5 Sinking Ships Caught On Camera 

However why sinking to the bottom of water when they could take them to ship yard and have them dismantled and recycle?

@@becky3484 that's really only worth the effort on enormous and complex ships in reasonable condition (eg. Costa Concordia) Ships like these are considered to be the perfect size for making artificial wreaths. Plus it gives divers sport.

@@TheNoobYouFukingHATE Hey that sounds good ,thank you for your professional response I appreciate it. Thank you

This was just my question: All fuel, oil and other waste removed before sinking, and seriously checked??

@@michelbeauloye4269 the only thing that's left on the ship that one might consider harmful is the lead in the paint. But it's such small quantity that it doesn't matter much.

its being put somewhere it isnt supposed to be

Yes!! Seeing the bow of a ship sticking out of the water only a few feet pointing to the sky, is extremely uncomfortable to watch.

Haunting and sad.

Fr especially the titanic just.. pitch black.. people think you could kind of see. But, once the lights went out, and it broke in half still connected through the hull, the bow going down pulling the stern up sinking it faster, was just.. a nightmare..

It eventually disconnected, the bow and the stern are a mile apart.

Or squashes your pineapple house. 😐

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God I know it's scary. I hate sunken things

same over here, it's one of those things that gives me goosebumps every time.

You dont have anxiety its all in your head. Learn it, live it, love it.

What a Wuss...Take a Pill and go back down to your Mommy's Basement.

@@Horologist-zu5vq “you don’t have a legitimate mental problem it’s fake just cope”

Yea.. i'll be so frightened.. fear and fright alone will kill me before I even drown

On a plus side many lessons were learned from the likes of Titanic. A modern passenger ferry will by law(in most nations waters at least) carry enough life raft space for double her max carrying capacity. Each of those life rafts have an overload capacity of 100% by design so 100 man life raft can be overloaded to 200 and stay afloat. In theory the average passenger ferry could lose 3/4 of their life rafts and STILL have enough space. We also have systems like MES(Marine Evacuation System) that are like the inflatable chutes from an aircraft except ours have a life raft on the end. It's possible to evac and entire ship without a single person ever touching the water. Life Rafts and MES are also rigged with Hydro Static Units so even if they were never launched they deploy and cut away from a sinking ship. There's also EPIRB(Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) and SART(Search and Rescue Transponder) that are carried. They are also designed to cut way and activate even if no one can get to them before the ship goes down. The biggest lesson from Titanic though was Crew Training and the danger of the lack of it. The biggest killer on Titanic was panic and the loss of control of the passengers. While Titanic didn't have enough life boat space for all 2230 aboard, they did have enough for nearly 1200 but ignorance and lack of crowd control cost so many more lives. A modern passenger ships crew will be extensively trained and drilled in everything from Basic Sea Survival, Fire Fighting and Fire Prevention and even Crisis Management and Human Behaviour. Next time you're on a passenger ferry worth remembering that the person serving you coffee, in the gift shop or were on deck directing loading are also the fire fighters, police and EMT's out there. They're also the ones that get you off the ship if things go really wrong 🤗

Yes, same here when I see sinking ships, it automatically reminds me of the titanic, regardless of their size and shape.

You should watch Let's Plays of the VR Titanic game. There's a mode that lets you play as a survivor watching helplessly as the ship sinks. One of the most awe inspiring and eerie things I've seen

You should look up the German ship Wilhelm Gustloff he had 5 times more passengers,I think 8-9K died on that ship

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Wow. Like. They just expect to get away with it like a child 😂

Pretty sure captains are trained to always go down with the ship. How is that Captain doing in 2023? Did he get another ship to abandon?

Trained to always go down with the ship? Where did you get that from?

They are told it is their duty to stay and coordinate the evacuation and only leave the ship once the evacuation is complete or the boat sinks. But they cannot be tested on their resolve until this happens.

@@peterj5106 I have actually heard about this as well, I remember asking my husband about it.There is no law that the Captain must go down with the ship.However, If a ship is sinking, maritime tradition dictates that the captain ensures the safe evacuation of every passenger before he evacuates himself.

I was just thinking that. It'd make a nice home and possibly hotel.

@@JosiahFickinger it probably had mechanical issues making it unsafe or requiring tens of thousands of dollars to fix

@@EyeinaPyramid That’s is too less

Yea.. such a waste to sink.. sell or give to charity

Right. Party barge level 100. Wake up coffee and fishing. Free bbq and drinks for the ladies then skinny dipping. Movies at night. You could put a bowling lane pool tables hot tubs full kitchens. It would be sweet

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I know the Mexican military left a few GoPros on a small ship of their old fleet they sank for an artificial reef. It’s pretty neat to watch

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iFQAQQlwKmw.html There ya go

could have fitted some underwater cameras or a sub. to follow all the way down.

@@wyolaskan1868 they did that with an old US carrier being made into an artificial reef. I think most of us want to see a POV from underwater watching it plummet.

She also had mechanical issues from what I was told. It was rare to see her sailing on the regular schedule. I remember them basically relegating her to the fireworks cruise before permanently docking her.

I was wondering since I thought it still looked in good shape. Thanks for the info

I thought 43 years was not that old, there are vessels that are a hell of a lot older than 43.

tl;dr dude.

TURNING IT INTO A CRUISE SHIP MADE HER TOP HEAVY AND, MORE EXPENSIVE TO MAINTAIN. THEY TRIED TO SELL HER AND, THE MV CAPE MAY TO CROSS SOUND FERRY SERVICE BUT, THEY DIDN'T WANT THEM. THE CAPE MAY WAS BOUGHT FOR 750,000.00 BY A GUY WHO TURNED IT INTO A SUPPORT BARGE FOR HIS BUSINESS. THE DECISION TO SINK THE TWIN CAPES WAS MADE BECAUSE, THE DRBA COULDN'T GET ENOUGH MONEY TO SCRAP IT.

well all they needed to go to was somalia and they'll sink atleast what 3-4 ships?

@Ronald Lytle actually gun's recoil moves the gun up and down a little

Also the gun didnt sink it, they just use guns to put holes and throw some water so it sinks

@@DaTripper ships designated to become reefs are scuttled and any hazard to the environment is removed. Nature doesn't really give a shit what's a natural rock formation or an old ship when it comes to safe places for flora and fauna to live.

Yeah, but the gunner couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, and apparently the person filming was on day three of detox.

I'd been on that boat many times, so it's really something to see.

Isn't it in the Smithsonian Museum?

Wow, that's pretty dope

@@cocolimecream Did the owner sell it off to the Museum?

@@thalmoragent9344 I don't think so. I think they wanted it back 😂

@@cocolimecream Wait so, how did they take it from him?

Very late comment, but ships are considered person under maritime law, they can be arrested, jailed, and executed

It's fascinating how we're capable of giving even objects made of wood or steel a personality in our minds. But I suppose if I was a captain of a ship that I've cared about for years, I would feel likewise.

MV SEWOL will make you even sadder..

@@pascalfauzan8968 nuh uh

I was thinking that same thing like I wanted to see what it looked like sinking under the water!

Yes!!

That’s what I was thinking!

The reason why they don’t do this is because it’s extremely dangerous for divers to be in the water near sinking ships. Reason being because when a ship sinks, it essentially creates a vacuum from all the water rushing in and the air escaping rising to the surface, displacing water as it rises. Anything directly above or around the sinking ship would be sucked in and dragged down with the ship

Lol 😂I see money going down the drain lol

Oceanos

The correct name is Oceanos.

There's a video on that by Bright Sun Films. Apparently, one of the band members was on the Achille Lauro when it caught fire, and made it out alive as well.

Well no l, most natural reefs are disappearing at an alarming rate plus shipwrecks make perfect anchor points for coral to attach and good hiding spots for fish and other sea life. So sinking a ship intentionally is actually good for the ocean

My sentiments exactly! At least someone is thinking, thank you.

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To properly make an artificial reefs they need to gut the ship take everything out of it the motor get all the oil out and fuel so it won't pollute the water

my brother in christ, prepping a ship to becoming an artificial reef is almost as expensive as scrapping, it has to be gutted of all hazardous material such as rubbers, oils, plastics, glass, wires, precious metals and more. and marine life cant tell the difference from a pile of rocks or a ship, all they see is a home

I agree/

I was just thinking that. It would be so creepy looking, so eerie

There is this video about a sinking ship (these ppl got permission) well, it has some underwater footage when it goes under.

New Zealand should have told France to back off and eat their frog legs.

There's an old, useless, rusty ferry moored in the port in my city. It's quite the eyesore, and a prime example of the incompetence of the Ministry of Transportation, as they are the one who owns and operates ferries here. I think they scuttle it and make an artificial reef.

If you were looking for justice then the government officials t hat ok the attack on the boat should have been arrested and charged.

Kind of ironic that a pansy-assed country that got it's butt kicked in two world wars still tries to throw it's weight around. Maybe we should have let the Germans keep it!

In Eastern Canada and across the Arctic, those men are heroes. That damn scow caused an incredible amount of damage to our economies just to get attention, lied about us and slandered us around the globe, and completely ignored an environmental disaster that was caused by the very corporate greed they pretend to fight and that we tried to warn was coming. And their patriarchal, colonialist attitude to the Inuit is nauseating. Theres a reason we call all animal rights companies "f%^%ing Greenpeace bastards". They're not environmentalists, they're lying, bigoted hypocrites.

NZ recalled their Ambassador, and kicked out the French one in protest. They refused to allow their Ambassador back, even when France apologised in 1995. The only other time NZ sent out an Ambassador, was when Mossad was caught faking a NZ passport of a disabled veteran, so Israel's Ambassador was sent home.

got swapped for a couple of tons of butter.the government knew about it alright.

and besides that.. they tell us to safely get rid of the oil in our car.. where they just sink it with thousands of liters on board ;)

Firstly, the camera was zoomed way in, so those shots "closer to their own ship" were still far closer to the target. They're hitting closer to the bottom of the lens frame, but still well over 100m away, and within 20m or so of the target. Second, have you ever been at sea, in rolling swells, trying to keep a weapon steady on a target that is also in rolling swells? Those swells don't look like much, but they are several feet high even in such calm seas, and it makes targeting very difficult. That's what makes the Seal snipers such legends when they took out 3 pirates simultaneously. Third, they are Coast Guard, not Navy, so they don't have the kind of budget that allows a lot of target practice. Fourth, the kind of protection that the Coast Guard offers is rarely to save your life from a marauding Japanese rust bucket. They primarily do Search & Rescue, and drug interdiction. SAR does not often call for weapons fire, and drug interdiction employs highly specialized snipers and RHIB crews. The sailor behind the gun in this video is most likely a cook or an engineer who acts as a part time small arms operator when the ship is in a combat environment. This is made clear by the type of shooting he's doing. I'm prior Navy and was part of SCAT (Small Caliber Action Team). In combat, I was stationed at twin 50cal mount and was taught to fire in sets of 2-5 shots until I was on target, then fire in sets of 5-7 shots. This operator is firing single shots with a mk38 25mm bushmaster. He's probably not comfortable with the weapon and might only be on it because someone figured, why not let an engineer have a go at a gun he may never get to shoot for the rest of his life? So go easy on them. They're out there having a good time and I guarantee that if it was you or someone else who has never been on a ship, firing at another ship, in rolling swells, the quality of your initial shot placement would probably surprise you. Note: The operator is also trying to put holes below the water line. This is very difficult because you have to aim just a few inches, below the waterline. If you hit too high, you don't let water in. If you aim too low, you skip off the water and hit the hull, again not letting water in. So on a small ship, such as a Coast Guard cutter, you are about 200m away, on a platform about 10ft high, trying to hit a target 200+m away that is only about 4in tall, in rolling seas. It is incredibly hard to do.

@@el9206 there's some 500 year old cannoneers who could hit a spanish galleon at 2 miles using only gunpowder and a wooden gunners quadrant who want a word about your whining

Robert Haha, yes the best way to not be hit.....stand perfectly still.

@@el9206 amazing perspective. I never thought about any of that

Yeehaw my matey a pirates life is a life for theeeeeeeeeee

Sabotage by French govt agents, ship sunk and photographer murdered. the two French military agents got country club confinement on some French mil base in a colony.

@@joefish6091 could also say mind your own business instead of being a bunch of pseudo eco nuts who demonize the cleanest energy source on the planet because it's inconvenient to their political goals

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It’s just content farm crap, it’s the same content found on a thousand other channels

Idiot they sink them to create artificial reefs

The mythbusters episode where they used the smallest boat they could find and called it a myth really pissed me off

@@carterschlomann7819 True and the only thing that makes a difference between sink or swim, is a life jacket or a lifesaver ring as they counteract the lower density by making you lighter. Worse than escaping air methane bubbles they're a lot nastier as they are technically thinner than air. Thankfully most are stuck in the ocean depths and well frozen though with waters warming up who knows, could get really really bad.

That is a great point to acnolage

@@erikandreassen6531 warming water is surface water not at depth.

@@carterschlomann7819 The idea that you would be sucked down is a myth, the fact that you go down that is not a myth,if there is adequate aireation.

It was

Can't be sure but I may have sailed on the first ship also. My daughter and son in law likely had. Many years ago.

no i’m sure they just let it be 🙄

Someone needs to learn to aim better. Sorry, but the Army taught me never to waste ammo.

I was thinking there could've been all sorts of toxic shit on board that never should've been left on board.

@@susanwahl6322 try and aim a large gun where both yourself and the target is constantly moving in unpredictable ways..... you should know something as basic as that if you´ve been in the army....

@@eriksimca9409 I was thinking they were deliberately aiming to target the hull below the water line... or would the ammunition slow down too much underwater to pierce the hull?

I was thinking the same thing! Could’ve done so much wit that big boat

You’d have pretty much same space, maybe a little more.

Same, almost same, and same. I think my cat would hate it, though.

Faze Pico - I get it, but it's a ferry. It would (i think) cost considerable money to convert it to permanent housing.

I saw a video of a couple, I think it was in Halifax, that had bought a ferryboat and converted it into a houseboat. The engines and everything worked and could sail anywhere. They had tons of room and could drive their vehicles on board. If they hadn't bought it the ferryboat would have been scrapped.

My mum has the lego titanic ❤ it took her 4 hours

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Same here. ❤

The cost of dismantling is going to be much more than the value of the material recovered.

@@lukestevens8735 ah, thanks.

@@lukestevens8735 Not necessarily. Depends on Where, and Who is doing the scrapping. Then who buys it after that. Pretty sure they did it because the State/Country buy out for it to be a Reef ship was more than the Shipbreaker/Scrapper offers. Usually how it is.

They can be scrapped but the point was to make sealife better

The 2nd thing you said.

What happened?

@@bevthebrave1805 it was a older boat and it had two plugs, one wasn’t in all the way and the pump didn’t work, we called police and fire boat came and picked us up and dragged boat to shore

Taking ships & making reefs is good for the fishing industry and charter fishing boat crews

@@troygroomes104 Yeah, but.... That's A LOT of steel/Iron in some cases. Ex: the Ferry. Any Ferry really. Now it's just... Rusting away.

@@RadicalKattastrophe they use old outdated ships (civilian, freighter, ferry and fishing, military destroyers , cargo, aircraft carriers and landing ships to) and I rather see those ships as museum ships, but I understand that there are states that want or need reefs to help their economy

@@RadicalKattastrophe - Depends on scrap prices versus the cost of demolition. Plus, some local governments buy the ships to be used for reefs.

The first ferry looked entirely gutted. Most likely all the salvageable stuff was already recovered

@@gendamgongo6070 I forgot. Navy

You have never seen the tide rip of Turnagain Arm! It's unlikely a ship will survive floating aimlessly to Anchorage.

The ship are stripped of valuable, fuel, and otherwise harmful material before they're sunk. All there's left is a massive metal husk.

No, they said what they meant. 🤦‍♂️

That sounds awesome

@@benwesley5260 It’s off the coast of Pensacola,Fla.

It isn’t a boat..

I know.. but I still think they can serve a bigger, better and profitable purpose on land or dock than underwater

Doesn’t work like that bud

Don't be silly......The ships need parachutes!

dont think it matters to the fish

@@headhunter743 They probably should have given it a little more thought to do what was needed to make the ship settle upright on the bottom like they did with the Oriskany. But yeah, the fish don't care.

Which one you wanna see?

@@Underworld5s all of them if possible, same with the old videos from 4 years back

Have you ever tried shooting off a rocking and rolling boat?

No. But I think I could hid a barn from a moving platform.

No idea what sort of stabilisation they'd have on US Coastguard vessel but willing to bet its not exactly up there with Type 45 or a Burke. And tbf they'd be aiming for waterline or even under water hits. Not only are the holes they poke going to be a bit more useful down there, the rounds above waterline are probably going right through the thing not achieving much at all unless they hit machinery.

Its very likely its original owners didn't survive the Tsunami

Agreed

They didn’t throw garbage into ocean?

@@roman1964 A rotten boat