SUNKEN Cruise Ships!

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Everyone has heard of the sunken titanic, but these stories about ships will make you reconsider your next vacation at the ocean. Here are 7 sunken cruise ships. Subscribe for new videos: http://goo.gl/SaufF4 Voiceover by Rodney Tompkins: https://www.youtube.com/c/BigBadada2012 7: The MS Explorer The MS Explorer had sailed the Antarctic region for almost 40 years before meeting its end on November 11, 2007. After its expeditionary voyage in 1969, the Little Red Ship, as it was nicknamed, had been considered the pioneer of maritime tourism in the Antarctic region. It was the first cruise ship purposefully designed for sailing the Antarctic Ocean. On November 11, 2007 6: The MTS Oceanos On the 3rd of August, 1991 the Oceanos was en course to Durban from East London, South Africa. Before long the ship started facing harsh weather conditions. The 40-knot winds and 30 feet swells brought about by the storm started to roll the ship from side to side. A muffled explosion was heard and then the Oceanos lost its power. Captain Yiannis Avranas was informed by one of his chief engineers that the generator room was in danger of being flooded. The generators were shut down as the crew feared they would short circuit. The vessel was left adrift. The explosion had caused a 3.9 inch hole in the bulkhead and the water levels soon began 5: The Costa Concordia Over 4000 crew and passengers were on board the Costa Concordia when it crashed on January 12, 2012, due to a critical error made by its captain, Francesco Schettino. The incident happened only hours after the Costa Concordia left the Italian port of Civitavecchia. The ship’s initial course was a week-long cruise on the Mediterranean. As it made its way along the Italian coastline, Schettino ordered the steering of the ship closer to the island of Giglio, as a ‘salute’ to the locals. After the ship’s ‘black box’ was recovered a recording was found in which Schettino 4: The RMS Empress of Ireland May 29, 1914.The Empress of Ireland cruise liner left Canada's Quebec Harbor on a course for Liverpool, England. Not long after the ship had left the port, the crew saw the masthead lights of Storstad, a Norwegian collier, several miles in the distance. The initial sighting took place in clear weather conditions from the ship's starboard side. However, a dense curtain of fog soon fell upon the two ships. Crews from both vessels made extensive use of their fog whistles. The desperate warning attempt did little to prevent the tragedy that followed. At 02:00 local time, the two ships 3: The MS Estonia In September 1994, in what was considered one of the worst maritime disasters of the 20th century, the MS Estonia, previously known as Viking Sally, sank in the Baltic Sea. The ship was travelling to Stockholm, Sweden from Tallinn, Estonia. There have been many speculations throughout the years as to what truly caused the shipwreck. Some experts have cited the turbulent conditions of the Baltic Sea as being a factor, with the ship having been hit repeatedly be heavy gales. This reportedly made steering difficult. Others blame the structural integrity of the ship as it was designed for coastal waters and not the Baltic’s open regions. The official report stated that the locks on the bow door had snapped under the pressure of the waves separating the door 2: The RMS Lusitania On February 18, 1915, during World War I, luxury liner RMS Lusitania sank after being hit by torpedoes launched by a German submarine. In response to the blockade imposed on Germany and the Central Powers by Great Britain and its allies, Germany announced that its naval forces would operate under a policy of ‘unrestricted submarine warfare’. At the time of its maiden voyage, in 1907, the 32.000 ton heavy, 240 meter long RMS Lusitania had been considered the largest, fastest and most luxurious passenger liner in the world. As it set off from New York with a course for Liverpool, in May 1915, passengers could read a warning issued by the Imperial German Embassy which said ‘Vessels flying the flag 1: The MV Wilhelm Gustloff Initially designed as a Nazi cruise ship for the ‘Strength through joy’ organization in 1937, the MV Wilhelm Gustloff was ultimately used in 1945 to transport evacuees. As the Red Army was closing in on East Prusia, the German forces launched Operation Hannibal, coordinated by Admiral Karl Dönitz. Wilhelm Gustloff was among the ships used to evacuate German civilians, military personnel, advanced weapon technicians and Nazi officials from several Baltic areas. The evacuation was completed.