I just love the way you tell/deliver these stories. So very polished.
@waterlinestories3 ай бұрын
Thanks👌🏻
@logspiral12 күн бұрын
Yes in that special South African way which is a great contribution to spoken English
@c5583 ай бұрын
It's 1am and i'm on here thinking "just one more" just as a brand new video pops up. I have gone through almost the entire catalogue of videos from this channel in the last 3 days. Love your work. Thank you
@garrettmillsap3 ай бұрын
I did the same thing when I found this channel lol
@waterlinestories3 ай бұрын
🤛🏻 thanks, that's awesome to hear
@waterlinestories3 ай бұрын
@garrettmillsap 🥳
@cainmathewson18573 ай бұрын
You're like that dude from Hacksaw ridge except instead of wounded soldiers it's KZfaq videos. "Just one more"
@cainmathewson18573 ай бұрын
@@waterlinestories There's a fist bump emoji? Why can't I find it?! Nah but seriously love the quality of your work. Idk too much about ya tho. How did u learn all of this?
@clairegregory20063 ай бұрын
Doing family tree research this week and found my greatgreatuncle Charles Boardman and his wife Catherine on the passenger list. Charles is listed as lost at sea but Catherines body was recovered. They had left Liverpool in 1910 on the same ship.
@slypear3 ай бұрын
RIP
@NerothLoD3 ай бұрын
Watched a number of videos on this event, but you still covered a few things that I wasn't aware of before. Interesting, exciting, and informative video, as always!
@waterlinestories3 ай бұрын
Good to hear. Thanks for watching
@alexanderanastas-hill54872 ай бұрын
it's refreshing that both captains really did try here, usually it's blatant bad decisions across the board
@ct17622 ай бұрын
try what? its maritime LAW assistance is given in any SOS!
@charleskoehler98733 ай бұрын
Well produced documentary. Excellent narration - by a live human!
@waterlinestories3 ай бұрын
🤣 They do exist. Thanks for watching
@heronimousbrapson8633 ай бұрын
My great grandmother lost one of her good friends on the Empress of Ireland.
@Mercurio-Morat-Goes-Bughunting3 ай бұрын
This is why you pass port to port. If one captain opts to pass starboard to starboard while the other captain opts to pass port to port, collision is all but inevitable.
@archdornan36942 ай бұрын
that local applies equally to always going starboard
@ct17622 ай бұрын
the real problem was communication. obviously they didn't have VHF, but ive asked countless times to pass stbd/stbd . but again this is with permission just to rule out any lack of course change
@Mercurio-Morat-Goes-Bughunting2 ай бұрын
@@ct1762 Yeah, the key to making a manoeuvre, like this, safe is communication.
@thereissomecoolstuffАй бұрын
Sailed that route recently on a cruise ship. We came within 200 feet of a small chemical tanker. It gets narrow. I could see forward. It looked like we were gonna hit. It was late dusk so you could see. We went port to port at the last second. No fog with the best radar. You can’t miss a cruise ship. I can see many collisions on that river in the old days.
@Vok2503 ай бұрын
Great timing for this video. I live in the region and it looks nice out on the water, but it is still violently cold. You won't survive minutes if you have an accident. Don't go out unless you own a good drysuit.
@markchapman25853 ай бұрын
Awesome channel. Can you do any videos on ships in Lake Ontario it's in my backyard.
@jfh6673 ай бұрын
Whats funny with boats is they operate on a different set of rules. Like if Im driving on the wrong side of the road and I hit someone, we all know who's fault it is. Boats ... not so much. A boat can be on the wrong side, in fog, and they're still not sure who cause the accident. p.s.: Saw something similar with planes. The tower tells the pilot "you are too high and too fast, go around" and the pilots just responded "nah we got this, landing" and then proceeded to crash the plane.
@ct17622 ай бұрын
on a vessel you are dealing with a heck of alot of variables. this channel was not as wide as it might seem. you need to be flexible to save lives.
@BlacksburgEV3 ай бұрын
What an amazing channel, just watched 2 videos, a container ship that ruptures its fire line and korean ferry. So much detail crammed into each video and it is better than any sinilar show on TV. The host is great and fun to watch! Thanks for such amazing content, keep up the good work and doing what your doing. Your instincts are perfect and dont ldt anyone convince you to change a single thing about your videos! I cant wait to watch all the other videos ok the channel, open ocean stuff is particularly scary and it takes balls to be a seamen. Mahalo form Hawaii!
@johnw33793 ай бұрын
Another great video! Thank you!
@waterlinestories3 ай бұрын
👍🏻
@bennyd3453 ай бұрын
I am really enjoying your content. Fantastic channel, great narrator/narration.👏
@waterlinestories3 ай бұрын
Thanks. Great to have you on board
@cainmathewson18573 ай бұрын
The company that determines what is ethical at sea is prounounced "soulless"? (Yeah I know it's SOLAS but still) Lol they should've thought that one through
@jgs17033 ай бұрын
Well done video.
@waterlinestories3 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍🏻
@slypear3 ай бұрын
Have read and watched many other accounts of this tragedy. Thank you for your excellent re-telling!
@foo2192 ай бұрын
No matter how many times I hear about this I never get over the idiocy of chugging along with the hatches and watertight doors open. It's like having a seatbelt and not using it. Given his demonstrably lax attitude toward safety I wouldn't doubt it if the captain of the Empress of Ireland lied as much as he could to cover his ass. Not to mention that his first priority with his ship sinking was to get on board the other vessel to blame the other guy. Also... what use are lifeboats that can only be launched in clear weather and calm seas? The number of times you need to launch lifeboats under those specific conditions are pretty rare...
@topsteve98983 ай бұрын
Great video - really well explained-thank you.
@waterlinestories3 ай бұрын
Thanks 👍🏻
@Lakridza672 ай бұрын
She was a lovely ship! Beautiful lines and pleasing to the eye. A wonderfully narrated video covering the event succinctly and precisely. Well done and thank you👏🏻👏🏻🫶🏻
@waterlinestories2 ай бұрын
Thanks👌🏻
@johnengland86192 ай бұрын
Thanks again for the content
@762Super3 ай бұрын
Yay! A new upload!
@ptonpc2 ай бұрын
I read about this years ago. Many of the stewards responsible for closing water tight doors stayed at their posts even as the water went above their heads, giving their lives to try to buy more time for the passengers. There are stories of crew taking off their vests, giving them to passengers and many other acts of bravery, From what I recall, a greater ratio of crew died compared to passengers. The radio operator, realising his batteries were dying, held down his key until all power was gone.
@emerybonner79732 ай бұрын
No. The survival rate for the crew was higher than it was for the passengers. Of the approximate 1,000 passengers, only 217 survived while over half of the 420 crew survived.
@nate28382 ай бұрын
As always, great video. Wish we could give you 5 stars instead of a single thumbs up.
@waterlinestories2 ай бұрын
🤣 Thanks I'll take that anyway.
@billsmith51662 ай бұрын
Just horrific. I wasn't even aware of this.
@jeebusk2 ай бұрын
the porthole issue is the same as Britannic, seems like there should've been a way to "automatically" close them...
@yakacm3 ай бұрын
Hey great video as usual. Local place name pronunciation check, Govan is pronounced like the word oven with a g at the start, so like guven. Our flat is right on the Clyde, it's an old tenement that would have housed ship builders back in the day. Govan is just across the river from us, my father in law worked at the yards there.
@Cosmic-Jaxx3 ай бұрын
I was looking for a comment like this. I had to replay the way he said Govan, as it baffled me 😂 like naw mate it’s pronounced guvan.
@NicoDarroch2 ай бұрын
I honestly think it is cute how international people pronounce local (to me) place names 😅
@interstingfacts5873 ай бұрын
Awesome!!
@peregrinemccauley50102 ай бұрын
The water.
@b0rd3n2 ай бұрын
Congrats on the french words! From Qc, Canada!
@waterlinestories2 ай бұрын
🤭
@foo2192 ай бұрын
I think that's the first video on the subject I saw where someone bothered to pronounce "Storstad" correctly. Cheers!
@TheRealREDracingАй бұрын
This happened right in front of where i live
@KF993 ай бұрын
Surprisingly similar to 1986 Admiral Nakhimov (ex-Berlin) disaster.
@chicagogyrl48463 ай бұрын
If I were the Captain, I would have pulled over as much as O could, and stop there, and wait until the other ship passed.
@emerybonner79732 ай бұрын
There was heavy fog. Also, radar had not been developed yet. So, how would they have known when the other ship had passed?
@gabehartley20083 ай бұрын
Seems irresponsible of the captain leaving all the bulkhead doors open while underway with 1500 souls onboard.
@tomcurda42033 ай бұрын
It was also contrary to CP regulations.
@oriontaylor3 ай бұрын
Not according to inquiry testimony.
@Cosmic-Jaxx3 ай бұрын
Good video. But as a Scot I need to correct the way you mispronounced Govan, it’s pronounced Guvan/Guven. But words that start GOV are pronounced GUV & that isn’t a Scottish thing, that’s how it works for the English language as a whole. Like government for example; the “o” is pronounced as a “u”
@waterlinestories3 ай бұрын
🤭 fair though. I think the best thing to follow up with is "I never met a nice South African". We butcher your language and I'm sure a host of other things. 😂
@Cosmic-Jaxx3 ай бұрын
@@waterlinestories Scots is different fae English. Govan is a Scots word that’s been anglicised. I’ve got mates who’re fae South Africa & honestly Americans butcher Scots & English worse than anyone else 😂
@SpicyTexan643 ай бұрын
Water. Water sank the Empress of Ireland
@kyleanuar90903 ай бұрын
Chinese metal salvage have been going around stealing these protected gravesites for the metal salvage and some in my country have been robbed, with it also the skeletons of soldiers and passengers which were tossed like trash. Hopefully they haven't touched this site yet but we know so far they have robbed plenty sites with no regard to respect.
@peterj51063 ай бұрын
I'm pretty sure this site's location will be safe from illegal Chinese salvors (Canadian territorial water's), but I have seen some things about WW2 wrecks being illegally salvaged. Pretty disgusting in my opinion.
@calci26793 ай бұрын
source?
@Dulcimertunes3 ай бұрын
😢
@chupacabra3043 ай бұрын
@@calci2679i read reports on this online as well, the reason is the steel before ww2 has no radioisotopes present in it which makes it just slightly more stealthy and hard to detect by certain scanners Thus prized for their steel & often unattended, these wreckages have been pillaged often by the Chinese scrappers
@dzzopeАй бұрын
@@chupacabra304 The whole radioactive steel thing WAS an issue but hasn't been for years the last I heard. Open to new sources if you have any.
@DioBrando-jm7uf3 ай бұрын
What’s with the derpy music?
@VladimirPutin-cz5zy3 ай бұрын
Leafs
@Dacheat3 ай бұрын
People really need to Stop referring to the TITANIC as "The Unsinkable Ship". 😐
@MikeHunt-fo3ow3 ай бұрын
those nutty sea pandas like to sink boats....it was orcas lol
@elliestjohn9600Ай бұрын
Ok, now someone NEEDS to do a video on the stories of the six divers who died exploring the wreck, because I’m tired of seeing the same ‘diving gone wrong’ vids! 😂