Stories of abandoned ships floating in the oceans just reminds us how big and vast the high seas actually are.

Constanta is in Romania not Croatia. Black See not Adriatic. It (E Evangheline) was full of oranges wen it ran a ground during a big storm. The salvage was attempted with 3 military tugboats trying to pull her from the sand but they failed. To ensure it will never move the Romania Navy put 3 holes in it. My father and uncle swam to the ship and entered one of those holes (near the engine room) and walked on the ship but that was more than 30 years ago. Now the ship is on its last legs. By the way it was a liberty ship. Tanks for mentioning it anyway do

@Sideprojects

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry, sounds like I need to have a word with the basement.

@TheWarbirdMistress

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sideprojects Next video: Top 10 Ways Stun Gun Companies Lie to Small Business Owners

@ronhenneberry1496

2 жыл бұрын

I noticed it was a liberty ship. They were prone to splitting in half like that one did.

@MihaiPetrescuSydney

2 жыл бұрын

I can confirm this, It is in Romania next to the sea side resort of Costinesti. Some 20 years ago we swam to it, you used to be able to go in it through a hole on the side and go on some rusted metal stairs all the way to the top deck. We jump of it, that is probably still the most daring / stupid thing I did.

@TheWarbirdMistress

2 жыл бұрын

​@@ronhenneberry1496 Indeed, they were. The low temperatures of the Arctic wreaked havoc on the welded hulls with low-temperature embrittlement problems. In fact, about a dozen or so - I'm writing off the top of my head, so it may be more or fewer - just plain old split up without any obvious catalyst. It was a mess that riveting would have prevented since there was more room for the steel plates to expand and contract without the micro-fractures at the welding point that happened with every temperature change and were exacerbated by severe overloading, often by inexperienced supercargoes.

It seems so bizarre to think of a ship drifting about in the ocean for years without being spotted. Then I remember the world's oceans are really, really, mind-bogglingly huge.

@jhnshep

2 жыл бұрын

there's also loads of shipping containers, I think simon might have done a video.

@dx1450

2 жыл бұрын

I remember hearing about that ship years ago, was being towed from Canada when the tow lines broke and the ship drifted for years.

@ssokolow

Жыл бұрын

Give the transcript of Skeptoid 699: The Mystery of the Ellen Austin a read. It digs up a report titled "Wrecks and Derelicts in the North Atlantic Ocean, 1887 to 1893, Inclusive: Their Location, Publication, Destruction, Etc." that indicates that, in just those seven years, there were 1,628 ships floating around the North Atlantic.

A cruise where you go on shore expeditions with a variety of scientists to learn about the particulars of the natural world sounds fucking awesome.

@WouldntULikeToKnow.

2 жыл бұрын

Probably the only cruise I'd ever be tempted to take. Of course, a ship that big won't be environmentally friendly though :(

@jordanr.4150

2 жыл бұрын

100% agree, I wonder if there’s any scientific cruises still around, as that’d be a cool Vaca

1:05 - Chapter 1 - MV alta 3:35 - Chapter 2 - MV Lyubov orlova 6:15 - Chapter 3 - MS World discoverer 8:15 - Chapter 4 - MV Evangelia

I love the constant stream of Simons content from all of his channels. The time and dedication it must take to be recording all of this is insane but it is incredible. From strictly educational to more loose and fun with podcasts and Brain Blaze. Gotta love this beauty of a man

@Sideprojects

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks :) Glad you enjoy all the content. I enjoy making it :)

@sgt79

2 жыл бұрын

Dony forget about the 12 cloned Dannys typing away in the dungeon. He originally had 20 to start with....

@kevinmcgrath9621

2 жыл бұрын

@@sgt79 only the strongest survive. Simons twisted form of Darwinism.

MV E Evangelia is located at Costinesti, Romania. Costinesti is a seaside resort and the abandoned ship serves as a local attraction. I’ve been there, I’ve seen it in person. The Wikipedia page is: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_E_Evangelia You can also find tons of other references. Also, Croatia and Romania are located opposite in the Balkan Peninsula. Costanza is in Romania, like Costinesti. They are both on the Black Sea. Apart from that mistake, I want to congratulate you, Mr Whistler, and your team for the excellent work you do on your KZread channel. I enjoy your videos very much.

The Lyubov Orlova was docked in St. John’s, Newfoundland my home town. My Farther had a friend who worked at the docks. During the two years the Lyubov Orlova was docked here it began to take on water and list to one side. So some people working on the dock were tasked in counter flooding the other side of the ship to level off the ship as best they could. But while the ship was being leveled the dock crew where said to be forced to retreat because of the rats on board. No other attempts were made to level the ship. After two years Canadian authorities seized the vessel and it was decided to be sold for scrap. But then, only one day after leaving port, the towline snapped in heavy seas, and the Lyubov Orlova drifted across the Atlantic toward The Irish Coast.

@hardlyquinn3747

2 жыл бұрын

i remember seeing it docked in the st johns harbor for so long, it's so strange to think that it's probably somewhere at the bottom of the ocean now.

@briansullivan5908

2 жыл бұрын

That’s how the cannibal killers rats story started. Thanks for the info.

You barely managed to not crack up at that pun in the intro. Well done, Simon

Hi Mr. Whistler. I love your shows and I find them extremely educational and interesting. Please do one about 5 most devastating maritime disasters, but not obvious ones like the sinking of the RMS Titanic. But the fires on both the Moby Prince and Scandinavian Star, lesser known incidents.

@heathergarnham9555

2 жыл бұрын

Sinking of the HMAS Centaur

@connergraham1522

2 жыл бұрын

The explosion of the SS Sultana

@chrisj3789

2 жыл бұрын

Do the video Whistle Boy !!!!

@chatteyj

2 жыл бұрын

Lusitania and muritania videos would be good I keep hearing about them but know nothing about those disasters.

"Tabloids are going to tabloid." -Indeed.

A video on ship pirating would be interesting.

@andiward7068

2 жыл бұрын

Casual Criminalist?

@kimhohlmayer7018

2 жыл бұрын

Many different approaches on the subject. He could cover the criminality, the long history, or even the social ills that lead certain areas to become hot beds of piracy.

@jajssblue

2 жыл бұрын

@@kimhohlmayer7018 Yeah, I was particularly interested in modern day pirating events. Maybe at top tenz, geographics, or as you suggested.

@GeorgeVCohea-dw7ou

2 жыл бұрын

@@jajssblue All of the above for the first annual, _Pirate Week!_ kzread.info/dash/bejne/q4ZmzsmxqZDOpLg.html He's one of the only people who can pull off such an ambitious undertaking.

I had that sinking feeling you'd do an episode on abandoned ships 🤣

@Sideprojects

2 жыл бұрын

BA DA BUM BUM TSHSHSHSHHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSHHSSHSHSHSHSHH

@khaccanhle1930

2 жыл бұрын

@@Sideprojects my thoughts exactly.

Swimming out to explore a rusty old shipwreck is an extremely bad idea ! Not only is it very easy to get nasty, infectious cuts, but the decks may be fine in one spot and in others you'll you break through. Don't endanger yourself and rescuers for cheap thrills.

You might enjoy the true ocean adventures of Clive Cussler. The author used the profits from his novels to pursue his passion for underwater archaeology. He and his charity named NUMA for his novels’ aquatic agency discovered so many different famous and historically significant ship wrecks. There were enough to fill two true books and a television show on his adventures.

@markbaker9459

2 жыл бұрын

Aloha Simon, Watery Demise , or Intentionally Swampy? Even Hawaii has these weaks. The Pandemic has a floating liner sitting idol in Honolulu harbor for now moored (forever?) with a skeleton crew. Insurance fraud has claimed ancient wooden interisland steamers through out the island chain, but due to such rich waters, the wood-eating boreworms make quick work or their meals and only leave metal items behind. Stories of wreaks tend to leave a sinking feeling toward the nature of human endeavors when these are solely based on income.

@kimhohlmayer7018

2 жыл бұрын

@@markbaker9459 interesting insights and info. Thank you for adding that.

@thomasbledsoe6058

2 жыл бұрын

I love Clive cusslery

@aaron_r6611

2 жыл бұрын

I love those books definitely my favourite author

@kimhohlmayer7018

2 жыл бұрын

@@aaron_r6611 same!

I trust that you have now managed to return Constanta to Romania where it belongs. The MV Alta is in fact quite a small ship but one that was designed and certified for world wide trading so there would be no problem in the ship crossing the Atlantic. The ship was built in Norway at the Hommelvik shipyard not in Tanzania. The ship was, from 2017, registered in Tanzania, registry and place of build are rather different. After the ship was abondoned there would have been no power on board, the AIS (if switched on) would have remained powered by the emergency batteries but these would have a lasted only a few days as they were no longer be charged. It seems that your script writer relies rather a lot on Wikipedia.

@jamesclendon4811

2 жыл бұрын

I did have my doubts--do they even build ships in Tanzania?

@davidt3705

2 жыл бұрын

@@jamesclendon4811 No, there were plans to build a ship repair facility in Tanga port but I don't think much has happened yet

The MV E Evangelia is off the coast of Romania, not Croatia. :) Thanks for this eerie but interesting video. People really are negligent with what we do...

@juicethemodeller

2 жыл бұрын

Plus the ship’s name is MV E Evangelia, not Evangelina.

@ajc5479

2 жыл бұрын

@Fred Nurke If you didn't care, you wouldn't have wrote anything :P

@bardock11

2 жыл бұрын

@Fred Nurke OMG, what a derp on my part. Thanks, have corrected!

@bardock11

2 жыл бұрын

@@juicethemodeller Thanks! Corrected.

@bardock11

2 жыл бұрын

@@juicethemodeller Thanks! Corrected.

Absolutely loved this episode.... Simon the colored lights is a awesome touch to your videos..

Seems fitting when you google “cannibal rat ship” that Idi Amin’s mug should appear.

@magichands135

2 жыл бұрын

Noticed that too, although I cant find anything with ratatouille chipandco and Idi Amin...

"Let's dive into it" Ba-da boom boom tssssh

Tell me you didn't forget the SS Minnow!

@Triangleinformation

2 жыл бұрын

The actress who played Maryann died recently.

@claytonberg721

2 жыл бұрын

Sit right back and you'll hear a tale...

Ship stories are amongst my favorite stories. Nice video. Peace!

I was quite happy to see my personal favorite, The World Discoverer, as it is on my list to visit in-person. Well done to you and your team Simon. Cheers.

Was hoping for the SS United States or the abandoned WW1 wooden ghost fleet, but these are cool. Actually the WW1 ghost fleet is worthy of its own Side- or Megaprojects video. Or even a Blaze, seeing how much money was wasted on the project.

Oh dear, this video was like a tabloid made it... Mysterious ship with it's name clearly visible run aground near Cork. Mysteriously nobody answered radio calls since it was abandoned couple of years prior. It was miraculously carried by the Gulf stream and it passed Irish fishing boats sentry during a big storm, somehow undetected... So strange for a such a big ship that was too small for an cross-Atlantic journey to begin with... It had new satellite equipment that wasn't working while it was abandoned, a real conundrum. Even more mysterious is how a big Romanian city was moved to Croatia in an instance... Sideprojects kind of magic? 😁

I liked this video because we have the same shirt. I'm a well over 6'4" black man with an afro living in the American South and you're a Brit living in Prauge. So we couldn't be any different. But the shirt still looks 👍.... Lol. Keep up the good work bro.

@creatrixZBD

2 жыл бұрын

I like the oblique-ness of this comment

As a marine coast station radio operator 1964 to 1992, I had a number of contacts with "World Discoverer" when it did voyages down to Antarctic waters, circa late '80s. At the end of one sked I asked the radio operator, "Where are you now?" I remember he responded, "In the Bellinghausen Sea".

Cool video :-) I went on a wildlife / birdwatching cruise from Russia to Alaska on the World Discoverer a few months before it hit the reef. It was best wildlife trip of my life, and a fantastic ship to be on. Such a shame it was lost. I read somewhere that the reef it hit was uncharted, not sure how true that is.…M

Am I the only one that adds the ba-da-ba-bm! In these non-blaze videos?

@kevinfreeman3098

2 жыл бұрын

That's just an interior monologue brother... That is unless you've re-edited the videos, drop the the link.

@mnichols1979

2 жыл бұрын

@@kevinfreeman3098 your have to have some kind of actual editing skills to add them off which I do not. It's only in my head. 😉

The ghost ship of rats comes from the classic radio drama "Three Skelton Key" with Vincent Price. It's an excellent listen if anyone has a long commute or holiday travel

@WaddedBliss

2 жыл бұрын

Even earlier than that, I think. Bram Stoker used one in Dracula.

@darshfulford

2 жыл бұрын

Terry Pratchett came up with Death of Rats, the Grim Squeaker

The day he cold reads a biographics or sideprojects im gonna be the happiest legend

@TheHighSpaceWizard

2 жыл бұрын

Blaze it, business boy.

I’ve looked into salvaging a couple abandoned ships here in Florida and it’s unbelievable how much paperwork and obstacles are placed in front of anyone trying to remove and rebuild a wreck. You’d think that the government and people would appreciate removing an eyesore and giving it new life but that was definitely not my experience. We too much into replacing things and refurbishment isn’t encouraged by anyone.

Can you do one on the Philadelphia experiment?

Croatia? Get your facts straight fact boi! I visited that this summer paid 5 euros and had a tour on a boat. In our country's beach destination, where everyone goes to get their feet wet in the summer, it's only 200km away, so a few hours by car from the capital of Bucharest. It's the mascot of the Costinești beach. Constanța, Romania.

Just for the record, the best bait for a mouse trap around here is the dead mouse that got caught. 6 hours unchecked and you'll find half of a mouse under the bail. (and no, I'm not on a ghost ship)

@jamesclendon4811

2 жыл бұрын

If it's the best bait wouldn't you hope to find one and a half dead mice?

Can you do an episode on the Smithsonian on either here or on Megaprojects?

Simon, I love your videos. I like learning about stuff like this

5:20 “experts have warned” LMAOO who they think they foolin 😂

A friend mine his dad use to be an inspector for Marine Atlantic back in the day. The story goes he boarded a ship only for it to fail inspection and be taken out of service. Supposedly it was from the show “Love Boat”.

Dude, I’m an information junkie and subscribed to all your interesting channels-you rock!

It doesn't need to be proven that there were cannibal rats on the ship, in a closed environment without any sources of food rats very much will resort to cannibalism, just a question of whether or not there were any rats aboard....

@WKRP187

2 жыл бұрын

The Japanese during WW2, the Donner(???) family stranded on the pass in a Utah blizzard, a plane wreck in the Andes mountains have all proved that humans will do the same thing relatively quickly

The old maps didn't warn us about dragons! "Here be dragons" is an anachronism referring to the medieval practice of drawing dragons and other mythical creatures on areas of a map that were uncharted or contained unmapped reefs. The actual phrase used most translates as "here are lions" but there are some old maps with the dragon version - albeit in Latin.

Great video. One of the shipwrecks you show at 0:33 is crashed off the North Sentinel Island. I think the Sentinelese people would be a very interesting video to watch from you.

Thanks

I am croatian and never heard of Constanta place or E Evangelina wreckage. I think you mixed up places/countries

@Triangleinformation

2 жыл бұрын

You have NO IDEA how often that happens for places in the US so I can understand. Totally.

Bring on the knowledge fact boy!

@IrishMike22

2 жыл бұрын

*boi 😉

@mnichols1979

2 жыл бұрын

@@IrishMike22 yet just about every meme I've seen spells it boy.😉

The E Evangelina might well have been an insurance scam. She was 26 years old when she was abandoned. The typical lifespan of a ship is roughly 30 years, so she was definitely towards the end of her usefulness. Her engine was also an old design from WWII that would be less efficient and more expensive to run than a modern ship’s engine. And since she was in ballast, there were no cargo owners who might investigate on their own. Given that she could either be sold for the value of her scrap metal or be run aground and claim the full value of her insurance payout, an unscrupulous owner might have decided to wreck her if the insurance payout was more than the scrap value.

Good video 👍

lol MV Evangelia is in the coastal resort of Costinesti , Romania (Costanta County) :D

Oh yeah, here we go!!!

This is what I needed my two favorite things on KZread factboi and ghost ships

Happy Saturday

Haha! "Let's _dive_ into it!" lol I see what you did there. "Let's _dive_ in...." haha! Ahhh Haha! Haaa.... ha.... _(Ba dum dum PSSSSH 🥁 )_

Hahahahaha “dive into it”. Classic.

The Team Phillips bi-rig catamaran from "The Race" in 2000 is another unique ghost ship which is for sure sunken by now.

Simon is everywhere 👀

Warming up my Factboi Soup before watching this one.

@bladeofveng

2 жыл бұрын

Im warming up my bowl of Magic Spoon 🥄

Excellent video 📹

The story about cannibal rats reminds me of the fiction story and later radio show "Three Skeleton Key", circa 1937(?).

I like the way you ask for a like at the end when considering the content and often humurous presentation of your videos I alkways like before even watching as I know it will be good.

How camp was the "let's dive into it" 🤣

Many people: "There are no more good band names!" Simon: "Hold my beard oil.... Cannibal Rat Ship!"

@bbnfrazer4263

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@morkusmorkus6040

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, nah.

I'm fairly sure #2 inspired the Billy Talnet song, Ghost Ship of Cannibal Rats

He was so happy to say let's dive into it lol

Could you please do a video that talks about the Loretto Chapel Staircase? I think it’d be cool😊

You should cover "Operation Credible Sport". I haven't seen a good video on it, and I know you could!

More please

By the looks of the _MV Alta,_ I would say as soon as they tow it -- IF they even CAN tow it -- it will fill up with water and sink.

@ericseventeen17

2 жыл бұрын

It’s completely split in 2 already

I wonder if that tabloid writer had read "Three Skeleton Key" by Georges Toudouze?

I'm from Cork and I've kayaked around and over the ship wreck. Although it does look very different now due to corrosion

Fun fact: rats can be trained into cannibalism, it requires a confined space and a number of rats and a week. The survivors, once released, can keep to local populations at bay. *allegedly

@sebastiaanvanschajik5430

2 жыл бұрын

Skyfall?

@briansullivan5908

2 жыл бұрын

Yuck

@ittositto6494

2 жыл бұрын

@@briansullivan5908 How to beat a plague of rats, on a broke farm. 101. It doesn't have to be yum. It just has to work.

Quite interesting. More would be appreciated.

Bet if you restored any one of those ships the owners would crawl out of the woodwork to claim them back again.

Years ago, my brother had been an electrician on the World Discoverer. I may still have a sweater from that ship.

How about doing a video about the SS America? She became one of the most fascinating shipwrecks in history.

Perhaps you would e interested in covering the rat free status of Alberta, Canada and the Government program designed to maintain it.

@Tomyironmane

2 жыл бұрын

Do the Canadians politely ship anyone who points out the existence of rats off to re-education camps?

@crazyteenagers

2 жыл бұрын

@@Tomyironmane Not that I am aware of yet. Rats are prevalent in all other provinces of Canada, only the province of Alberta is rat free.

Rats regularly kill and eat their smaller cousins, mice. I'd venture to say they wouldn't pass up a bite of each other.

@dub2536

2 жыл бұрын

Desperate times call for desperate measures! The Donner Party!

@vo1dfc

2 жыл бұрын

The Lyubov Orlova was docked in St. John’s, Newfoundland my home town. My Farther had a friend who worked at the docks. During the two years the Lyubov Orlova was docked here it began to take on water and list to one side. So some people working on the dock were tasked in counter flooding the other side of the ship to level off the ship as best they could. But while the ship was being leveled the dock crew where said to be forced to retreat because of the rats on board. No other attempts were made to level the ship. After two years Canadian authorities seized the vessel and it was decided to be sold for scrap. But then, only one day after leaving port, the towline snapped in heavy seas, and the Lyubov Orlova drifted across the Atlantic toward The Irish Coast.

@jamesclendon4811

2 жыл бұрын

@Nolan Is Innocent And vice versa.

I want to commandeer an abandoned cruise liner and establish my own sovereign nation... but then that sounds tiring, and I don't think Amazon would be able to deliver our coffee.

MV E Evangelia lays close to Costinesti/Romania ….not Croatia. Nice videos. Big fan.

@Fritzache

2 жыл бұрын

And Costinesti is 30 km south (not north) of Constanta

Can you do the biggest abandoned sunken ships please

Thank you

The Prinz Eugen is literally on the beach somewhere in the pacific after castle bravo blew up

Interesting to see another Whistler pronunciation exclusive. Tanzania!

@heathergarnham9555

2 жыл бұрын

English pronunciation. I'm Australian I pronounce it the same way

Tabloids are going to tabloid! LOL, I love it!!!

Goat of KZread 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Rats readily become cannibalistic when short on food. They'll also attack any potential food source when starved.

I never know if I am pronouncing Tanzania correctly every time Simon says it.

Saltwater is hard on shit cost less money to build a new boat that does to fix up an old one it's that hole in the water you throw money into

My friend, Constanta is in Romania not Croatia and the mv e evangelina is of the coast of Costinești, some 30 km away from Constanta

SIR that is ratatouille in a jar. why have you done this, why.

Cannibal rats?! 🙀Now I have to go listen to three skeleton key with Humphrey Bogart and Vincent Price.😸

Come on Simon! I basically spend everyday listening to your channels and now you misplace Romanian cities! How can I trust you anymore?! Come on Blaze boy!

Hi, very good video. I was working on the MS World Discoverer when it sank. I uploaded a video about the evacuation for anyone interested in the topic.

Big thanks to Rebecca Corgan for this information. Who could pass up a anything with 'ghost ship' in the offing.

HOLY SHIP SIMON!

Cannibal Rats would be a cool metal band name.

Nice Easter egg at 6:06.

Ships??? England!!! The hell you say...

It was not only one mentioned what will happen when the fuel tanks arent sealed anymore - i mean the evinroment impact would be huge when some of the wracks fuel tanks start to leak heavy oil in to the water... 🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

Sir… you are indeed relentless… HOW DO YOU DO IT!?

@JonathanExley

2 жыл бұрын

Money.