From the Titanic to other large maritime accidents, Here are 8 shipwreck survivor stories including people surviving at sea before being found. SUBSCRIBE for the latest videos: https://goo.gl/7xzjzR #8 The Seacor Power survivors. On April 13, 2021, the 175-foot oil industry vessel flipped over 8 miles off the coast of Louisiana. Hurricane-level wind speeds of 80-90 miles per hour and waves that reached 7-9 feet high caused the vessel to capsize, leaving the 19 people on board in danger. Hours after the incident, 6 people were rescued by the Coast Guard. #7 Violet Jessop. You’d think that after just one scary incident on a ship, you’d be wary of ever stepping foot on another one ever again. That wasn’t the case for Violet Jessop, an ocean liner stewardess and nurse, who had the incredibly bad luck of being caught in two different shipwrecks—and one “almost” shipwreck! #6 The Wilhelm Gustloff survivors. On January 30, 1945, a Soviet submarine shot a torpedo at the German ocean liner, Wilhelm Gustloff, in the Baltic Sea. There were approximately 10,000 passengers on board. Over 9,000 of the people on board died, with only about 1,000 survivors. #5: Harrison Okene. Okene. The Nigerian cook, was part of a 12-man crew working on a tugboat called, Jascon-4. About 20 miles off the Nigerian coast, Jascon-4 was stabilizing an oil tanker at a platform in the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean. On May 26, 2013, the rough water capsized the tugboat which sank nearly 100 feet underwater, upside down. The entire crew, except for Okene, drowned in the wreck. Somehow, Okene was in the right place at the right time—he managed to find an air pocket which allowed him to survive for 60 hours 100 feet underwater. #4 The Costa Concordia survivors On January 12, 2012, the Italian cruise ship, Costa Concordia, capsized and partially sank after hitting rocks in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the coast of Giglio Island in the Mediterranean. The result of this collision was a 174-foot gaping hole on the port side of the hull. With water flooding the engine room, the entire boat lost power and steering became impossible. #3 Poon Lim. Lim was a Chinese sailor who worked as second steward on the British merchant ship, SS Benlomond. On November 23, 1942, a German U-boat attacked the Benlomond with two torpedoes about 750 miles off the coast of Brazil. It took only about 2 minutes for the ship to sink, and as this happened, Lim found a life jacket and jumped overboard, narrowly missing the explosion of the ship’s boilers. #2 The Whaleship Essex Survivors On August 12, 1819, Essex made its final departure from Nantucket, Massachusetts with the intent of sailing to the whaling grounds off the west coast of South America for about two-and-a-half years. The crew consisted of 20 men. Essex had a couple of unfortunate events happen before the actual shipwreck. Two days after its departure, they were hit with sudden, intense winds that nearly sank the ship. The topgallant sail was gone, and three whaleboats were destroyed or damaged. Despite this, they continued on their journey. While restocking supplies in October of 1820 in the Galapagos Islands, one of the crew members accidentally set the island on fire. Some thought this to be an omen, but as they left the island, they soldiered on their quest to reach the whaling grounds. #1 Ernest Shackleton and the Endurance Expedition survivors On August 1, 1914, Shackleton and his 28-man crew departed from London on a quest to reach the South Pole. Everything was going well until January of 1915, when the Endurance became trapped in ice. The crew deboarded the ship and had no choice but to camp on ice. After months of this, the ship’s condition worsened due to the ice, and eventually completely sank. In an effort to find a safe place, the crew got into three small boats and made the journey to Elephant Island. The only problem was the island was remote, and there was zero chance that there would be a passing vessel. Like a true leader, Shackleton recruited five members of his crew to accompany him on a 20-foot lifeboat to South Georgia with the intention of finding help. After the 16-day journey, they arrived and put together a rescue mission. On August 25, 1916, Shackleton returned to Elephant Island with help and was able to rescue the entire crew.

• published: 22 Aug 2021
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