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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.
   • The Terrifying Wreck of the SS ATLANT...  

All animations in this video are property of HFX Studios and may not be used without written permission.

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.

I'm currently up in Halifax now and recently visited the SS Atlantic Heritage museum. When I got there, I saw they were playing my old 2018 Atlantic animation on loop, so I offered to put this remake together using our recent and heavily improved animations. That being said, this video is meant to work both in the context of my YouTube channel for the public and for visitors of the museum.

The historical research has been updated in this video, so this is even more accurate than it was. The visuals are obviously improved, but also the sound mixing.

I first directed a real-time sinking animation in 2016 (it was of the Titanic and for another YouTube channel) and for a while it was one of my go-to things to produce, so this has been an enjoyable throw back to a few years ago.