The SS Cimbria Disaster

[@MightyMezzo]

I couldn’t help noticing the similarities between this disaster and the sinking of the Andrea Doria 73 years later. The many improvements in maritime safety meant a much lower death toll, and yet, the survivors benefited from the Il de France being in the area, and that Captain’s willingness to abort his own voyage and sail to the rescue. And, yes, thank you for the names of those lost.

[@kendavis8046]

I'd never heard of this tragedy. Thanks seems to be the wrong way to express my appreciation for you telling us this, as people died, but thanks nonetheless.

[@ajg617]

Neither had I and my ancestors traveled from Hamburg to NY in that time frame. Not even a wikipedia page. Pretty sad. Thank you for posting the story.

[@mar4kl]

I love how you put a human touch on history by showing all the names of the victims, where applicable. And I think the sentence, "Don't all good stories [pause] involve pirates?" should become your tagline!

[@Guangrui]

It is

[@MorrisHillmanProductions]

Back in those days, a disaster at sea was considerably more dangerous than now. We have to remember that back then, there were no radios, so once the lifeboats were detached from the falls (ropes used to lower the boats), the passengers were totally at the mercy of the sea, and many died while waiting for a rescue that never came.

[@wendywhite4537]

Thank you for sharing this information. We as a society tend to forget things like this. The Titanic has been thrown in our face constantly. This was has not been. No movies, no books, nothing. It’s good to remember the past

[@RolloTonéBrownTown]

Agree in giving thanks to this great channel. In less than two years I've learned more about actual history from these videos in than I did in school

[@NVRAMboi]

Like others below, I'm surprised I've never heard/seen anything of this until today. Thanks HG. A very worthy subject.

[@davidk2906]

Thank you Mister History Guy. I am so deeply touched by his forgotten sea tragedy.

[@agbook2007]

There *should* be a Wikipedia page. Thank you for highlighting forgotten history. What a tragedy.

[@iNowHateAtSigns]

There is a note, at least. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_shipwrecks_in_January_1883#19_January

[@mariebelladonna437]

Thank you, Sir, for remembering the people and events so many others have forgotten. Thank you for saying their names. I also want to say, THG, you have one of the most expressive, emotive faces I have ever seen. And your precise, measured elocution, your flawless grammar, your alliteration, and even the timbre of your voice, are pure audio pleasure. And all of this while teaching one of my favorite subjects. I am here for all of it. In short, my friend, you are History and Grammar ASMR. One of my absolute favorite channels on KZbin.

[@flkoolguy]

Had not heard of this tragedy before seeing this video. THG thanks for keeping the history alive. You should trademark the phrase "Don't all good stories involve pirates."

[@capt.titustheunstoppable8491]

When I was in the Navy, they told us that no matter how far you go out, that you are no more than a few of miles from land. Straight down.

[@peterpepelehew6283]

Thanks for sharing the history and the names - "They say you die twice. Once when you stop breathing and the second, a bit later on, when somebody mentions your name for the last time." - Bansky

[@markpaul-ym5wg]

You are correct.Its called the great white throne judgement.Everyone will be judged according to what they say,and do.BELIEVE THAT.Give the Lord thanks everyday.

[@donQpublic]

My dog came back to life after cardiac arrest. He stopped breathing and his eyes grew dim. I held his head in my hands and shouted “CHAMP BREATH!” He slowly came back to me and lived for another 4 months.

[@RolloTonéBrownTown]

Actually there's heart death and then biological death a few minutes later. So your vandalism guy was kinda right

[@RolloTonéBrownTown]

​@@markpaul-ym5wgof course it's white. Stop shoving your frequently changed, physically impossible fairy tales down people's throats

[@crispy6311]

You're attributing Banksy to that quote? Lmfao

[@Benjaminjgarrett]

Thanks!

[@godwottery2552]

I'm a navy veteran, and I have a liking for nautical imagery, but I didn't notice until the very end that you have anchors on your bow tie. Nice touch for a story about a maritime disaster!

[@MegaJackpinesavage]

Mr Geiger, yours is sincerely a class act, your tasteful perspectives impeccable. Thank you for your gentle reminders as to our shared humanity. Always be as kind to yourself.

[@stevegallagher687]

Excellent. Learned something new. This is why I watch.

[@frankgulla2335]

Thank you, THG, for bringing these forgotten moments of history back to life.

[@jamesengland7461]

What a horrible event marked by hopelessness, suicides, and yes, murders and attempted murders.

[@Benjaminjgarrett]

Why I watch this show is because of episodes like this, something’s they are funny always they are interesting but something I see they really do deserve to be remembered. Thank you

[@HM2SGT]

*What a fearful mishap. For some reason this reminds me strongly of the Empress of Ireland, or Andrea Doria and Stockholm*

[@YourLoyalHighness87]

0:30 so…. I’m 36, in high school I did well except grade 11 history I failed the same class with the same teacher five times. So I thought I didn’t like history and pretty much avoided it my whole life. The last year or so however, I’ve been watching and reading more and more about history and realize I freaking LOVE it!!! lol I’m also still friends with people from high school abd they say they think it was due to the teacher never getting us interested or anything, just put notes on the projector every single day and we were to study them and they were so complex. But he didn’t even teach us about the subject before the notes, so that iron made a huge difference! At least for me anyway.. now that you’re aware of my life story 😂 lol I just found your channel and I’m super excited. Last night I watched another channel who did an amazing job on the retelling if the SS Atlantic and I live in New Brunswick so that was cool too! Anyway, I’m pumped for this video, so without further ado…. Let’s gooo! ❤

[@patriciasmith4800]

I had heard of this tragedy a long time ago. But thanks for reminding us, they should not be allowed to be forgotten either...

[@BronzeGiant]

Thanks to you so much history that "Deserves to be remembered" is being just that, remembered. Bless you, sir.

[@JWSitterley]

What a tragedy. May God hold them gently. 🙏

[@laserbeam002]

I'm thankful you brought this tragedy to light. I certainly had never heard of the SS Cimbria disaster. Thank you.

[@ghowell13]

I am appreciative of this video, and all the others, that you cover and handle with the care that you do. These are difficult to watch as I get older, even though I have no direct familial attachment to them. Thank you again for this, and the others, and the solemnity in wich you present them.❤

[@Wil_Liam1]

THG,thank you for this... You can go to Wikipedia and make a page for the Cimbria utilizing all of this information there,and then others who may have further to add to it can do so in time...

[@leonweckwerth1144]

I LOVE every time you say "and don't all good stories involve pirates?" I could listen to you talk history forever!

[@jbart1411]

It’s an unfortunate fact that as long as people have been sailing the sea’s, there have been loss of lives, they all deserve to be remembered. Thanks for sharing and reminding us that life is short, don’t waste it

[@kurotsuki7427]

Its remarkable to me how the crew here tried so hard to rescue people by trying to make drift wood to cling to and passing around life belts. A stark contrast to what happened on other ships.

[@Switcharoo12]

Greetings from Southwest Harbor, Maine. I gotta say I didn't not expect to hear the name of my town dropped when I began watching this piece, I was happily surprised. So this got me thinking, it would be really cool if you did a episode on the "Great fire of '47" the happened here on M.D.I (Mount Desert Island) 74 years ago this October. I personally would love to see your take on this piece of history the deserves to be remembered.

[@-.Steven]

Those poor souls! Those noble Indians. That's no way to go down, as the Elton John song sings. Bless their souls! Thanks for remembering them History Guy!

[@tbrown8721]

It's not just that he has a clever KZbin channel tagline, "...history that deserves to be remembered;" it is his resolute mission to drive that it is no mere punchline, but a definitive truth. His conviction is unsettling only in the shock of his ability to bring the wonder, horror, or joy of any subject to the core of one's psyche. For me, his conclusion in this video was one of his most powerful. I am struck over a ship that sunk some 141 years ago.

[@jorodo299]

Always appreciate your work - just a quick note that the Scottish shipbuilding yard at the start of the video was in Greenock (pronounced 'Greenuck') not Greencock.

[@Kaiserzeit1871]

Many salvaged parts of the SS Cimbria can be found in the Cuxhaven Wreck Museum. The museum is also well worth a visit. Thank you for bringing this forgotten tragedy back to people's attention.

[@rodolfoayalajr.8589]

Emotional 😭 sad 😞 times. May they all rip. Thank you friend for this sad 😞 History. Amen 🙏.

[@marinablueGS]

Comment on the ship poster at about 2:24....the wind appears to be filling the sails to propel the ship forward....in other words, blowing from right to left. However, according to the direction of the flags flying and the smoke from the smokestack, the wind is blowing from left to right.

[@RetiredSailor60]

Good morning History Guy and everyone watching. Time for today's lesson of forgotten or little known history

[@bartsanders1553]

And good morning to you!

[@charlesdaniel2313]

Thank you for showing the names... That speaks for family and souls lost .

[@Hugo-vz3eu]

I was shocked when i hear this boat or event didnt have a wikipedia page. It truly deserves to be remembered.

[@jameskubajak8489]

WOW!🤯 Now that is outrageous!

[@004Black]

I look at the list of those lost and see so many families. It causes me to pause and ponder how fortunate I am. I wouldn’t be here if a similar calamity had occurred to the vessel carrying my ancestors in 1837. Johann Hohenthanner accompanied by his wife and five sons would never had made it to Yankton SD and prospered.

[@nathanahrens4280]

This is why i tune in. Thank you sir.

[@jimtaylor294]

This and the sinking of *RMS Naronic* (great candidate for an episode of THG) definitely deserve to be remembered 🤔

[@sammysmirh3889]

Outstanding history guy as always

[@brandonhamilton833]

What a heart breaking incident.

[@sillyone52062]

Yet more unknown history brought to life. Many thanks!

[@fhuber7507]

Thank you for remembering.

[@donQpublic]

Thanks history guy! For being history guy. All the best to the History family in2024!

[@fontenbleau]

Thank you for speaking about this forgotten tragedy, mistake and crime victims. 😢 you are saint!

[@shawnr771]

Thank you for the lesson.

[@davidshaddick3822]

I hope that you or someone else will add to Wikipedia about it!

[@paulsmodels]

It's bizarre how we remember the Titannic. We make movies about it, there are countless videos on You Tube about the ship, yet there has been other sinkings just as deadly in the cold waters of the vast oceans.

[@tommccutchan3508]

It took longer for you to tell the story than it did for the sinking to happen!

[@mattgeorge90]

Thank you for sharing!

[@guydegregg6869]

I'll never forget them.

[@gladys763]

Thank you for sharing this. I never knew about this

[@SilasCochran-zq5de]

I really like this one I had never heard of it ever and I like history you know this Silas was here I've got to send you a hat have a great day keep them coming

[@mrmerkin6203]

Thanks. Interesting! 👍

[@darkadmiral106]

I know these Waters well, as i live on the coast there. It is a very tragic event, but not uncommon. Fog rolls in easy here and especially in Winter and Fall the Storms and the Sea is dangerous, but the Water relatively shallow.

[@MicahEvans-z9s]

I love this program so much. It is one of my favorite channels to watch. I especially love the closing theme song! It works so well with the program. Who is the artist and what is the name of the song?

[@loditx7706]

Thank you for sharing this history of the Cimbria , which I am now able to add to my store of remembrances. Don’t you think the social position of many Titanic passengers including the financial power of many of the men, not to mention the more recent loss of the ship and subsequent location of the wreck adds to the universal memory of that ship?

[@richardthornhill4630]

Previously unknown and unheard of.

[@Luddite-vd2ts]

You appeared to refer to this vessel being built in the town of Greencock in Scotland. Should that be Greenock, which is a famous shipbuilding town. I'm not aware of such a town and Google maps doesn't bring it up.

[@jeffbangkok]

January 21st 1988 I whip lashed my neck at work. Pain at the base of my skull here to this day. Thankful for THG to bring us the great bits of history to keep my brain cells working.

[@BasicDrumming]

I appreciate you and thank you for making content.

[@rayross997]

Thanks.! Hoping you can do a video on the full story of the 1942 Dieppe Raid. Most historians fail to cover the successful objectives accomplished during the raid and only focus on the failed beach landing. As an example over 100 German speaking spies were placed behind enemy lines during the raid. There were several other important objectives carried out.

[@alexreifschneider4332]

If you don't remember history, you are bound to repeat it.

[@honodle7219]

Poignant and tearful. But this was really special. It was hard to listen to the tales of so many final moments. Yet I can't think of a better memorial for the lost. History is fickle, i guess. Who can say why one disaster is remembered and another forgotten?

[@don1031]

What a vast number it will be on that day when "the sea gives up her dead." God alone knows them ALL. Thank you that now we know THESE!

[@jeanthony4003]

Outstanding story.

[@GREATLORDPOOH]

Classy fellow even for history pirate

[@ottosaxo]

Cimbria is the name of the peninsula that contains Holstein, Schleswig, and Jutland. The city of Hamburg is located in the extreme south of Cimbria, while Skagen in Denmark is the northernmost point.

[@charlottekerns5633]

Have you considered creating the Wikipaedia entry using what you just related in this episode?

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

I am not an editor, Wikipedia isn’t my gig. But maybe someone will be prodded into it.

[@dr.froghopper6711]

@@TheHistoryGuyChannelwell said sir!

[@edwinwhitaker5679]

4:00 What about doing a video on the sinking of The Royal Charter? The sinking killed 440-450 people and occurred on the 26th October, 1859, during an abnormally powerful hurricane.

[@jec1ny]

I will be bringing this to the attention of the SHIPS project on Wikipedia. We need to correct this tragic oversight.

[@kd6dash3dot7]

Remember the Liberty ....

[@navret1707]

08 June 1967 🇺🇸

[@bongobob6200]

Thx you Sir! 👍🇺🇸👍

[@robertroberts5218]

Very good episode. Perhaps a transcript of this episode could be the seed of a Wikipedia entry.

[@bachelorsavenue]

Hey can you, or did you do a history video of the Dollar or US currency? Love the videos. Very educational and interesting!! Thanks! .

[@RoninRose541]

I love your videos! ❤

[@samuelcarstens6152]

May I suggest a look at inland paddle boats on the upper Missouri and Saskatchewan rivers?

[@grapeshot]

Maybe one day this disaster will get the James Cameron treatment.

[@J.A.Smith2397]

Morning there my favorite history guy, we got snow here this morning in Northern Indiana, you got any wherever you're at???

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

Yes.

[@bigchungus4336]

Now this is the sort of thing I'd never have known about if not for THG. It's about time the disaster got it's own wiki page...

[@SteamboatWilley]

0:43 Greenock, not Greencock.

[@jessicamarshall8492]

Yeah, that wasn't Banksy. It was an ancient Egyptian saying and is Mostly known from or by people qouting Ernest Hemingway... great Episode HISTORY GUY!

[@constipatedinsincity4424]

17:08 That is the worst thing of all in this tale!

[@kennethswain6313]

Thank you for bringing that story to our attention. Maybe someone will develop a Wikipedia page to remind us of this tragic event

[@michaelbourgeault9409]

Sir, I was wondering if you could turn your attention to the matter of Storstad vs Empress of Ireland, the details of which are somewhat foggy?

[@steveshoemaker6347]

SAD

[@dannystaton5386]

😢😢😢😢😢greetings

[@patrickfritchley9210]

My great great grandfather told my father that his great grandfather came to America in about 1730. How can I begin researching this topic

[@mingulay29]

O:44 Based in Greencock should be based in Greenock.

[@RedcoatsReturn]

A Terrible….tragedy….😔 The poor people….the children….😪

[@MaLoDe1975]

German and Dutch Wikipedia do have articles. Its missing on the English one tho.

[@ronalddevine9587]

The Lord has their souls in His loving arms. He never forgets.

[@samuelcarstens6152]

So broad is the ocean but still the world is small

[@Googledybunkers]

I think you should do a story on Mary Edwards Walker, the only woman to win the Medal of Honor.

[@TheHistoryGuyChannel]

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[@dawnmarie52]

I heard that a little differently. We die twice or three times.. I think in Mexico or the people from Mexico I should say.. although I've been to Mexico Once when you die in the heart stops beating Once when you are not thought of And once when no one speaks your name..❤😂🎉