The Tragic Disappearance of SS Marine Sulphur Queen | Lost at Sea

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Let’s see, an old ship that was rush built to be disposable, from a class famed for its fatigue issues (a T2 once snapped in half at anchor), converted to haul a cargo she was never designed for, plagued by cracks, leaks and fires, routinely being sailed into hurricanes. The poor thing probably just fell apart in a swell and was gone before anyone knew what was happening.

I've had a few unpleasant jobs in my life. I feel fortunate that "transporting molten sulfur on a ship described as a floating garbage can" is not among those jobs.

I wish this channel put out more content, but I would never want you to lessen the quality. When you release a video, I fall asleep to it for a good couple weeks until I understand the full story. These stories, albeit tragic, are my happy place. And when you collaborated with Oceanliner Designs I could’ve cried happy tears. 😂 Never stop!

I like that you're going to do videos on ships lost at sea like this. Many channels do it as well, but you always pull up the investigation reports which might shed some more light onto what may have happened, it's more than just a surface level look.

Working on a liquid sulfur carrier sounds like absolute misery. I've worked various industrial jobs processing lumber and fiber cement -- and sure, chipping away solidified cement and fiber really sucks (they ended up contracting it out to a company that used very high power pressure washers and vac trucks for the most dense stuff) -- but I can't imagine it being liquid sulfur that needs to be kept heated and minor leaks turning into major incidents.

It's remarkable how the phrase "Removed all the transverse bulkheads" put a shiver right down my spine.

Brick Immortar is the only creator I follow, where when a new video pops up, I ask myself: “ok, can I watch this without any distraction? Or do I need to wait until I can give it my full attention.”

I did not even know molten sulphur carriers were a thing. With all the history of T2s cracking and snapping in half, could that have happened?

Astonishing that 39 people can sail off on a one-way voyage with barely a trace of evidence left behind. Then 50 years later you see the Malaysian flight that disappears and you realize not much has changed. These are vast, remote expanses with no one around to help. This one reminded me of the Texas City fertilizer explosion. Busy industry in S Texas and Louisiana. Sometimes safety doesn't make priority. .

Even though I'm in construction. I'm a superintendent for a fairly big job. Watching Brick Immortar and aviation accident investigation channels has helped me improve safety on the site. I started to notice little near misses, or poorly maintained machines that could fail around ground workers. I can get ahead of the "swiss cheese" model and avoid accidents.

A T2 tanker? I already have an idea what could have happened 💀

With all these sulphur leaks and piles and the frequent fires, it sure sounds like this vessel was a floating hell . Like, literally. Captain Satan: "AHAHAHAHAHA!!"

Imagine how it smelled to work on this ship...

This is a fantastic presentation. T2's came from my state (Oregon) - they were built within walking distance of my apartment, at Swan Island in Portland. One of them, the brand new Schenectady, broke in half at anchor in calm weather - not surprising Marine Sulphur Queen was lost at sea when she got old. Sylvia L. Ossa was another old T-2 tanker from Swan Island shipyard - after conversion to an ore ship, she went down in a storm in 1976, with 37 men drowned - big tragedy for South America, since the crew was mostly Brazilian and Uruguayan. If a new T-2 could snap in half in port, an old one would be a death trap in bad weather .

I can see München fitting in perfectly on this new series. A dream come true to see her on Brick Immortar. Haven't finished the video at time of posting, but I have a hunch. Take care all.

Sam, you're a real shining light in the dark waters of YouTube. Fair winds and following seas

Holy crap, molten sulfur sounds like nightmare fuel.

“bErmUdA TrIAngEL” killed me. XD ……figuratively.

Seriously I was fascinated by Berlitz's "Bermuda Triangle" books as a kid, but now I am amazed how dishonest he was. Not only with this ship but also with a lot of other alleged Bermuda Triangle cases. Of course I was also slightly disappointed when I sailed through it with the german navy and didn't disappear and didn't even see a single UFO ;)