Wreck of the Kamloops

Video from a couple dives on the wreck of the Kamloops. The wreck sits in about 180'-250' of water.

[@codyking4848]

Nice to see a newer video of the wreck. Looks like she's holding up well.

[@leerogish7223]

Lake Superior is very user friendly to shipwrecks. Cold deep freshwater you don’t get much better conditions for long term preservation

[@Bethlam]

It blows my mind how things don’t really decay in the Great Lakes.

[@_nazcam_9582]

I just saw this amazing footage. Not heard of this boat..and I live in Kamloops,BC!😮

[@sreed8570]

Hope they paid respect's to gramps in the engine room, not showing him on video seems they did.

[@3-2bravo49]

Doesn't he follow the divers around because of all the movement? Swear I heard that somewhere

[@Trouble-Clef]

I’m not being sarcastic when asking this, I’m just curious. Do you know that it was in fact an old man or an older man? For all I know it could be a 20 year old man and you’re calling him Gramps simply because of the passage of time.

[@d.k8257]

@@3-2bravo49 Whitey does follow the divers around the engine room, but that is mostly just from the current the Divers create by moving their flippers

[@Surge_LaChance]

Who cares if they did show him?

[@sreed8570]

Just giving the poor guy some respect. @@Surge_LaChance

[@felixcat9318]

Built in 1924, she vanished in a storm without trace in December 1929, with the loss of her entire Crew of 22 men and women. The last sighting was of her heavily covered in ice, which, if not removed can cause a vessel to capsize after becoming too heavy, too high up, causing a catastrophic change in stability.. When I first saw the lifeboat still on deck I had a bad feeling about the fate of the Crew. The exact cause of the sinking could not be determined due to her vanishing without trace and leaving no survivors, but is widely assumed to be weather related. This video shows her in a truly remarkable state of preservation, with everything still being identifiable. It is rumoured that human remains are still visiable, floating in the engine room, however, I cannot imagine how they could still be preserved intact to retain sufficient buoyancy. Thank you for this fascinating video on a doomed ship and her lost Crew.

[@packr72]

The body of a crew member still floats around in the engine room. The body essentially turned into soap.

[@psycojuggalo1642]

The way they are preserved is because the waters of lake superior always stay at the befect temp to store bodies so no bacteria no decay no heat no bloating corpses superior has had 350 shipwrecks 10,000 bodies none recovered the sailors on those ships rest in peace where they sank not 1 single body from any wreck has been removes so ad the song goes superior they said never gives up her dead no truer statement has ever been sang

[@missquacky5238]

They call the person Old Whitey, and I heard from a podcast (Haunted History/ haunted shipwrecks) since the lake’s temperature is always cold and no bacteria is present the fat of that body turned into a waxy like substance. The conditions of the lake’s temperature are the same reasons the ship is remarkably preserved.

[@spinlok3943]

Apart from the Edmund Fitzgerald this might be the creepiest great lakes shipwreck.

[@kennysherrill6542]

Very interesting wreak, I'm surprised it's so old, does anyone know why it sank??👍❤🇺🇸

[@izzni]

One of the more leading theories is that a storm caused excessive ice buildup which caused the stack to topple off the ship. Without the stack the boilers didn't have a good draft, and wothout a good draft the engines didn't have steam pressure. The ship was then dead in the water and started smacking up against rocks along the shore, holed itself, and then sank.

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

That's some deep diving. What was the decompression time? Two weeks? (just being funny) Hell of a deep, deep dive in my mind. Thanks for the great video.

[@izzni]

The dives were usually about a 2 hour runtime. That meant about 20-25 minutes on the wreck, and thenrest either descent or decompression.

[@yepiratesworkshop7997]

@@izzni Hey, that's not too bad at all for the depths they were going to. Thanks for the info.

[@davidressler9316]

a great video.

[@LetsGetHaunted]

Hi, there! We are covering the story of the SS Kamloops for one of our podcast episodes and are looking for someone who has dived the Kamloops to give a short interview about their experience. Would you be interested in coming on the show? Interviews are typically 10 - 30 minutes long and you can promote or shout out any projects you'd like. Thank you for your consideration!

[@xxch4osxx]

How long ago did this sink?

[@izzni]

1927 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Kamloops

[@guyfitter3006]

@@izzni incredible to me how well preserved it is. I assume due to the depth?

[@leerogish7223]

More so due to the fact that this is cold freshwater

[@jonconnolly510]

At 0:43 the other diver in the shot looked like he wasn't wearing dry gloves? Holy crap, bottom tenp there is 38-39F.

[@izzni]

He's wearing the orange showa gloves. Only difference between the orange and the blue is that the blue are triple dipped. I've worn both and honestly I can't tell the difference in dexterity or durability. They seem to tear at a poorly dipped spot, orange or blue.

[@tomdelvetto9906]

It’s my goal to dive the kamloops and pay respects to old whitey

[@oilburner225]

What part of the world is this ship?

[@darringraham2613]

Just trying to put a smile on your face, (its from the wet side) 🤪🤣❤✌

[@demonseed032]

Lake Superior in Michigan.

[@cuttersgoose]

So where’s the old whitey?

[@fredericcolombier5380]

Have you seen "Old Whitey" ?

[@izzni]

At one point while filming I was about 6' away from the remains of one of the engineers, yes.

[@fredericcolombier5380]

@@izzni anyway fortunately it's at depth not accessible to mister everyone ... Thank you for answering .

[@jaycarey3863]

You should start the video with details of the wreck!!!

[@fordpot4694]

Wikipedia it

[@dazednconfused711]

Kamloops as in Canada?

[@sdix3770]

It would be perfect without the music.

[@kennyc388]

Yeah, the same people probably put on music while they are taking a dump.

[@MrValcar]

@KENNY C Yes but doesn't matter. The music there is underwater. There is the music of your breath and the voice of the Sea.

[@NeoTribe1]

​@@MrValcarThe voice of the sea told me to take a dump while listening to music

[@MrValcar]

​@@NeoTribe1 Good. Follow your music.

[@CC-kg8ce]

Life savers. Yes and no.

[@wilson42cc]

Salvage the cargo, you be rich i tells ya ,,, rich 🤑

[@The.Original.Potatocakes]

Pretty sure it’s illegal, that why they can’t bring anything up from the Endurance ship wreck they just found. The Antartica Treaty.

[@Del-Canada]

You would think the ice would still be on the ship. I mean the ice sinking it is just a theory but there is no ice. So you can't verify it. Great video.

[@richardbullwood5941]

If the ship was covered in ice, it would soon detach and Float to the surface. Ice floats. It does not remain stuck to items 100 years underwater.

[@mattnobrega6621]

Looks creepy. No treasure though. Luckily no human remains or sharks

[@ZachMcFroggie]

Google old whitey

[@richardbullwood5941]

sharks? are you 6? Freezing cold freshwater lakes rarely hold sharks!

[@ThePursuitofHappiness1988]

I don’t understand why the remains of the engineer haven’t been brought to the surface for a proper burial, I’ve seen stories about divers who’ve found him.

[@izzni]

Many would argue that the remains are exactly where they should be, and that "bringing them to to the surface" would be desecrating them. In addition, who exactly is going to recover them? Some random recreational tech divers off a charter boat who are forbidden from removing anything from wrecks? No.

[@ThePursuitofHappiness1988]

@@izzni I wouldn’t suggest any random diver bringing up a body, ever. State patrol handles body removals from lakes in my area, not sure about the Great Lakes. Perhaps the Coasties. As far as “Who’s to say?”- descendants. Let them decide. I know that my wife would want me buried on land where she could one day lie beside me, and there’s no other place I’d choose to spend eternity than next to her. Most families would agree on that.

[@tomdelvetto9906]

The body basically turned to soap and would likely crumble if you touched it

[@ThePursuitofHappiness1988]

@@tomdelvetto9906 it’s held together despite bumping into people and things about the ship.

[@izzni]

Or you can leave the remains be and stop obsessing over them like so many people seem to do. If you ever get a chance to dive the wreck I can assure you the intactness of the ship, the incredible preservation of the cargo, and the technical challenge of diving this cold dark wreck will be what you're focused on.

[@wallykimball8829]

Lifesavers? As in rings or jackets? How ironic.

[@izzni]

As in the candy, Lifesavers.