HMS Barham's sinking is both mesmerizing and devastating to watch.

@OceanlinerDesigns

Жыл бұрын

Horrifying stuff - that much energy is hard to even comprehend!

@Rilez616

Жыл бұрын

how did u comment 6 days ago it says uploaded 19 minutes ago for me

@OceanlinerDesigns

Жыл бұрын

@@Rilez616 channel member and Patreon members get early access to most videos :)

@RoyalFalkeno

Жыл бұрын

@@OceanlinerDesigns Quick note, HMS Valiant was Barham's sister ship, not a destroyer, another of her sister ships HMS Queen Elizabeth was also sailing with the pair.

@snickle1980

Жыл бұрын

@@Rilez616 time is funny here. You may hear noises that sound like voices, but those are just the loons up by the lake.

Hearing the HMS Barham explode sent chills down my spine. I actually understand WHY they chose to not release the footage until the war ended it would’ve been too much especially with the blitz going on at home.

@avus-kw2f213

Жыл бұрын

You should look at the film of the Austro-Hungarian battleship that sunk in a similar manner The ship didn’t explode and the crew could swim so luckily there was nowhere near as much deaths

@user-bd3ds4ev5f

Жыл бұрын

Almost every loss during the war was suppressed by the media to prevent morale damage

@dec_thesussy

Жыл бұрын

just thought i'd mention that the sound effect used isnt the original sound

@pressstart1490

Жыл бұрын

As someone else said, that was just a stock sound effect, not the real sound. Film cameras usually dont record sound.

@ewanc1

Жыл бұрын

And with HMS Hood having been destroyed in May of the same year.

Most people have probably seen it but I think the footage of the Oceanos sinking is also one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. A somewhat modern cruise ship/ocean liner totally sinking without a single casualty is absolutely amazing

@JeffKlavir

Жыл бұрын

I was just gonna post what you said. A lot of great full color video about the Oceanos sinking.

@oriontaylor

Жыл бұрын

The KZreadr Jesse Gillett made an excellent full-length documentary on Oceanos’s sinking, including going through the effort of obtaining interviews with several survivors.

@brileymitchell2632

Жыл бұрын

You must not have heard of the costa concordia then if you say that’s modern

@OFCbigduke613

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. You beat me to it. I was expecting it at any moment.

@prudencepineapple9448

11 ай бұрын

@@brileymitchell2632 Or MS Sea Diamond. Mike is bringing some lessor known ships sinking to the surface!

Incredible that the little girl survived the ship swap.

@SPierre-dm4wo

Жыл бұрын

Extra wild twist to that story: her dad was a news commentator in New York who had to report on the sinking while knowing that his daughter was missing and presumed dead. (The NYT had actually already reported her death.) He didn't find out she was still alive until the next day.

@vladraduandrei5227

11 ай бұрын

she wasn t a little gril, she was a teenager

@enjoyingmyvodka1013

11 ай бұрын

Agreed!!!! It’s so interesting and incredible

@ShadrakJohn

11 ай бұрын

Linda Morgan

@zainmudassir2964

10 ай бұрын

​@@vladraduandrei5227she's still a little girl to her father ❤

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate this fine young gentleman takes time to dress in a tie and grace us with a magnificently distinguished accent while framed against a backdrop of real bound books to educate us about a facet of the world that may never directly apply to our lives but for which he makes a source of long-lasting fascination?

@harridan.

Жыл бұрын

yes, he does an incredible job!! most impressive

@SPierre-dm4wo

Жыл бұрын

I was recently swapping channel recommendations with one of my brothers and mentioned a ship history project I really enjoy. "Wait," he said. "Great animations? Is there an Aussie guy running the show? Good voice for broadcasting and dresses very sharp, always in historic clothing?" (He was already subscribed, lol. Congrats to Mike on his distinctive production and presentation!)

@kath1626

Жыл бұрын

We're being spoiled 👌🏻❤️

@OceanlinerDesigns

Жыл бұрын

@@SPierre-dm4wo Haha that is great! Thanks for watching :)

@theccieguy

11 ай бұрын

Here here, great job 👍

HMS Barhams footage will always be haunting, especially when the magazines go up. you can see heavy tons of steel and armor bent over like a child folding a piece of paper. While also seeing the many men on the hull when it goes. Truly horrifying but beyond fascinating

@yeeebayeeba4268

Жыл бұрын

Or like a child in a room with Joe biden.

@GamerGod-fp1tj

Жыл бұрын

yes

@BrettonFerguson

9 ай бұрын

Yes especially when you realize what looks like sand pouring over the side of the ship before it explodes, is actually hundreds of sailors running across the side of the ship as it capsizes.

@josephayers7395

8 ай бұрын

​@BrettonFerguson Also those men were getting carved up on the way down the bottom of the ship because of those damn barnacles

The footage is incredible! It's so fascinating to see such events unfold on camera

@TORQUENDB

Жыл бұрын

Some of this footage has probably never been seen in this quality since it was shot. Most of these look like modern high resolution film scans, much better than blurry re-re-re-encodes of SD VHS captures. I wonder what other gems are waiting in Getty's archives. Hopefully they can be licensed at a reasonable price and shared as well.

@Blox117

Жыл бұрын

big oof with the oceangate mention

@turtlesrprettycool3379

Жыл бұрын

how is this comment 6 days old when the video released a few hours ago

@matthewbowen5841

Жыл бұрын

​@@turtlesrprettycool3379Pay to watch early shenanigans thanks to YT limiting content creators' income...

@garrom5652

11 ай бұрын

How did u post this comment 6 days before this video was posted?

The Andrea Doria is still claiming lives to this day. She's right at the extreme limit for scuba diving, and, is an incredibly dangerous, though very popular, wreck to dive.

@dks13827

Жыл бұрын

I am dying to go down there !!!

@nickryan6787

11 ай бұрын

​@@dks13827lmao

@falcor200

11 ай бұрын

​@@dks13827oceangate is looking for paying tourists I hear.

@phee3D

11 ай бұрын

​@@dks13827no, you are going down there to die

@RiceReaper

11 ай бұрын

That’s a joke in poor taste bro

Mike this is wonderful you’ve found the footage of the divers on the Andrea Doria. My great uncle Frank Hogan was one of those divers from the US Navy that went down to go locate the wreck. Obviously it’s impossible to know if the diver in the picture is specifically him, but I had heard about his trip to the Doria but had never seen or knew this existed. Thank you for sharing it

@OceanlinerDesigns

Жыл бұрын

That’s a great family connection!

@concept5631

11 ай бұрын

​@@OceanlinerDesignsIndeed

@brownwrench

6 ай бұрын

Fun fact: the Stockholm still exists

@anonomuse9094

5 ай бұрын

There was a pretty cool concept car that sunk on the Andrea Doria, called the Chrysler Norseman. 51 people died, so that kind of overshadows the loss of the car, but still it was a nice car.

I don't know why ship sinkings fascinate me so much. I think it's because something so enormous can be completely swallowed up. As if they were never there in the first place. Simply amazing. Thanks, Mike! 🖤 That last footage left me speechless.

@Xpwnxage

Жыл бұрын

The unimaginable dread of being on a sinking ship is something that helps cement the fascination for me.

@indiafox5786

Жыл бұрын

@@Xpwnxage I agree. It's easy to say "oh, I'd calmly go to the deck and get in a life boat. Hell, I'm a great swimmer." But in reality, what would really be going through your mind, you know?

@bena8121

11 ай бұрын

@@indiafox5786 I witnessed a semi crash into a store. I was settling in for bed when I heard a loud bang and rushed outside to see the truck a complete wreck inside the store. I was first onto the scene, and I was in PJs, and I wasn't even sure if the driver was alive. The ground was covered in diesel and I had to step through it hoping it wouldn't ignite, and call out to the driver. I didn't hear anything for a few seconds, but began hearing gulping. The driver was alive, but only just. I sat there for what seemed like an hour, but was just 10 minutes talking to the guy waiting for emergency crew. I was telling him he'll make it, even though I couldn't even see him. I could only hear his faint voice coming out from the destroyed truck, the whole truck cabin had caved inward. I believe he was crushed up against the hot engine. I asked his name, and he said Trevor, and I told him mine, and I just tried being a good fellow citizen. Just trying to be his friend in the last moments of his life. Unfortunately he later died in hospital before his family arrived at the hospital. They travelled all night to get there, because he was a long distant truck driver, his family lived a long way away. He died in the early hours of the morning. I was at home still trying to come to terms with the rough night. Never in my mind did I ever expect my night to go that way, but within moments I was in the middle of a diesel hell, I think I did alright, don't you? Considering the circumstance. I was 21 at the time. My point is, people do amazing things when it matters most, and I'm not generally a feelings person.

@indiafox5786

10 ай бұрын

​@bena8121 I'm so sorry! I'm just now seeing this. I think you did an incredible job. It's really sad that he didn't make it...I'm sure he was grateful that he had someone to be there with him...that reminds me of how the human body can release an unbelievable amount of adrenaline when it's needed. People moving giant boulders that they normally would never be able to on a regular day. I'm really glad you made it out okay as well 🖤

@adambane1719

4 ай бұрын

Maybe you just have a natural inclination towards, "something so enormous to be completely swallowed up".

Incredible work Mike. My grandfather would mention the unfathomable sounds and thoughts of watching a ship go under in just minutes, the 1000s of hour's building and the lives of the majority of the crew..gone, petty and officer alike. Thank you already sharing. He was gunner on a amphibious assault craft in the US navy during the Pacific theater.

@OceanlinerDesigns

Жыл бұрын

It is amazing stuff and to think they reckon there are 3-6 million ships on the sea floor…. Unreal!

@rockymountainlifeprospecti4423

Жыл бұрын

@OceanlinerDesigns that is incredible, and hard to imagine . I remember my grandfather saying how the ocean has no memory and the same gaze across the water (we had at that time) has been the last for so many. Thank you again for putting this together.

@user-bd3ds4ev5f

Жыл бұрын

⁠​⁠HMS Valiant wasn’t a destroyer. Rather Valiant was another queen Elizabeth class battleship. Other than that nice video

@wayneantoniazzi2706

Жыл бұрын

I remember a WW2 US Navy veteran (USS Lexington) telling me "Sailors never cheer when a ship goes down, even an enemy ship. It's one of the saddest things you'll ever see."

@28pbtkh23

11 ай бұрын

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 - that’s so true. Good of you to point that out. I have heard many of the eye-witnesses in the Royal Navy who watched the Bismarck being destroyed and slowly sink. There was no cheering amongst them as they watched the men of the German battleship jump overboard into the cold sea.

A few years ago my mother took a cruise around the Baltic on a ship called 'Açores', operated by a Portuguese company. Imagine my feelings when I looked up the ship's history and found she was orginally the 'Stockholm' of 'Andrea Doria' fame (heavily re-built and refitted, obviously).

@DeanStephen

Жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t have taken that trip. I disagree with the findings and have always believed the Stockholm was more in the wrong.

@sirboomsalot4902

11 ай бұрын

@@DeanStephenYou can’t blame the ship herself for the actions of her crew. She actually still sails today (though has been laid up since COVID) and she’s given decades of great service.

@aguiii_films

2 ай бұрын

Its now called the MV Astoria and is out of service currently waiting to be sold for a few years now in the Rotterdam Yard

@aguiii_films

2 ай бұрын

@@sirboomsalot4902 She isn't currently sailing anymore. She is waiting to be sold in the Rotterdam Yard

As a New Zealander myself, and a guy who loves ships, it's cool to see the wahine on this list. My nana was about 18 when that storm hit, and she was working in Wellington, she listened to the radio and heard the news talking about details of the sinking. I know a lot about this sinking and I just wanted to say that it's nice to see this ship get some more recognition.

@tamarahammond3580

9 ай бұрын

Yeah true I'm a new Zealander too but I live in oalmyt

@tamarahammond3580

9 ай бұрын

I mean palmy

@CTNZ2000

6 ай бұрын

I was 2 years old and living in the Hutt, I remember having a piece of one of the lifeboats that was half covered in sand around Pencarrow

@andrewstevenson118

2 ай бұрын

I dated someone who was born on April 10, 1968. When she told me her birthday, I said "oh, the Wahine". She said her mum was in labour as things unfolded.

Interesting fact, Barham was one of two battleships ever caught sinking on camera, the other being the Austro-Hungarian dreadnought Szent Istvan, although her sinking is... much less dramatic than Barham's magazine detonation.

@kovacsabelkristof3566

Жыл бұрын

And if I'm right, the Szent István was also the first (battle)ship sinking caught on camera

@kovacsj7823

11 ай бұрын

The detonation of the USS Arizona is also a very dramatic thing to see.

@adambane1719

4 ай бұрын

Interestingly the Arizonas' owners intentionally placed it there precisely for that purpose !@@kovacsj7823

I’ve seen the footage of the Barham’s destruction before but it never ceases to give me chills. So sudden and complete. I suppose it was a mercy for the men. Still, what a tragic loss of life. Thanks for this one!

@jonathanstrong4812

11 ай бұрын

The poor guys what would it be if they search for the Barham's

I've only seen the clips of HMS Barham and the Andrea Doria before watching this. Seeing ships fighting to stay afloat and inevitably losing their battles is always mesmerizing to see. Surprised that Oceanos wasn't a part of the list of ships seen as her sinking was very well documented. As always, this is an excellent video. I look forward to seeing the next one.

At 5:18, it's eerie to hear that OceanGate did a dive to the wreck....

The footage of the sinking of HMS Barham, filmed from her sister HMS Valiant (also a QE class battleship), is the most harrowing. We often see ship sinkings that include loss of life, but this is different. As she rolls over, you can see hundreds of men on her side. Then, she exploded and they’re just…gone.

Before he died, Captain Carlsen spent some years working as the tender operator at the Raritan Yacht Club, in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. He used to take me from the dock out to the boats I raced on, as crew, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In all the times I rode with him, I don't think I ever heard him say a dozen words, and though I guess it seems like a humble job, EVERYONE addressed him as "Captain", and treated him with a great deal of respect.

Hearing the name ocean gate after the... incident.. is an interesting sensation 💀

Hi Mike, I was on Seatoun beach when the Wahine sunk. Most, if not all, the photos you show were taken on Seatoun beach. Unfortunately, a lot of passengers who fell into the sea were washed up on the rocks on the other side of Wellington harbour and died there. I was sixteen at the time and still remember that day quite well. It was a terrible day, there were lots of bad things happening on land in Wellington as well as the sinking of the Wahine. Thank you for another great video. All the best from Sydney.

@OceanlinerDesigns

Жыл бұрын

Horrible stuff!! That must have been quite a sight seeing the ship wallowing there like that. A very sad story!

@scottlewisparsons9551

11 ай бұрын

@@OceanlinerDesigns yeah Mike, I blame you for making me think about it again! Lol actually, when watching your video I wondered if you would choose the Wahine. I was not disappointed! I did a search about the Wahine sinking and found a few films showing what was happening in Wellington. One even showed the house I lived in. All the best Scott

@CRAIGKMSBISMARCKTIRPITZ533

11 ай бұрын

😂

@rogerbrown1750

11 ай бұрын

We were sailing the Hobart waterways about two klm away from the Hobart Bridge when it was struck by the Illawarra ,nasty mess that one.

@trapdoorguppi

10 ай бұрын

@@rogerbrown1750my grandfather was on the Hobart did you know a man named Paul Jackson

Whenever there's a new video, a new "It's your friend, Mike Brady," and a slew of new wonderful things to learn, it always puts a smile on my face. Cheers, Mike!

@OceanlinerDesigns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the lovely comment :)

The footage of Andrea Doria’s wreck right after she sank is incredible! I’ve never seen it before, I’m just used to the murky footage of what little of her remains intact today

@richardrenner3974

11 ай бұрын

The Andrea Doria was seen as a work of art. At dock side, they gave tours to non-passengers to take it all in. My mother went on one of these tours.

Fun fact: the captain on the Andrea Doria, Pietro Calamai, refused to leave the ship even after everyone was saved so the crew threatened him to stay with him too had he not evacuated. He eventually got off the ship

@reactive435

Жыл бұрын

He felt that bad huh?

@davidmurphy8190

Жыл бұрын

Capt. Calamai was of a different ilk than the skipper of the COSTA CONCORDIA!

@p_filippouz

Жыл бұрын

@@davidmurphy8190 to be a bit fair, Schettino isn't the only one at fault. He was used as a scapegoat

@divinerowecom

4 ай бұрын

I read that Captain Calamai not only never went to sea after the sinking but choose to live the rest of his life away from it.

Despite growing up in Wellington, I wasn't expecting the TEV Wahine to be on this list! You did a fantastic job summarising the longer story, and props on your pronounciation as well as it's often mixed on KZread. I actually have a window from the Wahine. My grandad helped to scrap the ship, but a year after it first sank, it was torn to pieces by a second cyclone and spread over the harbour floor. The scrappers were given "gifts" from the scrap in many cases, and he came away with an armour glass window from the vehicle deck, which can be seen in a number of photos of the wreck. It really was a beautiful vessel, and the footage and photographs of the sinking and the wreck itself are astounding insights. As a story too, it shows the power of the sea and weather very well - the fact 53 people died when the ship was so close to shore is terrifying.

@KathrynDainty

11 ай бұрын

Actually the pronounciation is a bit off. The contemporary pronounciation was more like "wa-he-nee".

@adambane1719

4 ай бұрын

Its the Kiwi accent that is off. Not his pronunciation@@KathrynDainty

@markmunroe5919

4 ай бұрын

"Wahine" is a Maori meaning "woman". It is typically pronounced "wah - hee - nee".@@adambane1719

@shauntempley9757

3 ай бұрын

His pronunciation is perfect. The way that they say her name in the footage is wrong, because this is a time where Maori was still taboo to be spoken correctly.@@KathrynDainty

Seeing the Andrea Doria's wreck footage is unreal! I've never really encountered genuine footage of shipwrecks where the ship itself is "fresh" underwater. It's usually covered in rusticles and its paint just stripped or covered in marine life. Fresh shipwrecks are mainly artist's illustrations or animated re-enactments of how the ship went down (e.g Titanic)

Very cool footage, most of which I hadn't seen before. The footage of the Oceanos sinking off South Africa is pretty impressive, too, and the footage of the Ile de France - yes, the one that rescued so many Andrea Doria passengers, as I know you know - being sunk for a movie, of all things, is also quite good.

This footage is incredible! I grew up reading a book about the Andrea Doria sinking, and it did have several still photos......but nothing begins to compare with the live footage! I had never heard of the other sinkings you covered, and the excellent footage brought so much to the presentation. Thank you, Mike!

I have studied shipwrecks for years, but something about seeing actual footage of them sinking tied my stomach in knots! Thank you for sharing these amazing and devastating videos. It brings a level of humanization to these wrecks that is much needed and appreciated.

Seeing videos like this really put sinkings into another perspective

Fantastic video once again, Mike! Even having seeing it before, HMS Barham's footage is horrifically chilling. It's astounding that anyone survived that, let alone several hundred. While not video footage, Lusitania's assistant wireless operator David McCormick took photographs in the Lusitania's final moments. The saltwater ruined the film role, so only two photographs taken the morning of May 7 survived. Touched up versions were published in the Daily Sketch, along with a photo of the damaged role, and I don't know what became of it. There were accounts of other passengers taking photographs too, but it seems neither they or the cameras survived the sinking.

Absolutely loving your videos, Mike! There's just something beautifully lost about the old ocean liners and battleships of their time and something eerily fascinating about their wrecks now.

My friend Mike finally uploaded a new video, hell yeah

This was so well put together. The information and the footage were so intriguing. I had heard and read about some of these vessels, but the footage was all new to me. Thank you for creating this for everyone. 😊

Thanks, Mike, for another great watch and keeping maritime history alive.

Another two are the Oceanos, and the Szent István. The Oceanos is a pretty common sinking video. The Szent István is an interesting sinking it’s a ww1 sinking. The vessel is listing then you see it completely capsize with the bottom of the hull sitting above water while the rest is under water. The overturned vessel then rocks from side to side as it slowly goes under.

“Sorry babe, I can’t go to dinner right now. New Oceanliner Designs video just dropped.”

@OceanlinerDesigns

Жыл бұрын

Priorities 😂

Recently discovered your channel - been into history and titanic ever since I was young! Literally the best channel I have come across regarding this field; you are precise, informative and very welcoming! Thanks for the videos!

@OceanlinerDesigns

Жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard!

I have a bit of history with the TEV Wahine of the Union Steam Ship Company. I took the first radio'gram from her as she left the UK on her maiden voyage to New Zealand. (It was on HF radio from Awaruaradio/ZLB.) Strangely, she didn't have a radio callsign allocated before she sailed, so we used the ship's name instead. By the time of her unfortunate end, on 10th April 2968, she had been on the inter-island overnight ferry run between Wellington and Lyttelton for just a few years. By a quirk of fate, I had been in Wellington on the 8th/9th, before flying out to the Chatham Islands to work in the radio station (ZLC) there. We got all the shocking news of the disaster secondhand. When I flew back to Wellington later in the year, my later flight going south flew over the wreck, which was still laying on her side on the Wainuiomata side of the Wellington Harbour. It was a brief but shocking sight. Many years later, I made the acquaintance of the master of the first ship to enter Wellington Harbour after the "Wahine Storm" had abated. His ship was the Crusader Line's vessel Crusader.

@bazza945

11 ай бұрын

Thanks.

This was amazing to see! I am a bit surprised that the "Oceanos" wasn't there, because that is one of the more modern ship sinkings caught on camera. But overall it was great to see! And it's good to have you back! :)

Thank you for mentioning Oceangate. It’s nice to hear someone say something good about the company considering their contribution to underwater research.

@jacktaylor8195

11 ай бұрын

Other than another wreckage, what have Oceangate contributed to ocean research?

@sirboomsalot4902

11 ай бұрын

@@jacktaylor8195Keeping up on the condition of Titanic and their scans on the Andrea Doria are two examples I can think of

@alexbutler7269

11 ай бұрын

​​@@jacktaylor8195s he stated in the video, they surveyed the wreck of the Andrea Doria. this is extremely valuable information for those who do dives for research purposes, or even leisure.

@TheSonic1685

11 ай бұрын

@@sirboomsalot4902 Ah yes "Update, Titanic is decaying." what amazing contributions to ocean research well worth the 5 dead people.

@biscuitcase83

11 ай бұрын

They did nothing anyone else hasn't done...until they managed to 5 kill people on a Titanic expedition for the first time in the history of diving to the wreck

There's something weirdly fascinating about watching the sea swallow up a ship, isn't there? And those poor guys on HMS Barham. At least it was over with quickly for them. Thanks for posting Mike, you never disappoint!

@tinypoolmodelshipyard

Жыл бұрын

Yes its the Valley of Uncanny. The ship is doing what its not supposed too (sink). I love floating ships but watching one sink makes it to where i cant look away.

@wayneantoniazzi2706

Жыл бұрын

@@tinypoolmodelshipyard In a way it reminds me of what American railroad photographer, historian, and steam locomotive fan Ron Zeil wrote about visiting scrapyards in the early 1960s where steam locomotives were being cut up. Ron called them "Terrible, but at the same time fascinating places." Ron also said the torch men cutting up the locomotives weren't happy about it themselves but as the saying goes "A job's a job!"

Fantastic video Mike

Ocean gates origin story gets lore added to it here. Nice.

Mike I have been an academic research librarian, I know the sheer amount of work that goes into producing a book, never mind a video of this caliber. Whether as a team or a single individual it's monumental. Kudos, Man

@OceanlinerDesigns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so very much!

That last one is truly horrifying. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you can actually see the crew sliding down the side of the ship to jump into the waves just before the explosion? And seeing you talk about the Andrea Doria makes me so curious about what your thoughts on the movie Ghost Ship would be. The ghost plot notwithstanding, obviously, but since they were inspired by the Andrea Doria's design, I'd love to see you react to it since we see so much of the ships design/architecture both in flashbacks and as a rotting ghost ship. I wonder how the fictional ship's design compares to the inspiration?

@wesleypeters4112

11 ай бұрын

There was a dark mass of bodies towards the middle where the explosion happened. Many didn't even make it off the ship. Very sad.

The footage of the Barham sinking is one of my favourite pieces of footage ever. Very similar to the sinking of the Austrian dreadnought, St Istvan, where it can be seen such a proud ship going down

The Barham video is always so haunting.

Another fascinating video. And I think you should do a second one because there are plenty more ships that can be covered. There's actually one called the Szent István an Austro Hungarian battleship that was filmed capsizing after being hit by torpedoes, all the way back in 1918.

Grandpa was a survivor of Pearl on the USS Pennsylvania so ive always had a big fascination of those big ol battleships and of todays video, that last britt warship hit hardest. What i would find fascinating would be to see a sinking ship breaking in 2 as in the Titanics sinking. Oh, and btw, he took COLOR video of the big ships while at sea and also Hiroshima when they they went there after the surrender. Absolutely beautiful blue waters. The last time i saw them is when i took the reels into highschool to show on the projectors in history class. I could gladly rip my aunt and uncle a new one for not getting those reels digitized before it was too late.

@wheels-n-tires1846

11 ай бұрын

My father was aboard California on Dec 7th. Was quite a day for a new sailor who'd had his 17th birthday the day before...

The HMS Barnum destruction is the most shocking explosion of a Naval ships. Tie with the USS Arizona explosion, which still gives me chills when I watch it. 😮

my grandfather sailed on the MS Klipfontein also on January 8, 1953 when the ship sank. His story, photos about this disaster has always stayed with me.

Sadly, it was the recent Titan tragedy that brought me to your channel but the high quality, fascinating content made me stay and binge watch too many of your videos whilst I should be getting work done.

@OceanlinerDesigns

Жыл бұрын

Sorry for being a point of distraction 😎

@kellie5476

Жыл бұрын

@@OceanlinerDesigns A good distraction. 😉

Thanks Mike, you are awesome! Appreciate all of your hard work!

@OceanlinerDesigns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Jess!

As a kiwi it was great to see the Wahine included. It’s so fresh in so many minds even after over fifty years. Like the Erebus Disaster, it seems everyone knew someone involved in the disaster

Michael, thank you for another fantastic video! We appreciate the way you present your stories without sensationalizing it beyond belief. Also, love seeing someone who looks very professional during the presentation. It is such a welcome break from some of the other folks. Have a wonderful evening/morning and we'll will see you on the next video.

Omg this is the first time I have ever heard anyone talk about the Wahine! I grew up next to the beach were she sunk and it always interested me as a kid. Another horrific detail about the sinking was that many survivors in the sea including many elderly people were swept to the cliffs on the other side of the harbour and bashed against the rocks

Fantastic presentation, Mike. It always amazes me that anyone on HMS Barham could survive that enormous detonation, and its worth mentioning that the survivors were taken down to South Africa for treatment and recovery. Surely a judicious form of incarceration masquerading as rehabilitation for those men. Also worth looking out is the medium who caused consternation in the Admiralty by "revealing" the sinking just after it happened, during a seance held in Portsmouth.

@wayneantoniazzi2706

Жыл бұрын

Japanese sailors who'd suvived their ships being sunk at Midway were also quarantined on their return to Japan and sworn to secrecy afterward.

@PhantomP63

11 ай бұрын

Same for those who survived Mutsu exploding at the pier.

@ottaviobasques

9 ай бұрын

It's like Hood. Althought her crew losses here much more tragic, only 3 survivors.

Babe, wake up! A new Oceanliner Designs video just dropped!

When I was 10 my mom got me a book called Ghost Ships and from that book my love of modern Martine history, the ocean liners and so much was born. I’m so glad I found your channel because I’m learning more and more.

Welcome back Mike! It’s good to have you back! Great video as usual

@OceanlinerDesigns

Жыл бұрын

Good to be back my friend!

I'm surprised you didn't talk about the oceanos. That footage is unreal and the story is quite interesting too. Perhaps it could appear in a possible part 2? Nevertheless, excellent video as always!

LOVED THIS amazing footage

I have been binge watching your channel recently and just wanted to say the effort and time and research you put into these videos are amazing. Thank you for sharing your passion with us!

@doctorbohr1585

Жыл бұрын

"She said I know what it's like to be dead......"

@BeenDead

Жыл бұрын

@@doctorbohr1585 I said who put all that draft in your head?

@doctorbohr1585

Жыл бұрын

@@BeenDead you're making me feel like I've never been born 😂

The story of the girl in the bow of Stockholm is pretty incredible. Love the new intro, which whistle replaced the QM?

@OceanlinerDesigns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks piper! It's a recording of an older white star liner pitched to somewhat match Titanic's, I think it might have been the SS Naronic.

Probably the coolest and most eerie video I've watched in a long time. Great job. RIP to the souls lost aboard these vessels.

This is fantastic, usually KZread videos of sinking ships dont actually have any sinking ships in them but our friend Mike Brady never disappoints

Great video, quite informative! If you do another like this, the footage of the MTS Oceanos is online and quite dramatic as well.

Amazing video as always! I'd love a second episode of this if you can find enough more footage. For one, I recommend the sinking of the Austro-Hungarian battleship, SMS Szent István (or Saint Stephen) whose capsizing was captured on film.

@TheGrejp

11 ай бұрын

Same, I can't say I'm not at least a little disappointed he didn't include Szent Istvan, as it was the only battleship whose sinking was filmed during WW1. Not only that, but almost everyone aboard survived since the Austro-Hungarian navy required the crew to know how to swim, which was paradoxically not common at the time in other navies.

@PatrickSmyers-gl5st

11 ай бұрын

I agree, the sinking of the Italian liner SS Rex , during WW2

Very sad to witness a royal navy ship go down with lives I'm a navy veteran and it is always in your mind mid ocean . I witnessed huge storms pounding us making one realise how vulnerable you are at sea I remember the Torrey Canyon in 1967 I was 9 now 65 went down off the Lizard in English water . just subbed see you again .

Amazing work, Mike, thank you! I remember when I was a kid seeing a KZread video of a Greek cruise ship called Oceanos sinking in the South African Coast… Thankfully no one died that day 🙏🙏

We are all just grateful your still making awesome videos and great content ❤️ love ya 😁

@OceanlinerDesigns

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Becky :)

Hi Mike, the name of the young girl found amid the wreckage of the Stockholm's bow is Linda Morgan (you probably already know this). Her biological father, a journalist named Edward Morgan, even reported on the sinking and was subsequently photographed next to her while she recovered in hospital.

@saintsfan1258

Жыл бұрын

Correct. Edward Morgan was a well-known journalist and anchor on the ABC Radio Network and went to ABC News on TV and helped cover the JFK Assassination.

@MorrisHillmanProductions

Жыл бұрын

Wow!

oceanliner designs is one of if not the best maritime channel on youtube

Yay! I knew I stayed up for a reason! Grand treat after a couple days in the hospital, thank you, Mike!

@OceanlinerDesigns

Жыл бұрын

Hope you feel better soon!!

Supposedly there was a film taken by a German officer on the Kormoran during the Battle with HMAS Sydney. The story goes that the German officer buried the film and camera on the beach after coming ashore in Australia to keep it from the allies. The film wouldn't show the HMAS Sydney sinking but it's tantalizing to see what record of the naval battle it would have. I wonder if anyone ever went looking for it.

Kind of surprised the Oceanos didn't make it onto this list, those last few minutes of that ship afloat are spectacular, and shows just how fast a ship can go from a bad list to completely under. But I suppose that footage is a bit too well-known and maybe even publically available, since it was a news helicopter that documented it.

I’ve never even been on a boat, but I love this channel so much. Thanks for all you do, Mike!

I'm quite happy to see MV Wahine on this video because I actually live very close to where it went down and my dad even remembers listening to the story on the radio and it is quite a popular story around the area and i always though it deserved more coverage.

5:22 😑😑😑

5:22 Oceangate Hmmmmmmm why is that familiar?

@ultimatedude5610

11 ай бұрын

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Mike, I’ve seen many of your videos and I’ve got to say; you are the consummate professional. Everything is well done, music is expertly chosen and there’s no overblown hype or drama. Subscribed and enjoying all your content. Well done sir.

I was seven years old when the Andrea Doria sank, and I remember it well. It was THE news event. Thank you for a well-presented video.

Man, the HMS Barham footage is gutting to see, and that explosion is incredible - and while I'm not trying to be insensitive, I can't help thinking that the newsman who was filming the disaster was pretty amazing, holding that shot. Wow.

This is truly amazing thank you so much. Its quite sad that these beautiful ships end in watery graves and lives are lost. But these footages of the ship's are truly incredible.

When he was needed most, he returned! Good to see you back Mike, hope you had a good break

Hi Mike, thanks for another fascinating piece of maritime history. In a side note, one of HMS Barham's crew that went down with the ship had a mother who was a medium. He appeared to her within hours of the tragedy and informed her of his passing and how it had happened. She spoke of it to friends and within days she was arrested by the British authorities charged with spying. The fact that she had no possible way to know of anything about the sinking was ignored and she was held prisoner for some time before sanity prevailed. Wartime atmosphere needs had been met by the authorities and that was all that mattered. Forgivable under the circumstances one supposes but quite fascinating.

Brilliant Mike! Great video

I’m glad you’re still our friend, Mike Brady!

Amazing video as always, Mike! You do this so well.

I had no idea there was period footage of Andrea Doria's wreck, that's simply amazing. What I would give for more footage like that. Also, the beginning felt like you were soothing someone's anxiety. "Yes, I'm still your friend".

As a Wellingtonian I greatly appreciated the effort in presenting the Wahine disaster. Thanks for the post

Movies and stuff never manage to startle me but the explosion of HMS Barham did. Wow. And it's also due to your grand storytelling skills.

Your channel just gets better and better Mike . So proud of you . Looking forward to the livestream first class Titanic

Thanks for covering the Wahine, it was decades before I was born but I grew up in Wellington - I lived in the suburb of Eastbourne which was the side of harbour where a few survivors but many deceased ended up. There is a memorial with the mast of the ship in the same area today. Wellington can get very stormy! it would have been hellish for those people.

Incredible footage, and masterfully told stories of heroism. THANKS, Mike!

Oh wow, the Barrum. I remember seeing footage of that as a child. I never knew of which ship the footage was of or shen it was filmmed, but you can bet little me never forgot those images. Thank you. You have cleared up a childhood mystery for me!

Thank you so much for including the TEV Wahine on your list. Though I was born a few years after the disaster, I grew up in Wellington so was taught about it from a young age. Relatives of mine were part of the rescue effort and told me some very sad stories.

The HMS Barham explosion was probably the most horrific that have been featured I can only imagine being one of the crews on-board RIP!

Take as long a break as you need, Mike, you'll always be our friend.