It's heartbreaking to think of sinking ships with more passengers than lifeboats. And all the poor nameless victims, whose loved ones probably never found out what had happened to them.
@theshipwreckarchives
4 ай бұрын
A lot of the people who were saved did not attempt the voyage again. They turned around and returned home, and who could blame them?
@spiwitual9604
3 ай бұрын
This tragedy has been edged into the history of my family- my great great grandfather on my grandmothers side, was a Jewish immigrant who survived the wreck of the Norge- jumping off the deck, prior to her going under. He survived on a life boat after an effort of swimming through the already terrible currents around Rockall. His name was Alex Scharf.
@theshipwreckarchives
3 ай бұрын
One of the things that we always find incredible about these stories is the strength that people find in the fight to survive. That is an incredible story.
@andrewl7481
4 ай бұрын
Early upload tonight. Love it!
@talpark8796
4 ай бұрын
such a tragic tale tyvm for another upload, eh 🦬🇨🇦😁
@ladykimono401
4 ай бұрын
I am sorry to commenting on your pronunciation of the name but... Norge is how Norwegians say Norway. I suspect the Danish pronunciation is similar. From Wikipedia: [ˈnɒːwə] From Old Norse Noregr, Norvegr, derived from norðr (from Proto-Germanic *nurþrą) and vegr (from Proto-Germanic *wegaz). So, Nor - Ge. And thank you for not using a million different photos that has nothing to do with the ship or the incident. This makes it very easy to listen to. And yes, I am one of those people who listen to KZitem videos... If you ever needs more pronunciation guides from a Norwegian, please dont hesitate to ask^_^
@theshipwreckarchives
4 ай бұрын
No need to ever apologize for giving us help with how to say something properly. We definitely struggle with it sometimes. We are always thankful for any help in that area.
@charliekezza
4 ай бұрын
So is it more like "orgy" with an n at the start
@macflod
3 ай бұрын
Im reading the book about this just now. Its weird, recently there is a few videos appearing about this largely forgotten disaster. The story is so sad
@theshipwreckarchives
3 ай бұрын
It was a terrible tragedy that really deserves to be remembered.
@macflod
3 ай бұрын
@@theshipwreckarchives yes! It does. I learned of this only from seeing the grave in Stornoway and i lived there before as my family is from there. I could not believe it is so unknown and it was the biggest loss of life in the Atlantic until Titanic . If lessons were learned from this, then all on Titanic could gave been saved as they would of had lifeboats. I can’thelp but feel lesson were not learned due to the wealth of the passengers involved or lack of wealth i should say. Its all tragic
@stanislavkostarnov2157
4 ай бұрын
I wonder how much help they could expect if they had reached St-Kilda... I guess, there was still a sizable mining community there in 1904... today, the remote Scottish island barely has any permanent population and no Hospital or even a clinic or pharmacy to speak of... as a result any marginally serious cases have to be airlifted to the mainland, leading to many extra costs & complications
@theshipwreckarchives
4 ай бұрын
You made us curious so we looked into it and it seems that in 1904 there probably wasn't even a nurse there. They probably fared much better for having been picked up considering how rough of shape they were in.
@stanislavkostarnov2157
4 ай бұрын
@@theshipwreckarchives probably saved there lives! in the day, with the lack of communications, I imagine the locals would have done very little for them in that state... not because they wished not, but because there was not much they could do at that point.... and that is if they actually managed to get onto land without getting smashed on any rocks (which are plentiful there)
@stanislavkostarnov2157
4 ай бұрын
love the (new?) voice... very well narrated really adds to the video quality!
@theshipwreckarchives
4 ай бұрын
Thank you. Still the same narrator but we are always working on delivery and trying to find ways to improve. This channel is forever a work in progress
@stanislavkostarnov2157
4 ай бұрын
@@theshipwreckarchives indeed indeed!
@bothewolf3466
4 ай бұрын
Its so easy just to steer like 50 miles clear of this rock and its lil nearby buddies. A better master, with modern 1900s equipment and maps shoulda' been able to manage it.
@stanislavkostarnov2157
4 ай бұрын
as a person who has sailed in those waters with relatively modern equipment, I'd say it seems easy, but those rocks are some Nasty B***ds, the current around them keeps changing, so if it's foggy, and you have to rely on a sextant and dead reckoning... good luck!
@bothewolf3466
4 ай бұрын
@@stanislavkostarnov2157 I'm Army, not Navy. Guess I have to take your word :)
@stanislavkostarnov2157
4 ай бұрын
@@bothewolf3466 I am mostly cargo foredeck, but did a couple of seasons on Bird & whale watching boats around those waters (Mostly middle-inner Hebrides, but a few two-three day mini-cruise trips to some outer Islands as well)... rest was mostly Clyde-side to Morocco and back.
@skuula
4 ай бұрын
Norge is just Danish (and Norwegian) for Norway. It's pronounced more like nor-ge.
@IrrippiOntor
4 ай бұрын
It's pronounced 'Nor' (as in neither/nor) + 'ge' with a hard *g; (as in 'geography', 'geology', etc) That's how you say Norway in norwegian.
@ml50486965
4 ай бұрын
Thanks! The Titanic sank 8 years later.
@MikeHunt-fo3ow
4 ай бұрын
its got 3 poles only 1 is equipped for sails whats the other 2 do?
@theshipwreckarchives
4 ай бұрын
When she was first built she was listed as having three masts. I know as confidence in steam power grew some other ships kept the masts but stopped using them for sails. They still used them for signals and things like that. My guess is a similar case for the Norge but I didn't see anything mentioned while researching.
@stanislavkostarnov2157
4 ай бұрын
@@theshipwreckarchives Danish-line ships often kept the rear mast rigged to carry a boom for the light-wind sailings into tropics or when a heavier cargo low in the hold allowed for extra sail... the front mast on all passenger steamers had to be used for signals and lights as per the current inter-island waterway convention *(1898--WWI)
@MikeHunt-fo3ow
4 ай бұрын
you guys can have my biscuit i only eat them with mash taters and gravy
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