What Circumstances Led to the Titanic Sinking?
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Date: 2022-12-29
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soyburglar
Im really surprised that nothing was mentioned about the fire in one of the coal chutes that raged for 2-3 days prior to setting sail, severely weakening a couple of pieces of the steel side panels. Which side panels, you might ask. The very ones that would go on to strike the iceberg! This wasnt even realized until around 2011 or 2012, when images found in a dead mans attic depicted the ship sitting at the dock with a large dark spot showing on the area that would eventually make contact with the iceberg. Calculations put the temperature of the exterior of the ship in that area at 2500-3000 degrees.
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Im really surprised that nothing was mentioned about the fire in one of the coal chutes that raged for 2-3 days prior to setting sail, severely weakening a couple of pieces of the steel side panels. Which side panels, you might ask. The very ones that would go on to strike the iceberg! This wasnt even realized until around 2011 or 2012, when images found in a dead mans attic depicted the ship sitting at the dock with a large dark spot showing on the area that would eventually make contact with the iceberg. Calculations put the temperature of the exterior of the ship in that area at 2500-3000 degrees.
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Edward
The Titanic was a triple screw steamer. The outboard screw were powered by the reciprocating steam engines while the center screw was powered by a steam turbine. The center screw could only run in the forward direction while the outboard screws could go forward or in reverse. If Murdock had set the starboard engine to full ahead and the port engine to full astern instead of make both outboard engines full astern, the Titanic would have turned to port quicker and may have avoided hitting the iceberg. Also turning off the center screw reduced the effectiveness of the rudder in turning the ship.
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The Titanic was a triple screw steamer. The outboard screw were powered by the reciprocating steam engines while the center screw was powered by a steam turbine. The center screw could only run in the forward direction while the outboard screws could go forward or in reverse. If Murdock had set the starboard engine to full ahead and the port engine to full astern instead of make both outboard engines full astern, the Titanic would have turned to port quicker and may have avoided hitting the iceberg. Also turning off the center screw reduced the effectiveness of the rudder in turning the ship.
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Cherry
The crew was also very under trained in case of an emergency sinking. I watched something very similar to this on Mysteries at the Monument and they mentioned this. The host and one other guy took 10 minutes to deploy one life boat one! It's too bad the manufactures cared more about getting the Titanic built at the same time as her sisters than safety. This reminds me of the mechanic who warned NASA of the faulty O ring and doomed the Challenger but once again they wanted to stay on time. The Titanic sinking could have probably been prevented but who knows.
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The crew was also very under trained in case of an emergency sinking. I watched something very similar to this on Mysteries at the Monument and they mentioned this. The host and one other guy took 10 minutes to deploy one life boat one! It's too bad the manufactures cared more about getting the Titanic built at the same time as her sisters than safety. This reminds me of the mechanic who warned NASA of the faulty O ring and doomed the Challenger but once again they wanted to stay on time. The Titanic sinking could have probably been prevented but who knows.
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Jamie
A doc worker at the time snapped a pic of the titanic and the side was blackened by the #3 boiler. There was a coal fire going on. The ship raced across the Atlantic because they were feeding smoldering coal into the boilers. To slow down and dump it overboard they wouldn't have enough coal to get the ship moving again. Getting a tow on its maiden voyage would be an embarrassment. So, fed the smoldering coal into the boilers and increased speed. Ice reports be damned
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A doc worker at the time snapped a pic of the titanic and the side was blackened by the #3 boiler. There was a coal fire going on. The ship raced across the Atlantic because they were feeding smoldering coal into the boilers. To slow down and dump it overboard they wouldn't have enough coal to get the ship moving again. Getting a tow on its maiden voyage would be an embarrassment. So, fed the smoldering coal into the boilers and increased speed. Ice reports be damned
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Apathetic
You kind of misrepresented the whole iceberg warning thing that came through from other ships. &; also misrepresented why the coordinates were 13 miles off. its extremely complicated to actually pinpoint exact coordinates, especially back then.
. I sincerely hope no one blindly believes this video as fact. I usually love your videos, but you totally didnt do your due diligence and do accurate research. it makes me question your research in your other videos.
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You kind of misrepresented the whole iceberg warning thing that came through from other ships. &; also misrepresented why the coordinates were 13 miles off. its extremely complicated to actually pinpoint exact coordinates, especially back then.
. I sincerely hope no one blindly believes this video as fact. I usually love your videos, but you totally didnt do your due diligence and do accurate research. it makes me question your research in your other videos.
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Andy
Captain Smith has long been the one people have blamed for the disaster but genuinely didnt do anything that was out of the ordinary. The course was in fact altered to avoid ice, as far as maintaining speed it wasnt unreasonable to continue steaming at full speed in an ice field back then. I enjoy these content farms from time to time but whenever theres a subject Im extremely knowledgeable on I remember why theyre so despised
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Captain Smith has long been the one people have blamed for the disaster but genuinely didnt do anything that was out of the ordinary. The course was in fact altered to avoid ice, as far as maintaining speed it wasnt unreasonable to continue steaming at full speed in an ice field back then. I enjoy these content farms from time to time but whenever theres a subject Im extremely knowledgeable on I remember why theyre so despised
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Davin
The British Board of Trade failed to update the lifeboat law as ships became bigger. It measured the number of lifeboats based on gross tonnage not the number of passengers aboard. Also, J Bruse Ismay decided to remove the extra lifeboats saying the deck looked to clutter and that we wouldn't be needing them. Back then lifeboats were not seen as lifesavers, but to transport people from a distressed ship to a rescue ship
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The British Board of Trade failed to update the lifeboat law as ships became bigger. It measured the number of lifeboats based on gross tonnage not the number of passengers aboard. Also, J Bruse Ismay decided to remove the extra lifeboats saying the deck looked to clutter and that we wouldn't be needing them. Back then lifeboats were not seen as lifesavers, but to transport people from a distressed ship to a rescue ship
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Joseph
That last comment about the radio operator was vastly over-simplified. The wireless operator on the Californian wasnt tired of hearing the messages from Cape Race, they were pissed off when after sending an ice warning to Titanic, they were berated for interrupting said personal messages with an extremely loud signal that almost blew out the Titanic Operator's eardrums.
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That last comment about the radio operator was vastly over-simplified. The wireless operator on the Californian wasnt tired of hearing the messages from Cape Race, they were pissed off when after sending an ice warning to Titanic, they were berated for interrupting said personal messages with an extremely loud signal that almost blew out the Titanic Operator's eardrums.
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Bean
Fun fact: the day after, the daily mail published an article saying that there was no risk of life loss, and that they were moving the ship to land. Oh, they also said everyone survived. Which is a bit odd, since the families would have found out EVENTUALLY. Like what would they have said when like over 1500 didn't return? Must have been the wind
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Fun fact: the day after, the daily mail published an article saying that there was no risk of life loss, and that they were moving the ship to land. Oh, they also said everyone survived. Which is a bit odd, since the families would have found out EVENTUALLY. Like what would they have said when like over 1500 didn't return? Must have been the wind
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Justin
You do know it was protocol not to slow down right? I'm pretty sure other captains said they wouldn't of done anything differently that night in regards to ice that Captain Smith did. If anything what Captain Lord did that night stopping the Californian, that seems to be the rarity from various historical documentaries and videos I've watched.
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You do know it was protocol not to slow down right? I'm pretty sure other captains said they wouldn't of done anything differently that night in regards to ice that Captain Smith did. If anything what Captain Lord did that night stopping the Californian, that seems to be the rarity from various historical documentaries and videos I've watched.
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Davin
The Radio act of 1912 was passed after Titanic sank because the SS California who could have rescued Titanic turned its radio off for the night, not getting Titanic's distress signal after Phillips was very rude to them to after they sent an iceberg warning. He didn't care about iceberg warning since he was busy sending passenger messages
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The Radio act of 1912 was passed after Titanic sank because the SS California who could have rescued Titanic turned its radio off for the night, not getting Titanic's distress signal after Phillips was very rude to them to after they sent an iceberg warning. He didn't care about iceberg warning since he was busy sending passenger messages
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Lenn
Intresting story, i have heard alot of different stuff over the years. Im not a conspiracy theorist kind of person at, but I did see some interesting stuff on this and J. P. Morgan and how he was suppose to be on the Titantic and had a ship near the Titantic, but it got lost or something. Crazy things people try to think of.
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Intresting story, i have heard alot of different stuff over the years. Im not a conspiracy theorist kind of person at, but I did see some interesting stuff on this and J. P. Morgan and how he was suppose to be on the Titantic and had a ship near the Titantic, but it got lost or something. Crazy things people try to think of.
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Enes
Long story short.
They have called it, the unsinkable ship then the ignorant designer said eVEn tHe gOd cnNoT siNK iT. He challenged The God and he got his ignorance thrown into the depth of the ocean.
P. S I don't give an inch to what ape brained people say, you know who I mean.
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Long story short.
They have called it, the unsinkable ship then the ignorant designer said eVEn tHe gOd cnNoT siNK iT. He challenged The God and he got his ignorance thrown into the depth of the ocean.
P. S I don't give an inch to what ape brained people say, you know who I mean.
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Koala
Investigators also discovered how the Titanic had an engine fire at the start of her journey which weakened her outer side. They based this theory on blackened areas seen on photos. I believe the fire continued the entire journey for it was too expensive/difficult to extinguish.
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Investigators also discovered how the Titanic had an engine fire at the start of her journey which weakened her outer side. They based this theory on blackened areas seen on photos. I believe the fire continued the entire journey for it was too expensive/difficult to extinguish.
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James
Next time someone says to you dont over-think things remember this and the number 1, 517. Most of humanitys catastrophes are directly, or indirectly, caused by highly confident people. This fact is masked by the more remembered successes of confident people.
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Next time someone says to you dont over-think things remember this and the number 1, 517. Most of humanitys catastrophes are directly, or indirectly, caused by highly confident people. This fact is masked by the more remembered successes of confident people.
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Theodore
The Titanic lookouts were as follows: Frederick Fleet, Reginald Lee, Alfred F. Evans, George A. Hogg, Archie Jewell, and George Symons.
Charles Lightoller was NOT a lookout, but the Second Officer, and the most senior officer to survive the sinking.
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The Titanic lookouts were as follows: Frederick Fleet, Reginald Lee, Alfred F. Evans, George A. Hogg, Archie Jewell, and George Symons.
Charles Lightoller was NOT a lookout, but the Second Officer, and the most senior officer to survive the sinking.
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btetschner
Fascinating!
I used to work in an underwater sea connector shop, some parts were used by that underwater technology that found the Titanic.
It is ironic that they bought cheap parts for a luxury ship.
Great video, thank you for making it.
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Fascinating!
I used to work in an underwater sea connector shop, some parts were used by that underwater technology that found the Titanic.
It is ironic that they bought cheap parts for a luxury ship.
Great video, thank you for making it.
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ssurla
Nothing about a superior mirage that possibly caused the iceburg to remain unseen for so long (even if they had binoculars) and causing the closest ship who did hear the Titanic SOS not see the light signals and made it appear to not be the Titanic.
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Nothing about a superior mirage that possibly caused the iceburg to remain unseen for so long (even if they had binoculars) and causing the closest ship who did hear the Titanic SOS not see the light signals and made it appear to not be the Titanic.
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Davin
The problem with the wireless operators is that put passenger messages as priority not iceberg warnings because they were paid to send passenger messages. So, they just put some iceberg warning aside and didn't take it to the bridge
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The problem with the wireless operators is that put passenger messages as priority not iceberg warnings because they were paid to send passenger messages. So, they just put some iceberg warning aside and didn't take it to the bridge
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Ben
Oh no the Titanic was sink okay how do you say no way its gonna be its going to be no no no its for Metallica no no its get a minute Mile shows going to do it and when its going to bed its shit now in Antartica
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Oh no the Titanic was sink okay how do you say no way its gonna be its going to be no no no its for Metallica no no its get a minute Mile shows going to do it and when its going to bed its shit now in Antartica
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