Shipping Disasters That Were Caught on Film
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ม.ค. 2025
- Most famous shipping disasters have happened out of sight - under cover of darkness, like that of Titanic, or in a raging storm. The simple truth is that for hundreds of years humans have taken to the oceans in ships - but the camera is only a relatively recent development. Before the camera it was up to painters and artists to recreate how disasters at sea might have looked, but nowadays people can play witness to real events without having to actually be there and the result is chilling. From the results of dramatic collisions, the aftermath of deadly storms or the dramatic rescues of trapped crews. Features the SS Metapan and Iowan, SS Toya Maru, SS Pine Ridge and SS Morro Castle.
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Like if IOU one correct Iowan pronunciation.
As an Iowan I cringed every time 😂
@@shuckledeath281 I'm not a native English speaker. How would you pronounce it? Would you stress the "i" rather than the "o"?
@@shuckledeath281 same here! XD
"Eye-oh-wen", and you kind of squish the syllables together, stressing the "i" briefly.
@@WeddingVegetables Iowan is "Eye-oh-wen" where you kind of squish the syllables together, stressing the "i" briefly.
I say this in the most complimentary way possible. I fell asleep five minutes in...not because your content is boring, but because you have a very soothing voice. It was an epic 20 minute nap while I'm alone in my office during a break from tax returns. I watched it again refreshed. Thank you!!!!
I have a whole Playlist called "Mike Brady sleep" 😂 I always watch the videos first but same, I find his voice soothing as all
I do the same thing with some steve 1989 mre guy. idk what he does, but his videos knock me out
This or forgotten weapons or rex areoplanes
@@16jan1986Try Paper Skies!
@@cleverusername9369 make the playlist public
Mike, you are easily one of the premier presenters here. Your research is impeccable and obviously requires a great deal of time and dedication, and from that I believe I speak for many here when I say thank you so much.
More than that, your actual presentations are smooth and eminently understandable, but more than that, you always reinforce your "Your friend, Mike Brady" persona, which is the icing on the cake. As always, well done, sir !
😆
Here here!!
Well said indeed
@@milnespetchristo1882 with respect, it's "hear, hear" as in "I'm listening closely and expressing agreement"
Well said wingman . Couldn't agree more .
Does anyone else get a lil warm feeling in their heart whenever Mike says he's our friend?
that's probably just you
@biosparkles yea me too, he always puts a smile on my face :)
He has a very positive spirit imo.
No. Manipulative, parasocial stuff like that is off-putting.
I do
My grandparents want to see the Morro Castle on the beach. My grandmother said you could still smell burning, and the site made her sad and sick when she heard lives were lost.
Years ago, a house on my regular walking route burned down (the family was successfully evacuated). Several days later, I still smelled the burning, so things do smolder for some time after the blaze has been put out, assuming it has been. It's likely the fire on _Morro Castle_ burned all the available fuel before fizzling out on its own.
Thanks to the memory of this tragedy, as well as the loss of the _Normandie_ , William Francis Gibbs went a little nuts in overengineering the _SS United States_ as the fastest, most fire-safe ocean liner ever built. He accepted only two pieces of wood aboard: the chef's cutting board and the grand piano -- the latter only after it had been soaked in gasoline and lit to prove it would not burn. Unfortunately, the material they used for fire safety in all the walls was asbestos. Once it was found out just how dangerous that was, _SS Unites States_ was pulled from service to be gutted, and was never restored. She now faces the possibility of being evicted from Philadelphia due to raised rental fees specifically during the lockdown. While she is currently in the care of a conservatory organization, like the one that was responsible for _RMS Queen Mary_ , this one cannot afford much at all.
@BNuts Another reason the United States was built the way that she was for quick conversion to a troop ship in time of war. She had to have her fittings removed for a quick turnaround, so they were built in a way that they could easily be removed to have her ready for. conversion in a matter of days. It's interesting that you mention the Normandie. My great grandfather was on her the day she caught fire. Even though she was a kenneth, the time my grandmother told me she remembers her mother getting the call and her becoming nearly hysterical as they were living in Jersey at the time and knowing that something tragic had happened and them having to find a way to New York. She told me how horrible she felt when they finally did, make it standing on that highway bidge, looking at the overturned hulk. And not knowing for several hours if her father was alive or dead .
My father and family also went to see the Morro Castle....
I'm a biker and been riding a Harley since I was 19 but in 83ish I started going to sea on a Canadian Ocean Research Vessel Endeavor and that started me on a whole new lifestyle that it gave me the best of both worlds. I really enjoy your stories Mike and they are well appreciated. Cheers
BRUB BRUB BRUB!!!
I honestly had no idea I would find ship designing and disasters this fascinating until I stumbled upon your channel so thank you for teaching me something new about myself. I thoroughly enjoy your videos and like so many have mentioned I love your intro it makes me feel welcome to come and learn. Cheers mate!
Same feeling here! These videos are absolute class
Another great time with our friend Mike Brady
Our friend Mike Brady you mean
Yeah sorry
Don't forget, from Oceanliner Designs.
@@MrShipBuff I mean who could forget that
The rescue of the survivors of the Pendleton is considered the greatest small boat rescue in the history of the Coast Guard. Those survivors were plucked from a frigid grave by some really brave young men. Mike, I wish you would do an episode on it!
I think this.
Was the subject of a movie starring chris pine excellent film.
The movie was called, The finest hours. It was indeed about the pendleton. Incredibly wonderful film.
And anyone can visit the US Coast Guard boat that rescued those men, #CG36500, in the small town of Orleans, Massachusetts.
The book of the same name, is definitely worth the read.
I love it when our friend Mike Brady, from Ocean liner Designs, posts a new video
Yes, smile on my face ☺
Above Mike: You have a different accent so i am not mad But
Hey! Its our friend Mike Brady from Ocean Liner Designs!
Also love the intro!
I WAS THINKING THE SAME THING! Love this channel. And yes, Mike Brady is my friend.
Not your Friend, not mine, but our Friend
Mike Brady is my friend but not a fan of the intro :(
I have a few friends in various circles. I am happy Mike Brady is my friend.
@@NCR-Veteran-Ranger-O-Casey EVEN BETTER! YES!
I’d love to see a more detailed video of the Morro Castle. Great video❤
Check out the book "When the Dancing Stopped" by Brian Hicks.
there's a few of them out there, look into them.
Big Old Boats has a great video on Morro Castle.
@@wildsmileyThank you for that. Just got down watching it. Excellent watch
@@jrocco36Raven’s Eye has another one if you’re interested.
Excellent video with absolutely amazing footage! I've run out of superlatives describing your work. There is simply none better! Can't wait until you tackle a full video about the Morro Castle. Everything I have read points to Rogers being a very dangerous sociopath, but I realize what I have read is miniscule compared to the information that must be out there.
How much we all appreciate our friend Mike Brady and another new documentary.
23:35 My mother travelled with her parents to see the wreck of the Morro Castle in Asbury Park, NJ when she was 5 years old & as you said, never forgot it.
Toya Maru is so hard to watch, there's nothing more terrifying to me than a fully capsized ship, and seeing one still kinda floating on video is just a hundred times worse.
Came here for a Titanic video 3 year's ago and have been hooked ever since and have learned so much from my friend Mike Brady.
Could you do a video and explain things such as the difference between nautical miles vs miles and shaft horsepower vs say horsepower you'd find on a car, registered tonnage etc?
Thank you from Colorado, the land lovers state 😂
Ah.... Mike Brady, my good friend... excellent video. This one hit home... I was born and raised on Staten Island, and had not heard of that wreck in the bay. It was really funny seeing you talk about my "neighborhood" as it were. Many of my pictures were taken in the Narrows, from Fort Wadsworth, and sometimes from South Beach, facing the Lower New York Bay. As for the Morro Castle disaster... as kids we hung out in Asbury Park and spent hours on that Boardwalk. My mom was about 8 when the Morro Castle burned that labor day weekend. My grandfather took her and her two older brothers to see the ship washed up on the beach.. That blackened image of the ship was a haunting memory, and It took me lots of convincing to get her on her first cruise in 1983 aboard the Scandinavia..Thanks for putting this together.. The Toya Maru story was just heartbreaking.. He may have thought he was in the clear and it may have only been the eye of the storm passing over the area...;-(
Mike, you are pure class and intellect. You are one of the finest narrators I've ever heard on TH-cam. Thanks for all you do and keep up the great work!
This was a true golden nugget of a video, well done to our friend Mike Brady☺👍
Breathtaking footage, i couldn't imagine being on a sinking ship. But I've always been fascinated watching them sink.
Imagine there's a footage of Titanic sinking
@@-Alexander2001MB The Lusitania sinking caused over 9,000 deaths. More than 7, 000 more than the Titanic.
@@-Alexander2001MB I imagine there was footage taken on the ship that was lost when it sank. It'd be amazing to somehow retrieve it
I opened TH-cam and saw this was "one minute ago" I feel so blessed today 🙏
There is our friend to satisfy our naval curiosity. Ty Mike!! As far back as 1914 😮
That warm, calming voice of our friend Mike Brady 😊 added one of your videos to my daily routine now ❤
Good job!
Morro Castle was one of my 3 favorite shipwrecks, as a young person reading about such things. Over time, in my view, it seems clear that Wireless operator Rogers *was* indeed the bad guy. I believe he not only poisoned the Captain, but started the fire in the writing room. If one reads his history, he was a twisted, evil character, notably involved in other crimes besides the Morro Castle fire.
Acting Capt. Warms was also negligent for heading the ship into the wind, while she was burning, thereby fanning the flames even more. The whole thing is a head-shaking disaster that never should have happened, but the hiring of Rogers, back in the day when there were no 'background checks' is at the root of it all.
You never cease to amaze me, Mike! The Morro Castle videos and pics are haunting for sure…
Yay! Another video from Mike Brady of Oceanliner Designs!!
Danke!
I've been binging your content on and off and I can't get enough. Your storytelling and general style of video just has me hooked all the way through (and that's rare for a dingus like me with ADHD haha)
Same here lol
My father grew up in New Jersey. My grandfather liked "day trips", and when word got around the MORRO CASTLE was on the beach at Asbury Park, he, my grandmother and father drove up to take a look. When I see the photos of the grounded ship it always reminds me that somewhere in that crowd they might have been there when it was taken. I had a cousin who married a rich builder (very VERY rich), who had a fascination for the Morro Castle. His basement had some Morro Castle relics on display... A suggestion for a future video is the SINDIA, a four masted ship that ran aground at Ocean City, NJ. Unable to pull her free, she was eventually swallowed up by the sand. Although as late as 1976, you could still see a part of it sticking up out of the beach...
Thank you for this and all the Maritime learning videos,, they are both entertaining and informative.
As always, exemplary video and detail of events. We definitely would want to see a more indepth account on the Morro Castle. Thank you for being such a great steward of maratime history.
You got one of the most interesting channels on TH-cam... keep up the great work
Love your videos. Keep up the good work.
Catching something on film is harder and harder the further you go into the past. People who filmed these disasters in the past need some more recognizement for their efforts in documentations, and i hope they get said recognizement/attention.
recognizement? you mean recognition?
i LOVE channels like this
thanks to them..
ive absolved myself of any desire to fly or float in anything I'M not in control of..
nor will i cave dive
nor ride in a Chinese elevator..
Fantastic narration, i am so happy and lucky to have found your brilliant, in-depth true storytelling channel, one of the best I've come across.
Awesome video Mike
For awhile, "Morro Castle" remained on the beach and the city sought to keep her as an attraction. It didn't take long for cooler minds to get her removed and scrapped, as rotten food and degrading debris began to throw a pawl of odors over the vacation spot. I have a snapshot taken by my grandfather, who loaded up the touring car and took his whole family over the Jersey to see the burned ship.
Oh, yes, do make a video on the Moro Castle. Weirdness and mystery all around with that one
Superb work again sir ... Fascinating 😊
Wow these stories are wild. Also it’s cool to see ones I haven’t seen repeated across a bunch of other channels! Idk how you do it! Thank you for the awesome vids
Great presentaation Mike!
Just to add a bit to the Morro Castle story, so many people came to see the beached ship Asbury Park officials considered making it a permanent tourist attraction. However the wreckage stank to high heaven and made that impossible so Morro Castle was towed off and scrapped.
Your detailed knowledge, explanation and delivery, even the way you speak is exemplary. Keep it up my friend Mike Brady 👏
The Maura Castle reminds me of the Scandinavian Star fire accident. Great video!
Another great video! I would love a more detailed look into the Morro Castle as it's definitely piqued my interest.
Hi Mike, my friend from Oceanliner Designs. You should cover the Pendleton disaster in a dedicated video. It's a very interesting study. Great video as always!
I watch your videos all the time. Love your content & shipwrecks. ❤ But I will admit I also listen to them before going to bed. You just have the most soothing/calming voice.
Another really interesting and informative history lesson from friend Mike!
I discovered your channel a while ago but only in recent weeks have I started watching regularly. I just wanted to say that you are easily my favorite channel regarding ships and shipwrecks, but also one of my favorite channels period. Thanks for all you do! Keep up the excellent work! ❤
Recently found this channel and I can’t get enough. Another great video as always!
I have to say I wish I could forget information some times just so I could rewatch and learn again with these great videos. Always a pleasure Mr. Brady!
Spoiling us rotten Mike and team! Knocking them out of the park lately, much appreciated! ❤
Perfect intro, perfect vid, amazing content (as always)....As usual, its the best!
Stellar video as always Mike!
Man your documentaries are SOO GOOD
Still my favorite YT channel since discovering last year. Phenomenal work!
ANY day that you upload a video becomes a good day!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thank you for yet another incredible video
Once again, this is easily the best channel on TH-cam. You are a top presenter Mike.
Great documentary. Seriously better than many on tv. Keep up the good work.
Always look forward to your uploads. Also really like the intro you've been including lately.
Mike, here is a heads-up for a Christmas themed video in December. One on the holidays at sea, how they were celebrated.
Another interesting one would be about the traditional celebrations or commemorations for certain events, such as crossing the Equator or rounding Cape Horn.
10:35 as a train enthusiast I was literally going to comment how the sinking of the ferry foretold the need for the seikan tunnel; good on you for beating me to it!
Do you have a video on the Liberty ships? If not, I'd love a full rundown. I hadn't heard of them until this video.
Great video as usual, Mike.
I enjoy this channel very,very much!!! I like his style of presenting the information and his speech!
I love your tales of the sea and disasters.
Another great video. You never disappoint
A very informative and interesting video Mike. Thoroughly enjoying your channel.
Love your channel! So fascinating and I have no ties to shipping or even the ocean. Keep up the wonderful work Mike Brady. Bon voyage
As always another quality video.👍
Thank you Mike🍸😎👏
Oh yes, we finally get something on the Morro Castle. Thank you for this! As always, your material here is excellent and captivating. Good job!
My compliments on another well researched,well presented and very informative video. Thank you Mike for your hard work and dedication.
Thanks Mike. Fair winds, mate.
Another great video, thank you. I would love to see a video on the SS Yongala. I learnt about her at school in the 80's but now she is largely forgotten.
Hi ! Literally just caught your upload, for the first time. Can't wait to watch the video !
I would love to see a dedicated video on the Morro Castle from you Mike! I’m so interested in a more thorough explanation of what all happened that led up to the horrific fire
This is very interesting to see the footage from these incidents from so long ago and hearing about what happened in each of them👍
Concise and informative. Thanks for the hours you put in to make these lovely videos!
There's a great movie that depicts the sinking and rescue of the SS Pendleton, showing both sides of the US Coast Guards heroic acts and and how the men who were stuck in the stern did everything in their power to keep the back of the ship from sinking. It is called the Finest Hours (2016) if it interests anyone.
Besides that lovely videos as always Mike, always happy to see your content!
What a horrible feeling it would be to have been on that Jersey beach watching the Morro Castle burn. Looks like a lot were chipping in to help however they could - still, would be a hell of a powerless feeling. Another excellent video - love that new intro, by the way.
Mike. I love your videos. I am glad you mentioned the beautiful Hikawa Maru at 5:48 (I walked her decks in 2019) and I appreciate the totally accurate space station! (8:16)
Who knew only 9 days after the release of this video - the Francis Scott Key bridge would collapse from ship strike. The latest member of the this club you don't want to join.
I was just thinking this, it's scary to hear the intro knowing what would happen a few days later
I really like that his content is serious and does not have jokes like some other content creators have.
Great presentation.
Wow fascinating, excellent video brother
Nice Mike!!! Great video
Another fascinating video. 👍👍👍
As you are probably aware, the recent collision of the container ship Dali with a support of the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore was caught on camera. The film covers the entire sequence from the ship’s first loss of power through the collapse of the bridge.
Man i really love your videos. I'd love to see you do a video on the halifax explosion of 1916. Ive always been fascinated with that disaster, especially as it was the biggest manmade explosion in all of world history up until the hiroshima bombings, had actually been part of the inspiration for said bombings, had lead to a century long friendship between halifax and boston, and had a snowstorm contribute to the loss of life only a few days later
Watching from New Jersey!
Great research and journalism, as usual Mike :)
Mike, the Great Lakes Freighters from the late 19th century to mid 20th century are prime examples for the brittle steel in the cold. Very long "lakers" that were notorious for breaking in half in rough seas.
Good point my friend
Just to add, cape cod, Massachusetts, and the number of survivors rescued was 32! Since I am typing, the sept, 5 1923 Honda Point disaster, during which, 5 Destroyers were accidentally grounded, shipwreck footage does exist! Filmed from the Airship Hindenburg!
Loved the peaceful serene outro with just the waves 🌊. Allows you to sit and reckon with what you just watched, and really appreciate it and take it in. 23:37
Mike, Thanks again for all of your content. 😊
New to the channel, respect from Manchester (UK) :)
Im glad the Morro Castle is possibly getting a video from you soon.
I had a book in my school library that had a brief summary of four (maybe five) Maritime disasters: Titanic, Lusitania, Britannic(I think), Morro Castle and Andrea Doria. Morro Castle really stood out to me from the possible subterfuge to the ship’s charred hull just sitting on the beach. Not sunk to the bottom of the sea like the others. I for one would love to hear your take on the subject as well as a possible video like the video documentary on Lakonia. If I should be so lucky that is.
I think I read that book as well. The chapter on the morrow castle was Who set fire to the moral castle? Rogers was described as having some serious mental issues of a sexual nature.
Must say I’m obsessed with SS Pendleton Well due to the movie named (The Finest Hour). SS Pendleton was a type T2-SE-A1 tanker and built in 1942. She was part of the War shipping Administration then sold to National bulk Carriers serving in 1948. Just a month before the storm on Jan 1952 the tanker had three-way fracture over the previous years and not repaired yet, the tanker still passed the inspection test witch in my opinion is really bad. So, they sent SS Pendleton with the SS Fort Mercer same tanker as the Pendleton. (Note the Pendleton was carrying kerosene and heating oil) also (Note that Fort Mercer was carrying kerosene and fuel oil). Unfortunately, on the Feb 1952 both tankers split during a gale while on a route to New Orleans to Boston. While they managed on the SS Fort Mercer, they sent out a SOS while the Pendleton did have a chance to send out a SOS because the bow section sank rapidly.
I should be working but I'm finding myself obsessed with your amazing videos. Well, I can always work tomorrow. 🙂
Just watched the video. Well done. One you missed was the wreck of the Wahine in Wellington harbor in the 1960's. Lots of film on that one