Ah and after all that I realised I have misspelled Uruguay at the video's start. Apologies to any Uruguayan friends! ~Mike

@kaiserwilhelmii5109

2 жыл бұрын

Oof

@RmsLusitainia

Жыл бұрын

@@kaiserwilhelmii5109 hmm that name sound familiar

@reaverkai

Жыл бұрын

On behalf of uruguayans, we don't mind. On another note, I've been interested in maritime history for years since I saw Titanic and this is my first time learning there was an uruguayan aboard, so thank you :)

@gbweber

7 күн бұрын

That's ok. I watch your videos because I am very much interested about Titanic since I saw "A Night to Remember" in 1986. Did you know that there were two more Uruguayans that died aboard the Titanic? They were Francisco Carrau and José Pedro Carrau-Estevez.

"...right now I wish the 'Titanic' were lying at the bottom of the ocean." OH MY GOD

@knownpleasures

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah he has no obvious reason to make that statement!!

@jos3ph.d

2 жыл бұрын

He got his wish.

@FemboyModels

2 жыл бұрын

Well he got his wish

@DerpyPossum

2 жыл бұрын

@@knownpleasures He had to leave his close friend earlier than expected. He was probably just upset, or overcome with disappointment. It’s a normal feeling, though his statement is a little disturbing in the regard that his wish came true…

@kimezekiel5074

2 жыл бұрын

I think he was implying he wanted for it to sink prior to his boarding so he could have stayed with Josey. But, yeah, careful what you wish for regardless.

The letter from Ramon hit the hardest for me. Imagine having PTSD from a terrible shipwreck you were involved in 4 DECADES prior, believing everything will turn out differently if something were to occur. I can't imagine what went through his mind and the TITANIC tried to hail the CALIFORNIAN, believing that help will come immediately, only to find himself back into a situation of being stranded and helpless. Edited because of auto-correct

@kjsingh9071

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely. I agree.

@Nolroa

Жыл бұрын

Strongly agree with the statement. A man afraid of a repeat of the tragedy he survived,but in the hope that technological advances would make things more secure. The wireless telegraph worked, the Carpathia came to rescue the survivors, but all technology has its limitations and it is more the human factor like the people of the Californian who did not answer the emergency call of the Titanic

The letter of young Edgar Andrew is quite devastating. He was a 17-year-old boy. I would think that now we are adults but we were also teenagers and we also had negative visions or thoughts of life at some point when things don't go the way we want them to. The boy just wanted to see his dear friend Josey, but circumstances forced him to take a boat that departed a week before his original trip, so he could not see her, he didn't want a catastrophe to happen, he just wanted to vent his anger like any teenager does nowadays on social media. It is more a testimony that we are human, we get angry, we get frustrated, we throw tantrums and somehow we were or reasoned the same as him.

I remember someone reading Mary’s letter during one of the live streams and it was like a knife in the chest. Incredibly powerful

@OceanlinerDesigns

2 жыл бұрын

I read it out for the end of the 109th anniversary stream and it was very difficult to get through!

@SEPK09

2 жыл бұрын

@@OceanlinerDesigns I can imagine.

Just perfect, the letters, the music, the background. I feel sometimes we forget the big human tragedy , when we talk about the sinking of the Titanic. 1500 maybe a number, but with 1500 lives we also talk about 1500 families who lost a loved one.

Hard to find words for this one - so moving, future plans, dreams, regrets, and so much more among these letters. The newly sunken Titanic with air bubbles still escaping is a sobering backdrop.

Heartbreaking. It is impossible not getting moved or touched.

A very poignant, positively heartbreaking video. It really humanizes Titanic's passengers and crew, as well as their families. Something I've never really considered and have had trouble with in the past. Great job, I appreciate the choice not to have the letters read out loud.

I decided to watch this well after the anniversary. And I nearly shot out of my chair to read about May McMurray's letter. My grandmother was a McMurray, then Heenan, so I'm somewhere WAY down the family tree. But when I had first stumbled and fell in love with Titanic when I was young, I had always heard (from family) about William and how he was lost in the sinking. Sadly really nothing is known about what he did or where he was during the incident, but I'd like to think he acted heroically like the rest of the crew. So it's always been very personal for me for that reason. And I remember reading the letter she sent to her father and it always hits hard. So genuinely I'm happy to see it get some light shown on it, as it always to me gives the sinking and loss a tangible human touch. So thank you Mike, for putting this all together it truly is beautiful.

"Dada this is my first letter" oh this hurts.

@DATo_DATonian

2 жыл бұрын

And he never got to see it ...

Such a bitter but beautiful video. It’s very easy to forget each of those 1500 lost is an individual with their own family and friends that were affected deeply by this tragedy. Let alone the horrors those souls must of felt in their final moments.

Thank you so much for not having narration of these letters. From a fellow video makers perspective, you must have gone back and forth on whether to have them narrated many times, but the choice of just letting the texts speak for themselves is so powerful, it allows the people who wrote them to speak through the reader in as close to the way they intended as we can now approximate.

''right now I wish the 'Titanic' were lying at the bottom of the ocean.'' *''your wish has been granted''* wait what

I was just holding my tears but on the last one had tears in my eyes. And when i heard her father died i was crying😭

The ship had thousands of letters that were lost at sea. It was basically a postal liner

@jamescrab4110

2 жыл бұрын

If you exclude passengers and other cargo, yes.

@DerpyPossum

2 жыл бұрын

It was, indeed. It had the prefix “R.M.S.” for a reason.

This is incredibly beautifully put together, thank you for taking the time to make this video. It is really tragic art.

This is an interesting change from your normal videos, Mike. In a weird way this seemed more appropriate for the content, letting us read each letter and focus everything on the person, who they each were, and what happened to them. Well done, and another great song choice as well.

Wow. Way to bring down the room, Mike. 😥Seriously---- very well done. The music and the letters really personalize an epic tragedy. Those notes could have been written by any one of us as we sailed toward our destiny.

“I sent my washing home by post” 🤔 Could you do a video about the postal service on Titanic?

The music is hauntingly appropriate to the text and reality of this catastrophic event!

Well put-together, with brilliant information and one of my favorite orchestral pieces to go along with it. Absolutely great! 👍

Very moving conclusion to the series. Looking forward to next week's video!

Brilliant. Absolutely stunning, heartbreaking and moving. With all our fascination with machines, equipments, and events we shouldn't ever, EVER forget history is people, who they were, how they lived, and in some cases how they died. Well done Mike. Well done indeed. A masterpiece!

This is my favorite ship channel

@prehistoricliners6717

2 жыл бұрын

I am of the same opinion

@OceanlinerDesigns

2 жыл бұрын

Very much appreciated :)

@Hector_H23

2 жыл бұрын

Me too

my grandfather was on the CARPATHIA. it was very horific.it stayed with my grandfather threw his life.God be with those precious souls.and there relatives threwout the generations.. come along ways since that terrible sinking.more lifeboats on vessels.more lifeboat drills. stricter laws. all came afterwards. no longer do people think the vessel is unsinkable.

Very touching Mike. Cant wait to see next week’s video

If this wasn’t on your channel I wouldn’t have beloved these. Especially the first two 😮

fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis, by Ralph Vaughan Williams, on eof the most beautiful pieces of music ever written

Powerful, and tastefully done. Every one of the souls lost that night was more than a number adding up to an infamous total. They were lives cut short.

Wow very moving. Those letters gives you just a little bit of what it was like on Titanic that was really a cool video thank you for sharing.

Excellent video; very well done. Thank you!

The second I hear the strings for "Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis" I know it's a good video

This video hurts more than most Titanic videos.

What a terrific video. Powerful.

Thank you for making this video. It gas opened my eyes even more how terrible such disasters are and are to friends & family. Especially the letter of Mary the 10 year old girl hitted me the most

We as society have lost something eloquent. How they wrote deep feelings. The letter to dada absolutely tore at my sole. 😢

Strong emotions. Great video

Heartbreaking. So very human. What a great video. Thamk you.

Heart-wrenching

A very interesting insight that I hadn't heard of before. IT WAS VERY INTERESTING Something that is otherwise easily forgotten Thanks for this very eye opening video

I have no words, other than I hope they're all at peace in whatever is after this world

That last one gave serious feels. My daughter is quite a bit younger than ten, but I haven't seen her in two months for job training. Then you show dad with a mustache not dissimilar from mine. Just another reminder that you always make time for those you love because you just never know.

This was very emotional.

When this video was published I was on a ship in the Flemish Pass. I had access to the ship's wifi. I was able to keep in contact with my family and friends. I cannot imagine how hard it would have been for the families of the passengers and crew who went weeks without hearing from their loved ones.

Nothing I can say will do this justice. Thank you.

Well done.

Mike(and others), have you ever owned Titanic Voices? I think it was first published in 1994 or so, and this video suddenly rammed into back into the forefront of my thoughts. It's a great collection of memories, not only of those on the Titanic directly, but those immediately connected to it both beforehand(even the mundane who would pay for the dredging of Southampton harbor for White Star's new dock), and the aftermath. If I recall correctly the sections about Southampton post-disaster definitely hit the heart.

@wayneantoniazzi2706

2 жыл бұрын

I've got "Titanic Voices" myself, and it's well worth getting a copy if those out there reading this don't have one. Superb book!

very emotional.

This hits hard

It came on automatically after the Carpathia video and I wasn't prepared for this. Two letters in and I have to pause it for a bit.

We are all quite familiar with the ship and some of her more famous passengers stories, but to read letters, expressed in their our words really brings everything to life and it becomes much more personal

Well done, Mike. I'm trying to make breakfast but someone's chopping onions.

What a twist of fate for them. And that brave boy having his luggage found is atleast something.From the bottom of the ocean as he said

Nice 👍

A hard video to watch. The first and the last letter... It's almost like we can feel the family's pain and suffering.

Heartbreaking. But it makes me wonder how many letters are still down there… locked away…

"...right now I wish the Titanic were lying at the bottom of the ocean." I had to pause and collect myself, I literally was shivering all over. OH MY GOD.

It makes me very emotional that the letter never was received by her father

Wow..😢💔

Mike, you missed the part of the letter from Ramon Artagaveytia where he references dining with Manuel uruchurtu, Mexican DIplomat who also perished on-board

I think my heart just broke :'(

Such heartbreakingly poignant letters...

Wow! This got me in my feels.

“I wish the Titanic were lying at the bottom of the ocean.“ ME:Edgar Andrew you have doomed us all!

It is brilliant on your part to use the RVW Tallis Fantasia to accompany these letters. It's the US Army Strings, not Band, right?

Wow😢

2:56 Bro really got a kd of 1500 👏 👏

I would have loved audio to go with this

I looked for a video about the ship SS America mentioned in the first letter but can't fine one, only videos are of a much more recent SS America that sat abandoned and was finally sunk.

the second letter scared me :O , as if its a curse..

They should recover the letters from the Titanic’s mailroom.

I don't understand how some people's remains were recovered. For instance, the musician and his violin, seems amazing to me that he wasn't simply enveloped by the ocean and gone forever. Sad, and terrifying for all those poor people.

I came here because of the royal de luxe story and want to see the letter to read it full

How did these letters survive the sinking? Were they taken off by the survivors? Or are these the wireless communications? I know the Titanic carried mail but I assumed it was lost. Particularly anything written at sea. I’m baffled.

@DerpyPossum

Жыл бұрын

Letters written aboard the ship during the first day were dropped off at Queenstown, Ireland, where they were then mailed.

Ok so this whole thing was Edgar’s fault! WAY TO BRING ON THE BAD LUCK EDGAR!

"I wish Titanic is lying on the bottom of the ocean" God: "Challenge accepted"!

What is this about?

Far far more touching than James Cameron could ever do. This truly brings the tragedy alive..

@Maniac61675

2 жыл бұрын

What ?

@elisabetta611

Жыл бұрын

Why does it have to be a competition though?

Edgar Andrew: “I am boarding the greatest steamship in the world, but I don’t really feel proud of it at all, right now I wish the ‘Titanic’ were lying at the bottom of the ocean.” Well my guy your dream came true out of shock and I wonder what he was thinking that day after writing this letter! Kind of funny and he even gave his life vest up so he must’ve really wanted to commit suicide I guess…

Can someone tell me the name of the music please ?

@DerpyPossum

2 жыл бұрын

“Fantasia on a Theme”

@bigjohno242

2 жыл бұрын

@@DerpyPossum Thank you 🙏

1500 people paid quite a price for the arrogance of a very few. When the rule is profit over safety, people always die. But, capitalism absorbs them as “an acceptable level of risk.”

@DerpyPossum

Жыл бұрын

The whole "Profit over safety" aspect of the ship's story is almost entirely false, but yes.

Pure pathos and profundity.

Poignant