Not sure I you have noticed this and I'm not trying to be an arse but you spelled Titanic wrong

Please provide solid proof of all your claims.

I suggest looking into the tragedies of the Arctic and the Atlantic lads. Not as many folk perished but, well you'll see. Especially if you research the Arctic.

That'd be the _MV Sewall_ . None of the cargo, including vehicles, were secured, and the ballasts were practically empty to reduce fuel costs. The helmsman was informed never to turn by more than 5 degrees, but clearly they did. The ship developed a list, which was aggravated by shifting cargo, making it quickly pass the point of no return, and then capsize. What makes it worse is that there was practically no rescue effort, only to extract those who appeared on deck, and the government denied access to foreign ships who offered aid. The government also told the public that rescue efforts had been made and completed, but parents had their children's accounts of events through their cellphones, so they knew the truth. The truth was that, similar to _Costa Concordia_ 's captain, _Sewall_ 's captain and bridge crew had abandoned ship almost right away. The best and bravest rescue efforts were done by a pair of teachers who had been aboard. Tragically, they went back one time too many, and were trapped and died. Government stalled investigation and clean-up for a year so the Statute of Limitations could come into affect, however they came under fire for other matters of corruption anyway. While _Sewall_ didn't lose nearly as many people as _Dona Paz_ and _Vector_ , the tragedy nevertheless stands out starkly because most of the passengers were high school students out for a regular weekly trip.

Rotten Mango did a fantastic episode on it. Highly recommend.

@@BNuts unsecured load came up in the report but in the weather they were operating IF the load and ballast had been properly configured it wouldn't have been an issue. ROPAX ferries commonly run without lashing every vehicle down as in most conditions they operate simply making sure the parking break is on and the vehicle is in gear is enough. ROPAX I worked would lash heavier vehicle in the center if there was going to be a bit of weather and resort to everything lashed if we were getting into stuff above force 7. We were type rated to force 9 which is touching full storm force but we were WPC fast craft. Around same size as Sewol(4200t) but catamaran instead of conventional so silly stable in the water. Ship of Sewol size and type in UK would probably be rated to force 7 weather. As for the ballast configuration they were running with, it wasn't just to save fuel. It's a nastier and greedier practice. The more load a ship takes on the more ballast they should be pumping in to keep center of gravity as low as possible. The heavier the ship is the lower in the water she sits. Overload a ship and it becomes obvious from the key side that she's to low in the water so what these feckers were doing was pump ballast OUT as they load so she doesn't sit so low in the water. They were trying to hide they were grossly overloaded. They screwed the stability and seakeeping so much a simple turn was enough to have her list beyond a point of recovery. It boggles my mind any crew would take a ship configured that poorly out and there is no way the bridge, deck and even the engineers wouldn't know the configuration of their own ship.

Yes, it is truly a masterpiece. I grew up with a similar song about Titanic. I don't think there is an English version, unfortunately but in my opinion this is also masterful: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gtCnqtthmM6Zd6s.html

“All that remains is faces and names of the wives and the sons and the daughters”

As an autistic adult I too like trains. Nice to meet ya good sir!

I like turtles

I like weed and whiskey.

​@@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883God damnit! You beat me to it.

Same

Great channel

Its the worst period.. Wilhelm Gustlof doesn't count. Glad Suspicios Lines can't carry passengers anymore. Still I don't trust em with cargo either.

@@chdreturns "Doesn't count"...? You mean because it was in wartime right? (oh and fun fact it's basically the only ship that russian submarines managed to sink during WW2)

@@Kvomii Well yeah, the OP said "worst maritime accident during peace times." The Wilhelm Gustlof was sunk during WWII, so doesn't count in that specific description. Cool fun fact. That one's pretty interesting.

They did find lifeboats from the Edmund Fitzgerald... in pieces. Old sailors *still* talk about that storm on the Great Lakes.

The particular " Luck " regarding the sinking of Britannic was the fact that it was on its way to pick up wounded soldiers from the Gallipoli campaign If it had happened on the way back Ther would have been thousands of soldiers on bord and most of the unable to help them selves or others for that matter That would have been an disaster on par with willhelm gustloff Not to take away from what happened to the people on bord when it happened but the outcome could have been much worse Just saying 🇧🇻

@@yvindwestersund9720 It could have happened SO easily that it was on the way back too. Just a purely random event rather than a targeted attack. Pure luck being the difference between 30 casualties and potentially 3000+

@@24934637 and your point is what? I do believe I stated that it was a "LUCK " that it happened on its way to and not on the home journey By " LUCK " I mean that it could just as easily happen on its way back I thought that was evident by the wording

Pretty sure there were also sharks. But the fire was a greater threat.

One interesting thing I have noticed is the difference between how roro/passenger ferries load and unload their garages in different parts of the world. For example, in Northern Europe, it seems to be common practice that ships unload and load from their bow. Here in Greece and generally in the Mediterranean, ships always do that from their stern. I generally don't understand the use of bow visors, you generally want your bow to be the strongest part of the ship, putting a huge door there seems to contrast that sentiment. And unloading from the stern is generally easier and faster because the stern is generally wider that the bow.

@nickklavdianos5136 Typically Nordic ferries have stern ramps *as well*; the idea is that they can use both ends to optimise loading and unloading. The old (lifting) style of bow visor, used on Estonia, is considered unsafe and antiquated; modern ferries instead use split side-opening visors that actually become more secure with wave action.

@@awmperry I know, many Mediterranean ferries also have split side opening visors, they just never use them. And well, there are a lot of older Nordic ferries that end up in the Mediterranean. Rosella recently came here in Greece, and the Italians seem very happy to buy ships like the Gabriella.

@nickklavdianos5136 Yup. Mariella and Amorella - two of the boats I used to work with - went down to Corsica in the last year or two. Sorry to see them go, but they do look really good in yellow. Kind of funny that so many ice-classed vessels end up retiring to the Med, though. Can't really blame them. 😆

@@awmperry well, figured that after all the ice and cold they endured, they're due a nice holiday in warm weather.

Practice makes perfect

And in only 15 minutes too.

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The entire Rape of Ostprueßen doesn't get the attention it deserves. My father dated a Königsberg survivor after my mother died. I was history student at the time and wanted to hear her story. It's not pretty.

HMT Lancastria went down with between 5000 to 7000 souls off St Nazaire in the aftermath of Dunkirk. After being bombed by Nazi planes. Didn't even get a mention & was the worst British Maritime disasters. Still not well known as was made classified by Churchill. People are still trying to shine a light on her loss to this day. God rest their souls

@@richardmann145 To be fair the Lancastria was a valid military target evacuating active and able military personnel.

@@richardmann145 doesnt count, military target and NOT a hospital ship. If we count that one we'd have to count every post-dreadnought battleship.

@@imnotyourfriendbuddy1883 as was Wilhelm Gustloff - armed with AA guns and with over 1k soldiers on board. Another story is SS Cap Arcona - intel suggested, that nazi leadership was trying to escape to Norway so allies bombed it as well as SS Thielbek and SS Deutschland. Planes even strafed survivors trying to swim to shore with cannons. Unfrotunately those ships weren't full of nazis, but evacuated concentration camp prisioners of which 5k from Cap Arcona and 2k from Thielback lost their life. It happened 1 day before germans surrendered.

Submarine with a screen door, I believe.

How do you sink if you've "run aground"?

@@mmaxx6786 The waves and tide during a storm tore it off the reef shredding the hull.

If you are interested the Brick Immortar channel did a 2 part deep dive into this tragedy and the mismanagement surrounding it. If you haven't watched it yet, I highly recommend it. I get so angry thinking about the horrors the victims and their families were put through.

I'm not a ship enthusiast and I've heard of the Britannic. I've done a lot of research about the ship and learned about the sinking that happened. I have to say the Britannic's design was pretty impressive imo.

@@Infinite-void908 Yeah but the average person probably wouldn't have heard of it. You have to be at least somewhat interested in history to know about these forgotten events

@@oliversherman2414 I love history and all aspects about it. History is my favorite subject in school and I do study forgotten events that happened in history out of curiosity and to understand their significance. I know it sounds like I'm bragging but I'm just being honest. Also I think that the story of the Wilhelm Gustloff needs to be brought up more to the general public, but you did have a point as to why the incident with the ship is mostly forgotten about which is really sad.

@@Infinite-void908 Cool. I used to take history as one of my GCSE's in secondary school, but it wasn't till after I left school and I started watching history videos on KZfaq that my internet rose

Ahh yes, I listened about that one on the dork-o-motive podcast. Very interesting (and sad) story.

@@Deuce1550 I saw a documentary about the Sultana a few years ago. Yes, very sad and largely forgotten about

I read about the Sultana and General Slocum growing up and it's what finally extinguished any belief in a "god" or higher power. Emaciated POWs who had endured extreme torture and had finally been allowed to leave appalling conditions only to be blown or burned to death when they were finally released? combined with: Families on a church outing burned to death, drowned in shallow waters, or barely escaped only to be robbed/looted and murdered by their supposed "rescuers"? Yeah, that's a no from me.

You would think they proofread.. or even just read the comments 😂

was looking for this comment lol

That's nothing compared to kublais Invasion of japan with 4,400 ships and 140.000+ personnel in which 80 percent of those ships were destroyed by a typhoon called kamikaze( divine wind)

There are so many maritime disasters to choose from. 😢

Simon likes topics he can repeat, especially if they get views. I'm sure they'd be willing to do a part two because as you say, so many.

I wouldn't consider Halifax to be a big one because it was an industrial accident and not a shipwreck. He's mentioned it in other disaster videos.

He has covered it before, but unfortunately I don't remember on which channel

​@@KW-qd1bilooks like it's sideprojects that he covered it on.

I wrote this in reply to another comment but I'll say it again. If you haven't seen Brick Immortar's 2-part series on this horrific tragedy yet, I recommend it. But please prepare yourself. I had to take breaks to compose myself, especially during part 2.

No mention of the countries of whom these immigrant refugees are fleeing from? I think these countries need their fair share of criticism for starting this problem.

No it's because WW1 started a bit after the sinking of the Empress of Ireland that's why not many people knows. I went to see the Museum in 2014 in Pointe-au-Père near Rimouski, Province of Quebec Canada

@@anickmartin9795 That’s why it was largely forgotten at the time but doesn’t explain why it continues today.

@@robertpearson8798 I know I have never forgot the Empress of Ireland and you should visit the Museum

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Oh, that must have been incredibly tough. I remember waking up that morning to the regular news and being so tired that i took me e a while to realize that all I heard was one long mootone voice talking about something, not the short news segements you usually heard. But I couldn't comprehend what the voice was talking about. It was just utfathomable. So, after a quick shower I went out to the TV room in the dorm and turned on the TV. I still couldn't understand what was happening. The next hour my seven dorm mates all woke up and joined me on the sofa. It was a three seater but we somehow sat and lay on top of each other, all staring at the TV screen in silence. Then one of my dorm mates began crying. We didn't know it then, but Uppsala was the city who lost most people in the disaster, and for over a month afterwards all you heard in central Uppsala was the toll from the church bells to the many, many funerals (or rather, memorial services), day after day. It was eerie. And yes, some of the victims were people I knew.

@@swedishmeatball4382 it was a dark day for many people 😭😭

@@swedishmeatball4382 hahagagaga

@@oscarellenius2007 hahagahaha

My step grandfather was doing his military service on the island of Gotland during WWII. Back then there was one daily ferry to and from the island. He had been on leave for a few days but was due back to his regiment together with the rest of said regiment. On the way he and his friends got a flat tire on their car, and back then things like auto shops and gas stations were closed on Sundays so it took them a few hours to fix it. Thus, they missed the ferry by five minutes and knew that they were in deep dodo as they were going to be almost a day late to return after their leave, They could end up in the slammer for that. The next they they hopped on to the ferry and returne dto their regiment, expecting to be arrested. Instead the colonel hugged them and cried when he saw them. Hansa, the ferry they SHOULD have been on, had been hit by a torpedo. Only one person, the company owner, survived. My step grandpa and his friends were the only men left in the regiment. The colonel were just happy that there were survivors even though they only survived because they missed the ill fated ferry.

Or the Waratah. Vanished without a trace.

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A ship breaks down? It gets towed to a nearby port. A ship sinking is the equivalent of your car crashing at high speed. You probably won't get out from that.

The lake it is said never gives up her dead when the skies of November turn gloomy...

I said the same thing when I was 12 in a pool…

Where?

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Still havent caught onto it either