The Titanic Could Have Survived the Iceberg Hit
The Titanic sank in April 1912 but we're still wondering what exactly happened on that day and if the tragedy could be prevented. There were over 2,400 passengers and crew members on board the infamous ship. And over 1,500 people never returned back home...
But the Titanic might have been another tale if it hit the iceberg head-on. When a ship hits an iceberg head-on, all the force is transferred back to the ship. So would it survive the collision? Would it continue sailing and make it to its final destination? Let's find out...
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People: the titanic is *UNsinkable* Iceberg: I'm about to sink that man's career
@mollyballiet1407
5 ай бұрын
People: Iceberg don’t sink the ship
It seems like it’s easy for people to forget that it wasn’t just the one iceberg, it was an entire field of icebergs.
@tobialex7602
Жыл бұрын
wdym it was 1 iceberg that travelled more than it should of
@Wolf_Dominic
Жыл бұрын
@@tobialex7602 yes, it was a single iceberg that struck the ship, but there was an entire field of icebergs in that area that night. That’s why the ship, the California was stopped.
@composter993
Жыл бұрын
So you may be right but nobody knows the real truth
@Wolf_Dominic
Жыл бұрын
@@composter993 the thing about there being an entire field of icebergs is the truth. The way you worded that, it’s like your trying to say that it’s something that no one, whatsoever witnessed.
@tarik1923
Жыл бұрын
@@Wolf_Dominic its far away to titanics route its true that California stopped because of this but in Titanics case there was only 1 iceberg
Captain was not setting a speed record, more that accepted policy then was to sail through ice filled water fast, so as to reduce the time spent in the ice area, instead of slowing down, to allow a longer time to cross, but also allowing time to avoid the larger ice pieces.
@dancingtrout6719
2 жыл бұрын
was that sound reasoning..?
@LiberatedMind1
2 жыл бұрын
Actually they were rushed by impatient rich folk on board.
@travisbartlett7385
2 жыл бұрын
This statement is indeed correct. To a point. They didn't slow down because the last ship to sink to an iceberg collision was in the the early 1870's and only 8 years or so prior to Titanic, the last iceberg collision was with a 690 ft, four funneled steamer weighing at 27,000 tons and was able to make it back to port for repairs at reduced speed.
@travisbartlett7385
2 жыл бұрын
@@LiberatedMind1 This is factually wrong.
@Xer405
Жыл бұрын
@@LiberatedMind1 This is supported by no actual facts.
Captain Smith was not the one who had the idea for the speed record, that was J. Bruce Ismay. Titanic also had a fire in one of the coal bunkers which would have been another reason that they were going so fast. No fuel means stranded.
@VersusARCH
2 жыл бұрын
White Star Line's Olympic class liners (the second of which was the Titanic) were significantly slower than Cunard Line's Lusitania class liners that were completed a few years before. Titanic could only set a ship or class record, definitely not race against the Lusitanias.
@randomlyweirdjeff4638
2 жыл бұрын
@@VersusARCH They still achieved decent speeds so...
@Drake_Dimes
Жыл бұрын
The coal was moved to the port side so it wasn't burning away.
@raccoons_finest
Жыл бұрын
Titanic Max Speed 24 kn, Mauretania 26 kn…
@manoharmeka999
Жыл бұрын
Ismay still would be searching for that passenger named Freud and Rose in search for the next big thing.
All such speculations miss the psychological effect. No one in their right mind would decide to hit iceberg head on instead of trying to avoid it unless it was an approved official policy, it’s counterintuitive
@windsong1a
Жыл бұрын
Obviously they needed a better planned response than the one they executed.
Captain did not want to set a record. Even at full speed, titanic couldn’t come close to the speed of Mauretania. Do your research bright side
@galatheumbreon6862
Жыл бұрын
as one of my favourite steamers
@victorsamsung2921
Жыл бұрын
Not to forget, Oceanliner Designs already did a thorough, in-depth and science-backed video on the head-on collision, and the conclusion was Titanic would have made it.
@Poondsp
Жыл бұрын
@@victorsamsung2921 Could you tell me when was this video made and where you found it.
@Sm-kz3yj
Жыл бұрын
Also 5 of the 6 boiler rooms were lit boiler 1 were never lit
@valyarbro3572
8 ай бұрын
This video was copying
too many things confirm that a head on collision would had been rather fatal, and fewer support that Titanic would had survived. we may never know, at this point we mostly speculate. circumstances played a huge role in Titanic's disaster, and we cannot account for all of them.
@ziudra91
2 жыл бұрын
I think you're right solely based on the high speed she was traveling. But if she had traveled at a slower speed I think a head on collision would have been better.
@cupoli138
Жыл бұрын
@Herr Spiegel yep
@jamesgroccia644
Жыл бұрын
Steel bends and folds as it experiences pressure. If Titanic struck head on people would have been atomized, yes, but only about 80-100 feet of the hull would be destroyed. While that is serious damage, it only encompasses the two foremost compartments of the ship. The remaining two would flood, making a total of four damaged compartments - the threshold of Titanic’s buoyancy. Tl;dr, Titanic would survive a head-on collision.
@rodenithing2
Жыл бұрын
@Herr Spiegel not really. Steel bends, it doesnt shatter. So Hitting the iceberg head-on wouldnt sink the ship. And if it did sink hitting the iceberg head-on, the sinking wouldve gone much slower because only 2 compartments wouldve flooded
@rodenithing2
Жыл бұрын
@@jamesgroccia644 Yes
The fact that the Andrea Doria is a cargo ship and the Stockholm is a modern day cruise ship in 1956 really shows how accurate this video is.
@Firemarioflower
8 ай бұрын
This just gives me brain errors
@yogabelajoel
2 ай бұрын
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
I love your channel keep up the great stuff!
nice titanic art, bright, you did well
The captain was not setting a speed record, the ship was already putting amazing time, on of the boilers werent even turned on, so much that people thought they would arrive in new york day early
@dorianpalinic5703
2 жыл бұрын
well, even if he wanted, he couldnt have set the speed record, because the titanic wasnt fast enough to set it. it was just the most luxurious ship at the time, but never the fastest. instead, the mauretania and lusitania had the honor to be the fastest on earth. they had four rather than three propellers on the titanic, and were lighter
@raccoons_finest
Жыл бұрын
@@dorianpalinic5703The fastest at this time period. The fastest ship ever is/was the United States
@dorianpalinic5703
Жыл бұрын
@@raccoons_finest the ss united states WAS the fastest. Now its a non movable object for more than half a century 😂. However i get you pal just joking a little bit. And i was thinking about that period yes
In fact, the whole question of would the Titanic have survived the "first" iceberg hit is irrelevant. They were just crossing the limit of the ice zone which was by then entirely ahead of Titanic. Had the Titanic cleared the iceberg it encountered on April 14th then it very probably would have collided with the NEXT iceberg. The frequency of the icebergs was rapidly increasing toward the middle of the ice zone. This would also have nullified the effect of possibly slowing down the ship after the first near-miss. They were doomed from the very moment they decided to steam through the ice zone by night. Reports from the Carpathia steaming to the disaster scene reveal that they were CONSTANTLY dodging icebergs and had almost miraculous luck as they did not crash and sink themselves as well.
@LaurensPP
2 жыл бұрын
They would have slowed down significantly after visual with the first large iceberg though.
@victorsamsung2921
Жыл бұрын
@@LaurensPP Yea, probably. Even coming to a complete standstill. But it's weird and strange how this 1st Iceberg had to happen for some common sense to settle in. Concerning it was Moonless night, the water was flat like a coin with no waves breaking and you had the Cold-water mirage effect. It all worsened the condition. Fleet and Lee did nothing wrong, and it's a miracle in fact they spotted the iceberg with 500 meters to go at all.
And I know that my heart will go on
This is aasuming, its going full speed. The put it to full reverse. Most likely, it would have been much slower. Plus the ice would have moved too, not be stationary like a brick wall. I vote head on, but the logical choice, is try go around it, and you have a few seconds. Im also pretty sure, going into reverse, then turning makes the turn less effective? So either maintain speed and full turn, or full reverse and stay head on.
@windsong1a
Жыл бұрын
That sounds very sensible. Too bad they had only one shot and no do-overs.
@akgonen60
Жыл бұрын
they couldnt even do that even if they wanted to they were traveling to that burge way to fast to stop the engines and blo it into reverse did nothing they had way too much momentum to even slow down turning at the last second was there only option as for the burge u actually think a big ship like the titanic moving at 22 knots would have even moved or budged a 100,000 ton ic burge floating in the ocean ???? that ice burge would have took little to no force when the titanic hit her head on ... just the video the TITANIC WOULD HAVE tookin more then 90% of that force after it hit the burg titanic would have never evnen moved that ice burge not even a inch toop big way to heave and a 60% of the total BURG OF ICE is underwater TITANIC WOULD stand no chance
the titanic could have survived the iceberg hit if it had sailed in daylight only
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The night was really fateful 😢
@bryantkobe4531
2 жыл бұрын
True
@sherrimoquin5553
2 жыл бұрын
😞 ikr
Great vid 👌
But what if they set it full astern and hit it it, would it keep the hull from going so hard
ice burgs move, most ice burgs in the atlantic come from the artic and greenland and drift and ice burgs arent connected to the sea floor
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Great video.. Very informative..
@WafflesGud
2 жыл бұрын
Informative? Comon some of em are false info. actually most
I’m less than a minute in and there’s been more lies than truths. 🙄
YES
I’d rather have a small injury than drown/ freeze
There are ships in Japan and there was a big one that was down I saw that on a video but when I saw that on maps it was black
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@cattanic494
2 жыл бұрын
How is bright side underrated when he is one of the top 100 KZread channels with the most subs, and gets millions of views in a few minutes. I think he’s overrated
@WafflesGud
2 жыл бұрын
Underrated? no i think he is overrated he or they doesn't even research stuff they put out false info.
Nice video
Hilarious that a British ship was flying the American flag in the beginning of the clip
@dovetonsturdee7033
Жыл бұрын
Not really. Ships carried the flag of the country of their destination on threir forward mast.
Phil ending: Phil was on the rms titanic and used the power of the flexed tape and they arrived on their destination safely
No matter what the Titanic would’ve sunk if it hit the iceberg it would’ve been best if the ship didn’t hit the berg at all I don’t get how people still think this would’ve been the best for the ship.
This video is very accurate judging the fact that the stockholm model used is actually the QM2 and the andrea doria model is a cargo ship
The blame on em they were sailing full speed in a potential iceberg fields
@akgonen60
Жыл бұрын
and they were warned
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@Devond085
2 жыл бұрын
Lies
@imkoto1217
2 жыл бұрын
Nah ur annoying
@natetv671
2 жыл бұрын
Be quiet bot
@shelumielariyasivam4398
2 жыл бұрын
Wow 1st time saw you in hear!
@forback1737
2 жыл бұрын
Bot
Titanic: Iceberg you’re not sinking my career
when i go to the titanic museam i will make sure u know that save the ship thingy imma go head on
you could consider rms empressof ireland and ss storstad or rms republic and ss florida
Actually the titanic didn't have holes torn but rather bumps and scraps causing the rivets to pop out. Everything else is pretty accurate I would say.
@Firemarioflower
8 ай бұрын
NOTHING is accurate
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Wow this video is wrong on so many things. The Titanic was incapable of making a transatlantic record having been built for luxury, not speed, just for one thing.
@ssgus3682
Жыл бұрын
Exactly as a general rule White Star Line wanted its ships to be luxury hotels for 1st class passengers and provide for the time decent accommodations for 3rd class passengers. It was Cunard that wanted speed demons
I remember in school we celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Titanic that sunk
@InMotionForAMillion
2 жыл бұрын
You “celebrated” it??? 🧐
@WafflesGud
2 жыл бұрын
Wait you celebrated it? WHAT KIND OF FREAK ARE YOU AND YOUR SCHOOL
@Dashiell777
2 жыл бұрын
@@WafflesGud we didn't celebrate it with happiness we celebrated it by watching a video on it.
@WafflesGud
2 жыл бұрын
@@Dashiell777 ah got it
@VasiaGrg
Жыл бұрын
You "honored" you mean? Bcoz celebrations in this case is extreme..
Yes
“Don’t run in the house kids!” More like, “Don’t go fast when riding a ship!”
Wait until historic travels see this
110 years too late I'm afraid
You forget, that the collision head on wouldn't be sufficient enough to sink the ship. Watch Oceanliner designs for more clues.
Fun fact the ss andrea doris and Titanic was the inspiration for the ss anne a ship in Pokemon
have more about titanic and hit with a bom
My great great great grandpa was on the Titanic😢
Titanic is 52,310 tons not 46000 tons look it up. Plus the actual size of the ship is 46,328 GRT or 4,632,800 cubic feet of space
The faster u go the more easy it is to go in whichever direction u want speaking from experience
Sadly we will never 😔 know and it will not bring them back
Hi
I think even with a head on collision the titanic would have still sunk. With how fast the ship was going 22-23 knots it would have crushed at least 3-4 water tight compartments and then jammed the water tight doors open from hull warping . 5 compartments minimum would then be open to the sea.
@CombatTen69Official
8 ай бұрын
And not to mention the shockwave
@Firemarioflower
8 ай бұрын
THAT IS BALLONY !@@CombatTen69Official
@matthewq4b
8 ай бұрын
It is highly unlikely it would have sunk in a head on collision, it would have not even breached the collision bulkhead. And there would have been no shock wave. The front of the ship would have acted as a shock absorber there would have been NO shock wave. Also ice is far softer than steel and the iceberg it's self would have absorbed a pile of impact by chunking off pieces of the iceberg. There are piles of other ship that have suffered full speed head on collisions with other ships and icebergs and few to none have sunk.
@FinalLugiaGuardian
7 ай бұрын
@matthewq4b Full speed for those ships was not 22-23 knots. Those ships were also smaller than Titanic. The mine explosion that sank Britanic exerted less force than what would have been exerted on Titanic's hull had she crashed head on into the iceberg.
@matthewq4b
7 ай бұрын
@@FinalLugiaGuardian The mine the sunk Britannic detonated on the starboard side of the ship between holds 2 and 3 the SAME location as some of the damage done to Titanic. NOT on the front. Larger ships have MORE steel and structure to absorb impacts. Energy absorption SQUARES with tonnage addition for steel structures. Larger ships can absorb far more energy and handle HIGHER velocity impacts than smaller ones. Again you lot have ZERO clue what you are talking about. And obviously have NO physics or engineering education just by the statements you lot make. I mean you even tried to infer that the Britannic mining would somehow prove that a Titanic frontal impact would result in a sinking. Like how clueless can you get...
Ya.
4:12 Why is the Visual Titanic Affecting your voice?
If Zlatan is the captain of titanic....the iceberg would crash and sink!
@taiyebbadr8912
2 жыл бұрын
No, Zlatan would be the captain of the iceberg.
I thought of this a long time ago.
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Errors: 1. First class tickets were not £3,000, they were £400, only the 50 feet long staterooms, which had their own decks, were £3000. 2. Captain Smith didn't want the speed record. Ships like the Mauretania were always going to beat Titanic in terms of speed, Ismay more wanted to beat the Olympic's maiden voyage speed. 3. Engineers did understand temperature.....It wasn't 5000 BCE. They had made the steel to withstand cold water to prevent shattering at minor inconveniences and also to withstand any hot temperatures to prevent melting. They also, surprise surprise, didn't have the materials for it. 4. The recovered hull pieces had....idk about you, been sitting at the bottom of the Atlantic, and were probably involved in the split, which is what happens when metal is ripped apart..... 5. There would not be more survivors if the ship hit the iceberg head on. Like you said, the ship would sink in minutes. It would've sunk in minutes. Probably no one would've survived, as, even if the position was transmitted, it wouldn't have mattered, because it was incorrect.
Oh another titanic video? I’m sold 🙃
the front of vehicles mostly cars is not supposed to withstand impacts it is supposed to absorb the energy of the impact small detail
Thiz video was interesting
This may not be true but there main day for there maiden was 20th march and the iceberg may of not been in its path
Yes, it could have not hit the iceberg if they noticed the warning for the icebergs around the area
@milkduds1001
2 жыл бұрын
They actually did. The Captain ordered a longer route further south that was meant to be safer and stay away from icebergs. The idea that they were trying to set a record was false. The titanic was advertised for luxury, not speed. So they did take precautions. Ironically it was him taking the safer route to avoid icebergs that put them in position to hit.
So are ships equipped with frontal lights like airplanes right now?
@batman_2004
Жыл бұрын
They have gps, sonar tracker and many more technologies to deal with any iceberg or ships.
How do we know this? It is well known that the titanic was designed to sustain some damage. Now, let me put this up for scrutiny. Ships are designed with expansion joints so they are able to flex on high seas. But, what would have happened if the titanic collided head on with a solid mass such as an iceberg? Was a crash test ever conducted with a solid stationery object? As far as I know, no such tests were ever conducted, therefore, there is no way of knowing if the titanic could have sustained the damage caused from a head on collision with an iceberg. In saying this, has anyone ever conducted a crash test with a scale model of the ship and the iceberg? The only way we will ever know is if an experiment was undertaken with a scale model of the titanic, and the iceberg. And the weather conditions that night would need to be duplicated exactly. ( The water depth, the direction of the current, the weather conditions, the weight of the vessel etc.) Perhaps then we could accurately determine if the titanic disaster would have turned out worse, or better.
@thegoldenarrow8484
Жыл бұрын
Olympic's damage from HMS Hawke wasn't head on, it was a fair way aft.
@johnfoster7626
Жыл бұрын
@@thegoldenarrow8484 Yes. I stand corrected. It was a collision on port side.
This is impossible we saw the titanic at the bottom of the ocean
Bright side, they call it.
Cool man
Headon collision would break part of iceberg and then it will start rolling over due to shift in CG. So bad idea.
the head-on maybe wouldn't be so bad, the titanic maybe never would have sunk, just badly damaged. but I do fear people would die due the impact if they were in a bad spot on the ship, no?
The Titanic sank, because before its departure there was a fire on it and thus the hull was weakened, and the impact on the iceberg made a hole
@polishgang3672
2 жыл бұрын
not all holes were weak
@mikem7052
2 жыл бұрын
The Titanic's sister ship sank! The Titanic never left drydock !
@wilmarallensilva6746
2 жыл бұрын
It's normal at the time to have fire in ship bunkers it's not a big deal and it can't weakened the metal,by the way the place of the fire is far from the damage.
@XXslipxknotXX18
2 жыл бұрын
Not a hole just a scratch more likely because the rivits came out but there weren't anyhole
@WafflesGud
2 жыл бұрын
@@mikem7052 No The Switch Theory is a Lie! They Didn't have enough time There were numbers on basically all the Interior including the Boilers and It took the Crew 7 MONTHS for the fitting out process of the Olympic to complete and they did not have enough time to switch. Don't believe Bright side they don't research about stuff properly.
It did not go into the attic, one waters it went to the Atlantic
I am a Titanic enthusiast and I already saw some problems in his explaining.
@valeriereneeharper
2 жыл бұрын
They turned hard starbird I think, but regardless they reversed the engines and turned hard. If they reversed the engines but continued head on, that would’ve made a small difference….. the guy in this video explaining the impact, he didn’t mention the difference it would’ve made to reverse the engines. Even if it were only a small difference, it would still be a difference and maybe a small difference would have made all the difference in the world in regards to it sinking or not. Also, a survivor from the titanic mentioned in an interview that he felt the ship come to an abrupt stop, went up to the deck where he saw some ice pieces on the ship deck but the time he took getting up deck made it to where he didn’t see the glacier. He said all was still, even the water was still. So if he felt an abrupt stop and that wasn’t felt as a big impact, I’d imagine the same for the head on collision scenario. I don’t think people would’ve been flying in the air like this video shows……but there are so many variables who knows….just the idea that a head on collision and reversing the engines could have saved more people and that the ship could have even finished its course eventually is crazy to consider…..what if……
Also if it happend in the morning they would have better vision in the crows nest
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Thank you and a great grandfather of mine was one of the engineer designers of the Titanic so you can blame me desperate joke although that is a real thing
@waynesworldcoinsaustralia2640
2 жыл бұрын
No joke it he really was it was terms of you can blame me I can find out his exact name and contact my mother who is 79 I'll just get permission to use his proper name
It wasn’t travelling too fast. The boy the only had 30 seconds yeah, so I didn’t make it on time bright side.
they could have stopped the engine or lower the speed when they saw the iceberg and let the titanic to go forward only
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They should have crashed the Olympic full speed into an iceberg instead of scrapping it at the end to see if the titanic could have survived a head on collision with an iceberg
@WafflesGud
2 жыл бұрын
No, They should not have.
@cheeto8960
2 жыл бұрын
@@WafflesGud for science
@WafflesGud
2 жыл бұрын
@@cheeto8960 Dude Rly?
If life were predictable it would cease to be life and be without flavor."
Rblx titanic should add in unsinkable titanic badge to obtain it be crew and do a head on collision
So you told us that the part the iceberg hit was burning for weeks, right? Well let me give a small scientific explanation on that please: Because the metal was absorbing lots and lots of heat energy, the bonds between it’s atoms were getting much weaker, as the atoms gained more power, so the atom structure was vibrating more. This combined with the huge kinetic energy of the ship at full speed hitting the even heavier iceberg would have allowed a simple task for the iceberg to cut through the Titanic. So perhaps if there wasn’t any part burning and if the ship wasn’t at full speed, there might have been less than 6 compartments flooded. Remember, the more compartments that were flooded, the faster the ship would sink, as the weight of the water inside the ship would cause a big gravitational pull downward towards the bottom of the ocean.
Ya but do you expect to hear the caption say ram the burg?
Wow dude
I think the Andrea Doria actually capsized
I’d jus tell the titanic to lock in and we be all good
mistakes:Andrea doria wasn't a just black and red and the design wasn't like that stocklom wasn't big Britannic has blue stripe and no pluses
I think it’s ridiculous to say he could’ve not known? You see the distance of the object and as a naval officer and being educated about the design of the ship and the history and physics you speak of would be within the scope of his abilities. I think it’s ridiculous a naval officer to expect the ships speed and distance would still somehow be completely avoided and wouldn’t have known that the sides would not be damaged. Furthermore you say ships were designed to withstand front collision - so why wouldn’t Murdock know this? I’m not saying what he shouldn’t or should’ve done I just think it’s ridiculous to say he couldn’t have known or assessed that option. And certain captains historically decided a head on collision.
I don't know there r many theories and some are telling there was fire in the ship and many more ......
I agree it would survive a head on it would stay a float
@cattanic494
2 жыл бұрын
She would’ve most likely sank faster
What if when they hit the iceberg stop the ship and called on the iceberg and whatever for help
Direct hit titanic vs iceberg, could not impact iceberg because it was, lot of bigger and stronger......but titanic sidewise hitting iceberg massive damaged.... Hitting head on 40km speed suddenly stopped ,lot of damage engine room and casualty will bigger than the incident....
Yeah, it could, but how? The video:
Fix subtitles please
But so one time i read that Olympic sink and another time it didnt sink so does it sink or no?
@WafflesGud
2 жыл бұрын
It didn't sink it got scrapped
@cattanic494
2 жыл бұрын
Olympic never sank
@sambomambotv3144
2 жыл бұрын
@@cattanic494 now i know the truth
6:29 why does the britannic looks like that?