RMS Lusitania, Old Head of Kinsale, 15th September, 2021

Dove at 1230, 91meters, 175min run time.

[@michaelbedinger4121]

May all the victims of this tragedy rest in peace.

[@ericoz650]

What is that means?

[@michaelbedinger4121]

​@@ericoz650Give it some thought.

[@Kwolfx]

Excellent use of contemporary photos to show us exactly what we were looking at on the wreck. Good job.

[@JonJaeden]

I did a report on the Lusitania in 8th-grade, nearly 60 years ago, and hadn't given it much thought since. But a minute into the video the date, May 7, 1915, popped into my mind ...

[@Droneworx421]

Did you know ? RMS lusitania actually had a couple lifeboats that sunk to the bottom of the ocean

[@dustingriffith7399]

I can actually believe that! Remember in history, RMS LUSITANIA was listing on her starboard side after the two explosions caused serious damage in her forward hull and when the sea surface was reaching up towards the Boat Deck, only 6 lifeboats were successfully launched, some lifeboats got damaged from falling down into the sea and few lifeboats got capsized while they floated away from the mother ship LUSITANIA. It was very hard for the crew to launch away all 48 lifeboats from the sinking of LUSITANIA, but I seriously wish all of the 48 lifeboats were successfully launched without 18 minutes of sinking.

[@sirboomsalot4902]

Most of them went down with her iirc

[@Droneworx421]

Damn, you know about the Lusitania lot

[@Droneworx421]

I know a lot about the titanic for myself

[@ilostmyaccountnamedsomethi8912]

I hope no one forgets me...

[@pacificoceantsunami8497]

Nice footage! First time I ever saw some footage of the wreck of the ol' Lucy....thanks for the upload!!!

[@mikeloghry9521]

Heart Wrenching of those who died abord her.

[@papadopp3870]

Far more than should have. Due to the the list, both starboard and port boats were extremely difficult to lower.

[@kojiemoji4907]

Is the Lusitania's wreck just a debris field at this point? It looks so unrecognizable!

[@sirboomsalot4902]

Basically yeah. Even her bow, which was recognizable when they found her, had collapsed

[@jirkamares3256]

Yeah by now it’s just a bunch of old twisted metal and other things at this point

[@BarrelofBurger9554]

I may not be correct but I think it has to do with a salvage team back in the 70’s I think.. they used pressurised explosions to salvage the wreck. Which probably caused it.

[@dimebagdave77]

Thanks so much for showing the decent.its like visiting a ghost

[@ih8hertz1]

Would be incredible to see one of these old liners raised

[@randompolishguy6476]

Sadly none are in condition to be raised especially Lusitania they have it the worst

[@doodledangernoodle2517]

@@randompolishguy6476the most probable ocean liner raise would be Britannic considering how intact she is as well as how shallow she sank. Apart from her bow getting broken when she hit the bottom, and her funnels getting torn off, she’s in one piece. But she now serves a new purpose as an artificial reef, now harboring way more life than she ever did above the water. But I do agree in letting the ships be. They are war graves and serve new purposes now as reefs. It’d be probably cheaper to just rebuild them too.

[@jirkamares3256]

Too bad this particular one is just debris at this point

[@lupanarmetalico9169]

Excelente video y música muchas gracias

[@madmanmechanic8847]

I wish they would bring in a ROV deep inside the ship would like to see the inside

[@kidneybone1534]

I´m not sure if theres something like an "inside" left.

[@madmanmechanic8847]

@@kidneybone1534 YOU ARE NOT AS STONED AS YOU THINK I AM .......................................

[@kidneybone1534]

@@madmanmechanic8847 ?

[@madmanmechanic8847]

@@kidneybone1534 I have no clue what your remark meant that is why you got my reply . I wanted to give you a WTF in return 🤨

[@RB-747]

@@madmanmechanic8847 the ship has completely collapsed is what he meant

[@DrBill-zv5dx]

They were warned by Germany in the Washington post to travel at your own risk to a war torn area because of U- boats ( 20) were in the area . RIP to all those 1198/1960 who perished on that cold May Day in 1915 . ❤️🙏🏼

[@timonsolus]

In 1915, no-one thought Germany (or any nation) would deliberately sink an ocean liner. Particularly not one still painted in civilian colours (troopships were painted in camouflage paint).

[@allewis4008]

@@timonsolus And as it turns out, she was full of ammunition. America and Britain have always had a love of engineering their own tragedies.

[@samuellivingston5255]

@@allewis4008 I’m pretty sure the german military had no idea that Lusitania had any weaponry or ammunition on board, even if they did it was still a deliberate act of terrorism on civilian lives because the ocean liner was technically not operating as a warship at the time. If the german military did know that Lusitania was shipping military supplies I can see why they would want to take down the ship but i can’t help but think whoever made the final decision to fire the missiles was not the smartest tool in the shed, because they should’ve known how the public and military in America/Britain would take it

[@samuellivingston5255]

@@rangefinderz5135 oh ok thanks for that information :)

[@jaimieboy999]

Amazing dive. Id find it so hard not to take a porthole.

[@xMandalorex]

I would, even though "it's a protected site" as they say.. fuck that The bell was recovered (i've seen it) somewhere in manchester now (was in liverpool)

[@therealtony2009]

@@xMandalorex bro you sound like an absolute idiot "why should i respect the gravesite of 1,100 people! i want a porthole!

[@xMandalorex]

@@therealtony2009 LOL did i say "respect the gravesite?" LOL I'm totally with you man, i want a port hole or some of the hull lol

[@therealtony2009]

@@xMandalorex its a gravesite and taking something from it is like taking a casket you think looks nice from a graveyard

[@xMandalorex]

@@therealtony2009 maritime law though it's "protected" as they say, but isn't protected on the same levels as the titanic.

[@brandonlee6158]

This is my birthday rip to all those lost

[@michaelbedinger4121]

Great video. I have two questions, if I may; 1. Do you have to obtain special permission to dive on the wreck? 2. Does the Irish navy maintain a regular patrol around the wreck site to prevent looting? Thank you very much.

[@kirandhakne1768]

You don't need to take anyone's permission to dive.

[@kirandhakne1768]

Everything got already looted by British people. Now there is nothing to loot

[@michaelbedinger4121]

@@kirandhakne1768 Ok, thank you very much for the information. But does the Irish navy keep an eye on anyone around the wreck? I read somewhere that they do.

[@michaelbedinger4121]

@@kirandhakne1768 Ok, thank you very much again. Please ignore my last post. I posted it before I saw your second post. Thank you, again.

[@kirandhakne1768]

@@michaelbedinger4121 yes. Where r u from?

[@jolie2861]

Let those that be entombed in the Lusitania rest in peace , do not turn it into a circus as with the Titanic...as well as those lost on the Indianapolis..let their story be told through books/history.

[@dustingriffith7399]

Both RMS TITANIC and RMS LUSITANIA share a place together in the same ocean where they both sunk but at different locations! Don't forget both ships and their passengers and crew from 1,500 and 1,200 lost souls have all suffered the same fate. R.I.P. 🚢TITANIC🚢LUSITANIA

[@gracegrasso9376]

Why can't they take pieces of her and have the world see her beauty and tell the story of her demise. The people on that ship had know idea that's German shipd would destroy her and over 1000 people died and Some 700 were saved. This story should be told like the Titanic.

[@Wanamaker1946]

Nothing would be left to see inside the Lusitania….nothing. All the beauty in carved wood and decorative plaster and all interior finery would’ve been eaten up by plank tin with in the first decade of having been under water. Also, the steel and iron posts and beams are completely untrustworthy. It all appears that it is all fattening out to nothing in time. Dishes, cutlery, and bronze elements are all within reach. It was indeed an exquisite ship…yacht-like even… You might enjoy the the Canadian Liner set of ships builded in the 1920’s and interior design by White*Alom. The New Britain and the New Ireland.

[@IrishPagan99]

Trust me is still talked about to and it's history, well dose in my home town of Ireland 🇮🇪 Cóbh Co. Cork

[@enriquemireles8947]

How long has her position been known and has anything been retrieved?

[@jamesszumowski6637]

Far too many.

[@ohlawdy6855]

A lot has been retrieved. A whistle, in particular

[@xMandalorex]

@@ohlawdy6855 How? i thought it was a "protected site" was the bell ever retrieved? and if so, where is it located? uk or usa? just taken a piece of the hull even "hand size" would sell A LOT

[@nater9447]

@@xMandalorex She sank within sight of the Irish coastline. An Irish family out for a picnic actually witnesssed her get torpedoed and sink.

[@royalflush5000]

This may surprise you, but 3 of the 4 propellers have been raised as well.

[@aus71383]

lots of ordnance down there

[@01782644468]

Look but don't touch, that's my view, both here and with the Titnic etc. Every aspect of both ships is known, regarding construction/trim/fittings etc so I really don't see any need to raise/plunder anything from either wreck. Let it and those who died rest in peace.

[@matthewmilam286]

That pulley is not the same one in the photo It’s an open face compared to a closed face

[@nlikos180]

This wreck is pretty smash and doesn’t look much left?

[@xMandalorex]

The bow size has a 80 foot hole (due to the torpedo) but in general the entire ship isn't that bad (should be raised imo) and put in a museum

[@JamesF0790]

@@xMandalorex The ship has almost totally collapsed

[@christophermyers3758]

Very haunting music to accompany the footage. Actually teared up watching. 😢 Thank you for providing photo references from the Lusitania with the images of the wreck at the bottom. Have there been very many artifacts ie. dishes, bottles or ship parts brought up from the wreck, as with the Titanic? If so, have they been preserved and on display anywhere? 🤔

[@the_poseidon_adventure]

It is very emotional. We didn't recover anything from the wreck as our licence didn't permit. I'm not sure how much as been retrieved and preserved to date.

[@genekelly8467]

Like visiting a junkyard-except on the bottom of the ocean.

[@kevinhoffman6592]

Curious bout secrets in the hold . i guess we do know answer to that . RIP travelers .

[@hendrinatuuthigilwa171]

Why am i here in 2023? Coz i love history

[@billiejeanirizarry8384]

You know its kinda surprising that titanic and lusitania were enemy ships to eachother and they both sank

[@paytondh99]

They weren’t enemy ships. They were sister ships built at the same yard in Belfast.

[@thejagotishow]

@@paytondh99 No they weren’t. Titanic was built at Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Lusitania was built by John Brown in Clydebank.

[@aricelacuneo7513]

@@paytondh99 They were part of different shipping lines too, both of those (White Star) and (Cunard) being rivals

[@BellyLover06]

@@aricelacuneo7513 and yet Carpathia, a Cunard liner, attempted to come to Titanic's rescue.

[@aricelacuneo7513]

@@BellyLover06 It is ironic, but its still a ship, and there were lives on the line

[@thezootopiahusky]

Was there any remains found on the lusitania?

[@jeffc7486]

So we're you guys actually inside of the ship or is it that decrepit from the outside? It's hard to tell.

[@Sam-vb2gj]

Lusitania is almost completely collapsed so they were outside the ship. The interiors are mostly scattered on the seabed where the superstructure fell apart.

[@sirboomsalot4902]

They were outside. The hull has completely collapsed so there’s not really any interior left to enter.

[@philosophyofmany4317]

May the victims Rest in peace.

[@isaacjaimegongora6562]

10 likes im coming to the wreck from lusitania and carpathia

[@crippleguy415]

No mention of the war supplies loaded onto the ship . Like the thousands of rounds of .303 British ammo ? . We are partly responsible for the loss of every life on this ship . Using a passenger liner to smuggle war supplies means this ship was not neutral . Sad but true .

[@brianbozo2447]

I spoke to a British navy diver once who dived the lusitania who said there were detonators scattered on the sea floor Lusitania sank in 18 minutes after being torpedoed

[@genekelly8467]

Not only rifle cartridges aby shells, detonators, aluminum powder and Canadian troops. Churchill and Fisher were actually quite pleased with the disaster, as they wanted President Wilson to declare war on Germany. Had the USA stayed out, WW2 would never had happened.

[@ToreDL87]

They retrieved .303 british rifle ammo a couple years ago, look it up, just crates and crates of it everywhere.

[@genekelly8467]

The ship was actually an armed RNR cruiser, Its officers were RNR officers. It was (eefectively) a warship flying a civilian flag.

[@LilyRose37.]

⁠@@genekelly8467the crew on board were of Cunard

[@Ruhaaaaa..]

I wish titanic was at a divable debth so we coyld see its interior

[@Juggernaut30]

Such a shame how Lusitania looks today and what they had done to her. Drilling holes and use of explosiv to salvage the screws....😏

[@TooCheez]

If you think the Lusitania didn’t deserve what happened to it 👇

[@colin2608]

My man clout chasing and begging for likes off a tragedy look at urself

[@local_toaster_oven9365]

Possible to raise?

[@connorredshaw7994]

No chance she's in too badly damaged to be raised in my opinion she's in worse shape than the Titanic the strong currents and her laying on her side don't help

[@josephayers7395]

Are you crazy. The ship has been destroyed.

[@patomaloqueiro7474]

@@josephayers7395 what do you have? still you can lift it

[@luizfilipelannes]

Triste essa tragédia

[@nancydemoss2945]

Such a sad event.

[@jrgnc1]

Didn't really need the piano recital for this.

[@jamesrey4275]

The British depth bombed the wreck for reason "unknown" hence why it is in such a sorry state.

[@timothyroberts8347]

The last time I read God can save anyone

[@patomaloqueiro7474]

raise the lusitania

[@Roger67164]

bruh I don't think theres anything left in there to raise other than a few rusted metal sheets, couple of porthole windows and some furniture pieces. The ship is completely gone bro.

[@thedarkwolfv7233]

Sad how it's just a pile of wreckage now

[@Nookdashiddole]

KING TRUMP THE WELL ENDOWED

[@Chadman66]

Mv wilhelm gustloff

[@spring-bonnie5552]

Si yo tengo que hacer eso me da un patatús

[@josephbogan3114]

Dead place, no fish, starfish, crabs, nada

[@scotttait2197]

No commentary? Spare a thought for people with visual impairment

[@SEPK09]

Music choice poor, something better would have been easier on the ear.!

[@mosilflutil10]

That music isn’t nessesary at all

[@sukumarda7805]

Fake photo

[@bigd1374]

Horrible footage not even high def....do better

[@jaimieboy999]

Turd burglar

[@cliffordwells2793]

Better try it yourself!!

[@-valmetal-]

your name is “Big D” ur the only person here that needs to do better lmfao

[@aricelacuneo7513]

Its underwater luv, what do you expect