I believe there were actually 3 crewman of the Artic that stayed at their post till the end as you said the captain who remarkably survived, but there was also a man he told to fire a cannon as a sort of SOS to any close by ships, he even told his captain “Tell them one man stayed at his post till the end!” or something to that effect. There was also a woman in the lower parts of the ship, tho she technically wasn’t crew she did a damn better job than most of the real crew so she has my acknowledgment, anyways she was using a manual hand pump trying to combat the rushing water coming in hoping to buy just a little more time so everyone else could escape, it’s said her hands were torn and bloody from cranking the hell out of the pump and when she was told they need to get the hell out of there she refused, absolute legends the both of them.

True. Don't forget how they scandalized the captains name when they thought he was dead.

:p Deadlier*

Crazy story worthy of a movie adaptation...really. These men deserve to be remembered, so let this be a lesson to all ship engineers.

All that water and yet there’s still so many instances of these huge ships crashing into each other

Kinda crazy, right? One reason this is the case (aside from human error) is that the entirety of the ocean is not necessarily used for ships. There are shipping routes/lanes that see a very high yield of traffic through them so most ships are traveling in similar areas.

A lot of my dad's friends' families were on the Dona Paz, on their way to Manila to find a better life. It was such a big tragedy for our small town :(

@raw rice no it wasn’t even back then. It’s never been good like that. Hate to say the better thing may have happened if that was the other option.

@raw rice probably back then, it sure beats province life anyways

You can find a better life in Manila? Who knew huh? 😮 I sure am surprised that fact. 😂

In a few decades, we might get to witness stories like this for Space ships. And 100 years after that, our future Generations will watch videos like these about those Space ships.

The energy requirements for that are incredible....and humanity is producing less energy per Capita every day in nearly all modern societies due to environmentalism encroaching on energy production. You can have green energy or space travel, but not both. Not yet at least.

If people survive ww3 and retain most of it's technology and learn from the past, this might happen.

And those horrible horrible transporter accidents.

Hell, this cruise was about as bad a fate as it could be. A real ticket straight to hell. It's hard to believe that something like this actually happened. Words cannot describe how sorry I am for all these people, they did not deserve such a fate, no one did. Here, something is clearly not clean, there are too many coincidences in this story, and unfortunately we are unlikely to ever know the truth. It's amazing how easily people can take other people's lives. By the way, I do not understand at all why this catastrophe did not become more famous than the Titanic. I understand that everyone is turned on by the fact that for many years no one understood why it sank, but this story is much more interesting! Sometimes people's attention is a very strange thing. 🤔

In reference to the disasters mentioned at the end. In 2017 the Cruise Ship MSC Armonia had it's engine's die and crashed into and took out the pier at the Cruise terminal in Roatan Honduras. Fortunately everyone was alright.

The Dona Paz was slightly different because any ship that strikes an oil tanker (and thus is sprayed with oil, as it seems happened here with the Dona Paz) is gonig to burn to a crisp. In fact I believe the leaking oil was part of the reason so many people died as they jumped int othe water thinking that they could escape, only that the water was literally "on fire" because of the oil from the tanker. It's also believed (and supported by witness claims) that the Dona Paz was overloaded with too many people (i believe it was rated for about 1700 people, but had as many as 4300 or more. I would say that probably my biggest fear these days is not so much sinking of a cruise ship (or even a major collision, as technology has improved drastically in the past 70-80 years to a point where these incidents are very rare) but my bigger feature is being on a cruise ship with say 6,000 other people (strangers) or worse yet, a massive sickness that might sweep over a ship (which has happened in more recent times). With the design of modern liners, if you take into account, even the Costa Concordia sinking, I believe "only" 32 people died out of perhaps out of about 3200 total people, so that's 1%. Granted it's 1% too many (ie. should have been no deaths) but far far "better" than the double digit percentages we see in even sinkings that happend in the last century. So while being on a ship with 4000+ people (registered passengers) is a bit of a daunting number to be spending a week or more with, the days of massive ship wrecks is pretty much gone and the Costa Concordia was mere negligence of the company and was totally avoidable.

It is unfortunate that at times we have to learn to build better and better ships through tragedy after tragedy.

@WLM Activist Good joke. I have zero photos or videos containing my face on this device, and the only devices that would have it are owned by different people entirely and I don't have a contact list that includes those people. As for the discussion at hand, the main topic for most of the video was the Morro Castle. And when the first commenter said "...build better ships through tragedy after tragedy" not only would that include the Wilhelm Gustloff, since it was a "tragedy" that you could "build a better ship" out of (because let's be honest, there are always going to be new weapons and new ways to defend yourself from those weapons), but he wasn't even referring to that ship in particular. He was referring to ALL ship tragedies that would help benefit the development of safer regulations, even ones not named in this video.

@DragonMage Gaming "bro", the title speaks about the deadliest tragedy of all time, that is of the Wilhelm Gustloff. The thumbnail even has it listed. Respond to me again and I will post your name and face online.

@WLM Activist Bro, there were three ships (not counting the non-passenger ones) talked about in the video. Again, watch the whole video, and get some sleep, pulling all nighters aren't good for you.

@DragonMage Gaming I don't need to watch the whole video, the comment is basically making the accusation that the ship failed due to fault in design. The ship had issues because it was way overcrowded and was hit by a torpedo. Do not tell me to sh*t, I know what happened.

@WLM Activist bro watch the whole video

I love what your doing. Personally to me watching one of your content videos will qualify students including me because I'm in college that they can graduate at any public schools, that's how great y'all are. I'm a big fan. But I know our current society can be unconsciously prone to being mentally destructive, I'm glade y'all exist, without the work you are doing my life would probably not matter.

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FYI the Arctic’s Captain James Luce didn’t want to be traveling full speed with sporadic visibility through the fog. He was required to by the politicians who gave the Collins Line their subsidies. I highly recommend PartTimeExplorer’s videos.

This has got to be the most heartbreaking video I've ever watched 😢 I wish the world could choose peace but it just feels impossible

I'm only flabbergasted they'd let a second in command go on a voyage in a ship he has ZERO training in. That's outstanding negligence.

@Do Won When I read about this I remember reading that they pushed the boats to unsafe speeds in unsafe conditions with poor crews because somebody was trying to bring down that line of boats so the finders would go to their company. It’s been a while since I read about this so you might have to fact check me but I’m to lazy to do so, so you have my memory to serve you I suppose.

I completely agree with this. He had absolutely no training. Suspicious!?!!🤔🤔🤔🤔

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The actor Eric Braeden. Guy who plays as J. J. Astor IV in Cameron's Titanic, is Wilhelm Gustloff survivor.

Wow!

He was also in one of the original "Planet of the Apes" sequels, was on an episode of Kolchak the Night Stalker, and may be best known for his role as Victor on soap, Young and Restless.

He has said that his experience as a little boy surviving the Wilhelm Gustloff made the sinking scenes for Titanic some pf the most difficult in his extensive career.

Wilhelm is Eric's father. Which is real name is not Eric. He changed it from Hans I believe.

damn how could ive missed this story about another chip. thanks for covering it up,interesting.

A ship this size could never carry 10000 people.

That's because they're confusing it with a different ship wreck. The Wilhelm Gustloff had 9,000 lives lost.Morro Castle lost 137 lives

whoa! i wasn't expecting this when i clicked the video. I live in Asbury Park, NJ and Morro Castle drifted ashore literally down the street from where my house is. like i can walk to where it was in 2 minutes from my door. pretty surreal.

I lived on Monmouth military base late 80's-90's. I loved Ashbury Park and Red Bank. How is it up there now? I got laid back vibes when I was there.

From 9k death to 33 I would say they have made it pretty safe.

Gustav Wilhelmina II 😥 another with the most fatalities, I think

It’s insane how a Soviet submarine literally took the lives of many innocent Germans who were panicking to evacuate

@gargy2002 was referring to the civilians from the ship not the soldiers of course

No wonder there is so many kind of weird stuff happened in the sea 😮because of so many deaths around it

@ImNotEvenSure u can say both of it 😲😱

Or is there so many deaths bcuz of weird things..?

Honestly I couldn't even watch the whole video without tears dripping off my eyes. 😢

Using any transport in September seems to be a role of the dice clearly.... Back in the day i cant imagine the ego of ship owners wanting to out do eachother. Concored won it all but came to an end too soon due to poor airport control. Such a shame.

i want to see those ship Accidents turned into movies

What’s with ships back then not having enough lifeboats? You’re not gonna think it looks any better without them, when you’re sinking.... my guess is you’d rather have them, than not.

Basically lifeboats were meant to ferry passengers from the stricken ship to a rescue ship, so there weren't enough for everyone.

If it wasn't for the titanic disaster pushing for more lifeboats as it was a law but not enforced back than

Even if you had enough, just like RMS Titanic they wouldn't even wait until they were full before sending them off the deck

I thought it was actually the wilhelm gustloff it's even on the thumbnail, but this was so horrifying too

the arctic was part of a compony that wouldn’t let them slow down. it wasn’t an option. and they sped off bc they thought they where closer then they thought.

How are you just spitting our fully edited, script written, and narrated videos so fast. Can we appreciate the grind

​@Gary E ads would be the easy part lol

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Totally easy, leave out the useless vidfommercials

So glad I got to see lots of footage from the movie titanic

Great video! However, I just got off a Mediterranean cruise, and am going on a western Caribbean cruise in 3 weeks! Fingers crossed.

Got of a cruise ship last week... and I'm still going to go an another one very soon. This didn't change my mind at all

Was it supposed to Beatrice?😂😂

With all the protocols of modern day ships, its probably even safer than crossing a red traffic light lmao.

I know they said the Captain had no previous health issues but whatever killed him hit him suddenly?

I still think you should make more sketchy videos like this one

My biggest fear is water... and why would I need to be on a ship to die with a heart attack 🥲

Great content , but I have been on 4 cruises in my life all we’re 100% excellent vacations , but u never know , we did run into ruff seas an high winds on one near or off the galvinstin tx coast yrs ago an it was ruff but this ship the older carnival destiny , well she well , and if u were sober you got hurt from fallen all us drunks made it threw with out a scuff , so get a lil todied up whil u cruising around our grand oceans because the experience an the beautiful scenery you will sea is worth the risk as per say , but naw I’m going again in feb of 2024

enjoy your next cruise. i’ve never been on one 😩

What if riddle was really an AI

What if? I imagine nothing would change?

Good lord, Riddle. Deadliest shipwreck in human history? Not even close.

Gustloff's other captain decided to light the ship to avoid colliding with the German minesweeper or its escort ship.

It was very interesting, but If I may point something... It's about the background music especially at the end. I watched that video on my tv. and the background music was almost as loud as the narrator. I admit, that my english skills are not so good, but for me and probably for people like me is a bit difficult to understand such a video when the background music is so loud ! Otherwise thumbs up 👍 for your channel 👍

Jumped around to so many different wrecks. It was hard to stay with you. Normally I like your channel. I still liked it

I’m glad I wasn’t the only one having a hard time following

I'm not sure if I would want my husband to shoot me or just die in the cold water. At least it was over quick probably

Wasn't the deadliest shipwreck the sinking off the wilhelm gustloff?

It's a riddle what the staff of Riddle was smoking the day it came up with this vid's title. The Gustloff was, by far, the deadliest sinking in history, but it was not an accident. So, maybe they were going by accident? But even then, they are way, way off. There are many, much deadlier shipwrecks throughout history.

Chilling! Thank you.

Dude I just wanted to hear about the ship in the title 😂

While the topic is interesting, please confine to one event at a time, it's too confusing jumping from one story, to another, back again, then a third, back to first, etc.

They were treated like stowaways so people kind of forgot about them when the situation was going on so even more people than what is recorded died on the ship that night

Somehow the moral castle narrative keeps coming back and am confused

lol, I love how they turned it into a anti government video XD

I’m pretty sure homie meant to put “deadlier” instead of “deadliest” for the title but it got autocorrected 😭💀

In Germany w’s are pronounced like v’s so Wilhelm Gustloff would be pronounced like Vilhelm Gustlov

i like this kind of video from Ridddle! Examples on examples on examples

Correction: the Arctic was NOT caused by the crew, but the United States congress. TLDR: congress prohibited them from slowing down for any reason. The captain of the Arctic was a noble man who dealt with some traumatic decisions that night. He also dealt with one of the worst situations imaginable regarding human decency. There are many documentaries that cover this incident.

the Titanic was steel and sank because of lack of technology, while the Arctic was wooden and sank because of too much technology. the women were loaded first in the Titanic, while the men were loaded first on the Arctic. pretty much exactly opposite...

make a video about ms stockholm and andrea doria because they were two ships that crashed near the usa, you can also make a video about the vasa ship

that was really good presentation

I thought that there were life jackets on the Dona Paz - they just happened to be locked away.

Your channel is so incredible. The information and learning capabilities on YouTube alone is insane. I crave this

There was even that one incident in Eastern sea near finland. The Estonia tragedy, some claim that it was torpedoed by Nato or some other powerful nation to cause a cover up. Cause the reason for sinking and the hull don't match up.

Morro Castle ended up near my hometown of Asbury Park,NJ

The little skulls in the droplets nice touch

Where are you getting your speed conversions? A knot is only 1.115 mph, not 2+. Thus a ship capable of 20 knots would be moving 20.3mph, NOT over 40!

@Ryan you are correct. My 1.115 is a typo.

A knot is not 1.115 mph. It's 1.151 mph. 20 knots multiplied by 1.151 is about 23 mph. Even if a knot was 1.115 like you say, your math is still wrong, 20knots × 1.115=22.3

Successful people don't become that way overnight. What most people see at a glance- wealth, a great career, purpose-is the result of hard work and hustle over time. I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life..

@Monsieur Commissaire n gurgles n gags n rubs it all over her face

Carol Harper ALWAYS SWALLOWS!

Mrs. Carol Harper ate her own children! She's a legend!

Okaaay

Thank God I'm too poor to afford this 🤩

You forgot to mention that the line the Artic belonged too was mandated by congress to alwats run at full speed. It would be illegal for them to slow down. Aftet the collision the captain believed if he gunned it he could get as close to land as possible and save some people or get help. And unfortunately due to the mutiny of the crew during the sinking many people died as life boats became over run by men trying to save there own skins. On one attempt the captain tried to fashipn a raft for the ladies abd children but the men and crew over took it and it broke apart. The crew and men were definitely the villans of this tragedy. There was but one man who stood by the captain til the last breath to signale help.

Nothing like ADHD story telling. I did enjoy it.

Don't forget the Herald of Free Enterprise and the Estonia, and another paddle ship that sank in Liverpool bay, IOMSP Ellan Vannin

it is it me or do alot of tragedy happens in September?

I sent this video to the cruise line I had booked and got a full refund. Thank you for your warning, I will never board a cruise ship again!

People don't remember the Titanic bc it had the most deaths or anything....like wtf

Thanks for reminding me that i can't swim

(14:08) Not frostbite...exposure and/or hypothermia.

So how about talking about the ship the video title claims to be about.

That must've been weird knowing wow this is how I'm going to die some were brave some not

I’m definitely not going on a cruise for my birthday now.

Who’s Rogers secretly made this plan or a part of this plan and poison the captain put something in his food killed him and then the whole sequence events happened after the captain died

Why you don't show us what was the source material for the video?

Has there always been 3 "d"s in Ridddle??? It's not supposed to happen this fast. I ate my blueberries

The vesta had a dutch flag and the name "Holland"on its side. Wikipedia says it was french too.....

Now this was a great video

What about the Wilhelm Gustloff in 1945?

Whatever happened to the consturctors?

I don’t have to think about if I want to go on a cruise because my answer is no!

Parents have another country begged other ships cruise to take their children to America to be safe because Savannah wasn’t safe

I was only 5 years old when Doña Paz slammed to Vector and exploded. It's also documented as Asian-Titanic tragedy during the 90's.

Psshh. I'm not scared of a sinking ship. I know how to swim.

"Deadliest than the Titanic" Because no one goes to English class any more.

Titanic sank at the Atlantic ocean, and the second ship you say that the same thing would sink

"deadliest than the titanic"

just watched this and i'm boarding a cruise in 8 days time.... 🤦🏻‍♀

Pretty sad you know. Too many ship accidents and too many lives taken. Why weren’t there enough lifeboats and life jackets on some of those ships?

all the men left the women and children to die on the ship even the captain....no wonder no ones ever heard of this tragedy.

I like this channel, very informative. I just can't stand the added static to the video, this makes it hard to watch...

Raido person was mad some one was calling so late it's usually something very dumb

Yes, much deadliest than the Titanic... 😂

Good Video!

Gad dam maritime accidents/disasters were so preventable back then but they were too dumb and inexperienced. Sad. Excellent video tho 👍🇺🇸

The correct term is deadlier, not deadliest.

No. I’ve been on excess of 35 cruises! Prefer airplanes though!

6:54 When the tables turn ;) No double standards here

Nobody talks about the grammar in this video title either lol

Yo i drive a piece of junk car and those swooshing noises when you switch pictures in the beginning of the video had me tripping