
But what really allowed water to fill her so rapidly was the amount of portholes that had not been closed when the torpedo struck, and once they reached water level, they became huge openings that allowed tons of water to enter the hull very rapidly.
It's horrifying that we can have a real-time sinking video that is only 18 minutes long
Now imagine trying to get out of inside the ship in 18 minutes. 😶🫣
The Empress of Ireland vid was even shorter. I asked mike for my money back ;))
@@phaasch How short?
@@bighand1530As short as a small pony.
... it is scary ...
Crazy how unsuccessful the launching of the life boats was, it's basically safer to stay on the ship and wait it out instead of risking your life in a life boat that crashes down or gets crushed by another
I posted a comment as to why. Due to the war there was a shortage of able bodied seaman (sailor with 2-3 years of experience at sea). The reason was the Royal Navy and then Englands merchant marine had priority which makes sense as those two roles were of national importance. Because of this British staffed liners had an acute shortage of experienced seaman. That might not seem important but this type of man would have a lot of experience in handling lines and life boat drills and a layman crew member would not.
@@tristanholland6445 oh wow, that one fact must have led to way more deaths when lusitania sank, if there were enough skilled sailors the death count probably would’ve been way lower
I can't imagine what those poor people went through in those 18 minutes. Especially those lost in the pitch black corridors or trapped in the elevators.
It may have only taken the Lusitania 18 minutes to sink. But for those onboard, it must have been the longest and haunting 18 minutes of their lives.
Those in the elevators it was even more terrifying, because, when you think about it, elevators back then were more like cages in terms of how the doors were designed and operated. So in other words, they were _literally_ caged inside.
@TheEDFLegacy
And I believe that the elevators stopped in-between decks too, which makes it even more horrifying.
Don't forget the:
1. Sailors trapped in the luggage hold - their only way out was via elevator
2. German spies who were still chained in the ships brig
@@jodij2366 Eep.
19:00 I see that Ken Marshall reference, really one of my favorite paintings
You once spoke of your fans thinking your videos were rather dark. What ever could have given them that idea? Thank you so much for sharing your unique talent with us.
Its a ton of people dying. It really doesnt get much more dark than that man.
Thank you very much!
@@basil9973 it may be a bunch of people dying, but that's why he teaches it. Lusitania, Titanic, 9/11, all the major tragedies must be retold so we never forget them. The saying goes (something along the lines of) "Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it."
These three Lusitania videos you have put together are absolutely outstanding. The narration on the first two is faultless. The research gone into these has clearly taken time and effort. The animation is just incredible. Well done and thank you to all involved in these three films. A credit to each person involved.
ok. the silence in the end when the fishing vessel arrived
compared to the utter chaos just a few seconds before
this just messed me up yall
Excellent animation, really capturing how terrifying it must've been. RIP to those who died.
This disaster is a soft and grim reminder as to why you should NEVER take an elevator/lift in case of an emergency.
The fact that there is no voiceover... its chilling...
And therefore the perfect decision... Terrifying though it may be. Great everyone involved!
Titanic and Lusitania are such an interesting contrast. Titanic had fewer lifeboats and a relatively poorly trained crew. But she sank in just under three hours and in such a way that almost all the boats were safely launched. Lusitania had plenty of lifeboats. But her sinking was chaotic and many of the boats smashed upon launch.
The most critical difference of many between them is how much water was entering the ship. A torpedo hole plus a secondary explosion is far larger than six slender slits totaling a couple square feet. Had Titanic torn a single 300-foot gash in her side, her sinking would have been perhaps half as long and more difficult to keep on an even keel (like Britannic with hitting a mine - much larger hole, one hour to sink keeled over to starboard).
@@browncoatkevinalso worth mentioning is the experience of the crew. Titanic’s crew had more time and plenty of experience, whereas Lusitania’s were second-hand volunteers who didn’t really know the equipment they were operating.
Imagine getting on a lifeboat, thinking you're safe, and then plunging into the water.
Then imagine you're in line for a lifeboat after watching the 4 before you crashing into the water.
I used to work on a cruise ship and we got into some heavy seas, that was terrifying enough-I can’t even imagine. Fantastic animation and the attention to detail (like only two funnels puffing smoke), is so appreciated. Impressive. Thank you to all at Oceanliner Designs.!!
Absolutely terrifying. Hats off to Jack and everyone in the team for your great work!
So glad Jack survived the Titanic to bring us this video!
This is so amazing. All of the detail, the different perspectives and points of view are so vivid and really bring this to life. Many thanks to you all for creating this.
This looks great! It must have been absolutely terrifying for the over 1000 passengers aboard.
Yeah, there were 1,266 passengers and 696 crew members on board.
Everyone talks about the lifeboats on Titanic (rightly so), but this poor beautiful ship's sinking and lifeboat situation was worse (imho).
Some boats unable to be launched, others coming down on people, land in sight.
I keep thinking if the torpedo had hit at some other spot, maybe Lusitania wouldn't have listed as much and more lifeboats could have been safely launched.
But fate was in a damn mood that day.
Even so, the engineers should have been able foresee that ships do not go down on an even keel and that a radical re-design of the retention and release mechanisms and release procedures was required so as to ensure all available boats could be lowered even when listing.
These liners really weren't designed to be evacuated no matter how many boats.
It really puts Titanic's sinking into a different perspective, how the lesser amount of water rushing in allowed the crew to keep the ship remarkably even, thus allowing the launch of 18 lifeboats. Had the power failed or the crew not been dedicated, it would have been worse (and the wreck wouldn't be upright, a miracle in itself). Britannic was a middle ground, a mine wrecking the ship beyond salvation, breaking the watertight door system, a beaching attempt that led to some lifeboats being destroyed, enough lifeboats launched to successfully save almost everyone on board (a hospital ship without patients is a few thousand people below capacity indeed), and taking about an hour to sink while landing on her starboard side.
That forward starboard side doomed all three British four-funnel liners. Clearly that was an unintentional weak point in both classes' designs.
Another thing too is the Titanic's crew were only JUST able to launch all lifeboats. If she had had the required number to on paper save everyone it would have cluttered everything up and merely added to the carnage, such as the multiple documented incidents that happened on Lusitania.
Titanic was on role model behavior for a sinking ship, even keel, many stages of progressive flooding, etc, it's likely we shall not see another case like it.
This was awesome! Everyone involved should be proud. The long shot at 10:15 where it follows the people along the side of the boat to reveal the propeller as the camera pans around to the other side of the ship and everything goes quiet. Chef's Kiss! No notes! Plus is just nice to watch a ship sink with out having to hear someone yelling "JACK!" for 45 minutes straight. Also not gonna lie, I did laugh quite a lot at how everyone was able to keep their hats on no matter what.
The numbers of deaths may not the same as the Titanic and especially Wilhelm Gustloff, but the sinking of the Lusitania is definitely one of the scariest. As SOON as the torpedo it, it was already doomed by that instant list. I cannot imagine getting out from inside when you have only 18 minutes to live.
Yeah, and a majority of those people never made it out of the inside at all.
The sprightly music at the beginning is so appropriate. It's not hard to imagine happy travelers enjoying the lovely spring weather during their last day at sea before reaching port, blissfully unaware of the horror that was about to befall them.
Indeed; when the torpedo hit, second-class was in the middle of the second “lunch” as second-class was so large, they had to split the lunches into shifts.
Not only is the animation gets the point across, the sounds really pushes it the rest of the way. With the horrific death rumbles of the ship.
"Horrific death rumbles of the ship" perfect analogy of the situation!
Having not watched the documentary yet, I was surprised to see the third funnel collapse. I was under the impression that had been ruled out by historians, so it’s interesting to see it make a comeback
It's a detail I was unaware of, and I thought I knew quite a bit. It doesn't have much impact on how long the sinking took (subtracting seconds at the very end if that), but it adds to the drama and the chaos.
@@browncoatkevin Yeah. It’s something I had actually heard of before, but I mostly saw it in older depictions of the sinking (including a famous war-time poster), while most newer histories omitted it.
I’ve always been a history buff it was even my major in college but the one aspect of history I found fascinating was not just the grand scale of events but the individual stories. I feel a lot people especially with ship wrecks generalize it but forget about the people tho in some ways the ship is a person. What I’m getting at I love these videos and how they have reenergized my love of history. RIP to those who lost their lives when Lusitania sank..
The ship is a person... yeah... I'm an artist that does that, making human reincarnations of ocean liners and the like. Lusitania was one of the first to get this and she turned into one of my favorite creations... needless to say... she needs a hug... horribly so...
Any chance the captions can be made more bold? I keep having to pause to see them. Love it though ❤
Beautifully done! My only criticism is that the captions were hard to read; the white font blended into the background, and/or it changed before I could finish reading it. Overall, this is very impressive!
I agree. They should put a black rectangle behind the white words, so they could be read. The only other criticism is it there is not much of an intro explaining it, nor an ending telling of any rescue work done. Did the fishing boat pick up people from the water?
If I had been on board the Lusitania and had seen the lifeboats crashing into the water like that, I would have refused to even go near them.
Then odd are very high that you would drown which is what happened to most of the people who didn’t get into a lifeboat.
@@tristanholland6445 You would definitely need either a life jacket or something to hold onto in the water to keep you floating while avoiding the sharks too. The Lusitania’s captain was barely able to grab onto a floating chair once he was in the water before passing out and narrowly survived the disaster through this.
People don’t talk enough about this disaster. The amount of children who died is so horrifying.
Who doesn’t? This is the second most widely known ocean liner disaster after Titanic.
War or not. Attacking a ship with civilians and so many children on board makes you a monster.
I appreciated the note about the nameplate submerging, versus when Titanic’s nameplate touched the water. The more I learn about maritime disasters, the more I am convinced that Titanic’s gradual sinking is the exception. Most sinkings seem to be these short, chaotic sudden events where they barely have time to prep lifeboats, let alone get any away safely.
Titanic’s slower, gradual sinking was indeed the exception and a major reason why the disaster has a sort of mythos behind it. You have a stage that will last nearly 3 hours and all kinds of human stories of tragedy and triumph are a about to play out before the inevitable end. No time for that in other disasters.
And had Titanic been just a tiny bit further from the iceberg, the gashes might not have touched Boiler Room 6, thus keeping the ship afloat. Because of that tiny incursion into the critical fifth compartment, the sinking was assured and very gradual.
Some of your best work yet, by the entire team. After seeing your piece on the human side of the tragedy, getting to know the individual passengers and their families and companions, then watching this - with zero spoken commentary - was absolutely chilling.
"Remember the Lusitania!"
This really gives a great perspective on just how quickly things went from being completely normal to all hell breaking loose and finally to that massive ship that they were sailing on, along with so many souls that were aboard her, plunging to the bottom of the Celtic Sea...so close and yet so far from shore. 18 mere minutes. Somber.
Kudos Mike, to you and your team.
There's some serious artistry going on here. Not only is this technically impressive, you made some beautiful choices with the camera and direction that really makes this seriously impressive.
The pan over the empty ocean to the reveal at 2:15, the tasteful pan away from the propellers at 10:25, and the recreation of Ken Marschall's iconic painting at 19:04 all just show a level of artistry beyond just technical know-how. Seriously great work!
Thank you!
This was absolutely horrifying! Jack has truly created a terrifying experience. The Lusitania’s story has always haunted me from the sheer notion of how fast everything was. And this animation truly shows that! Good work as always you guys! 💙🚢💙
This would've been a great example of how those lifeboats are supposed to work, if they'd thought to band together and have people grab the hand lines.
A beautiful animation of a tragic event. Great work, team!
The problem was a shortage able bodied seaman due to the war and the Royal Navy and merchant marine getting most of the experienced sailors.
I have worked in the maritime industry before and trust line handling and lowering of a boat is a difficult task that requires several people who know exactly what they are doing.
A lot of references to the 2007 Lusitania movie which is fantastic! Some of the opening shots with the Blue Danube playing on the piano and some of the later shots in the sinking. And of course Ken Marschall’s painting of the sinking!! Great work!!!
I can't even begin to imagine... there was zero time to think. Much like the Empress of Ireland. One minute, everything is fine, the next, complete insanity. I can't imagine anyone wanting to be near a lifeboat after the first complete failures... As far as the video itself? Amazing job! Quality is something that is pleasantly expected from you folks.
A majority of the Lusitania’s people never even got to see even a little of those lifeboats since she lost power so fast that many people got completely lost in the darkness and her elevators got completely stuck between decks and wouldn’t open, trapping people inside.
So, so fast. No one down at the very depths would have stood a chance to get above deck
Imagine those in the engine and boiler rooms - knowing you are absolutely done in a few minutes.
George William Beauchamp actually did! He worked as boiler room stoker on both the Titanic and Lusitania during their ill-fated voyages and amazing survived both of their tragic sinkings!
When I heard
The Blue Danube
I knew it was going to be a great watch............
Well that brought that moment to life. So scary watching, when you know this is what happened. Love your videos.
0:00 full story of lusitania
3:01 u-boat 20 being to fire the torpedo
3:41 lookout spotted the torpedo
3:50 lusitania trun to hard a starboard but is to late
3:53 lusitania hit the torpedo
4:17 unknown explosion rocks of the lusitania
5:00 all funnel is on fire
5:03 first funnel is on fire
5:50 lusitania starboard list°10
6:04 all passengers are on danger
7:02 small fishing boat to rescue lusitania
8:08 u-boat 20 watched lusitania sinking
9:39 lifeboat 12 falls to breaks
9:51 lifeboat 8 is lowered but is falls
10:00 lifeboat 10 is lowered but is falls too
14:54 lifeboat 20 is lowered but is carshing to the sea
15:54 old head of kinsale saw the lusitania of 12 miles form the lusitania
18:42 bow is flooding
19:09 bridge is flooding
19:16 lusitania final plunge
20:34 third funnel is fall
21:22 stern is flooding
21:41 lusitania is gone
22:54 a small fishing boat arrived to lusitania
23:04 all lifeboat saw small fishing boat
23:27 the end
24:17 last photo of rms lusitania
This is a bloody epic animation.
the back to back lifeboat failures... to have made it onto a lifeboat having successfully been launched, only to be crushed by another lifeboat, i- words cannot describe
Excellent video. Really helps to appreciate the horror that those on board went to.
I especially noticed the cut at roughly 22 minutes, from the crying and fear of the passengers, to the calm and peace of the Old Head of Kinsale. It really drove it home how terrifying it must have been, and how alone those in the sea must have felt.
100% rewatching this millions of times
The second explosion was described by most witnesses as considerably bigger than the first. Rather than a boiler explosion (which is possible) it was more likely a coal dust explosion in one of the boilers. The shock, movement and vibrations from the torpedo explosion would have propagated through the ship and stirred up clouds of cold dust in the bunkers. All it would take was one smouldering fire or hotspot in the coal to set off an explosion. (Dust explosions typically happen a short delay after an initial disturbance). A dust explosion would have several atmospheres over pressure, enough to damage the structure of the ship and greatly increase the flooding.
And it would have punctured the bulkheads between the coal bunkers, instantly dooming the Lusitania no matter how watertight the bulkheads were. I remember reading that it was coal high in bitumen content, thus making the dust more flammable (I think it was in Dr. Ballard's book, though that book does have some major inaccuracies such as claiming there was no ammunition smuggled on board).
Love the use of The Blue Danube and that piano.
Amazing as always keep up the good work. You have some of the best animations on youtube! Props to your team
Oceanliner Designs & Historic Travels (dynamic duo) have the best respective videos covering the Lusitania on this whole site. Thank you so much for keeping her memory alive. God bless all those who perished that fateful day for actions out of their control..🕊🙏
I just finished reading Erik Larson’s “Dead Wake: The Last Voyage of the Lusitania”, and I’ll tell you, it is unlike any other Lusitania book or story I have ever read. I am bitten by the Lusitania bug and that’s why I’m here.
18:46 Literally Ken Marschall's painting brought to life. Goddamn.
For the first 17 minutes I didn’t think anyone was going to get lowered safely in a lifeboat.
It appears very few lifeboats were launched successfully.
This sinking will always shake me to my core. So many smaller ships took MULTIPLE torpedoes before taking the plunge yet... Lusitania only needed one. Is it true the bigger the ship, the easier it is to sink it...? And 18 minutes... It just... leaves me with so much disbelief. I love you... sweet Lusitania... You deserved NONE of this and I hope all who were on you and went with you to your deathbed rest easy... A piece of Lusitania is close to my home and I will visit it tomorrow to... connect with her spirit... let her know that she will always be a part of my life... always.
This is the best animation of the Lusitania sinking I've ever seen. I saw one animation that was made recently, and I was shocked there are people who think the Lusitania didn't hit the bottom as she sank. Somehow their argument of a 240 meter long ship, sinking in 93 meters of water, and not hitting the bottom on the way down, just isn't mathing.
It would be awesome if you did a cutaway view of the ocean to show how she would have hit the sea floor during her final plunge.
Captain Turner affirmed up until the day that he died that he felt her hit bottom. Unfortunately due to her advanced state of decay, this is something that we’ll never know for sure. The only hints are from testimony and the fact that she’s split from her superstructure to keel amidships
This video is the Nemesis of Titanic 1997 , amazing visuals❤
Watching this and what pops up. An advert for P&O cruises! Appropriate.
After seeing so many videos about Titanic, it's so creepy to see a liner sinking during the day. It's like...out of place, I guess?
Also, love to our friend Mike Brady from Oceanliner Designs
Boy there are scenes that look like Ken Marschall paintings in this rendering. Excellent videos!
I can only imagine the fear and pain those people felt.
4:01 The metal sound of the Lusitania as it tilts to starboard sounds like trumpets playing.
Incredible video.
Thank You!
Good work on the soundscaping.
For such a time where weaponry and even technology as a whole seemed so obsolete and limited you'd think that this kind of damage wouldn't cause such a beast of a machine that Lusitania was for it's time being such a grandiose gargantuan to receive the fall it did.
Always makes my day when you upload ❤
This was one of the most beautiful and haunting videos I have seen. Absolutely beautiful work from everyone involced, this was utterly incredible
20:36 Did this really happen during the sinking? I thought all of her funnels remained in place through the sinking?
There is conflicting testimony about whether a funnel came off or not; what is known for certain though is that at least one or more of them did remain in place; swimmers were sucked into the open grates as she went under.
These videos are amazing, they really make you feel like you're actually there. In many ways, the realism is better than that of movie. So much time and effort with fantastic results. Thanks team!!
18:57 - ken Marshall
19:15 - Lusitania, terror at sea movie
AMAZING CAMERON WORK! BRILLIANT!
This is amazing!! Thank you for this amazing work!!
Incredible work Jack, Mike and team. The animation is stunning.
Tragic but beautifully rendered video - Thank you
Weird that I can watch a video of this giant liner sinking in real time and still have 10 minutes left on my lunch break. Still astonishes me how she sank so fast.
Phenomenal video! I watched the two-part documentary and was hooked on this narrative. It's haunting to think in 18 minutes, a floating city was no more and the ocean claimed as many lives as it did.
I have to ask, could we fans expect a similar documentary and sinking video on the Titanic's savior, Carpathia? I would be curious to watch that and learn more about the Titanic's savior in her last moments. From what I read, it took quite a bit to actually sink her. Three Torpedoes over an hour or so. Long enough for most of the ship's compliment to escape. In a way, Carpathia's unwillingness to sink saved a lot of lives. Much like it did in 1912, Carpathia saved lives that day.
Sadly, I think a lot of what makes the sinking of Lusitania easy to portray is the abundance of personal accounts and testimony, whereas Carpathia, despite her legendary status, was just one of a couple thousand ships lost to U-boats from 1914-1918, and not many eyewitness accounts survive. It’s a miracle we know as much about her sinking as we do.
As mentioned in your last Lusitania productions, outstanding! Cheers, mate!
Amazing, terrifying, spellbinding video, have not seen anything like this before. Fantastic animation.
Mr. Gibson has outdone himself with one. Well done sir.
only 4 minutes in but the quality of this animation is top-notch, I love the POV shot of the torpedo, really hammers home how screwed the ship was
Many thanks Oceanliner Designs✌️✌️
Incredible work!!! Thanks!!!!👍👍👍❤❤❤
Amazing and truly sobering of what that day must of been for those on board. It seems almost impossible to think in just eighteen minutes she was gone. Her wake many miles behind would have still been seen when she was on the bottom of the ocean.
Well done and fascinating as always.
Thank you again and regards.
Cant think of any other OC content on youtube that comes close to this. Amazing
This is majorly top notch.
Impressive, in fact, magnificent video.
Thank you for another amazing video. This felt like the longest video I have ever watched! All the best from Sydney
I feel like a Oceanliner Designs documentary on the MV Estonia would be interesting. I have always found it fascinating and relatively unexposed on RUclips.
I was thinking the Admiral Nakov.
I find this sooo fascinating! Great work!
Truly incredible video! It must have been utterly terrifying, this really brings it to life.
This is now my 2nd favorite RUclips channel, quite possibly my favorite actually…
What’s the other one?
@@bighand1530 totally unrelated, but it’s Black Conservative Perspective. I like that guy’s takes.
@@chalky_white Nice
One has to ponder if they had just loaded the lifeboats but instead of lowering them, they waited until the sea rose up to them...
Wouldn’t have worked. A boat and it’s passengers was dragged under the ship as it rapidly sank since they couldn’t get the falls to release in time.
Lusitania disaster is one thing, but lifeboat disaster onboard her is something completely different.
Almost all of the lifeboats got wrecked or sank, that was truly horrifying for the passengers on board.
What a lovely ship, just peacefully and gracefully chugging along and then a torpedo strikes her. 😢