This is the conclusion to a long standing mystery that has been slowly unraveling on my channel since, well, actually before I started this channel. I have covered the story of the wreck of the SS Atlantic in 1873 extensively. This is not a retelling of that. If you want that, check out my documentary from 2023 that tells the full story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1w4U4vwCS8o

Lauriston Davidson (Umphelby) and her daughter, Lillian, were lost in the sinking of the SS Atlantic in 1873. For the past 6 and a half years, I have been trying to track down the location of their grave, even having traveled across the continent to Telegraph City, California - their intended destination. We searched Lower Prospect, Camp Hill Cemetery in Halifax, and everywhere in between, following the story of the wreck and hunting down clues to see if we could find these lost graves.

As you listen to this piano, you are listening to history. This beautiful Steinway piano was salvaged from the RMS Olympic, sister of the infamous Titanic, when the ship was scrapped.

The RMS Olympic Steinway Association is looking to acquire the piano and preserve it as a public artifact. To learn about how you can support their mission, visit their website at https://www.rmsolympicpiano.com/en/

Follow the association on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61553871855155

In the early hours of April 1st, 1873, the SS Atlantic was steaming toward Halifax in order to re-coal, after having diverted from its schedule route to Jersey City, USA. The ship is 12 miles off course and instead of sailing toward the harbor, Atlantic was heading straight for the rocky coast of Nova Scotia. The wreck of the Atlantic was the worst maritime disaster in the North Atlantic until 1898 and the worst disaster for the White Star Line until the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. Around 550 were lost, including every woman and all but one or two children.

This video is meant to supplement my full documentary on the wreck of the Atlantic, so watch that if you have not already.

It's been a while since I posted a real-time sinking animation, but I've been sitting on a few in the past few months. Since working with Alex, these animations have really come to life and his work takes these projects to a new level.

April Fool's Day, 1873 - The grand steamer Atlantic of the White Star Line crashes hard onto the rocks of Lower Prospect, Nova Scotia (not too far from Halifax), with almost 1,000 people on board. The ship is rapidly tearing apart as the waves batter it against the rocky coastline. The lifeboats wreck before they can escape and the stern sinks rapidly. It seems hopeless for everyone aboard Atlantic, but rescue is on its way in the form of a small group of local fishermen.

At that time, the SS Atlantic was the worst disaster in the North Atlantic to date, and the worst disaster for the White Star Line until the sinking of the Titanic in 1912. April 1st, 2023 marks the 150th anniversary of the wreck, and even though it's a wreck I've covered thoroughly on my channel in the past, including with a detailed full length documentary, new research and a better understanding of the disaster make it worth revisiting this story.

In February, 1899, after a freakish winter storm in the North Atlantic, the White Star Line Germanic limped into New York Harbor with 1,800 tons of ice accumulated on her decks in her rigging. Within a day or two, the ship sank at her moorings. This is the story of the incident and the remarkable raising of the massive vessel.

A special thank-you to the Titanic International Society, who actively works to keep the story of the Titanic and White Star Line alive.

Ocean liners were often called "cities at sea", but how did these vast cities celebrate Christmas? What about Hanukkah or New Years? Let's look at how they turned this steamships into warm and festive places for the often homesick holiday travelers.

Few people who were aboard the Titanic have become the subject of as many legends as Thomas Andrews - her shipbuilder, who stood in the Smoking Room as the ship broke apart and slipped beneath the waves. But how much of that is true? Was Andrews the real designer of the ship? Where was Andrews during the sinking? In this documentary, we meet the man behind the legends, and follow his footsteps, recounting the known sightings of Andrews from when he left his home in Belfast for the last time to the last time he was seen as the ship foundered.

Working with the authors and historians behind "On A Sea of Glass" and the forthcoming "Recreating Titanic and Her Sisters: A Visual History", considered by many to be the premier title on the events of the voyage, we aim here to separate the fact from the legend.

Relive the saga of Titanic’s Boat No. 2 from beginning to end with the authors of On A Sea of Glass: The Life & Loss of the RMS Titanic, Tad Fitch, J. Kent Layton, and Bill Wormstedt. This is the first in a planned series of micro-analyses of various aspects of the Titanic disaster that we plan to collaborate on, so please stay tuned for the next episode in our documentary series.

Lifeboat No. 2 was Titanic's port side emergency boat, located just aft of the bridge wing. It was usually kept on-the-ready in case the ship's crew needed to quickly launch a boat, such as for rescuing somebody who fell over, but ironically it was one of the last boats launched on the night of the sinking. Captain Smith himself assigned Fourth Officer Boxhall to the boat, who and the boat was lowered away as the forward section of the ship was going under.

As he rowed away from the ship, Captain Smith called out to Boat No. 2, among other boats then nearby, with orders to move to the ship's starboard side and retrieve additional passengers. Officer Boxhall’s Boat No. 2 was the only boat to comply with these orders, rowing precariously around the sinking ship's stern and propellers, then making a quick dash to safety as the ship began to plunge. Boat No. 2 was the first boat picked up by Carpathia, and it was Officer Boxhall who delivered the formal confirmation to her Captain and officer corps that Titanic had foundered.

This video features CGI from our real-time sinking animation we produced for this last (2021) anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. Our goal in making the animation was for it to be the most authentic sinking animation to date.

This animation aims to show the sinking of the Titanic as it truly happened, using every piece of first-hand testimony available. The depiction is the first real-time animation that worked hand-in-hand with historians from the very outset, weighing existing theories against testimony and forensic wreck evidence to compile what we believe is the most authentic sinking depiction to date.

Working with the authors and historians behind "On A Sea of Glass", considered by many to be the premier title on the events of the voyage, this animation took over three months to put together. While we do believe it's the most authentic out there, we are continuing toward its improvement and hope to fine tune it as we have more time to add details and uncover even further evidence into what transpired that night.

Directed by

Thomas Lynskey

Animation by

Levi Rourke

Historical Director

J Kent Layton

Lead Historians

Tad Fitch

J Kent Layton

Bill Wormstedt

Additional Historical Help from

George Behe

Sam Halpern

Jack Eaton

Charles Haas

Mike Poirier

Bill Sauder

Parks Stephenson

Visual Assets by

Liam Sharpe

Michael Brady

Levi Rourke

Thomas Lynskey

Emma Lynskey

Animated in Unreal Engine 4

The White Star Line is arguably the most famous shipping line in history, but it gets a bad reputation for its high profile sinkings, such as the Titanic, Atlantic, and Britannic, but is this fair? There's so much more to the story of this company than what's commonly known. Let's take an in-depth tour of it, from its inception in 1845 to its merger with Cunard in 1934, to what is left today.

A companion video will follow shortly profiling each ship in the White Star Line's fleet from 1870 - 1934. Stay tuned on this channel, and I'll add it to the description when it's posted.

Special thanks to Levi Rourke for animating various ships of the fleet, and Lucas Gustaffson for providing several of the models.

Immediately after the wreck of the White Star Line's SS Atlantic, fundraisers were created for the survivors, and inquiries were held to investigate who might be at fault. Was it the Captain? The crew? The White Star Line? Or was it simply an unavoidable act of God?

On April 1, 1873, the steamship Atlantic was lost on the rocks near Halifax, Nova Scotia. This disaster is almost completely forgotten today, even by locals. A small museum stands near the site, but it does not get the attention it deserves.

Sitting at the mass grave of some of the SS Atlantic's dead, I reflect on how forgotten the wreck is, and a mysterious grave that embodies the buried stories of this disaster.

Saint John, New Brunswick has a rich history of seafaring and shipbuilding. My friend Josh and I dive into their history to find what remains and track down where a long-forgotten shipbuilder constructed the flagship for the White Star Line, the clipper ship White Star.

Francis Rickards Dyke was only 20 years old when his ship, the cable ship Minia, was chartered to join the Mackay Bennett in recovering the bodies of Titanic's victims from the wreck site. His granddaughter shares Francis' story of this life-changing job of his, as well as a handful of artifacts connected to it including a personal letter to his mother and wreck wood from the First Class spaces of Titanic.

Special thanks to Pat Teasdale for her exceptional interview and the Dartmouth Heritage Museum Society for allowing us to film on their premises.

Applying the same techniques that went into cataloging the artifacts from the RMS Titanic, we document and photograph (and in some cases, we identify!) the artifacts from the wreck of the SS Atlantic, a White Star Liner that wrecked in Nova Scotia in 1873.

Historian and author Bob Chaulk takes us out on his boat through the islands of Lower Prospect and out to the wreck site of the steamship Atlantic.

We've been learning about the wreck of the White Star Liner "Atlantic" in 1873. The Atlantic was the second of the Oceanic Class ships, a class that consisted of six different vessels. What was it like to travel on one of the Oceanic Class liners, aside from the disaster of the Atlantic? What was the protocol? What was the bill of fare? What facilities did these revolutionary liners offer? Where did they make harbor?Huge thanks to J. Kent Layton for helping with researching some of the details on this video!

The SS Atlantic wrecked on the rocks of Lower Prospect in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1873. The story is nearly forgotten. We do our best to tell the story of the sinking, the worst disaster on the North Atlantic in the 1800's, and the first disaster for the White Star Line.

This was made in cooperation with the SS Atlantic Heritage Park Society and the Titanic Society of Atlantic Canada.