5 Mysterious Ghost Ships

This video is a compilation of:
Carroll A. Deering: • The Strange Mystery of...
SS Bannockburn: • The Flying Dutchman of...
SS Baychimo: • SS Baychimo: The Myste...
SS Waratah: • The Strange Disappeara...
Resolven: • The Ghost Ship SV Reso...
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Chapters:
0:00 Carroll A. Deering
19:48 SS Bannockburn
33:50 SS Baychimo
43:07 SS Waratah
1:00:02 Resolven
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[@danielheald411]

I think of the Baychimo as a kind ship, that just wanted to live it's own life. So when she spotted her opportunity she acted more hurt than she was and after the men left her, she was finally free. She sailed wherever and whenever she wanted and found that the nomadic life suited her quite well. Then one day she felt a storm coming on and saw some Inuit people nearby, knowing that the storm was quite a fierce one she beckoned them to come on board. And just in the nick of time they boarded her and even though there was no heat she could provide shelter from the wind and snow. After the storm she bade them farewell and set off again. Over the years she found that she had become too famous and was seen less and less as she avoided the spotlight. Finally one day after many years Baychimo felt the old familiar storm approaching and the sea said it was her time. After all these years the Baychimo reflected on her life and adventures and made peace with the fact that it was her time and slipped peacefully beneath the waves.

[@thejudgmentalcat]

Beautiful ❤

[@giggiddy]

Boy can I relate to old Baychimo. When its time, its time...

[@jeffcampbell1555]

"If a ship developed the soul of a dolphin."🐬

[@philnewcomers9170]

dont talk rubbish she is still out there some where!ttfn& ty

[@robertmosher7418]

​@@philnewcomers9170I am not criticizing your response here. Just wondering what your closing letters mean? TTFN & TY. The TY is thank you, yes? So what is the TTFN?

[@frankievalentine6112]

Baychimo sounds more like a blessed ship than a cursed ship.

[@myjinji8079]

The story of SS Baychimo is so captivating. Incredible what a legacy a man-made hunk of steel can leave behind for us to wonder about. Thank you for the video.

[@sypoth]

The Baychimo is my all time favorite ghost ship. Nobody died because of it (that we know of), it actually saved lives when it showed up just before a severe storm and provided shelter, AND it just wandered around defying all attempts to salvage it and predictions of its demise while also navigating better than if she were manned. I've been silently wishing for her to make another appearance or for her final fate to be learned but alas neither has happened.

[@marhawkman303]

It was a good design. I wonder how she'd have done if she hadn't been abandoned.

[@frankievalentine6112]

...And it never will. 🦜

[@sasha1mama]

I'm sure she'll turn up. The Light does not abandon its champions.

[@mikesapp3241]

@@sasha1mamanice! I’m stealing this. Baychimo is a happy sounding name anyway, Unless it means something twisted like prolapsed asshole in French or something.

[@eveapple4928]

Baychimo sounds like a Guardian Angel ship who sheltered the lost, not a cursed or spooky ship. Seems she always showed up to help those in need ❤

[@random22026]

The BAYCHIMO story: the most eerie, truly 'ghostly', tangible mirage. Incredible.

[@kasvinimuniandy4178]

Whoaa.. the first one.. if only the three cats could talk.. I strongly believe the captain was harmed and his cabin ransacked for valuables. The crew's missing personal effects indicate a voluntary abandonment of the ship. That steamship that hid its name sounds suspicious. The poor captain and the engineer.

[@FerretKibble]

Definitely sounds like piracy was involved - with the captains' cabin being occupied at some point by someone else.

[@mikesapp3241]

Piracy or mutiny but he wanted to land in VA and not go all the way up the coast. I can imagine working with that crew of shitheads, I do it daily.

[@luvstotroll]

Christopher Columbus..... Grey 😂😂😂😂😂

[@frankievalentine6112]

Why did he do it??

[@The11thSon.]

@@frankievalentine6112 dead pan humor. I lol'd.

[@chriscothran8744]

Yo this guy is too humble! Big Old Boats has a whole in-depth and fantastically researched video on the SS Marquette & Bessemer No. 2 mentioned during the beginning of the SS Bannockburn chapter, please go check it out it's an amazing production!

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

Ok AI

[@6killer6cutler6]

😮 35:24 o 😅

[@raquellofstedt9713]

The Carrol E. Deering was such a lovely ship.

[@miapdx503]

She was stunning. Such a beauty. They don't make them like that anymore. 🌹⚓

[@whyjnot420]

E?

[@sdriza]

​@@whyjnot420A?

[@whyjnot420]

@@sdriza Also missing an "L" in Carroll.

[@scottyfox6376]

She was awe inspiring & im sure the old sea salts would nod with approval while packing a fresh pipe bowl under their SouWesters hats. "Gaarr she'd round the Cape in fine fettle".

[@lisadolan689]

I’ve watched them all. Many repeatedly. I love this content. I really do. The irony of this fascination is that I have an all encompassing mortal fear of boats. All boats. 😐 For my whole entire life. It’s unexplainable. There was no ‘event’. I am a strong swimmer having ocean swam since childhood. I have absolutely no rational reason to find these docos so completely fascinating. Weird. Thank you for the efforts 🙏♥️

[@CJM-rg5rt]

My comment could be very similar except I'm only afraid of sunken ships. Something about a massive freighter just lying beneath the still waters is terrifying.

[@Harpeia]

HA!! I have a very real phobia of ships (also since earliest memory, also no event, also strong swimmer) and that brought me to this content. Trying to get rid of it, that is. Hearing and understanding these stories managed to tone down the reaction to -seeing- ships. The channel's professional approach to these topics really makes one of my all-time favourite things on the internet. Though... now I wonder how many of the viewers share this curious state of mind.

[@lockerracing7121]

Same here. I'm terrified of sunken/underwater objects. Even in a swimming pool. But I LOVE learning about ships and shipwrecks, and this channel is one of my favorites to listen to as I drift off to sleep.

[@pickles3128]

Do you have dreams about boats? I have the same obsessive fear but with planes. Ever since young childhood, I have had nightmares a plane would crash outside my house. People would run around screaming injured and on fire but I can't help, usually because debris has destroyed my front stairwell or sometimes I can't move. Think it's due to living under a runway, and the sound of the engines getting louder influenced my dream.

[@peytonmac1131]

I think it's because ships feel alive, for me at least. A broken or sunken ship is like a dead body, or instills the same dread. I don't know why my brain insists on comparing boats to something alive, but a mouth opening and eating me is a vision I get near them.

[@needlepark212]

Hooray for the 3 kitty cats master sailors that were rescued!

[@esbliss13]

👍

[@Chris-rt5qu]

I found a source that says the only living being was a six-toed cat 🤔😂

[@gqwilts]

Im glad you covered the Baychimo. I'd seen a longer video on her and couldn't remember her name. She's got such an amazing history and story, and is such a part of Northern Canada culture, I'm sure her story will live and eventually grow to godess level of lore. Im glad i saw the thumbnail for the Great Lake's wrecks and watched it. Nice to know about where a person lives. I appreciate the way you educate us. I'd noticed one of your Patreon's is another creator I greatly respect and admire. That was good enough for me to subscribe and see more. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and work so hard for us, and yourself.

[@BabyScatha]

the backround sound is soooo creepy. so good. especially during ss baychimo.

[@flapjackfae]

I do not at all mind hearing these stories over. Your storytelling is always factual and unfantastical, respectful of those lost and those left behind, and presented in one of the most pleasant, listenable voices among all the YT channels I watch. You are a pleasure and a treasure.

[@biensurthomas6971]

Very professional production and extremely evocative. The video resonates with melancholia awa mystery. I immediately subscribed to the channel on my way in. Kudos!

[@Duececoupe]

You nailed the name of her, Ångermanälven! Well done, bravo! Most excellent video, phenomenal work and story telling! 👍🏻👌🏼👏🏻

[@wagashi]

This channel was such a perfect recommendation from the algorithm! I have never cared about boats at all, but these stories are so well presented that I'm totally invested. Great stuff!

[@jared1870]

I love logging in to find Big Old Boats. Thank you.

[@feralfoods]

great editing and excellent use of the old footage, you really bring these stories to life. thank you.

[@tabbitee]

There's something strangely evocative about the name 'Bannockburn' and I can't for the life of me think what it is, but I love it.

[@martinzelinka6487]

Maybe a reference to the battle of Bannockburn?

[@frankievalentine6112]

Aye, that'll be ye ol bannockburn ag'in!

[@whoarewe7515]

🤣

[@roselightinstorms727]

The SS Baychimo.The winds and weather is floating her along❤

[@Lndmk227]

What I take away from the Baychimo story is... ... that that was a damn well-built ship.

[@IceyCat134]

of course it was, it was Swedish!

[@orionwesley]

Have you ever thought to explore any stories about sinkings on the Columbia River Bar? I just got back from the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria, Oregon and wow! I had no idea so many disasters were so close to where I live!

[@ozone-xv7hk]

I was just about to bring up that museum! It’s a fantastic experience. And it has so many artifacts from the time you can almost imagine those old piers and ports that were teeming with cargo.

[@TheEarl777]

The Carol E Deering does seem to have been purposely abandoned as both lifeboats were missing. And it would seem that unfortunately no one survived in those lifeboats. Or they died on the Hewitt.

[@jonathanabbott8579]

Great job as always. You create an awesome gloomy atmosphere. Informative and entertaining.

[@joecombs7468]

I've investigated & written about the Bannockburn before. Good job on the video.

[@robertshears7591]

Baychimo bell hangs within Robert James home on shore of Chukchi Sea in Wainwright Alaska. I know this because for many years it was the home where I too resided. There is an interesting book published describing how upon her abandonment she was returning to Europe with canadian uranium ore in her hold

[@frankievalentine6112]

Builder of Baychimo when he heard it's left to just break apart: 😆😆😆😂

[@steinarvilnes3954]

Not really sure, but feel your voice is even more fitting than usual when describing such mysterious happenings as here, when ships dissapear to never being heard of again and such :)

[@Dakiraun]

Soooo good. I had watched each original video - but the stories are so enjoyable, it was nice to watch them all again.

[@p.k.5455]

Ive been up to the top of the Hatteras lighthouse. Pretty awesome stories and great video as always!

[@jeffcampbell1555]

Is that the one moved inland to save it from erosion? It's a beauty.

[@p.k.5455]

@jeffcampbell1555 yeah, they rolled it to the new spot. It's in a beautiful spot now too. The old spot is half washed away.

[@p.k.5455]

I know, that was really awesome! And I saw the last time there that the old spot was still just barely there

[@Feline_Frenzy53]

Wonderful video. You have a great voice for storytelling. So soothing. Thank you!

[@WhitneyDahlin]

Im literally OBSESSED with your channel! Im so happy i found it! Finally after 10 years on KZbin they recommended me something i actually wanted to see 😂

[@stucook8622]

I find it incredible they would decide to shut the lighthouse off with ships still on the water. Thank you for another great video. ⚓

[@captainprice4]

Such an amazing video. I really enjoy it. Thank you

[@user-uk3cr7nc7t]

A whole hour? Oh how you spoil us c:

[@Bobbymaccys]

It’s like BOB knows my lunch breaks! ❤

[@thejudgmentalcat]

BOB also knew Halloween doesn't end on November 1st for some of us 👍

[@GloriousSEAGRUB]

Great video!

[@markevans2972]

great job ......relaxing and very intriguing

[@jeffcampbell1555]

I just read the comments. You have a terrific following! These stories really are haunting, but that's in part due to your talents as a writer and narrator. You imbue your posts with nostalgia, good humor and melancholy--no small accomplishment.

[@SNP-1999]

Five mast schooners like the Carroll A. Deering were arguably the most beautiful ships that ever sailed the oceans. Such a pity that their era belongs to the past.

[@luishernndez8367]

I think the Deering was likely a cause of both mutiny and weather. It should be noted that hurricanes usually do not form during the months of January and February, so it’s very likely a strong low-pressure system from the eastern coast ravaged the boat, most likely a Nor’Eastern.

[@ketaminefrog3897]

That’s gotta fucking suck, getting caught in a hurricane and making it away to a new ship just for it to disappear

[@realisticprepper8849]

I’m new ish here. I’ve been addicted to this channel for a couple months now but I subscribed today 🙌 I love this channel

[@BigOldBoats]

Welcome aboard!

[@stevetoolkrazy9998]

This is such a fantastic show!!! Cristina, you do this so well. Communication really is your gift,. I was in info overload until the redundancy was stated. Can't get enough info now. Thank you for your tireless efforts.. 😊😊😊

[@chrisd6053]

Another great video keep up the good work

[@SNP-1999]

How tragic is that ? To be saved from an endangered vessel by another ship just passing nearby, only to go down with her during the same terrible storm (as one theory went pertaining to the missing crew of the Carroll A. Deering). !!!

[@oywiththewaywardtardis]

I did not remember that I had this video queued up, and that intro was SERIOUSLY CREEPY. 🤣 that is all, continuing to listen now.

[@ewamumu3193]

I enjoyed the way you present things

[@saiyansogordo1483]

Kamloops next please!! 😁

[@kflip2indy]

Old Whitey!

[@ukaszwalczak1154]

'Oi oi m8, y'got a loicense fo' tha' loighta flewid'

[@GwenHawman]

My great grandfather was the chief engineer on-board the Kamloops when it went down 96 years ago.

[@saiyansogordo1483]

@GwenHawman I made the video as respectfully as I could, and I have a huge passion and reverence for the people who went down on it. I wonder how much you know about his story or what happened? I'd love to do an interview with a family member from that ship and share the story.

[@V2designs]

Idk why but cars and ships seem to have souls to me. its always hard to watch them go or be scrapped.

[@asdatrollys8944]

As someone who has cats I know exactly what happened to the crew… the cats definitely nudged them all over the side for no apparent reason.

[@iamconmasfra]

Wild to here the one Captain is from Port Dalhousie, grew up in St. Catharines (which Port is now a port of or as the locals pronounce it, port-dal-uzi) and never heard of it!

[@Vicus_of_Utrecht]

*hear

[@user-ur1xk6uu7f]

Great job! Any chance you could do an episode that maps out Full or No-Moons to events? Might give way to some neat demographics.

[@BigOldBoats]

I'm not sure if I can always find that info but it would be interesting to track!

[@anaxis]

Bannockburn is like a Missing 411 case, except a ship instead of a person.

[@carollewis3973]

I love the story of the Baychimo!! All of them are interesting but Baychimo is great!

[@chadpenner5059]

Great sea doc 😊...I love the old Hollywood ship film footage...thank you !!! 5 stars🎉

[@SNP-1999]

I recently found this fascinating channel just by chance and became immediately addicted. Extremely well researched and presented, the videos are of the highest quality. I would however like to point out one minor aspect that caught my attention - one does not know whether the footage shown in some cases, or photos, are actually authentic pertaining to the subject matter - a brief note at the bottom (e.g. stating "original footage/ photo" or "not original") would be appreciated, I think, by all viewers. Keep up the great work, best regards from Hamburg, Germany.😊

[@ketaminefrog3897]

The Baychimo should she be found floating deserves to be brought back to civilization

[@Fingermanant1234]

Hatteras is an amazing and mysterious place. The outer banks holds many secrets within her deadly waters!

[@jesterr7133]

When it comes to the Deering, I think the theory that the crew was rescued by the steamship that later sank is the most plausible theory. If the crew members were lost that close to shore, it is highly unlikely that none of the bodies would have washed up on the shore. At least one of them would have been found.

[@Sharon-marie]

I bet lots of ships and fishing boats crew have a lot of crazy stories to tell of their experiences at sea.

[@SNP-1999]

Could the Bannockburn have suffered far more serious damage to her hull in the collision that occured before she sailed on her final voyage? The hull plate later found could point to the possibility that she apparently sank from one minute to the next, which could have been caused by catastrophic flooding through loosened or missing plates of the hull, sending her down to the bottom of the lake, literally within seconds?

[@jedimindtricks5880]

I dont think it is possible for such a ship to sink within Meer seconds even if the hull had been punched in?

[@XDrZaneX]

​@@jedimindtricks5880 The Edmund Fitzgerald would beg to differ I think.(as close to seconds as I know of on the lakes). As well as a few others I'm sure, as before wireless we have no idea how many went down nor how fast.

[@lauraholmes2402]

If there was ever a ship that had a soul, the Baychimo is probably it.

[@FerretKibble]

I'm curious as to exactly how much "further questioning" CC Grey was put through before he admitting writing the note...

[@crazydrummer181]

I was just looking for new ghost ship videos not too long ago. Thanks.

[@aprylrittenhouse4562]

❤❤ I love it when you post. Such interesting topics. And that enchanting voice.I live right next to the lake Michigan triangle and I've always been drawn to Big old boats also❤

[@aspie-anarchist9854]

Wow some how the ship with no deaths is the creepiest. Like my mind cant comprehend an unmanned ship lasting for 40 years in the artic! Some of the worst storms, waves, ice , wind and snow i just wow.

[@Heavygravy447]

I really like your videos keep up the good work 😀

[@talex1625]

That poor young boy, orphaned and only on that ship working to support his younger brothers. Heartbreaking! I wonder what became of them after they lost him too.

[@clarsach29]

Could the Baychimo really have stayed afloat for that long through all those winters and storms? Hard to believe but you never know, sometimes strange things like that occur.

[@marmedd6312]

An hour long video? My goodness you spoil us

[@janeanf123]

I love listening to your narrations. Thank you!

[@ssokolow]

The note you ended the Baychimo segment on really cuts away at my enthusiasm to watch more of your videos when there are so many other channels that don't bring supernatural nonsense into stuff that's creepy enough on its own.

[@kasvinimuniandy4178]

This channel is so well done! High quality!

[@graybeardproductions2597]

That'd be horrible to see that ghost ship fighting her eternal storm

[@privatepilot4064]

Sounds like Captain Nor’on was in a fix!

[@Dagreatestwaffle]

The baychimo wasn’t cursed, but benevolent. Escorting and sheltering those that needed her

[@Craig-mk6uk]

Really enjoyed this. Was a great listen 😊

[@synesthesia.aesthetic]

I love your little spooky intro

[@jomama5186]

What a fantastic job you did and what beautiful footage ! You are so articulate. I love it ! Merry Christmas to you and yours and ❤&🙏 to you always! J♡

[@jesterr7133]

I want to commend you. You have a natural talent for coming up with interesting and unique lines to use in your videos. You are very good at what you do, and I really enjoy your videos. You should try poetry if you don't already. You have a talent with words that can't be taught. It's a natural gift. I loved the closing line in the Resolven video.

[@margauxpnw]

Baychimo is the best. I named my car Baychimo because it’s always been my favourite ship story. ❤

[@semperparatus678]

I seen a ghost ship while commercial fishing in the Gulf of Maine. She was fricking huge. I don't tell anyone as they would think I'm full of shit. I was doing a wheel watch steaming back to the dock. She was seen at George's banks. This is the first time I'd said anything about it.

[@taylorslade961]

Well, at least the cats were okay

[@VanessaScrillions]

God I adore this channel so so so much. These videos are so well made and beautiful. Do you have a patreon?

[@BigOldBoats]

Thank you so much! Yes, I do: www.patreon.com/BigOldBoats

[@rider6500]

I like how all those stolen ships brought nothing but bad luck to the thieving Anglos.

[@AnnabelleBeaudoin]

Great video ❤👍 was nice to hear my home town of Welland Ontario Canada mentioned. Welland Canal

[@Williams.L]

Intriguing video and I love the old bw footage

[@bussinpugina]

This video is so well made I love it

[@MadBeausuff]

Love this episode.

[@imogenx9145]

I really enjoy your narration

[@paulwheeler9572]

There is a monument commemorating that loss, Truro, Mass.

[@karenmcdonald7801]

I loved this, the footage was wonderful too.

[@MrArby343]

Yay

[@earthstepper]

The Baychimo...that's some good German engineering right there.

[@lisaborsella5412]

By the way, you have a most relaxing and reliable voice. Perfect

[@frankievalentine6112]

Will you do a big ol sunken train?? Like the one in Fingerbone?

[@bens52310]

The name of the musical piece that starts about 1:42 alludes me, does anyone know what ours called??