What Happens to a Ship After It Sinks?

Did you know that it's estimated that there are around 3 million unrecovered shipwrecks scattered across the ocean floor? For as long as man has taken to the sea, many vessels have shared the same tragic fate; doomed to a life in the abyssal depths of the blue.

But what happens to these ships when they are left to the sands of time? How is it that some ships - such as the Swedish warship Vasa - are recovered intact after centuries underwater, while others - like Blackbeard's ill-fated Queen Anne's Revenge - succumb to the whims of the sea? A ship's story does not end once it has sunk; so let's take a deep dive and look at the aftermath.

Oceanliner Designs explores the design, construction, engineering and operation of history’s greatest vessels– from Titanic to Queen Mary and from the Empress of Ireland to the Lusitania. Join maritime researcher and illustrator Michael Brady as he tells the stories behind some of history's most famous ocean liners and machines!

00:00 Intro
00:47 Wooden Ships
01:50 Vasa and Queen Anne's Revenge
04:44 Iron and Steel-Hulled Ships
06:36 How Long Will The Titanic Wreck Last?
07:30 USS Monitor
08:20 Maritime Law
09:27 Conclusion

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[robmatthews]

My grandfather's ship, the Pegu ran aground on the approach to Liverpool. She is still visible to this day, getting more rusted year by year. I worked for twenty years on the Liverpool coast and every day I passed by my grandfather's ship. Such a special experience. Thank you Mike for your wonderfully interesting posts.

[noellepepin]

I can't lie, Mike Brady from Oceanliner Designs has one of the best, most soothing deep voices here on YouTube. Your voice is what has gotten me into ships! 😊

[cmchicago]

This channel contains some of the best YouTube content creation currently available on the Internet. Mike Brady is a gifted storyteller and a subject matter expert (and a superlative subject matter “explainer”) in the fields and disciplines of oceanic transportation, naval mechanics, and aquatic vessels. Mike Brady has carefully researched the lives of the people who built these naval vessels, and he has studied and read widely about the many different people who steered, guided, navigated and manned these vessels and traveled in them around the world. Mike Brady’s passion and love for what he calls “Oceanliner Designs” is self-evident and infectious. It is evident that Mr. Brady and his production team take their work seriously because they take their audience seriously, and I respect that. I am a Patreon supporter of this channel “Oceanliner Designs” because of Mike Brady’s passion and love for what he does and for his production team’s commitment to his dream and the genius of “Oceanliner Designs.”

[greghartshorne]

I’m just glad to have a friend. And even better, it’s Mike Brady from Oceanliner Designs.

[jamworthy]

in contrast to titanic, we could have mentioned Britannic and took both ships and compared it with Lusitania, its like a trilogy of bad, medium and good preservation

[Whookieee]

"Captain, it's official. We're sinking."
"No! This area has too much salinity!" (Weeps)

[GlamorousTitanic]

Hey! It’s my friend Mike Brady, from Oceanliner Designs!

[PersuChogo]

I am a Marine Biologist and Benhic Ecologist. One of the most fascinating things underwater are caves and ship and plane wrecks. When they sink they begin a new life, of underwater kingdom. What is fascinating about them is the way the marine life develops, and the communities that develop on a different areas of the wreck. It is fascinating how you can see 4-5 completely different ecosystems around just one wreck.

Maybe it would be an interesting idea to make a video about that, and bring it to wider audience.

Love your videos.

[Cailus]

We really are fortunate that ships like Vasa and Mary Rose have been preserved. Seeing them in person is oddly creepy.

[TaijanDean]

Fantastic as always! I assume you have heard that they have found the H.M.S Hawke in the North Sea, off the coast of Scotland and she is apparently in remarkable condition. She sank there in 1914 and was arguably more famous for colliding with the R.M.S Olympic than her wartime service.

[shepstation]

I needed a video to relax to !! Thank you Mike, as always.

I love being a member of your channel ❤

[frankbjr]

I love relaxing on the couch watching these videos. They’re so well done.

[PersephoneDaSilva]

I love it when you add Lusitania coming towards the screen in your intro. 🥰

[mikkanlundgren]

You really should go to Stockholm and visit the Vasa museum and see that ship for yourself ^^

[reneeparker]

Most ships and boats, that sank into Lake Superior, are perfectly preserved thanks to the water temperature and lack of any oxygen. There are crews actively looking for the wrecks of the Great Lakes.
Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship the Endurance, sank in Antarctica's Weddell Sea to a depth of 3008 meters on November 21, 1915. It was discovered, remarkably preserved, in March 5, 2022. It is now protected from scavengers and will be left where she is. I follow a few channels that cover finding lost ships, including the USS Samuel B. Roberts which was sunk in October of 1944, during WWII's Battle of Samar. She now rests at a depth of 6, 895 meters, which is more than twice the depth of our beloved Titanic.
I find your videos to be well done and very enlightening, Mike Brady.

[RG-Models]

Great video, Mike 👍.

Really interesting.

[vevfd]

The Vasa is a must see! I spent a week in Stockholm a few summers ago before going on a Baltic sea cruise and loved everything about the city, and visiting the Vasa Museum was really the highlight of that week.

[jaynorris]

Hello my friend Mike Brady from Ocean Liner Designs. I want you to know that no matter how rotten the day is going, or has been, your videos make it 100% better.
Thank you for all you and your team do.

[PaidtoDrive]

Another quality video! The Brady Bunch Mike Brady does it again!

[stunder]

Outstanding! I really think you just scratched the surface of this topic. It's fascinating to think of how fast or slow a ship disintegrates over time.I was wrecked just outside the Golden Gate bridge back in 1990 and I wonder about the condition of that tiny fishing vessel.I know for sure if someone recovered the diesel engine it could be refurbished and put back into service even after all this time-Thank you Mike (and your team)