No One Talks About The Shipwreck Worse Than The Titanic

on the evening of April 14th 1912 the Titanic a colossal Cruise liner measuring 882 ft long glided across the Atlantic Ocean it was a freezing cold night and though the crew were aware of icebergs in the area they didn't reduce the ship's speed instead they chose to race on at a pace of 22 knots until at 11:40 p. m. An Almighty crack was heard on the Titanic starboard side the super ship had been stopped in its tracks by a colossal ice Berg the enormous chunk of ice carved a 300 ft gash into the vast vessel leading water to pour in at a rate of 7.

1 tons per second despite that the 2,240 people on board weren't concerned after all the Titanic had been declared Unsinkable the ship could reportedly stay afloat if as many as four compartments were breached however on this occasion six compartments were ruptured if that wasn't bad enough the Titanic only had 20 lifeboats accommodating 1,1 78 people barely half the ship's capacity that's despite the Titanic's original design housing 64 lifeboats enough to hold all the passengers on board however the ship's owners cut the number down as they felt too many lifeboats would clutter the deck and obscure the first class passengers view if that wasn't negligent enough the 20 lifeboats they did have weren't even filled properly officers didn't know how many people could safely be carried in the lifeboats so they Ed on the side of caution costing at least 500 more lives Liv those that weren't taken down with the ship were claimed by the icy cold water the sudden immersion into the freezing Atlantic was the end for many passing from Cardiac Arrest or hypothermia within 15 minutes horrifically just 712 or a mere 32% of those on board survived the unsinkable ship sinking and yet disastrous as the Titanic's demise was there are some lesser known shipwrecks from history that are far far more tragic intrigued and join me as we dive down to discover some shipwrecks that were even worse than the [Music] Titanic SS Kanga in late 1948 a fierce Civil War was raging in China with Communist forces beginning to seize power in large parts of the country in response thousands fled the Nationalist stronghold of Shanghai before Communist forces arrived their savior the SS kianga on December 4th 1948 she set off officially carrying 2,150 refugees nearly double her capacity in reality several thousand more had crowded onto the steamer before it left the dock initially things were going as smoothly as they could on the jam-packed vessel however 50 Mi south of Shanghai in the mouth of the hango river disaster struck literally the steam ship was suddenly rocked by a large explosion toward towards the stern suspected to be a Japanese Naval mine left from World War II due to the shallowness of the river the ship didn't sink entirely the hole settled UPR right on the riverbed with what was left of the upper deck remaining above water unfortunately anyone that survived the blast quickly met their end as water flooded through the rest of the ship crucially the radio room which was also on the lower decks became flooded too putting it out of action before a distress call could be made 3 hours later distress flares that survivors sent up were spotted numerous small boats came to the rescue but by this point there were sadly very few survivors whether taken by the blast the ship sinking or the effects of hypothermia the kianga Shipwreck is estimated to have lost close to three times as many passengers as the Titanic in all as many as 3,920 sadly perished making the kianga China's worst Maritime disaster da pass in December 1987 passengers in the Philippines were clamoring onto the fery MV Dona pass excited to head home for the holidays the 305 ft long Ferry was authorized to carry 1,518 passengers yet bribed officials LED about 4,400 people onto this seriously overcrowded vessel at 6:30 a. m. on December 20th da Pas left the island of Ley expecting to arrive at Manila at 4:00 a.

m. the next day regardless of the claustrophobic conditions the journey was smooth and as night fell most of the passengers slept they'd soon be woken though around 10:30 pm the da pass collided with another ship the Mt Vector despite clear visibility and calm seas neither ship gave any indication it was aware of the other it was later revealed that the da panza's Captain was watching a movie while officers were drinking beer in the crew's Recreation quarters to top it off neither ship had a working radio that'd be a big mistake considering the empty V wasn't any Old Ship but a 170t long oil tanker carrying over 1,000 tons of gasoline products as the ships collided the Mt vector's cargo ignited causing an explosion and a fire that rapidly spread to the DA P many were taken by the initial explosion but the chances for those who'd survived the blast weren't good either the oil slick and Waters were Ablaze with fire from the explosion and even worse life jackets on the daaz had been locked away anyone left alive had to risk plunging into the Flaming Waters with nothing to keep them afloat around an hour after the Collision a passing ship spotted the Flaming vessels and helped 26 survivors to safety that's right just 26 survived out of the original 4,400 or so on board and all this shocking shipwreck claimed some 2,800 more fatalities than the Titanic and what is now known as the world's worst peacetime Maritime disaster mvy Wilhelm ghostoff as World War II Drw to a close in Soviet forces drove westwards Germany devised operation Hannibal it was a naval evacuation plan transporting German troops and civilians from Eastern Europe back to Germany by January 1945 hundreds of thousands of German refugees streamed into the port of modern-day Ginia in Poland hoping to secure a place on the wilham gusoff a giant 684 ft long military transport ship on January 30th the ship set sail for Keel in Northern Germany she had a 1,465 person Capac it but on this day she was carrying hang on that can't be right 10,000 my God sources all estimate some 10,000 passengers were on board putting her more than 6 and 1 half times over capacity unbeknownst to all those on board though a s13 Soviet submarine was stalking the ship underwater at 9:00 p. m.

that night the submarine fired three Torpedoes striking the wilhem gusoff on the stern bow and Center those who survived the initial impacts rushed to the deck to avoid the rising water but most of the lifeboats were frozen to the side of the ship if that wasn't hellish enough the wilham gusoff soon began to list sinking towards the port side making the lifeboats on the starboard side inaccessible in the end just nine lifeboats could be lowered before the ship sunk leading the vast majority of survivors to jump into the icy Baltic Sea sadly they wouldn't be survivors for long the water temperatures dropped below 39° fahit meaning they'd lose Consciousness in mere minutes anyone lucky enough to land a Lifeboat was picked up by rescue vessels but they were so few by the time rescue attempts were called off there were only around 1,200 survivors tragically the wilham gustof had close to six times the amount of casualties as the Titanic with some 9,000 passengers meeting their end in the Baltic Sea man that's one sizable shipwreck Lula in September 2002 Lula Aus 260t long fer set off from the port of Z ginor in southern Sagal West Africa to the capital darar in the north usually leul would make the 300M trip twice a week however by 2002 the ship had been out of service for almost a year undergoing repairs on its port side engine by the end of 2002 Lula returned to service but she was only capable of making one trip per week so the new port engine could be run in properly but this single weekly trip led to a huge demand for tickets when Lula set sale again on 26th of September she was carrying 1,863 passengers more than triple her 580 person capacity The Vessel was so overcrowded people reported her listing as she left the port despite all that there was a good atmosphere on board that was until 11:00 p. m. when Lula sailed into a storm halfway into her journey normally she would have withstood the weather but the ship was hopelessly topheavy with many passengers sleeping on the upper deck just 5 minutes after sailing Into the Storm Lea rolled over with the bottom of the boat poking above the water surface many survived the initial capsizing but were horrifyingly trapped in tiny air pockets in the upturn ship to their despair help wasn't on the way the crew were caught off guard by how quickly the ship tipped so no rescue message was sent it wasn't until one of the survivors released flares into the sky that small fishing boats came to help while these pulled some survivors from the water government rescue teams didn't arrive at the scene until the following morning and even when they arrived there was nothing they could do to rescue those stuck under the upturn ship 16 hours after Lula capsized she sank completely regrettably just 64 out of Lula's 1,863 passengers Liv to tell the tale of Africa's deadliest shipwreck SS Eastland in the years after the Titanic disaster stricter laws were put in place to ensure greater protection for those travel at Sea the federal Seaman act for example was passed in 1915 and required passenger vessels to hold more lifeboats one such vessel was the SS Eastland a 265 ft passenger ship known as the Speed Queen of the Great Lakes but what she had in speed and style she lacked in practicality being topheavy and unstable ironically the federal seens act only worsened the Eastland stability despite being designed to carry six lifeboats she now held 11 as well as 37 life r s and around 2,500 life jackets most of which were stowed on the ship's Upper Deck experts warned that adding extra weight to an R ready wobbly vessel would cause it to capsize and predictably their fears came true on the Fateful morning of the 24th of July 1915 the Eastland was tied to a dock on the Chicago River filling up with employees of an electron tube company on their way to a work picnic at 6:41 a.

m. while the vessel was still tied to the duck it began listing to the starboard side Panic the crew LED water into the ship's ballast tanks to try and balance her out and although r at the Eastland soon began listing to the port side eventually tipping down 25° just minutes later The Vessel had completely rolled onto its side and those on the upper decks were able to clamber over the starboard railing and walk across the hole to safety While others were flung into the water those below deck were less fortunate some were injured by heavy Furniture which slid across the Tilted decks others fell out to escape the ship as water gushed in of the 2500 on board 844 passengers and crew sadly perished with most meeting there end just feet away from the shoreline making the Eastland one of the [Music] cruestv resembling a viking long ship was setting sail across the English Channel transporting English nobl from France to England Thomas fit Steven the ship's Captain offered his vessel to the king of England Henry the but he'd already made other arrangements instead the king allowed his Entourage including his Heir William adelin to board the white ship while crossing the choppy Channel Waters excited revelers on board ordered Fitz Steven to overtake the king's ship In fairness the white ship was fast and considered the best in its class making the captain and crew extremely confident they'd reach England first but that confidence didn't last long while zipping across the channel in the dark of the night the white ship's port side struck a submerged Rock off the coast of barlor in Normandy capsizing The Vessel all but one of its 300 odd crew sunk down into the depths of the Channel with it among those was William adelin yep the heir to the English Throne Not only was adeline's passing a personal tragedy for the king it also Unleashed chaos in his kingdom when Henry passed away 15 years later the lack of a rightful a led to a Civil War as claimants tried to bully their way to power chroniclers of the time reveal that in addition to those lost in battle thousands starved as a result of the unrest and to think all that could have been avoided if some Nobles didn't think they were playing Need for Speed you know what else is irresponsible not hitting those like And subscribe buttons down below well unless you're not interested in finding more historic videos just like this one all done great now what shocking shipwreck have we got now next SS Central America in the mid 19th century the US was gripped by Gold Fever most notably the Californian Gold Rush brought with it a hopeful miners to the West Coast looking to pick up some precious metal when it came to moving the shiny stuff the transport of choice tended to be steam ships like the 278 ft long vessel SS Central America on September 3rd 1857 the sizable ship Laden with over nine tons of gold left the port of cologne Panama heading for New York and what would be her 44th round trip in 4 years 6 days later while sailing off the coast of the Carolinas the steam ship was caught up in a hurricane the wild 105 mph winds and wicked waves tore her sails and before long she started taking on Water by the 11th of September the ship's boiler failed now without power the Central America was stationary and at the mercy of the storm in a last ditch attempt the ship's Captain William hearnen raised the vessels US flag upside down as a signal of distress but still no ships came luckily two ships were eventually spotted and 153 of those on board escaped to them on lifeboats astonishingly most of the men agreed to stay on board the Central America making every effort to keep the ship and her precious cargo afloat until rescue but sadly rescue never came and at around 8:00 p. m.

on the 12th of September the SS Central America sank taking a heart stopping 425 Souls with There Yet the loss of life wasn't the only anguish felt after the wreck the estimated value of the gold on board was equivalent to $300 million today so great was the financial loss news of the sinking cost hysteria among investors leading to the Panic of 1857 the first worldwide economic crisis yeah the SS Central America shipwreck certainly had a seismic impact Sultana 8 years after the SS Central America ship the US was victim to even more Maritime Misery after the end of the American Civil War in April 1865 released Union prisoners of War were delighted to discover they could finally return home men imprisoned in Vicksburg Mississippi gleefully boarded the Sultana at 260t long wooden steam ship designed to fit 375 passengers however the US government were paying $2.