Amazing Sinking Ships Captured on Film

We’re all used to seeing ships sink in the movies, but sometimes real life can be more dramatic than fiction! From deep within the Getty Images archives comes some incredible footage of sinking ships captured on film from history including Andrea Doria, Klipfontein, the Flying Enterprise, HMS Barham, the ferry TEV Wahine and the Newarp Lightship.
One of the interesting facts I learned from making this video is that Oceangate made a survey of the wreck of Andrea Doria in 2016 although not with their Titan submersible whose purpose was reserved exclusively for diving on Titanic.
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!
0:00 Intro
0:45 Andrea Doria
5:32 Flying Enterprise
8:15 Klipfontein
10:09 TEV Wahine
13:40 Newarp Lightship
14:44 HMS Barham
#ship #documentary #history #sinking

[@ChickVicious237]

HMS Barham's sinking is both mesmerizing and devastating to watch.

[@OceanlinerDesigns]

Horrifying stuff - that much energy is hard to even comprehend!

[@Rilez616]

how did u comment 6 days ago it says uploaded 19 minutes ago for me

[@OceanlinerDesigns]

@@Rilez616 channel member and Patreon members get early access to most videos :)

[@RoyalFalkeno]

@@OceanlinerDesigns Quick note, HMS Valiant was Barham's sister ship, not a destroyer, another of her sister ships HMS Queen Elizabeth was also sailing with the pair.

[@snickle1980]

@@Rilez616 time is funny here. You may hear noises that sound like voices, but those are just the loons up by the lake.

[@ayindestevens6152]

Hearing the HMS Barham explode sent chills down my spine. I actually understand WHY they chose to not release the footage until the war ended it would’ve been too much especially with the blitz going on at home.

[@avus-kw2f213]

You should look at the film of the Austro-Hungarian battleship that sunk in a similar manner The ship didn’t explode and the crew could swim so luckily there was nowhere near as much deaths

[@user-bd3ds4ev5f]

Almost every loss during the war was suppressed by the media to prevent morale damage

[@dec_thesussy]

just thought i'd mention that the sound effect used isnt the original sound

[@pressstart1490]

As someone else said, that was just a stock sound effect, not the real sound. Film cameras usually dont record sound.

[@ewanc1]

And with HMS Hood having been destroyed in May of the same year.

[@alanvanasch4793]

Most people have probably seen it but I think the footage of the Oceanos sinking is also one of the most incredible things I've ever seen. A somewhat modern cruise ship/ocean liner totally sinking without a single casualty is absolutely amazing

[@JeffKlavir]

I was just gonna post what you said. A lot of great full color video about the Oceanos sinking.

[@oriontaylor]

The KZbinr Jesse Gillett made an excellent full-length documentary on Oceanos’s sinking, including going through the effort of obtaining interviews with several survivors.

[@brileymitchell2632]

You must not have heard of the costa concordia then if you say that’s modern

[@OFCbigduke613]

Exactly. You beat me to it. I was expecting it at any moment.

[@prudencepineapple9448]

@@brileymitchell2632 Or MS Sea Diamond. Mike is bringing some lessor known ships sinking to the surface!

[@AQDuck]

Incredible that the little girl survived the ship swap.

[@SPierre-dm4wo]

Extra wild twist to that story: her dad was a news commentator in New York who had to report on the sinking while knowing that his daughter was missing and presumed dead. (The NYT had actually already reported her death.) He didn't find out she was still alive until the next day.

[@vladraduandrei5227]

she wasn t a little gril, she was a teenager

[@enjoyingmyvodka1013]

Agreed!!!! It’s so interesting and incredible

[@ShadrakJohn]

Linda Morgan

[@zainmudassir2964]

​@@vladraduandrei5227she's still a little girl to her father ❤

[@baahcusegamer4530]

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate this fine young gentleman takes time to dress in a tie and grace us with a magnificently distinguished accent while framed against a backdrop of real bound books to educate us about a facet of the world that may never directly apply to our lives but for which he makes a source of long-lasting fascination?

[@harridan.]

yes, he does an incredible job!! most impressive

[@SPierre-dm4wo]

I was recently swapping channel recommendations with one of my brothers and mentioned a ship history project I really enjoy. "Wait," he said. "Great animations? Is there an Aussie guy running the show? Good voice for broadcasting and dresses very sharp, always in historic clothing?" (He was already subscribed, lol. Congrats to Mike on his distinctive production and presentation!)

[@kath1626]

We're being spoiled 👌🏻❤️

[@OceanlinerDesigns]

@@SPierre-dm4wo Haha that is great! Thanks for watching :)

[@theccieguy]

Here here, great job 👍

[@ExUSSailor]

The Andrea Doria is still claiming lives to this day. She's right at the extreme limit for scuba diving, and, is an incredibly dangerous, though very popular, wreck to dive.

[@dks13827]

I am dying to go down there !!!

[@nickryan6787]

​@@dks13827lmao

[@falcor200]

​@@dks13827oceangate is looking for paying tourists I hear.

[@phee3D]

​@@dks13827no, you are going down there to die

[@RiceReaper]

That’s a joke in poor taste bro

[@Endermanrule]

The footage is incredible! It's so fascinating to see such events unfold on camera

[@TORQUENDB]

Some of this footage has probably never been seen in this quality since it was shot. Most of these look like modern high resolution film scans, much better than blurry re-re-re-encodes of SD VHS captures. I wonder what other gems are waiting in Getty's archives. Hopefully they can be licensed at a reasonable price and shared as well.

[@Blox117]

big oof with the oceangate mention

[@turtlesrprettycool3379]

how is this comment 6 days old when the video released a few hours ago

[@matthewbowen5841]

​@@turtlesrprettycool3379Pay to watch early shenanigans thanks to YT limiting content creators' income...

[@garrom5652]

How did u post this comment 6 days before this video was posted?

[@KPen3750]

HMS Barhams footage will always be haunting, especially when the magazines go up. you can see heavy tons of steel and armor bent over like a child folding a piece of paper. While also seeing the many men on the hull when it goes. Truly horrifying but beyond fascinating

[@yeeebayeeba4268]

Or like a child in a room with Joe biden.

[@GamerGod-fp1tj]

yes

[@BrettonFerguson]

Yes especially when you realize what looks like sand pouring over the side of the ship before it explodes, is actually hundreds of sailors running across the side of the ship as it capsizes.

[@josephayers7395]

​@BrettonFerguson Also those men were getting carved up on the way down the bottom of the ship because of those damn barnacles

[@jacksargent2925]

Mike this is wonderful you’ve found the footage of the divers on the Andrea Doria. My great uncle Frank Hogan was one of those divers from the US Navy that went down to go locate the wreck. Obviously it’s impossible to know if the diver in the picture is specifically him, but I had heard about his trip to the Doria but had never seen or knew this existed. Thank you for sharing it

[@OceanlinerDesigns]

That’s a great family connection!

[@concept5631]

​@@OceanlinerDesignsIndeed

[@brownwrench]

Fun fact: the Stockholm still exists

[@anonomuse9094]

There was a pretty cool concept car that sunk on the Andrea Doria, called the Chrysler Norseman. 51 people died, so that kind of overshadows the loss of the car, but still it was a nice car.

[@indiafox5786]

I don't know why ship sinkings fascinate me so much. I think it's because something so enormous can be completely swallowed up. As if they were never there in the first place. Simply amazing. Thanks, Mike! 🖤 That last footage left me speechless.

[@Xpwnxage]

The unimaginable dread of being on a sinking ship is something that helps cement the fascination for me.

[@indiafox5786]

@@Xpwnxage I agree. It's easy to say "oh, I'd calmly go to the deck and get in a life boat. Hell, I'm a great swimmer." But in reality, what would really be going through your mind, you know?

[@bena8121]

@@indiafox5786 I witnessed a semi crash into a store. I was settling in for bed when I heard a loud bang and rushed outside to see the truck a complete wreck inside the store. I was first onto the scene, and I was in PJs, and I wasn't even sure if the driver was alive. The ground was covered in diesel and I had to step through it hoping it wouldn't ignite, and call out to the driver. I didn't hear anything for a few seconds, but began hearing gulping. The driver was alive, but only just. I sat there for what seemed like an hour, but was just 10 minutes talking to the guy waiting for emergency crew. I was telling him he'll make it, even though I couldn't even see him. I could only hear his faint voice coming out from the destroyed truck, the whole truck cabin had caved inward. I believe he was crushed up against the hot engine. I asked his name, and he said Trevor, and I told him mine, and I just tried being a good fellow citizen. Just trying to be his friend in the last moments of his life. Unfortunately he later died in hospital before his family arrived at the hospital. They travelled all night to get there, because he was a long distant truck driver, his family lived a long way away. He died in the early hours of the morning. I was at home still trying to come to terms with the rough night. Never in my mind did I ever expect my night to go that way, but within moments I was in the middle of a diesel hell, I think I did alright, don't you? Considering the circumstance. I was 21 at the time. My point is, people do amazing things when it matters most, and I'm not generally a feelings person.

[@indiafox5786]

​@bena8121 I'm so sorry! I'm just now seeing this. I think you did an incredible job. It's really sad that he didn't make it...I'm sure he was grateful that he had someone to be there with him...that reminds me of how the human body can release an unbelievable amount of adrenaline when it's needed. People moving giant boulders that they normally would never be able to on a regular day. I'm really glad you made it out okay as well 🖤

[@adambane1719]

Maybe you just have a natural inclination towards, "something so enormous to be completely swallowed up".

[@Funny-ship-man]

Interesting fact, Barham was one of two battleships ever caught sinking on camera, the other being the Austro-Hungarian dreadnought Szent Istvan, although her sinking is... much less dramatic than Barham's magazine detonation.

[@kovacsabelkristof3566]

And if I'm right, the Szent István was also the first (battle)ship sinking caught on camera

[@kovacsj7823]

The detonation of the USS Arizona is also a very dramatic thing to see.

[@adambane1719]

Interestingly the Arizonas' owners intentionally placed it there precisely for that purpose !@@kovacsj7823

[@jantyszka1036]

A few years ago my mother took a cruise around the Baltic on a ship called 'Açores', operated by a Portuguese company. Imagine my feelings when I looked up the ship's history and found she was orginally the 'Stockholm' of 'Andrea Doria' fame (heavily re-built and refitted, obviously).

[@DeanStephen]

I wouldn’t have taken that trip. I disagree with the findings and have always believed the Stockholm was more in the wrong.

[@sirboomsalot4902]

@@DeanStephenYou can’t blame the ship herself for the actions of her crew. She actually still sails today (though has been laid up since COVID) and she’s given decades of great service.

[@aguiii_films]

Its now called the MV Astoria and is out of service currently waiting to be sold for a few years now in the Rotterdam Yard

[@aguiii_films]

@@sirboomsalot4902 She isn't currently sailing anymore. She is waiting to be sold in the Rotterdam Yard

[@doughboi007]

At 5:18, it's eerie to hear that OceanGate did a dive to the wreck....

[@TwitTheNit]

As a New Zealander myself, and a guy who loves ships, it's cool to see the wahine on this list. My nana was about 18 when that storm hit, and she was working in Wellington, she listened to the radio and heard the news talking about details of the sinking. I know a lot about this sinking and I just wanted to say that it's nice to see this ship get some more recognition.

[@tamarahammond3580]

Yeah true I'm a new Zealander too but I live in oalmyt

[@tamarahammond3580]

I mean palmy

[@CTNZ2000]

I was 2 years old and living in the Hutt, I remember having a piece of one of the lifeboats that was half covered in sand around Pencarrow

[@andrewstevenson118]

I dated someone who was born on April 10, 1968. When she told me her birthday, I said "oh, the Wahine". She said her mum was in labour as things unfolded.

[@Engine33Truck]

The footage of the sinking of HMS Barham, filmed from her sister HMS Valiant (also a QE class battleship), is the most harrowing. We often see ship sinkings that include loss of life, but this is different. As she rolls over, you can see hundreds of men on her side. Then, she exploded and they’re just…gone.

[@danielscottrussell3365]

I’ve seen the footage of the Barham’s destruction before but it never ceases to give me chills. So sudden and complete. I suppose it was a mercy for the men. Still, what a tragic loss of life. Thanks for this one!

[@jonathanstrong4812]

The poor guys what would it be if they search for the Barham's

[@rockymountainlifeprospecti4423]

Incredible work Mike. My grandfather would mention the unfathomable sounds and thoughts of watching a ship go under in just minutes, the 1000s of hour's building and the lives of the majority of the crew..gone, petty and officer alike. Thank you already sharing. He was gunner on a amphibious assault craft in the US navy during the Pacific theater.

[@OceanlinerDesigns]

It is amazing stuff and to think they reckon there are 3-6 million ships on the sea floor…. Unreal!

[@rockymountainlifeprospecti4423]

@OceanlinerDesigns that is incredible, and hard to imagine . I remember my grandfather saying how the ocean has no memory and the same gaze across the water (we had at that time) has been the last for so many. Thank you again for putting this together.

[@user-bd3ds4ev5f]

⁠​⁠HMS Valiant wasn’t a destroyer. Rather Valiant was another queen Elizabeth class battleship. Other than that nice video

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

I remember a WW2 US Navy veteran (USS Lexington) telling me "Sailors never cheer when a ship goes down, even an enemy ship. It's one of the saddest things you'll ever see."

[@28pbtkh23]

@@wayneantoniazzi2706 - that’s so true. Good of you to point that out. I have heard many of the eye-witnesses in the Royal Navy who watched the Bismarck being destroyed and slowly sink. There was no cheering amongst them as they watched the men of the German battleship jump overboard into the cold sea.

[@karllewis735]

Before he died, Captain Carlsen spent some years working as the tender operator at the Raritan Yacht Club, in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. He used to take me from the dock out to the boats I raced on, as crew, in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In all the times I rode with him, I don't think I ever heard him say a dozen words, and though I guess it seems like a humble job, EVERYONE addressed him as "Captain", and treated him with a great deal of respect.

[@harmsway2914]

I've only seen the clips of HMS Barham and the Andrea Doria before watching this. Seeing ships fighting to stay afloat and inevitably losing their battles is always mesmerizing to see. Surprised that Oceanos wasn't a part of the list of ships seen as her sinking was very well documented. As always, this is an excellent video. I look forward to seeing the next one.

[@sirboomsalot4902]

The footage of Andrea Doria’s wreck right after she sank is incredible! I’ve never seen it before, I’m just used to the murky footage of what little of her remains intact today

[@richardrenner3974]

The Andrea Doria was seen as a work of art. At dock side, they gave tours to non-passengers to take it all in. My mother went on one of these tours.

[@jacobthomasdanao]

Seeing the Andrea Doria's wreck footage is unreal! I've never really encountered genuine footage of shipwrecks where the ship itself is "fresh" underwater. It's usually covered in rusticles and its paint just stripped or covered in marine life. Fresh shipwrecks are mainly artist's illustrations or animated re-enactments of how the ship went down (e.g Titanic)

[@brendanrusso4594]

Whenever there's a new video, a new "It's your friend, Mike Brady," and a slew of new wonderful things to learn, it always puts a smile on my face. Cheers, Mike!

[@OceanlinerDesigns]

Thanks for the lovely comment :)

[@p_filippouz]

Fun fact: the captain on the Andrea Doria, Pietro Calamai, refused to leave the ship even after everyone was saved so the crew threatened him to stay with him too had he not evacuated. He eventually got off the ship

[@reactive435]

He felt that bad huh?

[@davidmurphy8190]

Capt. Calamai was of a different ilk than the skipper of the COSTA CONCORDIA!

[@p_filippouz]

@@davidmurphy8190 to be a bit fair, Schettino isn't the only one at fault. He was used as a scapegoat

[@divinerowecom]

I read that Captain Calamai not only never went to sea after the sinking but choose to live the rest of his life away from it.

[@scottlewisparsons9551]

Hi Mike, I was on Seatoun beach when the Wahine sunk. Most, if not all, the photos you show were taken on Seatoun beach. Unfortunately, a lot of passengers who fell into the sea were washed up on the rocks on the other side of Wellington harbour and died there. I was sixteen at the time and still remember that day quite well. It was a terrible day, there were lots of bad things happening on land in Wellington as well as the sinking of the Wahine. Thank you for another great video. All the best from Sydney.

[@OceanlinerDesigns]

Horrible stuff!! That must have been quite a sight seeing the ship wallowing there like that. A very sad story!

[@scottlewisparsons9551]

@@OceanlinerDesigns yeah Mike, I blame you for making me think about it again! Lol actually, when watching your video I wondered if you would choose the Wahine. I was not disappointed! I did a search about the Wahine sinking and found a few films showing what was happening in Wellington. One even showed the house I lived in. All the best Scott

[@CRAIGKMSBISMARCKTIRPITZ533]

😂

[@rogerbrown1750]

We were sailing the Hobart waterways about two klm away from the Hobart Bridge when it was struck by the Illawarra ,nasty mess that one.

[@trapdoorguppi]

@@rogerbrown1750my grandfather was on the Hobart did you know a man named Paul Jackson

[@Verdi.and.violet]

I have studied shipwrecks for years, but something about seeing actual footage of them sinking tied my stomach in knots! Thank you for sharing these amazing and devastating videos. It brings a level of humanization to these wrecks that is much needed and appreciated.

[@kmacksb]

Very cool footage, most of which I hadn't seen before. The footage of the Oceanos sinking off South Africa is pretty impressive, too, and the footage of the Ile de France - yes, the one that rescued so many Andrea Doria passengers, as I know you know - being sunk for a movie, of all things, is also quite good.

[@crazyguy_1233]

Another two are the Oceanos, and the Szent István. The Oceanos is a pretty common sinking video. The Szent István is an interesting sinking it’s a ww1 sinking. The vessel is listing then you see it completely capsize with the bottom of the hull sitting above water while the rest is under water. The overturned vessel then rocks from side to side as it slowly goes under.

[@alexhockley9906]

Despite growing up in Wellington, I wasn't expecting the TEV Wahine to be on this list! You did a fantastic job summarising the longer story, and props on your pronounciation as well as it's often mixed on KZbin. I actually have a window from the Wahine. My grandad helped to scrap the ship, but a year after it first sank, it was torn to pieces by a second cyclone and spread over the harbour floor. The scrappers were given "gifts" from the scrap in many cases, and he came away with an armour glass window from the vehicle deck, which can be seen in a number of photos of the wreck. It really was a beautiful vessel, and the footage and photographs of the sinking and the wreck itself are astounding insights. As a story too, it shows the power of the sea and weather very well - the fact 53 people died when the ship was so close to shore is terrifying.

[@KathrynDainty]

Actually the pronounciation is a bit off. The contemporary pronounciation was more like "wa-he-nee".

[@adambane1719]

Its the Kiwi accent that is off. Not his pronunciation@@KathrynDainty

[@markmunroe5919]

"Wahine" is a Maori meaning "woman". It is typically pronounced "wah - hee - nee".@@adambane1719

[@shauntempley9757]

His pronunciation is perfect. The way that they say her name in the footage is wrong, because this is a time where Maori was still taboo to be spoken correctly.@@KathrynDainty

[@erikkosick3898]

Fantastic video once again, Mike! Even having seeing it before, HMS Barham's footage is horrifically chilling. It's astounding that anyone survived that, let alone several hundred. While not video footage, Lusitania's assistant wireless operator David McCormick took photographs in the Lusitania's final moments. The saltwater ruined the film role, so only two photographs taken the morning of May 7 survived. Touched up versions were published in the Daily Sketch, along with a photo of the damaged role, and I don't know what became of it. There were accounts of other passengers taking photographs too, but it seems neither they or the cameras survived the sinking.

[@Sc0tt_e]

The footage of the Barham sinking is one of my favourite pieces of footage ever. Very similar to the sinking of the Austrian dreadnought, St Istvan, where it can be seen such a proud ship going down

[@brennanodea1878]

The HMS Barnum destruction is the most shocking explosion of a Naval ships. Tie with the USS Arizona explosion, which still gives me chills when I watch it. 😮

[@dwightsmith2918]

The Barham video is always so haunting.

[@selinalunaria9346]

Seeing videos like this really put sinkings into another perspective

[@debbiejarus1723]

This footage is incredible! I grew up reading a book about the Andrea Doria sinking, and it did have several still photos......but nothing begins to compare with the live footage! I had never heard of the other sinkings you covered, and the excellent footage brought so much to the presentation. Thank you, Mike!

[@bazza945]

I have a bit of history with the TEV Wahine of the Union Steam Ship Company. I took the first radio'gram from her as she left the UK on her maiden voyage to New Zealand. (It was on HF radio from Awaruaradio/ZLB.) Strangely, she didn't have a radio callsign allocated before she sailed, so we used the ship's name instead. By the time of her unfortunate end, on 10th April 2968, she had been on the inter-island overnight ferry run between Wellington and Lyttelton for just a few years. By a quirk of fate, I had been in Wellington on the 8th/9th, before flying out to the Chatham Islands to work in the radio station (ZLC) there. We got all the shocking news of the disaster secondhand. When I flew back to Wellington later in the year, my later flight going south flew over the wreck, which was still laying on her side on the Wainuiomata side of the Wellington Harbour. It was a brief but shocking sight. Many years later, I made the acquaintance of the master of the first ship to enter Wellington Harbour after the "Wahine Storm" had abated. His ship was the Crusader Line's vessel Crusader.

[@bazza945]

Thanks.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

There's something weirdly fascinating about watching the sea swallow up a ship, isn't there? And those poor guys on HMS Barham. At least it was over with quickly for them. Thanks for posting Mike, you never disappoint!

[@tinypoolmodelshipyard]

Yes its the Valley of Uncanny. The ship is doing what its not supposed too (sink). I love floating ships but watching one sink makes it to where i cant look away.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

@@tinypoolmodelshipyard In a way it reminds me of what American railroad photographer, historian, and steam locomotive fan Ron Zeil wrote about visiting scrapyards in the early 1960s where steam locomotives were being cut up. Ron called them "Terrible, but at the same time fascinating places." Ron also said the torch men cutting up the locomotives weren't happy about it themselves but as the saying goes "A job's a job!"

[@Peacemaker6742]

The story of the girl in the bow of Stockholm is pretty incredible. Love the new intro, which whistle replaced the QM?

[@OceanlinerDesigns]

Thanks piper! It's a recording of an older white star liner pitched to somewhat match Titanic's, I think it might have been the SS Naronic.

[@mando9364]

Another fascinating video. And I think you should do a second one because there are plenty more ships that can be covered. There's actually one called the Szent István an Austro Hungarian battleship that was filmed capsizing after being hit by torpedoes, all the way back in 1918.

[@jazzyparntz6451]

Thank you so much for including the TEV Wahine on your list. Though I was born a few years after the disaster, I grew up in Wellington so was taught about it from a young age. Relatives of mine were part of the rescue effort and told me some very sad stories.

[@alexis_ianf]

The HMS Barham explosion was probably the most horrific that have been featured I can only imagine being one of the crews on-board RIP!

[@SeanMcGuire92]

That last one is truly horrifying. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think you can actually see the crew sliding down the side of the ship to jump into the waves just before the explosion? And seeing you talk about the Andrea Doria makes me so curious about what your thoughts on the movie Ghost Ship would be. The ghost plot notwithstanding, obviously, but since they were inspired by the Andrea Doria's design, I'd love to see you react to it since we see so much of the ships design/architecture both in flashbacks and as a rotting ghost ship. I wonder how the fictional ship's design compares to the inspiration?

[@wesleypeters4112]

There was a dark mass of bodies towards the middle where the explosion happened. Many didn't even make it off the ship. Very sad.

[@bwag4152]

Recently discovered your channel - been into history and titanic ever since I was young! Literally the best channel I have come across regarding this field; you are precise, informative and very welcoming! Thanks for the videos!

[@OceanlinerDesigns]

Welcome aboard!

[@deltavee2]

Hi Mike, thanks for another fascinating piece of maritime history. In a side note, one of HMS Barham's crew that went down with the ship had a mother who was a medium. He appeared to her within hours of the tragedy and informed her of his passing and how it had happened. She spoke of it to friends and within days she was arrested by the British authorities charged with spying. The fact that she had no possible way to know of anything about the sinking was ignored and she was held prisoner for some time before sanity prevailed. Wartime atmosphere needs had been met by the authorities and that was all that mattered. Forgivable under the circumstances one supposes but quite fascinating.

[@ryanpope7754]

Absolutely loving your videos, Mike! There's just something beautifully lost about the old ocean liners and battleships of their time and something eerily fascinating about their wrecks now.

[@Boldipie]

“Sorry babe, I can’t go to dinner right now. New Oceanliner Designs video just dropped.”

[@OceanlinerDesigns]

Priorities 😂

[@mikek4288]

Grandpa was a survivor of Pearl on the USS Pennsylvania so ive always had a big fascination of those big ol battleships and of todays video, that last britt warship hit hardest. What i would find fascinating would be to see a sinking ship breaking in 2 as in the Titanics sinking. Oh, and btw, he took COLOR video of the big ships while at sea and also Hiroshima when they they went there after the surrender. Absolutely beautiful blue waters. The last time i saw them is when i took the reels into highschool to show on the projectors in history class. I could gladly rip my aunt and uncle a new one for not getting those reels digitized before it was too late.

[@wheels-n-tires1846]

My father was aboard California on Dec 7th. Was quite a day for a new sailor who'd had his 17th birthday the day before...

[@geoffreydowen5793]

Very sad to witness a royal navy ship go down with lives I'm a navy veteran and it is always in your mind mid ocean . I witnessed huge storms pounding us making one realise how vulnerable you are at sea I remember the Torrey Canyon in 1967 I was 9 now 65 went down off the Lizard in English water . just subbed see you again .

[@jetsons101]

Thanks, Mike, for another great watch and keeping maritime history alive.

[@kellie5476]

Sadly, it was the recent Titan tragedy that brought me to your channel but the high quality, fascinating content made me stay and binge watch too many of your videos whilst I should be getting work done.

[@OceanlinerDesigns]

Sorry for being a point of distraction 😎

[@kellie5476]

@@OceanlinerDesigns A good distraction. 😉

[@alexanderneve2323]

This was amazing to see! I am a bit surprised that the "Oceanos" wasn't there, because that is one of the more modern ship sinkings caught on camera. But overall it was great to see! And it's good to have you back! :)

[@MadTheDJ]

Take as long a break as you need, Mike, you'll always be our friend.

[@Randomeris1]

My friend Mike finally uploaded a new video, hell yeah

[@johnmiller8975]

Mike I have been an academic research librarian, I know the sheer amount of work that goes into producing a book, never mind a video of this caliber. Whether as a team or a single individual it's monumental. Kudos, Man

[@OceanlinerDesigns]

Thanks so very much!

[@StephanieGraham0129]

This was so well put together. The information and the footage were so intriguing. I had heard and read about some of these vessels, but the footage was all new to me. Thank you for creating this for everyone. 😊

[@jangroen5386]

my grandfather sailed on the MS Klipfontein also on January 8, 1953 when the ship sank. His story, photos about this disaster has always stayed with me.

[@fishwithlightbulb1064]

Omg this is the first time I have ever heard anyone talk about the Wahine! I grew up next to the beach were she sunk and it always interested me as a kid. Another horrific detail about the sinking was that many survivors in the sea including many elderly people were swept to the cliffs on the other side of the harbour and bashed against the rocks

[@brandonstevens5628]

I'm surprised you didn't talk about the oceanos. That footage is unreal and the story is quite interesting too. Perhaps it could appear in a possible part 2? Nevertheless, excellent video as always!

[@charleschris4123]

Thank you for mentioning Oceangate. It’s nice to hear someone say something good about the company considering their contribution to underwater research.

[@jacktaylor8195]

Other than another wreckage, what have Oceangate contributed to ocean research?

[@sirboomsalot4902]

@@jacktaylor8195Keeping up on the condition of Titanic and their scans on the Andrea Doria are two examples I can think of

[@alexbutler7269]

​​@@jacktaylor8195s he stated in the video, they surveyed the wreck of the Andrea Doria. this is extremely valuable information for those who do dives for research purposes, or even leisure.

[@TheSonic1685]

@@sirboomsalot4902 Ah yes "Update, Titanic is decaying." what amazing contributions to ocean research well worth the 5 dead people.

[@biscuitcase83]

They did nothing anyone else hasn't done...until they managed to 5 kill people on a Titanic expedition for the first time in the history of diving to the wreck

[@CriticoolHit]

Ocean gates origin story gets lore added to it here. Nice.

[@akwinoz]

Great episode again, but I have to admit the footage of HMS Barham really shocked me. All those men waiting for rescue that never made it home. Mind boggling how much damage a torpedoe can do to a ship!

[@Phaaschh]

Fantastic presentation, Mike. It always amazes me that anyone on HMS Barham could survive that enormous detonation, and its worth mentioning that the survivors were taken down to South Africa for treatment and recovery. Surely a judicious form of incarceration masquerading as rehabilitation for those men. Also worth looking out is the medium who caused consternation in the Admiralty by "revealing" the sinking just after it happened, during a seance held in Portsmouth.

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

Japanese sailors who'd suvived their ships being sunk at Midway were also quarantined on their return to Japan and sworn to secrecy afterward.

[@PhantomP63]

Same for those who survived Mutsu exploding at the pier.

[@ottaviobasques]

It's like Hood. Althought her crew losses here much more tragic, only 3 survivors.

[@MorrisHillmanVideos]

Hi Mike, the name of the young girl found amid the wreckage of the Stockholm's bow is Linda Morgan (you probably already know this). Her biological father, a journalist named Edward Morgan, even reported on the sinking and was subsequently photographed next to her while she recovered in hospital.

[@saintsfan1258]

Correct. Edward Morgan was a well-known journalist and anchor on the ABC Radio Network and went to ABC News on TV and helped cover the JFK Assassination.

[@MorrisHillmanVideos]

Wow!

[@ellebelle86]

Man, the HMS Barham footage is gutting to see, and that explosion is incredible - and while I'm not trying to be insensitive, I can't help thinking that the newsman who was filming the disaster was pretty amazing, holding that shot. Wow.

[@FlexBormarrsBoringAltAccount]

Every time I see the footage of the Barham I just think about how painful it would have been to hear that explosion being on the side of the ship

[@bowtiejess80]

Thanks Mike, you are awesome! Appreciate all of your hard work!

[@OceanlinerDesigns]

Thanks so much Jess!

[@SRFriso94]

Kind of surprised the Oceanos didn't make it onto this list, those last few minutes of that ship afloat are spectacular, and shows just how fast a ship can go from a bad list to completely under. But I suppose that footage is a bit too well-known and maybe even publically available, since it was a news helicopter that documented it.

[@johnwright291]

I'm 67 and spent my working years on tugboats. Watching films of sinking vessels taught me that they are capable of going under very rapidly. If I was ever in that circumstance I knew that there is no time to waste.

[@danielhamilton1438]

This is truly amazing thank you so much. Its quite sad that these beautiful ships end in watery graves and lives are lost. But these footages of the ship's are truly incredible.

[@kwd3109]

Supposedly there was a film taken by a German officer on the Kormoran during the Battle with HMAS Sydney. The story goes that the German officer buried the film and camera on the beach after coming ashore in Australia to keep it from the allies. The film wouldn't show the HMAS Sydney sinking but it's tantalizing to see what record of the naval battle it would have. I wonder if anyone ever went looking for it.

[@Lumine_Kai]

Hearing the name ocean gate after the... incident.. is an interesting sensation 💀

[@shannabauer]

Michael, thank you for another fantastic video! We appreciate the way you present your stories without sensationalizing it beyond belief. Also, love seeing someone who looks very professional during the presentation. It is such a welcome break from some of the other folks. Have a wonderful evening/morning and we'll will see you on the next video.

[@IronPaulRyan]

Babe, wake up! A new Oceanliner Designs video just dropped!

[@bradydacloud]

Welcome back Mike! It’s good to have you back! Great video as usual

[@OceanlinerDesigns]

Good to be back my friend!

[@BalhaMilan]

Amazing video as always! I'd love a second episode of this if you can find enough more footage. For one, I recommend the sinking of the Austro-Hungarian battleship, SMS Szent István (or Saint Stephen) whose capsizing was captured on film.

[@TheGrejp]

Same, I can't say I'm not at least a little disappointed he didn't include Szent Istvan, as it was the only battleship whose sinking was filmed during WW1. Not only that, but almost everyone aboard survived since the Austro-Hungarian navy required the crew to know how to swim, which was paradoxically not common at the time in other navies.

[@PatrickSmyers-gl5st]

I agree, the sinking of the Italian liner SS Rex , during WW2

[@melodyszadkowski5256]

All of the sinkings were tragedies, but the fact that they had audio for the sinking of HMS Barham was especially sad, knowing how many lives would be lost in the explosion. My deepest respect to those crew still eternally at sea.

[@BeenDead]

I have been binge watching your channel recently and just wanted to say the effort and time and research you put into these videos are amazing. Thank you for sharing your passion with us!

[@doctorbohr1585]

"She said I know what it's like to be dead......"

[@BeenDead]

@@doctorbohr1585 I said who put all that draft in your head?

[@doctorbohr1585]

@@BeenDead you're making me feel like I've never been born 😂

[@Holmes846]

Great video, quite informative! If you do another like this, the footage of the MTS Oceanos is online and quite dramatic as well.

[@jessicam5712]

This is fantastic, usually KZbin videos of sinking ships dont actually have any sinking ships in them but our friend Mike Brady never disappoints

[@robstrukk]

Hey Mike! Another good video. This is me commenting to ask for one of your videos on the Laconia Incident… Keep up the great content!

[@beckyboo3222]

We are all just grateful your still making awesome videos and great content ❤️ love ya 😁

[@OceanlinerDesigns]

Thanks Becky :)

[@pilotbug6100]

5:22 Oceangate Hmmmmmmm why is that familiar?

[@ultimatedude5610]

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[@ItsInEight5245]

My dad was in the US Coast Guard at the time of the Andrea Doria/Stockholm collision. He was working Air Sea Rescue for the Coast Guard, on duty in Boston, MA at the time. He received some of the first distress calls from the Andrea Doria. He had a friend that was a photographer for the Boston Globe newspaper and he managed to get him aboard a Coast Guard plane and he shot a series of photographs of the ships involved.

[@OrderOfTwisted]

I’ve never even been on a boat, but I love this channel so much. Thanks for all you do, Mike!

[@theannoyinghistorian1812]

5:22 😑😑😑

[@A.Netizen.Since.2010]

..Fascinating as always..Great job Mike! 👌🏼 ..I believe the footage of the HMS Barham is definitely gonna haunt me. .even if the sound of the exploration wasn't the original one but an added stock sound effect instead... ..But I don't have a clue on why did you skipped the sinking of the Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent Istvan & the Japanese warship IJN Yamato?..I hope you'll make a 2nd part where you include these two as well...Thank you so much for what you do for us viewers... . 🙏🏼💙🙂

[@ExplodingDeagle]

One small piece of trivia about the Andrea Doria, is her cargo on the last voyage. To be more specific, it's the concept car called the Chrysler Norseman. Penned by Chrysler designer Virgil Exner and hand-built by coachbuilder Carrozzeria Giha based in Turin, Italy, it was truly one of a kind. Innovative and radical from both a styling and engineering standpoint. The Norseman was to be shipped to the United States for the 1957 motor show. Arriving late at the Genoa port and missing it's intended shipment date, it was put on the Andrea Doria. Ultimately, sealing its fate. It still remains in cargo hold number 2, barely recognizable after 67 years on the bottom of the Atlantic. There is way more info about it out there but only a handful of photos exist showing it during construction and as a finished rolling (and possibly driving) car. On a second note, another fantasic, informative and enjoyable video to watch 😁

[@wheels-n-tires1846]

I remember reading about it in a Mopar mag years ago... It was a beautiful car. Exner never failed with his imaginitive and modernistic designs!!

[@RobertLydonReviews]

When I was 10 my mom got me a book called Ghost Ships and from that book my love of modern Martine history, the ocean liners and so much was born. I’m so glad I found your channel because I’m learning more and more.

[@rafaelpaes5666]

Amazing work, Mike, thank you! I remember when I was a kid seeing a KZbin video of a Greek cruise ship called Oceanos sinking in the South African Coast… Thankfully no one died that day 🙏🙏

[@kevinkeller4924]

The sinking of the liner Oceania and the slow agonizing death of the former SS America would also make interesting stories. You do a great job narrating!!

[@iiiSK8orDI3iii]

Probably the coolest and most eerie video I've watched in a long time. Great job. RIP to the souls lost aboard these vessels.

[@ethanswartz5161]

I believe HMS barham is one of only 2 videos of battleship sinking. The other is of an Austrian one during ww1 which I forget the name of. It always just amazes me that something so massive and strong could just be sunk like that.

[@carlmarris5543]

Thanks for covering the Wahine, it was decades before I was born but I grew up in Wellington - I lived in the suburb of Eastbourne which was the side of harbour where a few survivors but many deceased ended up. There is a memorial with the mast of the ship in the same area today. Wellington can get very stormy! it would have been hellish for those people.

[@morleysonthemove5624]

oceanliner designs is one of if not the best maritime channel on youtube

[@jeffreysalomone6354]

Incredible footage, and masterfully told stories of heroism. THANKS, Mike!

[@TheHylianBatman]

I had no idea there was period footage of Andrea Doria's wreck, that's simply amazing. What I would give for more footage like that. Also, the beginning felt like you were soothing someone's anxiety. "Yes, I'm still your friend".

[@W7DSY]

I was seven years old when the Andrea Doria sank, and I remember it well. It was THE news event. Thank you for a well-presented video.

[@janettepolt2815]

Boy, I gotta tell ya', this stuff is fascinating!! Thanks for doing all the research to bring it to us.

[@oriontaylor]

Another entry in the small category of liners sinking on film is Orient Line’s second Orama (the first one was also sunk but not on film). She was caught by the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper in the aftermath of the 1940 Norway invasion and sunk, fortunately empty of troops. I don’t know if the additional footage survives that wasn’t aired as part of a June or July 1940 issue of the German newsreel, Die Deutsche Wochenschau. The segment in question spent far more time concentrating on the catching of HMS Glorious by Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, but the footage of Orama is still striking.

[@OceanlinerDesigns]

Had no idea Orama’s sinking was filmed! Wow, thanks. I must try to track that down!

[@russelltaylor535]

Another sinking film that’s particularly amazing is that of the Austro-Hungarian battleship Szent Istvan near the end of WWI. She was torpedoed by Italian torpedo boats (Italy was on the Allies side in WWI). That someone was there to capture the sinking with a movie camera in 1918 is quite incredible.

[@paulgerard5413]

Mike, I’ve seen many of your videos and I’ve got to say; you are the consummate professional. Everything is well done, music is expertly chosen and there’s no overblown hype or drama. Subscribed and enjoying all your content. Well done sir.