Principessa Mafalda, the Tragic Princess (1927)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- The Principessa Mafalda had been the flagship of the Lloyd Italiano line, but as a pre World War 1 ship in 1927 her glory days had faided. She was to take one last voyage across the Atlantic before being relegated to more coastal travel. Unfortunately it was a voyage she would never complete. Her disaster would bring the phantom of the Titanic back to the public eye with its terrible and senseless loss of life.
Ship Name: Principessa Mafalda
Launched: 1908
Tonnage: 9210
Origin: Genoa, Italy
Ship Type:Transatlantic Ocean Liner, Steam Ship
Sank: Off the Coast of Brazil
Reason For Sinking: Broken Propellor
Loss of Life: 314 Dead
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Hello! I am Italian and after the Mafalda disaster we have an Italian famous phrase “Affidabile come la Principessa Mafalda” that means “As trustworthy as Princess Mafalda”. The two ships were also famous because apparently they were the first ships to have a salon that is as high as two floors. By the way the reason of why the ship was still moving even though it was sinking it is probably due to the fact the captain tried to make the steam go out from the boilers but unfortunately the steam valves didn’t work properly so he was forced to keep the ship running otherwise there would have been a boiler explosion.
Amazing how shipwrecks have a way of making their way into a language. I have heard doing something pointless as referred to as "arranging deck chairs on the titanic"
I had not read anything about the steam valves not working but that makes total sense. What a nightmare set of mechanical failures to experience all at once.
thank you guys, i love your intro, soooo cool.
as always - great story and narration !
One of probably the second most unlucky pairs of ships in the history of steam ocean travel.
Thanks for the video. FYI: knots = nautical miles per hour. So “nautical miles per hour” is redundant:)
You mean knots per hour
@@justinpino8115 lol -yes!
Good thing you made the correction
Our grandfather was on the ship! He was 42 😢
I am sorry to hear of your family's loss. It was such a heavy toll taken by a ship that should never have been allowed to sail in that condition.
Thank you! Yes that ship should never have set sailed. Thank you for posting this.
I’m so sorry about your family tragedy. Remember he is always there for you all and your family and friends and he is never lost or gone ever as a family never leaves a family ever Even in Heaven Family is inseparable and he is blessed with his family you and friends and he will never leave you all I promise please don’t feel sad he is always alongside you all.
shameful behavior.
Many shipwreck stories become examples of the importance of keeping your head in times of stress. It literally saves lives.
@@theshipwreckarchives and sadly, there is no litmus test we can give people prior to something like this. you dont find out what people are made out of until the real stress is applied.
I’d never heard of this tragic liner.👍 so weird
As is the case so often with such disasters, it was all the papers could talk about but then it quickly was buried under other events and fewer people talked about it.
I love ship histories, so I just subscribed. Thank you for this story. I had heard about the Princes Mafalda being locked up and dying in a prison camp but never knew about the ship. Looking foreword to many more of your videos. Thanks from Alaska
Glad you enjoyed our video. Alaska is a perfect place to have an interest in ship history, we keep finding amazing stories from Alaska.
Yes, there are a few. Lots of fishing boats but several gold rush stories.
The Normandy, Rex, Bremen etc are favorites, but there are so many more with stories. Some never-sank but had interesting adventures before being turned into ammunition or reefs.
One of our most recent videos was about the Neva sinking near Sitka. We really enjoyed that one.
That’s was a fascinating story! Just when I think I’ve heard all of the steamship tales there are,Boom! Here comes another
Let's just say that we are not worried about running out of stories to tell any time soon. There are so many fascinating ship stories in the world.
One quarter of those onboard never made it home.
The ship was "plagged". Should this be plagued?
Yes, it should be, but it is always difficult to hide an accent entirely, as proven by our narrator on this occasion. Thank you for listening.
I remember an excellent painting, I think, by L Ashwell Wood from the early 1950s but I have never seen it since. It was in an Odhams book, a pre-war one.
...or Norman Wilkinson?...nut the style was that of Ashwell Wood.
You say 'I assume' often. In future documentaries, try not to say that... It makes you sound less reputable. Entertaining and informative story, otherwise. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for the advice, glad you liked the story. We hadn't even noticed how often that phrase was used, but you are right, it is a bit much.
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Great narration! Very excited to have found this channel, it looks like a lot of these accounts I haven't heard before
Pretty bad when even the captain wants to jump ship...
I just found your channel. Thank you for your work. Very informative but not overly technical. I also appreciate the length of your videos not too short nor too long.
We are very happy you are enjoying our stories. We have fun sharing them.
What a bunch of cowards. Why didn’t the captain take charge?
Towards the end he and the officers seem to have taken control, or at least attempted it. Those earlier moments could have saved a lot of lives though.
Clearly you had just 1 photo to make this doco!
Our main distribution is on podcast platforms. Originally we had intended to just use our logo as the background for our episodes on TH-cam but we decided that it was nice to give people a picture of what we were discussing. We apologize for any confusion or disappointment.
Italian crew and passengers?
Yes. The main divide on the ship seems to have been a class one. The third class passengers were close to the crew quarters and therefore had many chances to hear the more and more concerned crew talk about the poor condition of the ship. This caused a lot of anxiety in third class that turned into full blown panic when the ship actually started to sink.
And why was it listing?
I never found an explanation in what I could find on this wreck, we are also very curious. It was much like how we could not find an explanation on what technical problem they had to stop and repair.
@@theshipwreckarchives Imperator had chronic list issues
That was due to a high center of gravity though, which I would assume would have been noted if it was a consistent problem on the Mafalda, unless they had done something that changed the weight distribution of course. I freely admit there are things we just couldn't find the answers to with this wreck while we were doing our research.
@@theshipwreckarchives it was in such rough shape by then it could have been dozens of things
A video for 3yr olds :(
I am sorry you didn't enjoy our video. Our intent is to give our channel an old time radio play feeling but I admit that sometimes we might miss the mark. It is unfortunate that you feel that we did so whole talking about a story that is so dark and tragic. We always attempt to do every tragedy justice.
Here's the answer to all the questions regarding the loss of this ship=Money. Full stop end of story.
Do you think someone wants to watch a video of 3 or 4 pictures and listen to your voice? NO NO NO. crappy.
As a podcast our original intention was to only show our logo in the background but we thought it might be helpful to those watching on TH-cam to see a picture for context. We apologize if this gave you false expectations.
Thx for the tip.