Missing Ship That Warned The Titanic Has Finally Been Discovered

No one had any idea how much their lives - and the world - would change the day the Titanic made its maiden voyage. Over 2,000 passengers set sail on the Titanic from Southampton to New York City before the ship struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic. By the early hours of April 15, 2012, the entire thing was gone.

Although the story has been brought to life in TV shows, movies, and books, there’s one thing many don’t know about that fateful night. Apparently, another ship tried to warn the Titanic about what lay ahead - and it was seemingly ignored. Now, over 100 years later, the missing ship that warned the Titanic has finally been discovered.

SS Mesaba messaged the Titanic warning them of icebergs

The Titanic was far from the only ship on the water the night it struck the iceberg and sank. What if the entire thing could have been avoided? That’s what many claim, as it seems the crew aboard the SS Mesaba might have contacted the Titanic, warning the crew about rogue icebergs. Apparently, they spoke to Captain Edward Smith on the Titanic and stated the ice was floating around the coast of Newfoundland. Although the message was received, the Titanic never changed paths, and nothing was ever done. Eventually, the “unsinkable” ship sank and ended the lives of more than 1,500 people. 

The warning ship and crew were taken down in World War I

The SS Mesaba knew the rogue icebergs were in the area and managed to avoid any danger. Sadly, that doesn’t mean it went on to retire in style. Instead, the ship continued to work as a merchant vessel for another six years. That was until 1918, the final year of World War I. That’s when SS Mesaba was hit by a German U-boat’s torpedo and sent to the bottom of the Irish Sea. Still, no one had any idea that it would take more than 100 years before it was finally discovered again.

Unique sonar means SS Mesaba has finally been found after more than a century

For years, people have wondered what happened to SS Mesaba and the 20 crew aboard the ship that could have saved the Titanic from a watery grave. However, it was almost impossible to identify the vessels at the bottom of the sea, with 273 shipwrecks covering just 7,500 square miles of the Irish Sea seabed. That was until researchers from Bangor University in Wales used state-of-the-art multibeam sonar to uncover its final resting place. Before, researchers would have had to dive to each site to identify each one. However, the sonar means they can potentially be identified from the shore. 

The Titanic wreck could completely disappear in the next few years

On the other side of the world, the wreck that was once the Titanic still sits in the Atlantic Ocean. However, it might not be long before the wreckage is gone for good. It wasn’t discovered until 1985 and has been visited and documented ever since. Sadly, most of the ship has already collapsed. The forward mast, the crow’s nest, and the gym next to the famous grand staircase have all been lost to the water. Now, recent images that are the highest-quality yet show that the Titanic’s bow could be the next thing to go.

The missing ship that warned the Titanic has finally been discovered, but that doesn’t make its fate any kinder. While it also met the same watery fate as the Unsinkable Ship, the crew did their best to try and avoid one of the greatest tragedies of the last 150 years.