Empress of Ireland Sinks in REAL TIME | 14 Minutes of Horror

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  • Fourteen minutes is all it took for Canadian Pacific Railway's RMS Empress of Ireland to sink below the icy Saint Lawrence River in Canada. 1,012 people lost their lives in a horrific disaster which happened in such a terribly short amount of time that many simple never found out what had hit them. Like the Titanic and Lusitania, the Empress of Ireland was one of the major disasters of the early 20th century that changed shipping regulation and history itself. This is the first real time sinking animation of its kind to depict the Empress' final moments in vivid detail as based on survivor accounts and books on the subject.
    Animation and sound design by Jack Gibson
    Research by Mike Brady and Liam Sharpe
    3D models by Lucas Gustaffson and Liam Sharpe
    Oceanliner Designs explores the design, construction, engineering and operation of history’s greatest vessels- from Titanic to Queen Mary and from the Empress of Ireland to the Lusitania. Join maritime researcher and illustrator Michael Brady as he tells the stories behind some of history's most famous ocean liners and machines!
    #sinking #engineering #disaster #documentary #tragedy #history #empressofireland #titanic #oceanliner #titanic

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  • @SherlocksLeftNipple
    @SherlocksLeftNipple ปีที่แล้ว +2623

    I think one of the reasons the Titanic gained so much noteriety compared to much more brutal sinkings such as the Empress' is entirely down to how easy it is to romanticize her demise. With the Empress, you can't tell any stories of triumph or bravery or old loves deciding to die together. The band didn't play until the end. The women and children died, same as the men. There was no dramatic rescue ship steaming through a field of 'bergs to help the survivors. These people drowned like trapped rats in a metal coffin, in so little time that most barely had time to exit their cabins, nevermind make it onto the deck. You can't make movies or plays about a horror story like this without feeling the finality of Death creeping up your spine, and it feels like a desecration of a mass-grave to even try to make up fiction in the face of such a terrifying reality. This sinking makes me feel so very small and scared, and I'm simply watching a video about it on TH-cam. Had this been my loved ones' final moments, I might, too, want to prefer to speak of happier things, to preserve the memory of their lives rather than wonder how lost and scared they must've been at the end.
    I hope these poor souls found peace, or was given a happier life in their next go-around. With a death like this, they deserve as much.

    • @paulanthony5274
      @paulanthony5274 ปีที่แล้ว +190

      And it didn't sink on its maiden voyage which was the most incredible thing that happened to TITANIC..

    • @joshstrange1244
      @joshstrange1244 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      Beautifully said..

    • @brianapereira2694
      @brianapereira2694 ปีที่แล้ว +172

      And it wasn't boasted to be "indestructible" like the Titanic was. Titanic was made out to be this impossibly huge, luxurious ship that couldn't be destroyed, so when it hit the iceberg, it showed the hubris of man. With Lusitania, they didn't tout it as indestructible, and I'm assuming they didn't with the Empress.
      Still, they need to share the Empress' story more, because the way the crew handled things and got all those boats out, yeah it's depressing, but it's a remarkable feat of humanity.

    • @leonpaelinck
      @leonpaelinck ปีที่แล้ว +76

      The Titanic 's situation was very unique. There were not enough lifeboats but it was one of the rare insrances where lifeboats were actually useful for evecucuation. At that time, boarding a lifeboat was considered death

    • @biel08sant
      @biel08sant ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Titanic the musicians didn't play to end

  • @robertstaples3256
    @robertstaples3256 ปีที่แล้ว +2284

    I looked this up and read that Captain Kendall was picked up by a nearby lifeboat after he was thrown overboard as the Empress tumbled into the sea, then rowed survivors back to the Storstad, which was floating in the near distance. After unloading the passengers, and before he headed back out to pick up more survivors, he stormed up to the bridge and yelled to Captain Anderson, "You have sunk my ship!" I can't imagine the fury on his face.

    • @Fred_the_1996
      @Fred_the_1996 ปีที่แล้ว +365

      Yes, it was complete negligence not to stop

    • @greendalf123
      @greendalf123 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hope he knocked his teeth out

    • @CtrlOptDel
      @CtrlOptDel ปีที่แล้ว +340

      Anderson was lucky Kendall didn’t try to kill him, and however loyal Anderson’s crew was, under the circumstances, they probably would’ve only made a half-hearted effort to restrain Kendall…

    • @zerobartholomew3738
      @zerobartholomew3738 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      😊j

    • @dealler669
      @dealler669 ปีที่แล้ว +128

      @@Fred_the_1996 No, it was complete negligence of Kendall to stop. You´re not supposed to stop in the fog because you lose all maneuverability of the ship and cannot react to circumstances like in this case. If he followed the book, nothing would happen.

  • @brayson6889
    @brayson6889 ปีที่แล้ว +3681

    I have to commend the crew for such quick action. Only 6 of the lifeboats were able to get away, but that’s still impressive considering the very small timetable the crew were given.

    • @erickaraujo5327
      @erickaraujo5327 ปีที่แล้ว +111

      I thought lifeboat 7 was crushed by the first funnel but it turns out that it was one of the 6 to get away safely from the ship

    • @ShadrakJohn
      @ShadrakJohn ปีที่แล้ว +144

      Enough lifeboats but not enough time.

    • @littleferrhis
      @littleferrhis ปีที่แล้ว +166

      A third of the people onboard survived, which is a miracle in and of itself.

    • @mariolee64
      @mariolee64 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Lifeboats 1, 3, 9, and 13 were launched in quick succession. Lifeboat 5 was released and cleared the ship as it was rolling over. Lifeboat 15 at the stern was lowered but capsized and ended up floating away upside down. Lifeboat 11 was launched but it was unable to clear the ship and ended up getting crushed as the ship was rolling over. Lifeboat 7 was not swung out until late in the sinking and was dragged under as the crew were trying to launch it. None of the port boats made it due to the Empress quickly developing a severe list to starboard after the collision, rendering the davits on that side useless.

    • @erickaraujo5327
      @erickaraujo5327 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mariolee64 So lifeboat 15 is the other lifeboat that got away from the ship

  • @lilianaohara
    @lilianaohara ปีที่แล้ว +3867

    I cannot imagine how terrifying it must have been, it sank in 14 minutes with no time to prepare. I hope all the souls rest in peace.

    • @giovannirastrelli9821
      @giovannirastrelli9821 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      Admiral Nakhimov sank in only eight minutes after suffering a similar collision.

    • @teetee2799
      @teetee2799 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      He only makes it even worse when your loved ones are on board.

    • @teetee2799
      @teetee2799 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      It only makes it even worse knowing that your loved ones are still on board.

    • @lilianaohara
      @lilianaohara ปีที่แล้ว +22

      It's all sounds terrifying, to all souls lost at sea, I hope they all rest in peace

    • @barbarae-b507
      @barbarae-b507 ปีที่แล้ว +78

      My mom told me about a man that had survived the sinking of the Titanic and then survived the sinking of the Empress of Ireland. I don’t think I would be willing to get on another ship after that.

  • @DollarDude
    @DollarDude ปีที่แล้ว +593

    6:01 Considering that this took place just 2 years after the Titanic, I'm surprised any of the passengers thought leaving the deck and going back to their cabins was a good idea. It's crazy how fast this all happened.

    • @Pozorrogo
      @Pozorrogo ปีที่แล้ว +131

      The Titanic took 2.5 hours to sink, so maybe they thought they had time to go back and prepare, not knowing that both boilers were taken out and the lights were about to go out. I think in times of chaos and panic, people go through 'stages of grief' almost. A lot of these people were probably still confused, in shock, and in denial that this could even happen let alone the entire ship sink in 14 minutes. I don't know what I would do in that situation, if I was even lucky enough to be on the deck to where I even had a chance of survival.

    • @schnitzelschnitzel8790
      @schnitzelschnitzel8790 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Well if you travel with others it would make sense for one person to go up and check and then go back to the cabin, only there was no more time then.

    • @Alfhilde89
      @Alfhilde89 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      They did go through the stages of grief. Originally those were defined for people experiencing their own mortality ( terminal illness, etc...) before be co-opted to a wider scope of grief. So yes those people were experiencing real denial, anger, bargaining stages.

    • @wahedasamsuri9248
      @wahedasamsuri9248 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      all in 14 minutes, it take me a ten minutes to realized I was in accident and this happen in broad daylight. I imagine in darkness and among panic crowds, it's very confusing to figure out what happened. Also there's wasn't fb or social media back then, pretty sure nobody actually knew the details about how Titanic sank or somebody aware to make PSA on how to survive a sinking ship....

    • @Leverag
      @Leverag ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I imagine it takes a special type of person to have traveled by boat *at all* right after the Titanic; then again, it's not like they knew how dangerous it was back then compared to now.

  • @Farnsworth96
    @Farnsworth96 ปีที่แล้ว +1588

    WW1 overshadowing the disaster is usually cited as the reason it was almost forgotten, but considering how many Titanic survivors stayed silent about such a protracted, gentler sinking, I wonder if the speed and violence of the Empress played more into the silence than typically assumed. Titanic had social etiquette preserved almost to the end, prioritizing the most vulnerable, while the Empress had it shattered almost instantly.
    -Titanic's children had a 50% chance of survival, the Empress' had a 3% chance.
    -75% of women survived Titanic, but that dropped to 13% on the Empress

    • @Reticulating-Splines
      @Reticulating-Splines ปีที่แล้ว +142

      I'm sure many of the survivors had to watch family members and strangers die right in front of them as well.

    • @Farnsworth96
      @Farnsworth96 ปีที่แล้ว +169

      ​@@Reticulating-Splines absolutely! A lot of women and children in Titanic's lifeboats didn't know they were widowed or fatherless until rescue, whereas there was no hiding that with the Empress. I don't know if I'd be able to recall the latter experience without breaking down, it was probably easier for survivors to avoid the topic entirely.

    • @abcdeshole
      @abcdeshole ปีที่แล้ว +75

      It's unsurprising if not many people wanted to talk about this after having been through it. I certainly wouldn't. By 1918 everyone in Canada and Britain was emotionally wounded anyway, and the WASP custom is to be quiet about your trauma. It would be interesting to read a social history of how people dealt with grief in the era between the wars.

    • @misarthim6538
      @misarthim6538 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      I don't think there was even enough time for the social order to break down. The ship was plunged into darkness only after 6 minutes, listing heavily, sunk in a cold water, in a fog. Either you were lucky enough to be in a place where you could survive or you weren't. Most women and children were deep in ship's steerage, unless they reacted extremely quickly, they were doomed.

    • @martletkay
      @martletkay ปีที่แล้ว +76

      @@misarthim6538 I imagine women were far less likely to survive this fast sinking because
      A. They were probably less likely to be the one who would have gotten up to 'go see what was going on', especially if they had children, and especially given they were likely in nightclothes
      B. They had children and either would have been slowed by them, or refused to leave them (I'm sure some men were affected in the same way, but there were probably a lot fewer men traveling with children than women, especially given the contingent of Salvation Army men)
      C: If they had to climb steep angles on stairs or the side of ships they were probably less prepared to do so, not strong enough, or hampered by old fashioned clothing
      D: Given the dire situation and panic, self preservation likely won out in some cases and women were probably less likely to win a struggle to push through crowded spaces
      E: Perhaps hampered by heavier clothing in the water, or less stamina in the water
      All just theories, would be interested to know if there is any historical evidence or research

  • @debbiejarus1723
    @debbiejarus1723 ปีที่แล้ว +1271

    It's one thing to hear she sank in 14 minutes, but totally another to actually see and feel how fast the sinking actually took place. I can't imagine how terrifying it was for so many to be sleeping peacefully one moment and having to fight for their lives the very next! May they rest in peace.
    Another job exceptionally well done!

    • @ko7577
      @ko7577 ปีที่แล้ว +70

      And for the crew to launch 5 lifeboats in 14 minutes, this should be more discussed with shipwrecks. It took Titanic an hour to launch the first lifeboat despite knowing the ship was going to sink in an hour, 2 at most. The Empress Crew launched 5 in just 14 minutes while lurching to the side. That's incredible.

    • @louise_rose
      @louise_rose ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Yes, this video is superbly done - and really frightening to watch.

    • @torment4723
      @torment4723 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Dude they already rested like for a while now, i think they are ready for another go.

    • @TV-ly3dp
      @TV-ly3dp ปีที่แล้ว +15

      ​@@ko7577The crew of the Empress of Ireland knew she was going to sink the moment the SS Storsad (i think thats the name) created a giant gash in the mid section. The Titanic's crew saw the iceberg go past and maybe a very small amount might have seen the iceberg hit but again very few. It took a while to walk around the *BIGGEST SHIP IN THE WORLD AT THE TIME* and when they knew that Titanic was doomed they wasted no time in preparing and launching the lifeboats.
      I am one of those people who belive more lifeboats would've resulted in a bigger loss of life becuase they had 1hour & 50 minutes to launch 20 lifeboats. They launched 15 without incident. (Collapsible C/D was scrpaing along the hull the entire time it was being launched. Lifeboat 15 nearly crushed 13 and Collapsibles A & B had to be floated off) and couldn't launch the last two.
      Also considering the fact that nearly nobody wanted to leave the Titanic they were told, "It was just a lifeboat drill." Think for a moment that you were told to leave your house as a safety precaution whilst a blizzard was going on outside; you would be reluctant to leave the warmth of your house.
      I kind of waffled a bit but overall you can't Co pare the Titnaic to the Empress of Ireland.

    • @paulanthony5274
      @paulanthony5274 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ko7577 Yes five lifeboats is very fast. I wonder if the lusitania that sank in 20 minutes got as many away. A ship twice the size but not sure how many it got away.

  • @PalmettoGD
    @PalmettoGD ปีที่แล้ว +176

    My great great grandfather was a survivor of this tragedy. If he hadn’t survived, much of my family wouldn’t be here today.

    • @theogeffrelot983
      @theogeffrelot983 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Good for you he was fortunate.
      What was his name ?

    • @mergat2970
      @mergat2970 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@theogeffrelot983didn't happen

    • @jasonvanhorn4562
      @jasonvanhorn4562 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Same bro my great great grandfather was on this ship

    • @simpleman5688
      @simpleman5688 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Cheers 🍻

    • @Otto_VonJizzmark
      @Otto_VonJizzmark หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Can you prove that ?

  • @ko7577
    @ko7577 ปีที่แล้ว +851

    The fact that they launched anything and save over 200 people is still pretty amazing when you account for a 14-minute sinking. It takes humans that much time just to analyze a situation and plan. To have launched boats and gotten anyone out of there is a miracle and speaks to the competency of at least some of the crew.

    • @user-xp8vf7tb9b
      @user-xp8vf7tb9b ปีที่แล้ว +12

      400

    • @erwina4738
      @erwina4738 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Most of the people who survived were crew members

    • @user-xp8vf7tb9b
      @user-xp8vf7tb9b ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@erwina4738 lol

    • @Doyouhearthemtoo
      @Doyouhearthemtoo ปีที่แล้ว +24

      ​@@erwina4738makes since considering how fast it sunk and that passengers had been asleep

    • @j-roc6989
      @j-roc6989 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Bada bing bada boom as James Cameron would say 😂

  • @jays8083
    @jays8083 ปีที่แล้ว +298

    The groans of the hull and the screams of the helpless sent some serious chills down my spine. It must have been so horrifying.

    • @EGarrett01
      @EGarrett01 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@deu274 One of the Titanic survivors said years later that they couldn't stand being near a stadium because the screaming of that many people reminded him of that night.

  • @user-yy9ib6pk2d
    @user-yy9ib6pk2d ปีที่แล้ว +257

    My great-grandfather's first family went down in this sinking. I read about it in his diary but being able to see it through this animation is surreal. Thank you for this.

    • @madmozelle7396
      @madmozelle7396 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Couldn’t imagine how much pain your great-grandfather endured😢

    • @LITTLE1994
      @LITTLE1994 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sorry to hear that

    • @mazB4
      @mazB4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      May him and his family rest in peace. Fly high 🙏

    • @MrThedonhead
      @MrThedonhead ปีที่แล้ว

      Scary that people read your diary after you die??

  • @katehartley1879
    @katehartley1879 ปีที่แล้ว +383

    There was a Spanish ocean liner called Príncipe de Astúrias, the most luxurious Spanish ship at the time, that sank near Brazil. It was a foggy day around 4:00 in the morning, and the captain only realized way too late they were too close to the coast, and the sea was also rough on that day. She crashed against the reefs and opened a hole from stem to stern. The water reached directly the boilers, that exploded, and caused a failure in the electrical system, making it impossible for them to call for help. She sank in only 5 minutes. There was no time for even thinking on launching the lifeboats. From the nearly 600 people aboard, they rescued 143, I guess, but rumour has it that more than 1000 people died, as some speculate the ship was taking immigrants in secret, fleeding from the was (she sank in 1916). Sometimes I think I'd like to see an animation of her sinking, sometimes I don't, it was hard enough watching this one of the Empress, and I can only imagine the despair and fear the people who actually faced these situations could have felt in those moments. May the souls of all those who died on the sea rest in peace.

    • @user-lv7ph7hs7l
      @user-lv7ph7hs7l ปีที่แล้ว +36

      That does sound horrible. Crashing into a rocky shore is one of the worse fates. Like the SS Atlantic. To die so close from safety is somehow extra sad, to me anyway. And even if you get a boat off, it's likely to be smashed on the rocks and kill everyone, like the boats of the SS Atlantic.

    • @falconeshield
      @falconeshield ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Screw resting in peace. These souls deserve a reroll

    • @John-wu3pb
      @John-wu3pb ปีที่แล้ว

      Y u lying

    • @user-nw3xc2tk6y
      @user-nw3xc2tk6y ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You'd think there'd be more survivors it being on the shore, but no one can fight the sea when she's ferocious hey. 5 minutes of fear before dying is probably better than 14 minutes though.

    • @sunnyfon9065
      @sunnyfon9065 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@John-wu3pbLying? You know this is a real story right?

  • @theplayeralsoknownasmousecop
    @theplayeralsoknownasmousecop ปีที่แล้ว +750

    They saved that many people in 14 minutes in the dark. That's impressive

    • @brittn2410
      @brittn2410 ปีที่แล้ว +44

      Stands in stark contrast to another shipwreck that had over 10X the amount of time from collision to submerged and saved a SMALLER percentage of their passengers (looking at you Titanic)

    • @mr.battle20
      @mr.battle20 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      @@brittn2410 Yeah, there was a major outrage over the lack of adequate lifeboats on the Titanic at the time, which prompted them to change regulations with the establishment of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) in 1914, which still governs maritime safety to this day.

    • @brittn2410
      @brittn2410 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      @@mr.battle20 it wasn’t just the lack of lifeboats with titanic. It was also that the whole evacuation was disorganized and chaotic. The lifeboats were leaving without being at capacity and not all the life boats were even deployed. Had titanic possessed a life boat seat for every passenger aboard, it wouldn’t have saved even one life because of how inefficiently the evacuation was conducted so that even the resources that they did have were not exhausted.

    • @kingjoong5625
      @kingjoong5625 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@brittn2410exactly. Also, since the Titanic was constantly marketed as being “unsinkable”, many people on board were not taking evacuation seriously. others thought the ship still had time until it went down completely, so waiting on the deck was preferable to waiting on the lifeboats for help to arrive

    • @eastbow6053
      @eastbow6053 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@brittn2410 the rich people demanded that their lifeboats not be filled i bet they had nightmares for the rest of their lives ...whoever of them had souls that is

  • @brittn2410
    @brittn2410 ปีที่แล้ว +330

    What I’m learning from shipwreck videos is: always pay to be higher up. Always. Paying for first class on an airplane doesn’t make you safer in a crash, but paying for an upper deck on a ship GREATLY increases your chances in a sinking.

    • @paigeh.9208
      @paigeh.9208 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      actually cruise ships now typically keep their lifeboats on lower levels - every cruise I’ve been on we have to walk DOWN several flights of stairs to get to the boats

    • @brittn2410
      @brittn2410 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      @@paigeh.9208 that’s concerning. Wouldn’t they be concerned about the lifeboats sinking with the ship before you can load them if they’re so much closer to the waterline?

    • @k.o.h3599
      @k.o.h3599 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      @@brittn2410 moder cruise ships now use their lifeboats as tenders/ferries for excursions and island visits.
      It's also important to remember how much taller modern cruise ships are when compared to ocean liners. From the top to the water line you're looking at about 15 stories, so it's safer and faster to have the boats at the bottom of the superstructure.

    • @TiestoCalvinHarris
      @TiestoCalvinHarris ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@k.o.h3599and plus they got spot icebergs and ships from a distance right ?

    • @blue_the_boy_kisser
      @blue_the_boy_kisser ปีที่แล้ว +7

      ​@@brittn2410 It helps with an issue 3rd class passangers on the Titanic faced: being too far from the lifeboats.
      It's better to have them closer to the center of the ship than the top simply because passangers can all reach them faster that way

  • @floppydolphins4123
    @floppydolphins4123 ปีที่แล้ว +274

    8:02 is terrifying. Many of the passengers below decks must have seen that as their last view, the lights flickering out and making escape all but impossible...

    • @DisastrousIntentionally
      @DisastrousIntentionally ปีที่แล้ว +80

      Imagine being asleep and waking up to a loud bang but in your barely awake state, you decide it was nothing and return to sleep. The last thing you would have experienced is being submerged in bitterly cold water in your pitch black cabin. Confused, terrified, helpless and doomed.

    • @AnneIglesias
      @AnneIglesias ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@radscorpion8 it’s called awe. You can be completely enraptured and fascinated by something while still being upset about it.

    • @Hi-po2br
      @Hi-po2br ปีที่แล้ว +15

      @@radscorpion8
      Considering your other comments on this video, you're just talking for yourself.

    • @swapnilmankame
      @swapnilmankame ปีที่แล้ว

      @@radscorpion8 Let's be honest, you are mentally Ill

    • @TiestoCalvinHarris
      @TiestoCalvinHarris ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@radscorpion8it's a video not real life but based on real life

  • @austinreed5805
    @austinreed5805 ปีที่แล้ว +1002

    It took only 14 minutes for a ship that size to sink. That’s absolutely terrifying.

    • @cb41503
      @cb41503 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      Tbf it was a huge hole that was punched into the side of it by another ship

    • @paulanthony5274
      @paulanthony5274 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      It's because the captain didn't close the watertight doors.

    • @jc_47
      @jc_47 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      The RMS Lusitania's sinking (which was the Olympic and Titanic's rival) is even more impressive, it sank in 18 minutes after getting torpedoed, for a ship that is nearly the size of the Titanic, it sank in under 20 minutes which is unbelievably quick

    • @user-nw3xc2tk6y
      @user-nw3xc2tk6y ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yup, big hole and steel is v heavy.

    • @j-roc6989
      @j-roc6989 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Bada bing bada boom as James Cameron would say 😂

  • @laszlozsurka8991
    @laszlozsurka8991 ปีที่แล้ว +771

    The fact that 465 people (around 31%) managed to survive is impressive given the very short timeframe. Shoutout to the crew for being very effective.

    • @radscorpion8
      @radscorpion8 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      shoutout? Yo bros, shoutout for being real homies as yo ship sank!

    • @sarahrobertson4629
      @sarahrobertson4629 ปีที่แล้ว +53

      It was actually around 31% who survived (465/(465+1012)). Still pretty good, considering.

    • @jaydenkim5732
      @jaydenkim5732 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Shout to a bunch of dead people yo ! 🤘💯💯💯

    • @jorelldye4346
      @jorelldye4346 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@sarahrobertson4629 the empress had 1057 passengers. Where did the 1012+465 come from???

    • @sarahrobertson4629
      @sarahrobertson4629 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@jorelldye4346 Number who died (1012) plus number who lived (465). Passengers + crew, I assume.

  • @kinzkinz85
    @kinzkinz85 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    The ones that immediately died upon the first impact were indeed the lucky ones.

    • @divinelangene6813
      @divinelangene6813 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      True

    • @SpiralSkylines
      @SpiralSkylines ปีที่แล้ว +19

      Being sleep one second then dying so randomly and suddenly has to suck just as much as I imagine it does. I guess overall they didn’t suffer, but I feel like I would want to wake up and then die.

    • @Domhnall_A_Ghalltachd
      @Domhnall_A_Ghalltachd ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Apart from the ones who survived

    • @Oinkiepiggy
      @Oinkiepiggy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Someone was getting sloppy toppy. Then blam dead

    • @erinjohnson1124
      @erinjohnson1124 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Oinkiepiggy🙄🙄🙄🙄

  • @sargepent9815
    @sargepent9815 ปีที่แล้ว +142

    I think the more horrifying story I read about this sinking is where a trapped family handed their two children out the porthole to people standing on the hull. The parents couldn't fit through the porthole and inevitably died as the ship sank

    • @mikoto7693
      @mikoto7693 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      Oh that’s terrible. I hope the thought of their children surviving eased the horror of their final minutes.

    • @rammylicious1009
      @rammylicious1009 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

      12:51 FELL

  • @fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044
    @fiarandompenaltygeneratorm5044 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    I've never heard of this tragedy before. This is a magnificent animation of this tragic event. You deserve every one of the millions of views this will get.

    • @paullewis2413
      @paullewis2413 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      I’ve known about this since I was a teenager but that’s because I am a ship (mainly ocean liner) fanatic. No one I’ve ever spoken to about the Empress of Ireland (other than ship enthusiasts) has known anything about this tragedy but everyone has known about “Titanic” of course which has received all the publicity.

  • @katherinegilks3880
    @katherinegilks3880 ปีที่แล้ว +430

    For some context, the St. Lawrence is essentially an oceanic river (there are two different words in French for seaways like it and rivers) more akin to the English Channel than most inland rivers. You can’t just swim to shore easily, and with the fog and darkness, plus the fact that the passengers would have been unfamiliar with the area, you couldn’t know where the shore was. It is also very rocky and not conducive to swimming or getting out of the water. Women especially were weighted down by heavy clothes (not to mention would have been more likely to be asleep, less likely to know how to swim, and more likely to be caring for children). Children would not be able to swim it at all. People on the shore were asleep and couldn’t see either to help once they woke up. Absolutely terrifying and heartbreaking.
    All things considered, that 465 people survived is miraculous.
    It was a very unfortunate accident. Yes, one can try to assign blame, but that isn’t about to bring anyone back from the dead, nor is it likely to prevent a similar accident in the future. Obviously, coming up with better protocols is important, but one doesn’t need blame for that.

    • @alexk1486
      @alexk1486 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      in fact Calais to Dover is narrower than the Rimouski section where the Empress of Ireland sank

    • @c0mpu73rguy
      @c0mpu73rguy ปีที่แล้ว +11

      "Fleuve" isn't it?

    • @connorbranscombe6819
      @connorbranscombe6819 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      @@jonathanparle8429 Tbh even then, in that water temp, with how far they would have had to swim, I literally dont think even a professional swimmer could manage it.

    • @Neal_Schier
      @Neal_Schier ปีที่แล้ว +17

      ​​@@connorbranscombe6819 Excellent point. The water was very cold and no one was prepared for it. The cold temp would have taken one's breath away at first contact. It would be difficult for even strong swimmers to have made it very far--a few hundred meters maybe?

    • @connorbranscombe6819
      @connorbranscombe6819 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      @@Neal_Schier A professional and experienced cold water swimmer might be able to do more, but yeah I doubt they make it even 1 kilometre from tbe wreckage, feel like your best hope would be clinging to some piece of debris and praying for a boat.

  • @mm1k3y
    @mm1k3y ปีที่แล้ว +53

    I can't begin to imagine the horror of being stuck inside one of the hallways trying to make it to deck before it suddenly goes pitch black. It's filling me with dread.

    • @aimeekubik8803
      @aimeekubik8803 ปีที่แล้ว

      Don't watch. I personally feel that God never intended man to take to the seas. The seas belong to the creatures that reside within them.
      Observe how the mighty Orcas are attacking the shop rudders now, and destroying the yachts of the rich.
      The sea belongs not to us. We were given the Land, and did, somehow, manage to mess that up.
      With our plastics and human waste we foul the sea.

  • @micahwoodard
    @micahwoodard ปีที่แล้ว +117

    I can't think of many other or more horrifying experiences than trying to escape a rapidly capsizing & sinking ship, and then the lights go out. The confusion, disorientation, terror, and panic are dreadful to imagine; helpless to escape death😰

  • @codacstarn5173
    @codacstarn5173 ปีที่แล้ว +429

    Thank you for your commitment to keeping history relevant. Even if there are sad parts to the history

  • @nursefaithrn4321
    @nursefaithrn4321 ปีที่แล้ว +302

    It's incredible! My Great Auntie went down on the Empress. It was so important for me to experience this and know what she went through. I am so grateful that I watched this and the video on the anniversary! It means a great deal to me! Thank you so much Mr.Brady! I love all of your videos!❤❤❤

    • @khernandez46
      @khernandez46 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Im sorry for your family's loss. Bless your heart!

    • @LITTLE1994
      @LITTLE1994 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Sorry for your loss

    • @polishrocker93
      @polishrocker93 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@khernandez46 I think a good number of years have passed since it happened. I doubt they are all miserable about it now 😂

    • @nursefaithrn4321
      @nursefaithrn4321 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      @@LITTLE1994 Awww!😇You're so sweet! How lovely of you to take time out of your day to leave such a nice comment. Your kindness touched my heart! Our family thinks of my Great Aunt every day. Her remains are still inside of the Empress. My family fervently hope and pray that she passed as peacefully and as quickly as possible. But sadly, it seems as though no one who were trapped deep inside of the ship, sleeping or awake, were able to leave this world in peace. 😔In which case, we can only hope that it was very fast, and that the passangers who were not awoken by the Storstad piercing and gutting the precious Empress, weren't terribly alert when the ship was in her death throes. Obviously that is wishful thinking because the alternative is so unimaginable, so terrifying, and so hopelessely claustrophobic, and so desperate, that I would have taken a big deep breath to drown faster because of the complete unconscionable abject terror. If it were me, the fear and anguish would be insufferable. Personally, I wouldn't be able to stand it. But that's me!

    • @jackcarr9365
      @jackcarr9365 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Dang I am a survivor myself and I remembered her being trapped behind this gate and was wondering if I should have saved her, I felt like in that situation that I shouldn't have and left her. RIP cuz

  • @girlytomboyx
    @girlytomboyx ปีที่แล้ว +116

    It's insane how much of the ships have sank by starboard side. Titanic hit the iceberg on starboard side, Lusitania was torpedoed on starboard side, Britannic hit the explosion mine on starboard side, and this Empress of Ireland was rammed on starboard side as well.
    Very sad to all of the ship tragedies and all the lives lost. May they rest in peace. Such a great animation video, good job team.

    • @everythinghistory6770
      @everythinghistory6770 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Olympic was rammed on her starboard side too, luckily she didn't sink

    • @girlytomboyx
      @girlytomboyx ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@everythinghistory6770 I thought that was her port side?

    • @everythinghistory6770
      @everythinghistory6770 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@girlytomboyx photos show the damage on her starboard. its easy to get mistaken though, don't worry haha

    • @josephayers7395
      @josephayers7395 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      ​@GirlyTomboyX No it was starboard side in the stern section

    • @mowowie
      @mowowie ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It is because almost 90% of the world is right handed...

  • @TheGentlemanGamerLive
    @TheGentlemanGamerLive 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    What horrible irony....The Titanic had hours to evacuate, but not enough boats....the Empress had plenty of boats, but not nearly enough time...

    • @FalconFlyer75
      @FalconFlyer75 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Actually the titanic wouldn’t have had time to launch all its boats if it had enough anyways
      It launched its last boat moments before going under

  • @yurisuika
    @yurisuika ปีที่แล้ว +46

    It is honestly amazing that a third of the people survived this sinking given the small amount of time from impact to the point where getting out of the ship was impossible. If at 10 minutes it started to turn over, and at just 4-5 minutes it lost illumination... Well, I think that speaks for itself!

  • @oliversherman2414
    @oliversherman2414 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    This reminds me a little of that Titanic real time sinking animation. It's terrifying to think that this ship sank so quickly and so suddenly. Rest in peace to all the victims of this disaster

    • @luckyspurs
      @luckyspurs ปีที่แล้ว +1

      For some reason the moments of the ships floating alone and quiet in the dark at the start are among the most creepy/moving.

    • @oliversherman2414
      @oliversherman2414 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@luckyspurs agreed

  • @rickydo6572
    @rickydo6572 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Absolutely nightmarish stuff.
    Imagine the fear and confusion of hearing all around you screaming as you're all being swallowed by the abyss, in the dark, in the cold, knowing you'll be dead soon and so will your loved ones.
    Knowing you're just one among many, and none will be saved, in a way, you're completely alone.
    And if you're one of the last to go, you'll live enough to realize all the screams fading, the night becoming quieter, until only the sounds of the wind and the water can be heard...
    That night must have been absolute and utter hell.
    Also, amazing job by the people who put this video together, I should be sleeping rn, hope this doesn't give me a nightmare.

  • @mazB4
    @mazB4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Bloody hell! 14 minutes?! Even faster than Lusitania, I really feel for those people that died that night, in fact all of them 😢

  • @Feline_Frenzy53
    @Feline_Frenzy53 ปีที่แล้ว +69

    Such a beautiful ship. So many lives lost. May they rest in peace. Thank you, Mike, for the tribute.

  • @marekkopton2546
    @marekkopton2546 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    This was breathtaking. Although there have been RT sinkings made for RMS Empress of Ireland in the past years, only this one made it really close as it could have looked like. I watched it in a true terror. It was so quick, I can't imagine how horrifying disaster it must have been. Great that such a video was made, it was really needed and this tragedy really deserves more attention. Not only Titanic have sunk. I'll tell it once again - this is what I love YT for.

  • @gabbyf4281
    @gabbyf4281 ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Absolutely horrifying, I could not imagine the sheer terror everyone was feeling. May those poor souls Rest In Peace. Shoutout to the crew for doing all they could in such a short time

  • @sarahwright7804
    @sarahwright7804 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Sometimes I think about how fun it would be to go on a cruise to an island or Alaska or something but then I watch videos like this and think to myself “you sure you want to do that?”. That’s beyond terrifying.

    • @sonyarowe1327
      @sonyarowe1327 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Just bring your own inflatable lifeboat.

  • @colinsean2931
    @colinsean2931 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    This was absolutely haunting. It really gave a sense of the chaos and horror the passengers and crew must have felt.

  • @Tyrunner0097
    @Tyrunner0097 ปีที่แล้ว +126

    The fog's timing couldn't have been worse. When it came, the Empress was in the middle of a maneuver where she had to take a long turn to starboard, before turning back to port to straighten out. The Storstad saw the Empress turning across its bow just as the fog came in, making the crew think the Empress was going to make a conventional port-to-port passing, and so it turned to its own starboard to make this happen, not knowing the Empress was turning back to port at the same moment, putting them on a collision course.
    If the fog had come just a few minutes earlier, the Storstad wouldn't have seen the long starboard turn of the Empress, and had it come a few minutes later, the full maneuver would've been completed, and the Storstad would've kept its regular course.

    • @mastercoolguy2809
      @mastercoolguy2809 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Just imagine being the crew on the storstad, you thought that you would be able to pass right by but then your ship rams the empress and you can’t do anything but watch as it fades in the fog and listen to the screams of the victims

    • @user-nw3xc2tk6y
      @user-nw3xc2tk6y ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I was wondering the why of this bit, cheers, was thinking it's obs not an international law of the sea for everyone to stop in fog, so they thought she was turning to pass then. Long time before radar too huh.

    • @ngndnd
      @ngndnd ปีที่แล้ว +2

      this reminds me of the two airplanes crashing at the airport because one of the pilots had a huge ego and thought he could still fly even though it was extremely foggy

    • @bonniedalesullivan9705
      @bonniedalesullivan9705 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@ngndnd,,, you are talking about Pan Am and KLM at Tenerife in 1977. That was horrific as well!

  • @tuxedotservo
    @tuxedotservo ปีที่แล้ว +155

    Another disaster within the US you might find interesting is the capsizing of the Eastland in Chicago on July 24, 1915 - killing ~900 people right there at the dock.
    The cause of the capsizing? A large number of passengers apparently rushed to the river side of the Eastland to watch ships go by.
    (edit) The ship was ruled unstable in a hearing. So you had an unstable ship, and a sudden shift of a majority of passengers over to the river side. The two things together caused her to roll.
    The Eastland was bought by the Navy and converted into a military training ship and renamed USS Wilmette. She served without further incident until her scrapping after World War II.

    • @Yu-hx5jo
      @Yu-hx5jo ปีที่แล้ว +5

      cause of the capsizing seems a bit a goofy, maybe a lot of things about the actual cause might have been hidden

    • @Polarisuma
      @Polarisuma ปีที่แล้ว +5

      aswell, the lifeboats and safety measures ironically played a huge part in the capsizing

    • @tuxedotservo
      @tuxedotservo ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Yu-hx5jo for whatever reason I was a bit too brief on the original post - have since edited. The ship was ruled unstable in the follow-up investigation. So it was a combination of unstable ship and a rush of passengers to the river side.

    • @barbarae-b507
      @barbarae-b507 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah I‘be seen videos on the Eastland.

    • @doreengreen3287
      @doreengreen3287 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Highly recommend ask a morticians view on the subject.

  • @VelvetYeti
    @VelvetYeti ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Ok, the sound of the passengers was not something I was expecting, and added another layer to the video. Very well done

    • @TheExtremelyFluffyYeti
      @TheExtremelyFluffyYeti ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @VelvetYeti: I agree! It is very good. And the screaming from the passengers, also makes it all more horrifying than it already is.

    • @VelvetYeti
      @VelvetYeti ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@TheExtremelyFluffyYeti It's rare to meet another like minded Yeti. Good day to you good sir/mam.

    • @TheExtremelyFluffyYeti
      @TheExtremelyFluffyYeti ปีที่แล้ว

      @@VelvetYeti I agree. 😊
      Nice to meet you, VelvetYeti! I love your name. And thank you, I hope you will have a good day too, good sir/mam. 🤗

  • @Strider91
    @Strider91 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Its actually a testament to the discipline and skill of her crew that they manged to get anyone off the boat at all. The conditions were clearly, shall we say. . . Less than ideal. That said, very well done on the recreation. I feel like I'm really there, its horrifying.

  • @cobbler9113
    @cobbler9113 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    That scene at 13:35 is absolutely haunting and no doubt occurred throughout the ship. I sincerely hope the end was quick for those people.

    • @mywifesboyfriend5558
      @mywifesboyfriend5558 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      It wasn't. Drowning is slow and very painful.

    • @cobbler9113
      @cobbler9113 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@mywifesboyfriend5558 Alas, I fear you’re right. Maybe some were fortunate enough to suffer a blow to the head that rendered them unconscious but they would have been few.

  • @sylverfox6973
    @sylverfox6973 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    It's horrifying how quickly it went from quiet to total chaos.

  • @wesleysworkshop4081
    @wesleysworkshop4081 ปีที่แล้ว +183

    Mike, you did an outstanding job on this animation. The sounds, the graphics, the lighting, everything about this is just so perfect. You really outdid yourself here, Mike! Hope to see more real time animations, like a Britannic one, I don’t think there are that many of those around. Anyway, just wanted to congratulate you and the team for all the hard work you put into this, and believe me, it certainly paid off!
    - Wesley

    • @TheEmeraldMenOfficial
      @TheEmeraldMenOfficial ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Honor and Glory’s is amazing though

    • @barbarahannon6033
      @barbarahannon6033 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      without any sound it made the atmoapher a little spookey which added to the tension.

    • @West_Coast_Mainline
      @West_Coast_Mainline ปีที่แล้ว

      It certainly did

    • @brianapereira2694
      @brianapereira2694 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@barbarahannon6033 The muffled screaming added to it.

    • @legitbeans9078
      @legitbeans9078 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Agreed. This is one of the best tragedies ever 👍

  • @Sibes3
    @Sibes3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Very frightening. This was the ship that brought my G-Grandmother and Grandfather to Canada, from the U.K., in the October of 1906, four months after her maiden voyage. Thank you for posting.

  • @Tamity
    @Tamity ปีที่แล้ว +41

    I watched the Documentary that you made on this, and it shook me. Many of these deaths are terribly painful and difficult to think about. That was an awful night for those passengers and crew on that ship.

  • @RRHedwig
    @RRHedwig ปีที่แล้ว +16

    If I were one of those survivors, I would have been greatly terrified just hearing how it rapidly transitioned from deafening screams of help to absolute silence as the passengers just helplessly sink in the cold and deep.

  • @ct1762
    @ct1762 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    i dont think people quite understand just how horrific this event was, and thats very understandable given the 100+ year timespan. But i still think its important to remember all those people that died on this ship. they deserve to be remembered for the real people they where. RIP and thank goodness for radar , AIS and radios.

  • @n16161
    @n16161 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Very emotionally-moving animation. Well done. I had never heard of this tragic event. Can’t imagine what that would have been like to live through

  • @TheGreekPianist
    @TheGreekPianist ปีที่แล้ว +33

    3:25 At first I thought that was a rescue ship (I’m not too familiar with this incident) and was horrified when it plowed RIGHT THROUGH the Empress! That was shocking

  • @LordXsi
    @LordXsi ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Very reminiscent of what happened to SS Admiral Nakhimov…only that sinking took even less time. Such an unimaginable horrible situation.
    Thank you for your great work, Mr. Brady.

  • @barbarae-b507
    @barbarae-b507 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    My mom was the Salvation Army of Canada’s official historian and an amateur historian of Canadian Salvation Army history before that. She knew everything about this and regularly gave lectures on it. She was very concerned about divers who wanted to explore the bring up artifacts from the wreck and regularly had to advocate for leaving the site alone since it is the gravesite for a lot of people. The Canadian Salvation Army lost a lot of people in this wreck , including a lot of the Canadian SA leaders. It was travelling to England and was the only way for Canadian SA people to reach the International Congress at the time. I think she even insisted that the divers return the ship’s wheel to the ship. Not sure what they did. I really disagree with taking artifacts from shipwrecks. Unless the family of the person who is involved specifically requests it. Otherwise, it is desecrating a graveyard.

    • @auroraborealis8155
      @auroraborealis8155 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      This is a big concern with many disastrous wrecks of this kind, I absolutely agree that it is disrespectful to raise "artifacts" from them.

    • @Randomjackass135
      @Randomjackass135 ปีที่แล้ว

      Reading this after the titanic submarine thing

    • @barbarae-b507
      @barbarae-b507 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      All Stockton Rush did was add more people to the graveyard that already exists down there at the location of the Titanic graveyard.

  • @onceuponatimeonearth
    @onceuponatimeonearth ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This was more horrifying to watch than any horror movie I've seen. It was actually, literally, gut wrenching.

  • @MrQM2
    @MrQM2 ปีที่แล้ว +35

    What a tragedy, those poor souls, what a horrible way to go. Stunning animation, thank you for the tribute!

    • @radscorpion8
      @radscorpion8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yes, stunning and entertaining to watch, am I right? :D

  • @johnking5174
    @johnking5174 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I know this sounds harsh, but the people on the Titanic didn't know how lucky they were that their ship managed to stay afloat for over 2.5 hours after collision.

  • @EpicJoshua314
    @EpicJoshua314 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Great video, Mike! Best Empress of Ireland sinking animation I have ever seen.
    Unfortunately, I just don’t believe the Empress was stationary during the collision. The river currents doesn’t seem strong enough to dislodge the Storstad from the Empress so soon after it plunged 25 feet into the Empress’ hull and then drift so far away.
    Some documentaries I have seen suggest that the Empress was slowing down at the time of the collision - had momentum - which is consistent with the testimony of the Stordstad’s crew that the Empress was moving when the collision occurred.
    This would explain why the Storstad quickly dislodged herself from the Empress and why she drifted so far away after the collision as if the river currents were responsible for the dislodge and the drift, she probably would have only drifted to just aft of her stern or at a distance where her lights could still be seen in the fog.

    • @auroraborealis8155
      @auroraborealis8155 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's an interesting thing to think about, it would explain a lot.

    • @user-lv7ph7hs7l
      @user-lv7ph7hs7l ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It's not controversial that her engines had been restarted and she was making some amount of headway. The issue is if she was stopped when the Storstad appeared out of the fog. If she was moving already there may have been a chance to maneuver but stopped there wasn't. Besides her telegraph has been recovered and shows Full Ahead as do the telegraphs in the engine room. She was making some speed and the engines where near full power, which doesn't take long, provided you have a full head of steam. They handle a bit different than diesels, simce the power comes from the boilers. You open the valve and full power hits the engine and it rapidly climbs to full rpm. While a diesel starts out with more torque from a standstill a steam engine rapidly gains torque as rpm increases, so once it gets going (easy on a ship, less so on a locomotive) it has full power in some amount of seconds. Call it 10 seconds or so. A diesel has to both make the energy and convert it. A steam engine converts readily available heat energy into kinetic energy.

  • @red-whitestarline
    @red-whitestarline ปีที่แล้ว +14

    I intend to watch this every year on the day she sank, at the time she sank in memory of those who perished. Great job!

  • @thoughtful_criticiser
    @thoughtful_criticiser ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I started to watch this video and decided to make a cup of tea. I had finished and delivered a cup to my wife as the ship went under the water. That is so fast that you needed to know where your cabin is, where you needed to be and how to get there in the dark. Most didn't!
    I watched the full video on Sunday and this was another chance to see the animation. Considering that this hasn't been produced by a large professional digital vfx team, the renderings are very good. Mike et al have done really well and probably done it in a fraction of the time.

  • @DeaconBlu
    @DeaconBlu ปีที่แล้ว +56

    I stumbled on your channel by shear luck, not long ago.
    I’ve been a fan ever since.
    As a closet ship/sailing fan, I find your vids absolutely fantastic. I’ve not seen a single one that wasn’t top notch.
    You sir, do a fantastic job…in a very simple, easy manner.
    Thank you for what you do.
    Thank you for how you do it.
    Subscribed? Lol. Absolutely!
    Keep it up!
    Please.

  • @paulie-Gualtieri.
    @paulie-Gualtieri. ปีที่แล้ว +48

    Once again I'm deeply impressed by the levels of detail and immersing atmosphere, of such a tragic event.

    • @hansblitz7770
      @hansblitz7770 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was more impressed with that grilled cheese cooked on the radiator.

  • @foxfire9144
    @foxfire9144 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    This is genuinely horrifying and a lot more people should see it

  • @EmperorDank
    @EmperorDank ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Seeing this in real time really puts into perspective how insanely fast this sinking was

  • @gijswillemsen4756
    @gijswillemsen4756 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Mike, you continue to impress! The way the lights of Storstad slowly pierce the fog is just haunting. Beautifully annimated. Must have been a nightmare.

    • @luckyspurs
      @luckyspurs ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, when it held the camera on that spot, I was looking ominously trying to see when a shadow or light was going to emerge.

  • @mikoto7693
    @mikoto7693 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I’ve got to commend the crew for their quick work and discipline. It’s amazing so many survived given how little time they had.

  • @B_R2005
    @B_R2005 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    The fact that not a lot of people know about this is sad. Had this happened maybe a year or so prior, it would've been more well known instead of being overshadowed by WW1

  • @davidthompson5766
    @davidthompson5766 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I found out about Mike Brady and Oceanliner Designs from Sam Pence at Historic Travels.

  • @AdmiralJT
    @AdmiralJT ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Most people sit on the toilet on tiktok longer than it took this ship to sink... cant even imagine the panic and chaos they felt that night...ey felt that night... and the luck, rather bad luck, of all the space on the river to be, they stopped directly in the course of the Storstad

    • @pabloescobarschanclas
      @pabloescobarschanclas ปีที่แล้ว

      man if you’re on the toilet for like 15 minutes, that must be some helluva diarrhea

    • @THESHINIGAMIPOSSE
      @THESHINIGAMIPOSSE 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@pabloescobarschanclasor have adhd

  • @liamrab6
    @liamrab6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    that shot when it goes still at 2:40 and you know what’s about to happen is so eerie

  • @CJODell12
    @CJODell12 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Empress was hit in the worst possible place, right in the boiler rooms and engine room.

  • @Nicholas_Buck
    @Nicholas_Buck ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In 1973, my next door neighbour in Aylmer, Quebec told my family and me that he swam for his life and survived. He said he remembered the coal dust between his toes when he got on the deck of the coal ship the EoI had struck.

  • @mr.dystopian5554
    @mr.dystopian5554 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    You wake up in the middle of a chaotic scene of people running and screaming in the hallways, jump out of bed and make your way out onto the deck where you have only 5 minutes to make a choice between fighting for lifeboat space, jumping in the icy cold water, and staying onboard for however long the ship remains afloat. Frightening moment, only heightened by the Empress' industrial moan as she staggers to stay upright.
    Good work on this rendering and may those who perished find peace.

  • @brianconlan4215
    @brianconlan4215 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Wow! That was very well presented. I'd never heard of this incident. Thanks for doing this.

  • @Fleur-de-lis4
    @Fleur-de-lis4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Was there for the premier; still astonished at the quality of this animation this in on parr with Titanic: Honor and Glory. Outstanding work, Mike!

  • @chewycookie
    @chewycookie ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Why did the Storstad not stop? Why did they keep moving despite the fog? Why did they not hear the whistles? Wouldn’t they have seen the Empress as they got closer, or could fog have really been so thick that they could avoid hitting the center of the ship? Were they held accountable? I have so many questions.

    • @dealler669
      @dealler669 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Because the protocol was to keep moving so you can react better to a possible collision.

    • @ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid
      @ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      All the info is out there.
      There was an inquiry, and its results are public.

  • @ErynRenee
    @ErynRenee ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I don't know what would be more terrifying: watching a massive ocean liner snap in half or turn over on its side while sinking in front of you.

    • @sarge6870
      @sarge6870 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      All while floating in freezing water!

  • @NOV123
    @NOV123 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The Titanic was still fresh on their minds and then this happens. Wow!

  • @Rose0004
    @Rose0004 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The echoed howling of the ship sounds so haunting, like the ship herself is crying in pain before drowning. I can't even imagine the stress of being a passenger startled out of my sleep, realizing the ship is sinking, and rushing for my life to get onto a lifeboat only to be thrown into the water anyway. 💔

  • @johannjohann6523
    @johannjohann6523 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I've been on cruise, and 14 minutes seems alot of time, but it's amazing how many levels there are on a ship below decks, and how many people a ship can hold that need to get to the deck before getting off. Crazy the other ship didn't wait out the fog on a busy waterway like the St. Lawrence.

  • @nthgth
    @nthgth ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My God, they never stood a chance.
    Famtastic production.

  • @SoldierFox1393
    @SoldierFox1393 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This is pretty much Canada's Titanic

    • @emerybonner7973
      @emerybonner7973 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      People have called it that. This was and still is the deadliest maritime disaster in peacetime Canada.

    • @SoldierFox1393
      @SoldierFox1393 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@emerybonner7973 very true, sad that a beautiful ship had to go down like that with all their people

  • @dentonstales2778
    @dentonstales2778 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    To get 6 boats swung out, loaded and away in 10 minutes before the ship rolled over, was incredible, it showed wonderful crew ability.

    • @emerybonner7973
      @emerybonner7973 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Actually, only 5 made it away from the ship. The 6th lifeboat capsized on the way down

  • @jorgscharff3563
    @jorgscharff3563 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    I am deeply saddened. And may the victims and relatives have found peace! But many thanks and respect for the dignified simulation of an almost forgotten catastrophe!

  • @CosplayDreams16
    @CosplayDreams16 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Only 465 survived. It's a miracle that many survived.

  • @martinpatterson9015
    @martinpatterson9015 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Unbelievable the Crew managing to Get 6 Boats launched in the Little Time They Had
    RIP to all Those lost on That Night

  • @406ABarBs
    @406ABarBs ปีที่แล้ว +9

    When I was a child I read about the Empress of Ireland and was blown away that it sank in 14 minutes.

  • @InfamousArsonist
    @InfamousArsonist ปีที่แล้ว +8

    What terrifies me is when they collided it killed many crew and passengers, most of those passengers were asleep being killed without even knowing the tragedy that would ensue.

    • @elisabetrouge
      @elisabetrouge ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The ones who passed first avoided having to helplessly wait for death to arrive

    • @InfamousArsonist
      @InfamousArsonist ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@elisabetrouge very true, a peaceful yet somber death not knowing the cause or if their family would make it out

  • @PJ-gm1hb
    @PJ-gm1hb ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The screams in the background during the sinking gave me chills, what these people went through was absolutely horrific 😢

  • @ShadrakJohn
    @ShadrakJohn ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The 4 children that survived were:
    Josephine O’Hara, 10
    Florence Barbour, 8
    Gracie Hanagan, 7
    Arvo Markkula, 14

    • @somegermanguy7
      @somegermanguy7 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      could you imagine experiencing this at such a young age? absolutely insane, it must've been so traumatic

    • @ShadrakJohn
      @ShadrakJohn 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@somegermanguy7 Gracie can tell you that. th-cam.com/video/6DnxiEiMal0/w-d-xo.htmlfeature=shared

  • @ScoutSniper3124
    @ScoutSniper3124 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Two mentalities appear in such moments, the more prevalent being that of resistance to accepting the situation for what it is, failing to recognize nor even contemplate the possibility of impending danger. The far more important but rarer quality is that of responding correctly with both experience and instinct, acting immediately in a coordinated fashion to effect a directed response. It's these types of people that truly are the unsung heroes in such times.

  • @northernlaw1250
    @northernlaw1250 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I am right now at Rimouski and watching this, in 2 weeks, I'll be visiting the Empress Museum at Pointe-au-Père, such an horrifying story

  • @deaks25
    @deaks25 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    The real-time animation really portrays how terrifyingly rapid the ships sinking was. The fact that even six boats managed to be prepared, loaded and launched is actually an impressive feat from the crew. To do that while their ship rolls out from under them so fast shows a high degree of skill and discipline. A less well-drilled crew might not have coped and seen even more lives lost.

    • @deaks25
      @deaks25 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@emerybonner7973 You obviously missed the point I was making.

    • @deaks25
      @deaks25 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@emerybonner7973 So why the pedantry then? I was paying tribute to the crew that saved a lot of lives in such a short space of time. Meanwhile you're making tone-deaf comments arguing over whether 5 launches and a capsize does equal six or not.
      And even then, they still managed to prep, load, and ATTEMPT to launch six boats in extremely quick time.

  • @sarahfalquez6330
    @sarahfalquez6330 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wow, this video and the last one about the Empress of Ireland are really excellent. I had read about the disaster before but wasn't able to visualize the terror of it until now. The videos really encapsulate the horrifying events of that night. This one in particular as there's no voice-over narration, so the eerie silence and then the sound of the screaming just gives you goosebumps. Nonetheless, we can only begin to imagine how truly terrifying it must have been. Thank you for this brilliant and moving content ❤

  • @chickenman22710
    @chickenman22710 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Very solemn and unnerving. Well done, this is an excellent teacher of the dangers of sea travel

  • @BA3H0
    @BA3H0 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The fact that many people were already in terror trying to get out of the ship tilted a lot
    But then the lights out?! Horrifying and a survivor said it was basically “pitch black” in the middle of the River..
    Especially at 7:58-8:06

  • @sarge6870
    @sarge6870 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Well done Mike to you and the team that put this together! I've been on 14 cruises and couldn't begin to imagine if this happened to me! Even though we have more stringent safety measures today, I think back to the most recent sinking of a cruise ship, the "Costa Concordia". Thanks for doing this Mike....Cheers from across the pond!

  • @Garian9
    @Garian9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I wonder how many have been killed, directly and indirectly, in maritime disasters due to awful life boat deployment systems. It's as if the designers only thought of 1 scenario on how they are deployed: the ship slowly sinking evenly on all sides with no list or pitch, the ship has constant power until it's below the waterline, and everyone is calm.

  • @mrplane4205
    @mrplane4205 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Both horrifying and amazing to watch! Wonderful job, Mike!

  • @tater.thot.8863
    @tater.thot.8863 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Probably one of the most horrific sinkings in history

  • @anonymous_person-ls1ez
    @anonymous_person-ls1ez ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Wow this is incredible, the detail and skill shows in all your works.

  • @MarcusGearHero
    @MarcusGearHero ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I cannot imagine this event. How can you go from boarding the liner and being happy to travel and than not being seen or heard or anything. I feel awful for all of the famlies and friends who lost people in this event.

  • @jstrahan2
    @jstrahan2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Empress of Ireland was NOT stationary when the collision occurred. According to a 2005 Canadian television film, The Last Voyage of the Empress, "water tank replication of the incident indicated that Empress of Ireland could not have been stationary at the point of the collision, investigating the sinking with historical reference, model re-enactment, and underwater investigation. The program's opinion was that the cause of the incident appeared to be the fog, exacerbated by the actions of Captain Kendall. Both captains were in their own way telling the truth, but with Kendall omitting the expediency of commanding Empress of Ireland in such a way as to keep his company's advertised speed of Atlantic crossing. In order to pass Storstad (off Empress's starboard bow) to quickly expedite this maintenance of speed, Kendall, in the fog, turned to starboard (towards Storstad) as part of a manoeuvre to spin back to his previous heading to pass the other ship as originally intended on his starboard side, thereby avoiding what he saw as a time-wasting diversion from his preferred and fast route through the channel. When Captain Anderson of Storstad saw Empress of Ireland through the fog he thought, by seeing both Empress of Ireland's port and starboard lights during its manoeuvre, that Empress of Ireland was attempting to pass on the opposite side of Storstad than previously apparent and turned his ship to starboard to avoid a collision. However, Empress of Ireland turned to port to continue on its original time-saving heading; thus the bow to side collision. The conclusion of the programme was that both captains failed to abide by the condition that, on encountering fog, ships should maintain their heading, although the captain of Storstad deviated only after seeing the deviation of Empress of Ireland. It also indicated-through underwater observations of the ship's Engine order telegraph in the engine room-that Kendall's assertion that he gave the order to close watertight doors was probably not true."