This is another of those incidents where the captain and crew abandoned ship without any attempt even to save the passengers, or even to warn them of danger. The passengers were left to discover for themselves that the ship was sinking, and it was the entertainment crew who organized the evacuation of the ship.
Actually on the Titanic it was more like first class first. A higher percentage of first class men survived than third class women and even children. Of course sailing with many more passengers than lifeboats didn't help either.
It was not in regulations at the time for sufficient lifeboats bc they could make trips between sinking ship and rescue ship. In the case of Titanic, no one came to help until 4 hours later.
It's an amazing story! The cruise director, magician, and guitarist carried out the rescue mission after the captain & crew aborted the ship. (Cowards!). They helped the 900 passengers into remaining lifeboats, and some were airlifted by the South African navy, and some placed in small rafts. In the end, all passengers survived. Truly a miracle!
While I agree, there a few details that are slightly off and I wanted to inform you to help prevent the unintentional spread of misinformation. First, while the captain did attempt to abound on ship with the rest of the crew, he was dragged back on board after the entertainment crew found him trying to board a lifeboat. He was actually the first airlifted, where he was immediately berated for abandoning ship upon returning. Second, the number was closer to around 570, not 900.
Couple of other points: it's not too obvious, but they're a little over 3 miles offshore, and if you look carefully at the video there's no shortage of rescue vessels in the area. Plenty uncomfortable, especially with the wind and wave action, but it's not like they were in mid-Atlantic with practically no assistance. Or Lake Superior during a hardcore Arctic storm.
Credit to the old girl for holding out long enough for everyone to be evacuated safely, out of all the footage of sinking ships I’ve seen here was probably the most stately and peaceful, and well earned last dive
What’s fascinating is the similarity between Oceanos and Britannic during the final plunge. In Oceanos case, the ship was 502 ft long, and sank in waters roughly 300 ft deep. Around time stamp 6:08 , the bow hits bottom, and the ship slowly falls on its starboard side as it slips beneath the waves. Wish there was wreck footage showing the crushed bow section, however, I have yet to come across any.
@@foureyeddragon00 Someone else can correct me if I’m wrong, but I believe it’s a mixture of dirt/dust/exhaust gases that are being forced out of the ship by the water flooding the lower levels
I was living nearby in Transkei when this accident happened. A member of the crew, Moss Hills was the hero of the day .. he made the original Mayday distress calls and then coordinated the rescue. His wife also assisted together with a few others. The Captain and the technical crew had just abandoned the ship. It was a miracle THAT Not a single person lost their life. WELL DONE MOSS HILLS !!
He then had misfortune of his next ship being the Achille Lauro and he was aboard her when she burned and sank. I think he’s sticking to nightclubs now.
Update : August 2021 Two passengers Neal Shaw and Mick O’Mahoney who helped get off people from the stricken ship have been given bravery awards by National Sea Rescue Institute (NSRI) of South Africa Only 30 years after the event, but better late than never Well done to both of them
Its fortunate that no lives were lost here, but no thanks to the crew who buggered off and left the passengers to fend for themselves. The captain should have done jail time for that.
Let me put it this way, should you be arrested because you abandoned ship before another human being? Edit: stop liking this comment its fucking stupid
Dale Potter as a captain of a vessel you have the duty to protect and inform whomever steps on your fleet. And while you bring up the point of human beings, as human beings, shouldn’t we all be helping each other? Your comment suggests we should all fend for ourselves. Yikes man. Hope I don’t run into you on a ship.
Oh my goodness, my family was on the Oceanos a day or two before it sank. We disembarked in East London before it carried on to Durban (and didn't make it).
+Angel Monica Wow that's rude comment of yours. Before calling someone a dumbass you should be aware that there were only three ships of the Olympia class ships of the White Star Liners. The Olympia, The Titanic and The Brittanic. Only the Olympia survived except its been scrapped. The Titanic and the Brittanic are the only ones that sank. I don't know why you need to be so rude and ignorant all at the same time.
Angel Monica 6 sisters? You really haven't done your history have you? I'll say it again. In the White Star Line, Titanic was one of the THREE ships of the Olympian class liners. Won't you do your research.
The bow was coming and going with every wave, struggling to stay afloat, slowly losing. But (at 5:04) once the water started getting into the funnel the ship's fight for bouyancy was over. It went fast after that.
You can see her give a lurch just a surge or two before the funnel goes under. She's starting to go really fast at that point, but yes, when the funnel goes under, she dives.
As terrifying and deep as the sinking looks, the ship is actually longer than the depth where it lies on its side. The Oceanos was 153 m (502 ft) long and lies between 92 m (302 ft) and 97 m (318 ft). Looking at the video, it looks like the ship's bow must have hit the bottom straight down causing a temporary stop in the sinking before causing it to start leaning to starboard.
Just like a truck driver like myself. Im responsible for my truck and trailer and cargo. And for helping all the other idiot drivers stay safe on the road no matter how much they piss me off. The old slang for a trucker captain of the ship
No who cares about the passengers i'm the captain of the ship only to get some bitches on my dick but if the ship is about to sink fuck im out it's what we in the business say: in case of emergency initiate the everyone for himself protocol.
I think it's so funny how humans invent these machines, make up the training for them, create titles like captain, invent rules and regulations...and then forget that humans are innately driven to save themselves in the face of danger. What is captain? Nothing just a made up word.
This has nothing in common with Concordia, and this capten did NOT; I say again did NOT abandon his ship like the Concordia Italian one did...If you dont have more to add than shit so please keep quiet unstead,
Mohammed Tofigh Wikipedia says "eyewitness accounts reveal that many of the crew, including Captain Avranas, were already packed and ready to depart, seemingly unconcerned with the safety of the passengers.[3]" s no alarm or announcement was given that the ship was in trouble, several passengers went to the bridge to look for the captain but found it unmanned.Captain Yiannis Avranas and the crew were criticized by passengers for leaving hundreds behind with no one other than the ship's onboard entertainers to help them evacuate. Avranas claimed that he left the ship first to arrange for a rescue effort, and then supervised the rescue from a helicopter. He justified his actions saying that the "ship was in darkness and the batteries on the crew's walkie-talkies had died, meaning that he had no communications with his crew or with other rescue craft".[10] Avranas was quoted as saying "When I order abandon the ship, it doesn't matter what time I leave. Abandon is for everybody. If some people like to stay, they can stay."[11] A Greek board of inquiry found Avranas and four officers negligent in their handling of the disaster.
Munizipalc Degrab I saw a long documentary on this incident; it started as an engine fire, the crew decided to mask this with an impromptu deck barbeque. Once it had been established they could not cope. The crew packed their suitcases and took to a lifeboat and sailed away leaving passengers to deal with the problem. A guitarist contacted the emergency services on the ships radio to raise the alarm. The captain later commented that it was his duty to save the crew. In many respects it is like the Concordia but in general it was a lot more selfish.
The ship got sunk, but the worst thing is.. the captain and the crew abandoned the ship and didnt help. Thats very bad! Big props to the entertaiment crew. They made people live. Good thing atleast everyone got saved.
The water was so shallow at this position that bow of the ship hits bottom while the aft quarter of the ship is still above the waves. You can see it happen as the ship is sinking then just stops and stands there pivoting on the bow as the upper compartments slowly fill and then she slowly and reluctantly falls over onto her starboard side and vanishes from sight. And that is how divers found her, in shallow water on her starboard side
Beside the horrifying story and amazing rescue by the brave entertainment staff, the added horror is that neither the captain nor any member of the crew was ever prosecuted or punished for the criminal negligence that could have cost hundreds of lives, and in fact, the captain was allowed to captain another ship until he retired!
yeah like the captain of the Costa Concordia...the captain and others on the crew left the sinking ship . he's in prison right now the captain . it's really great to hear the coast guard yelling at the captain to get back on the ship and save ppls lives.. coward. he said that he gave the order to abandon ship, and that meant anyone who wanted off the ship to go...
I remember seeing this on the news when I was very young and at the time I thought the objects sliding down the decks at 6:02 were people. It's relieving to finally know years later that nobody died in the sinking. Props to the entertainers on board the ship and the South African Marine Corps for getting boots on the deck to evacuate passengers after the captain and senior crew fled the ship.
a valve that pulled seawater in to cool machinery burst, there was a cutout in a pipe which led to the sewage tank that allowed water to bypass the watertight bulkheads and flow into the tank next door. When the tank flooded the water went through the drainage system and out every toilet, shower, and sink, pretty soon the weight of the water pulled the ship down
Small comment, when Simonstown (Cape town) saw the distress on the maritime radio, they informed Air Force command for assitance with Helicopters. The officer commanding instructed Cape Town to send 2 Heli's, Durban to send 2 Heli's and Pretoria to send 2 heli's. When he enquired an hour later, Cape Town Air base dispatched 5 Helicopters, Durban 3 Helicopters, and Pretoria 5 Helicopters. At that stage only 3 other helicopters were kept back as a standby. (remember this was the apartheid years, and the defence force was on standby 24 hrs a aday) Steven Moss, and his wife (on ship entertainers, now living in the UK) co ordinated the whole evacuation on ship, and the SADF airforce and Maritime command co ordinated from shore with the chopppers, Dakota's and Albatross aircraft. not a soul was lost, the most succesfull rescue of a Cruise liner to date. Hope it will not be needed now, as the new RSA do not fly enough to keep flight hours current a year. welcome to Africa
The story of the sinking is wild, and the way the captain and crew behaved is pure cowardice. Imagining abandoning ship without sending a mayday and without assisting passengers to evacuate.
I believe the captain and many of the crew were some of the first people off the ship. The Cruise Director and some of the entertainment staff actually ended up being responsible for evacuating the passengers.
no witty comments as this post isnt for my own enjoyment but clarification. my uncle was the captain of the 1st vessel on the scene , captain frikkie auret from south africa , they rescued most until the sa navy pitched
I just looked it up - apparently most of the passengers were airlifted because the crew took off with mostly-empty lifeboats filled with the crew's personal belongings, leaving the passengers with not enough to escape. The rest were put in the remaining life boats. I can't find anything about non-coast guard rescue vessels. Can you tell me the name of the ship? Maybe that would make it easier to verify.
I prob have one of those. The idea of being around the bottom of a ship near the water and shear size of the propellers is absolute horror to me. Just seeing it is a problem
Captain to passengers: Attention passengers This is your captain speaking :if look down at your feet you will notice the floor is flooding by water this means your ship is currently sinking now if you look to your left side you will see the endless blue sea if you look to your right you will also see a wonderful blue sea but if you look at the distance you will notice a very small orange lifeboat don't worry about it's me your captain and my ship crew getting rescued thank you for choosing Oceanos to spend your holidays have a pleasant cruise !
Makes my blood run cold. For all our brave science and supposed mastery of nature, there are still few more terrifying sights than the stern of a liner reared vertically before the final plunge. Thank God all souls got off!
Oceanos was launched in 1952 as Jean Laborde for Messageries Maritimes. At the time of her sinking she was in a state of disrepair, with loose hull plates and a 10 cm gap under a "watertight" bulkhead.
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The ship had water flood in through a part of machinery and the water flowed through the pipes and up out of sinks and bathtubs and such. Eventually enough water had flooded the decks to cause the ship to list over and eventually sink. This is just the las few mins. The ship actually took a long time to get to this point and everybody made it off even tho a lot of the crew left before anybody knew what was going on. There was no PA or alarm. The main crew just left.
I’m not religious but it is a miracle that everyone was ok. I just heard the story on the radio about Moss Hills the guitarist taking the lead to save and keep everyone calm.
Update : April 2022 For UK folk, there was a recent podcast on the BBC, called 'Life Changing' episode 'Mayday' where the story is told by Moss Hills. Worth a listen.
Maybe it's a fitting end that she went into the sea. If she'd been able to hold on longer they probably would've floated, towed, and scrapped her, and then nothing of her would remain. At least now she'll stay a tangible ghost of the sea as well as a wonderful story. Way to go down with honours, _Oceanos._
The crews on the tugs and cargo ships watching this would no doubt have felt terrible knowing that they were seeing another ship die. At least everyone got off the Oceanos before she went down.
Very spectacular video and very impressive to see the ship sinking slowly, particularly the last two minutes, when the see enter into the funnel and quickly the ship disappear into the ocean.
Actually watched the TV programme "I Survived" which featured Lynne,a member of the staff who helped with the rescue,& was with 45 survivors in a leaking lifeboat with no emergency supplies! The cruiser had set out in a storm,and to make matters worse they were faced with white sharks!It's a miracle no lives were lost!Drivers lose their licence if they break certain traffic laws,so why on earth was the Captain allowed to pilot another ship!!??
".. until finally she's got her whole ass sticking up in the air, and that's a big ass, we're talking 20, 30 thousand tons...." . . . "Thank you for that fine, forensic analysis Mr. Bodine."
Reminds me of the Andrea Doria. All that beauty and grace... gone... as though it never existed! And... just as it has done for thousands of years... the sea rolls on, hiding her secrets in her dark depths.....
If you had gotten to tour the machinery spaces you wouldn’t have seen beauty and grace, you would have seen a criminally negligent lack of maintenance.
beauanddustinunleash the Titanic’s final plunge would’ve been much more violent as water was flooding in faster than air could escape so the stern literally got torn apart by air blasting its way out through the hull and decks and stuff
My husband and I took a cruise on this ship for a Mediterranean cruise several years ago and I had heard of its sinking. It is sad to actually see this nice ship sinking. I hope no one was lost.
I turned 90 years old this year. We took other sea voyages on container ships to the south pacific, the Westcoast countries of S. America, and the Orient. They only took 10 passengers on each.
Farewell noble vessel. It has been some time since you left the surface world. May your hallways, ballrooms, and guest quarters be filled with life once more, with the residents of the sea. May others celebrate living within your walls again.
Emocionante ver um navio de qualquer porte começando à afundar sem chance de socorrer a nave mas é triste ao mesmo tempo e nada poder fazer mas é uma casa a mais na vida marinha.
Pior que isso eu sinto quanto vejo algum navio afundando,especialmente o britannic que a gente ouça que o capitão fez de tudo pra tentar encalhar o navio mas nao obtendo sucesso. A parte mais emocionante são os passageiros sendo salvos,pois no meio de tanta morte que esteja envolvida...os que sobreviveram devem ser pelo milagre...um ser nao deixando elas morrerem de portemia ou por nao saber nadar mesmo
I don't remember what breached the hull, but I know it should have just been a small leak except that some sort of pipe had been removed for repair, and said pipe normally ran through several watertight comparents, and so all of those compartments flooded instead of just one.
It’s wild how much faster the ship starts to dive as soon as the funnel goes underwater. The book The Perfect Storm goes into detail about how downflooding is usually the death blow for a ship, and this seems like a perfect example.
In what way? This ship took many hours to sink, the Lusitania went down in 18 minutes. Also this ship wasn’t secretly carrying munitions, and there was no warning in the newspaper the day before that it would be sunk.
@@boataxe4605 I think they mean the visual way that it sunk - Listing to starboard and down by the head, but yeah the ship didn't go vertical, it was more of a gentle slope when it went down.
The captain said: “I told everyone to leave - it doesn’t matter if I left first. When the order to abandon the ship is given, no one should stay, and no one cares if you leave first. If you want to stay on the ship, it’s your own problem”
“If you want to stay on the ship, it’s your own problem” Sorry, I didn’t know it was my fault that you’re crew took all of the lifeboats, with little thought for the actual passengers. I guess next time I should focus more on saving my own hide, rather than considering that actual lives are in jeopardy because you decided to chart a cruise in a body of water infamous for its freak weather.
Just listened to the snap judgment episode on this where one of the entertainment staff tell the story about it sinking. It’s called Double Trouble by snap judgement
are we not going to talk about how we can see a ship almost the size of the titanic sinking on camera going FULLY under without anybody dying? we can use this.
