Real life stories of tragedies and catastrophes on the high seas. Documentaries on well known and perhaps more obscure disasters that befell the brave men and women that brave the treacherous waters of the world.
I know divers saw the one crew member on the bottom, outside of the ship. I've seen footage of it, even though many say it doesn't exist any more online. But does anyone know how many bodies have been seen inside the ship? I don't ask for morbid reasons. I just wonder why in such a terrible storm the crew didn't don lifejackets. Or if divers didn't see anyone inside, did the crew survive the ship sinking but drowned or died from hypothermia on the surface, because nobody could ever survive on the surface more than a few minutes. Also, how were the lifeboats secured onboard? I believe two were found days later in bad shape. Could they have been ripped from the ship as it went down or could that mean they did try to prepare to launch them? They lost their radar. Could they also have lost their radio while the ship was still on the surface. If so, maybe the sinking wasn't quite as fast as we assume. My theory has always been that it dove into the valley of one or more waves, went straight down, hit bottom and that impact caused the break. After all, the Fitz was over 700 feet long and was found at a depth of 500 feet. So it's theoretically possible that when the bow impacted the bottom, 200 feet of the stern could stick out of the water.
I was hoping this would only have information officially released by the Company. The sole survivor of the Nostromo, Warrant Officer Ellen Ripley admitted to activating the self destruct mechanism and deliberately destroying the ship. Upon her return she offered a fanciful explanation that a hostile alien organism had somehow infiltrated the ship though no evidence of this story was found during the thorough investigation. It remains unclear if the other crew members shared in this delusion or if they were innocent victims of Ripley's murderous actions and she was directly responsible for their deaths. She is currently undergoing psychological evaluation to determine the extent of her culpability in this tragedy.
13:05 - History is laden with tragic events caused by people who thought they knew better. History is supposed to teach us lessons and yet, people constantly make those same mistakes.
This is going to sound morbid but is anyone thinking it's extremely f'ed up for the ship that rammed into and sank the Doria to have the Doria's bell on display like some sort of kill trophy because it kind of is.
As a Great Lakes diver who has spent many hours on the Cedarville, thank you for spreading her history. I’ve spent a dive in her engine room, and it’s a somber experience. Many of the gauges are still preserved, albeit a little silty. There are still a few staircases in place, endlessly leading forward instead of up. May they rest in peace.
i live on the ny side of lake ontario them great lake storms are no joke i was 13 whrn this happened and i delivered the buffalo evening news on the 10 nov 1975 i remember the headlines of the big fitz being lost my opinion is he hit the shoal just my opinion
The only thing I can think of, is that Cook thought the shoals nearby would be too close to the other ships gathered around the straight and Cedarville would be too unweildly to safely maneuver around them, since they were trying to go full speed with no visibility and didn’t have the time to worry about avoiding the other ships in the fog. That’s the most logical conclusion I can come to, given the info.
There was a prototype car, the Chrysler Norseman, that went down on the Andrea Doria. Its coachwork had been created in Italy, and it was returning to the USA.
The Nostromo is honestly the best "realistic" ship in Sci-Fi history: It was designed to be as believable and gritty as possible, and by god it succeeds. Everything just has a lived-in run-down industrialism to it, and the design itself, paired with the haul, is instantly recognisable and reminiscent of a 16th century freighter.
I know this video isn't about USCGC Mackinaw, but I was psyched to hear it mentioned! I had the pleasure of visiting her in Mackinaw City, where she now resides as a museum ship. She was preserved immaculately. If anyone happens to be near her, I highly recommend a visit!
I had read an account of this story, which said that the logbook was carried down the rope ladder in one hand by the mate, and the middle fell from the rotten bindings into the sea, in his haste to flee the unfortunate vessel!!
I remember being part of the development team that designed the Line Gun. In the testing phase, we tried it out on countless types of rock and core samples. Little did we realise what a pivotal role it would play in the subsequent battles aboard the Ishimura.
