Maritime HorrorsOn October the 25th 1918, one of Canada's worst maritime disasters occurred just off the west coast of Alaska and Canada. A tragedy that would claim hundreds of lives, but to the world as a whole, was relatively unknown. Find out just how the tragedy occurred and learn why it effected so many, but was known by so few as we look into the grounding of the SS Princess Sophia, Canada's Titanic. #History #Disaster
Thanks for watching the first in my new series of Maritime Horrors. I hope to have a new video out each week. Each one will be packed with useful and historical information about famous and lesser known maritime tragedies and disasters.
The Grounding of the SS Princess SophiaMaritime Horrors2021-01-10 | On October the 25th 1918, one of Canada's worst maritime disasters occurred just off the west coast of Alaska and Canada. A tragedy that would claim hundreds of lives, but to the world as a whole, was relatively unknown. Find out just how the tragedy occurred and learn why it effected so many, but was known by so few as we look into the grounding of the SS Princess Sophia, Canada's Titanic. #History #Disaster
Thanks for watching the first in my new series of Maritime Horrors. I hope to have a new video out each week. Each one will be packed with useful and historical information about famous and lesser known maritime tragedies and disasters.
Cited Sources: The Law of Storms by Joan Martelli Twice She Struck by Michael D. Kent The Wreck of the SS London by Simon Wills Loss of the Steamer "Tweed," and Seventy-two Lives From the Illustrated London News, April 10, 1847. The Times/1852/News/RMS Amazon en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Times/1852/News/RMS_Amazon
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Thanks to Mark Sprang at the Great Lakes Historical Archives at Bowling Green State University.
Cited Sources: The Cedarville Conspiracy: Indicting U.S. Steel by L. Stephen Cox Mayday! Tragedy at Sea by James L. Hopp The Wheelsmen by Ric Mixter Shipwrecks of the Straits of Mackinac by Dr. Charles E. Feltner & Jeri Baron Feltner
Marine Board of Investigation Report on the Collsion between the SS Cedarville, ON 226492 and the Norwegian MV Topdalsfjord, ON 36485, in the Straits of Mackinac, Michigan 7 May 1965 with the resultant ssinking of the SS Cedarville and loss of life
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Cited Sources: Eastland: Legacy of the Titanic By George W. Hilton Ashes Under Water: The SS Eastland and the shipwreck that shook America By Michael McCarthy The Sinking of the Eastland: America's Forgotten Tragedy by Jay Bonansinga
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#disaster #aprilfools
Works cited: Dead Space Dead Space 2 Dead Space: Downfall Dead Space: Salvage Dead Space: Extraction
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#history #disaster #ww1
Works Cited: The Halifax Explosion: Canada's Worst Disaster by Ken Cuthbertson The Great Halifax Explosion by John U. Bacon
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#history #disaster
Works Cited: The Last Voyage of the Andrea Doria by Greg King and Penny Wilson Collision Course by Alvin Moscow
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Works Cited: Alien The Blueprints by Graham J. Langridge Aliens Colonial Marines Technical Manual by Lee Brimmicombe-Wood Alien The Weylund-Yutani Report by S.D.Perry Alien directed by Ridley Scott
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Works Cited: https://www.gi.alaska.edu/alaska-science-forum/demise-scotch-cap-lighthouse lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=1780 https://www.history.uscg.mil/Browse-by-Topic/Assets/Land/All/Article/1988680/scotch-cap-light/
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Works Cited: Mighty Fitz by Michael Schumacher The Trial of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Michael Schumacher NTSB Report on the Edmund Fitzgerald
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Works Cited: The Wreck of the HMS Birkenhead by Charles River
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Works Cited: Halo Warfleet By Kenneth Peters Halo Mythos By Jeff Easterling, Jeremy Patenaude, and Kenneth Peters Halo: The Flood By William C Dietz Halo: The Fall of Reach By Eric Nylund
I do not own Halo nor any of the artwork used in this video. Halo belongs to 343 Industries and all artwork belongs to the individual artists. If your artwork is involved please let me know and I will gladly credit you.
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*editing note: The latitude and longitude at the beginning of the video have a typo. It isn't 177⁰ W on the longitude, but 117⁰ E. Also the name of the Perth's seaplane was misquoted as Submarine Walrus, it's supposed to be SuperMarine Walrus.
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Works Cited: https://www.navy.gov.au/hmas-yarra-ii https://www.awm.gov.au/articles/encyclopedia/yarra/loss https://www.navyhistory.org.au/ranships/hmas-yarra-ii/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMAS_Yarra_(U77)
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Works Cited: U.S. Coast Guard's National Ice Rescue Trainer's School
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Thanks for watching my video on Maritime Horrors. I hope to have a new video out each week. Each one will be packed with useful and historical information about famous and lesser known maritime tragedies and disasters.
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Thanks for watching my video on Maritime Horrors. I hope to have a new video out each week. Each one will be packed with useful and historical information about famous and lesser known maritime tragedies and disasters.
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Thanks for watching my video on Maritime Horrors. I hope to have a new video out each week. Each one will be packed with useful and historical information about famous and lesser known maritime tragedies and disasters.