The Unsinkable Titanic

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Everyone knows that an iceberg sank The Unsinkable Titanic leaving more than 1,500 people to perish in what is now known to be one of the greatest maritime disasters in history. But this striking film argues that it was actually a long chain of misjudgements, human errors and misfortunes that sealed the fate of the largest liner of its day, her passengers, and crew. Had just one link in that chain been missing, this historic disaster may have been averted.
The film draws on the latest research as well as eyewitness testimonies to reconstruct the story from the point of view of those involved, and debunk the many myths that have built up surrounding the Titanic.

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  • @lcolsen22
    @lcolsen222 жыл бұрын

    You know what's going to happen, but you still hope that they'll miss the iceberg.

  • @loulou7963

    @loulou7963

    2 жыл бұрын

    Every single time

  • @jean-claudecherica1385

    @jean-claudecherica1385

    2 жыл бұрын

    Why navigate through an ice region to begin with? Isn't the ocean wide enough?

  • @T1000skynetforever

    @T1000skynetforever

    2 жыл бұрын

    True

  • @Samester48

    @Samester48

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jean-claudecherica1385 The captain had initially plotted a more southerly route than usual to avoid as much ice as possible, knowing that there was the potential for some ice up ahead, coupled with the fact that the titanic was thought to be unsinkable meant that there was no reason to want to deviate from this southerly route. But of course the captain ended up changing to a more westerly route, not continuing on the south western route. Why? Well he thought he’d already navigated around the ice field (but the 1912 weather conditions of the Gulf Stream + Labrador current). So why not just go massively south the whole trip? Well they were trying to set records and be impressive etc. and Smith was under pressure from Ismay to do so, especially manipulated by thoughts if this being Smith’s final service voyage. If you go more southerly then the voyage takes longer - it’s like how if you’re at the North Pole you can travel from Russia to Greenland by moving a few metres around a circle if that makes sense. They were trying to reach New York as quickly as possible…

  • @operation1968

    @operation1968

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah I know what you mean

  • @godblessamerica7048
    @godblessamerica704811 ай бұрын

    I have always been fascinated with the Titanic. In 1993, a set of Titanic whistles was recovered from the ocean floor. Then in February 1999, I had the honor of being present when that set of Titanic’s whistles was blown for the first time and the last time publicly at the St. Paul, Minnesota Titanic exhibit. The voice of Titanic was heard once again after 87 years. They said that they would never blow them ever again because they were too valuable and delicate. That was my once-in-a-lifetime experience. All the artifacts and the “Big Piece” was fascinating to look at but also so sad. They expected 2 thousand would be present, but it is estimated that the crowd which was standing room only was over 10 thousand.

  • @mooncupcake_

    @mooncupcake_

    11 ай бұрын

    guess we watched the same video! great fact

  • @allgasnobrakes919

    @allgasnobrakes919

    11 ай бұрын

    Ocean Gate Brung me Here 🤷‍♂️ 🛳️

  • @inuchan74

    @inuchan74

    11 ай бұрын

    I remember going to this as a teen!! I was just amazed

  • @DonnaLLoyd-lt6ot

    @DonnaLLoyd-lt6ot

    6 ай бұрын

    Some people will believe anything!

  • @scottiebrooks

    @scottiebrooks

    4 ай бұрын

    Very well done. 👍 So many things adding up to an ultimate tragedy. 😢

  • @yanikem6655
    @yanikem66554 ай бұрын

    People forget that the ice field ‘Titanic’ entered contained dozens of icebergs in various sizes, it wasn’t just a lone berg that they happened to cross paths with in the middle of the ocean. The passengers in the ‘Carpathia’ were astounded in the morning when they saw they were surrounded by them.

  • @garethjohnstone9282

    @garethjohnstone9282

    Ай бұрын

    Ismay remarked on it, too.

  • @peterlepore2726

    @peterlepore2726

    Ай бұрын

    ismay bailed out coward

  • @garethjohnstone9282

    @garethjohnstone9282

    Ай бұрын

    @@peterlepore2726 What do you base that opinion on?

  • @paulweeldreyer7457

    @paulweeldreyer7457

    21 күн бұрын

    ​@@peterlepore2726that doesn't seem to be the historical consensus. It seems more likely that there weren't any more women or children around when they were lowering it, so he got it, why die for no reason. You could argue that he should have run and found a couple of women, but I'm not sure how realistic that is.

  • @egm8602

    @egm8602

    16 күн бұрын

    @@paulweeldreyer7457 He cut the number of lifeboats, then took the place of a rower in a lifeboat. Scum.

  • @nekomantix598
    @nekomantix59811 ай бұрын

    “In 2 hours she’ll be at the bottom of the ocean” gosh that must of been hard to imagine at that moment

  • @casperoomen9111
    @casperoomen9111 Жыл бұрын

    Documentaries like these really shows that tragedies don't just hapen. They happen after a chain of events that all line up ''perfectly'' for it to happen.

  • @peterkent1582

    @peterkent1582

    11 ай бұрын

    The biggest factor was speed of Titanic ,( captain Smith) plus the clueless wireless kid who ignored grave iceberg warnings.

  • @allencollins6031

    @allencollins6031

    11 ай бұрын

    O rings on challenger.

  • @rayban5737

    @rayban5737

    11 ай бұрын

    Summed up..... a tradgidy

  • @Noah_Andres

    @Noah_Andres

    11 ай бұрын

    Like Tenerife disaster

  • @casperoomen9111

    @casperoomen9111

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Noah_Andres exactly It is insane how much went wrong for such a tragedy to happen That’s why they rarely happen

  • @micahwoodard
    @micahwoodard2 жыл бұрын

    Titanic didn't "sink quickly." The designer of the ship gave her one hour to sink, but it took 2hrs & 40mins. The Lusitania sank in 18 minutes. That's sinking quickly. Modern ships are designed to last around 3 hrs if damaged. That's only 20 mins longer than Titanic, and Titanic happened 110 years ago. It lasted much longer than expected.

  • @oobrocks

    @oobrocks

    2 жыл бұрын

    Precisely

  • @cleverusername9369

    @cleverusername9369

    2 жыл бұрын

    USS Indianapolis went down in 12 minutes, and HMS Hood went down in less than 3

  • @Jay-vr9ir

    @Jay-vr9ir

    2 жыл бұрын

    If the Titanic had enough lifeboats , more would have been saved but not all .There was not enough time , to load the boats .

  • @TheLusianPopa

    @TheLusianPopa

    2 жыл бұрын

    Andrews gave her AN HOUR TWO AT MOST, but his prediction was done aftr he inspected ALL 5-6 forward compartments which took him around 30 mins 30 mins +2 hrs=2 hrs 30 mins it lasted exctly what andrews estimated

  • @micahwoodard

    @micahwoodard

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheLusianPopa While you are somewhat correct, that still isn't sinking quickly.

  • @luwirap
    @luwirap11 ай бұрын

    I love how the Iceberg is also a main character in this story!

  • @C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13
    @C.Fecteau-AU-MJ1311 ай бұрын

    Ship building lesson #1: If it can float, it can sink. I recall a great interview with the would be captain and project manager of the ill fated Titanic II project in Australia. The reporter asks, after hearing their presentation about the design considerations making it much safer, "So would you say it's unsinkable?" Sharp as a razor, he the captain replies "Oh no, I would never say that about an ocean liner. If she floats, she'll sink... For the record, I have said the ship is definitely sinkable." He wasn't letting that press conference come back to haunt him 😅 Shame the man funding the project wasn't quite as level headed and it never materialised beyond the design phase.

  • @jaybirdpalau
    @jaybirdpalau2 жыл бұрын

    When you think of all the rare events that had to come together for this historic tragedy to occur, it’s mind-blowing.

  • @mikeheap7978

    @mikeheap7978

    Жыл бұрын

    It's incompetance.

  • @frankphillips7436

    @frankphillips7436

    Жыл бұрын

    Oddly enough, most historic tragedies work the same way. Many small errors coming together at once.

  • @janisewellington3971

    @janisewellington3971

    Жыл бұрын

    No small errors, no incompetence, nothing could save that ship once Captain Smith said,”This is a ship even God can’t sink, game over.

  • @AlonsoRules

    @AlonsoRules

    Жыл бұрын

    it's the perfect Greek Tragedy

  • @johnbowman1076

    @johnbowman1076

    Жыл бұрын

    @@janisewellington3971 I said that once on a ferry crossing New York to Statten Island. The other people didn't think it was funny at all.

  • @simonacland9028
    @simonacland9028 Жыл бұрын

    If anyone is interested to see a completely different side to this tragedy I suggest watching a docudrama called "Saving the Titanic". Without giving too much away it shows what the coal stokers and electrical engineers did to keep the ship from sinking quicker than it should have.

  • @gwenjackson8583

    @gwenjackson8583

    Жыл бұрын

    I’ve seen that! I loved it.

  • @froey198033

    @froey198033

    Жыл бұрын

    Watched it and it was definitely a good and different documentary.

  • @KennyMcCormick99

    @KennyMcCormick99

    Жыл бұрын

    Yea, that doc was good

  • @powerhouse884

    @powerhouse884

    Жыл бұрын

    Where is it?

  • @siypic

    @siypic

    Жыл бұрын

    @@gwenjackson8583 It is vey good...... none of them survived.

  • @notgivinup
    @notgivinup11 ай бұрын

    After all the years I've followed anything Titanic, each documentary I watch is just as educational, captivating and heartbreaking as if hearing about it for the first time. And each time, one can only hope, THIS time they will miss the iceberg. All those people....... and a domino effect of events that led to this horrible tragedy. 😥🕊🌹🙏👼

  • @kirstypoppy

    @kirstypoppy

    11 ай бұрын

    Yes, that ship was never meant to survive. So sad😢

  • @melianna999

    @melianna999

    4 ай бұрын

    When you listen to Mr Captain decision you wander... if is not what he wanted. Why he said- speed up ! ????

  • @notgivinup

    @notgivinup

    4 ай бұрын

    @@melianna999 All I can think of was to break a record for crossing the Atlantic quicker than any other ship had before at that time, and pressure from Bruce Ismay to do so.

  • @melianna999

    @melianna999

    4 ай бұрын

    @@notgivinup new findings are very interesting and shocking Seems that this ship was to sink but they planned other ships would rescue ALL passengers because they were passing by. Listen to the newest documentary about sinking of Titanic.

  • @notgivinup

    @notgivinup

    4 ай бұрын

    @@melianna999 Thank you, I will definitely check that out!

  • @Nabilpiero
    @Nabilpiero11 ай бұрын

    I love how detailed this documentary is.

  • @CygnusX-11
    @CygnusX-11 Жыл бұрын

    i honestly cannot fathom or even imagine the sheer horror those poor people went through that night... the image of a giant ship sinking in the the middle of a freezing cold ocean at the dead of night keeps haunting me!

  • @psterud

    @psterud

    Жыл бұрын

    One thing that's even more frightening to me is that it was probably too dark to see the ship after the electricity failed, which means one could only hear the sounds of the Titanic breaking and people screaming.

  • @wildestcowboy2668

    @wildestcowboy2668

    Жыл бұрын

    It's all fun till da rabbit get da gun

  • @metimor

    @metimor

    Жыл бұрын

    I pray for their souls. I felt the pain

  • @jamie-r2034

    @jamie-r2034

    11 ай бұрын

    For sure! Hearing all of the people & kids screaming, dying & seeing the ocean swallow the whole ship in front of you would be horrifying

  • @beatrixbrennan1545

    @beatrixbrennan1545

    11 ай бұрын

    Personally, I think the victims of human trafficking deserve the most prayers and sympathy. The titanic deaths happened within 2.5 hours and are now over one hundred years old. The victims of human trafficking are still alive, imprisoned and live in never ending torment. Just a thought.

  • @Jay-vr9ir
    @Jay-vr9ir2 жыл бұрын

    I have crossed The Atlantic on The Queen Mary 2 , 3 times and the captain mentions what time we are going to go over The Titanic's grave , it is usually around 1 am .

  • @User_92020

    @User_92020

    Жыл бұрын

    Is jay a male or female name?

  • @RobbyHouseIV

    @RobbyHouseIV

    Жыл бұрын

    I would LOVE to cross the Atlantic in the Queen Mary II! I hear were they have lots of guest speakers talking a great range of stuff...especially history.

  • @sannypatel2026

    @sannypatel2026

    Жыл бұрын

    @@User_92020 male name

  • @Dedicated2WendyWilliams
    @Dedicated2WendyWilliams11 ай бұрын

    so far i've probably watched a hundred titanic documentaries... i never get tired of learning new things about Titanic

  • @KrishLius
    @KrishLius11 ай бұрын

    Titanic's story is like final destination. all the wrong things happening at the right times to bring everything together for a tragic end. it's just all crazy to think how many things went wrong for this to happen. if only one thing had gone differently there may have been a chance

  • @balisongman07

    @balisongman07

    11 ай бұрын

    It's known as the Swiss cheese model. Layers of safeguards with flaws (holes) and when they line up on a single event it ends in disaster. Which each layer sharing responsibility for it.

  • @zackzues4830

    @zackzues4830

    11 ай бұрын

    It wasnt so much things going so bad,u say it like they had bad luck.Nah,they were out on someone's ego trip tryna prove a point and way too much faith in the ship.Also some say it was planned,a bunch of powerful men was on titanic who stood in the way of what we now have as our government. So theres that 2

  • @kacanghijau166

    @kacanghijau166

    11 ай бұрын

    it still gives me chills to this day... even the nearest ship to the Titanic, SS Californian, somehow ignore their rocket signal..

  • @crazymonkey524

    @crazymonkey524

    11 ай бұрын

    It's a Canon Event 😉

  • @ironjohn5914

    @ironjohn5914

    11 ай бұрын

    SS Titanic, unsinkable!! Sits at bottom of icy Atlantic 🙏

  • @alanf.9490
    @alanf.9490 Жыл бұрын

    I have always been fascinated with the story of the Titanic since I was very young probably about seven years old. I am now at 68. The thing that holds the most terrifying thought about the tragedy the description of all the people who were left in the water and how they described the horrifying screams for help until by one they died out until it was complete silence.

  • @peterkent1582

    @peterkent1582

    11 ай бұрын

    If there had been enough lifeboats, those guys would not have been in the ocean. Absolute shocking catalogue of errors ....

  • @donnamorgan2522

    @donnamorgan2522

    11 ай бұрын

    That moment the screams & cries fell into silence would be incredibly heavy for those on lifeboats

  • @georgeizziednu7983

    @georgeizziednu7983

    11 ай бұрын

    Titanics disaster is uncomparable to the disaster of Wilhelm Gustloff in 1945.

  • @stanzanossi

    @stanzanossi

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@georgeizziednu7983 You are absolutely right, so many more people died than on the Titanic, and it is unfortunate so few people today seen to know about it! Maybe Cameron should make a movie about it too!!!

  • @danielannett1019

    @danielannett1019

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@georgeizziednu7983such a tragedy that sinking it never should of happened (then again any sinking should not happen)

  • @akuapiatas
    @akuapiatas2 жыл бұрын

    not matter how you put it, Titanic hit an iceberg and sank taking with it over 1500 souls. Titanic however, clung on for 2-hrs, something many modern ships that have sunk have not done since.

  • @vibrantdye

    @vibrantdye

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is a great point. Many want to point out the "faults" of not only the ship but the workers on it.. in fact the ship not only stayed up for 2.25 hours but her lights ran up until the very last moments. And for what it's worth the workers were able to successfully launch all lifeboats and 1 of the 2 collapsibles.. more credit should be given to those involved.. for without the quick reaction from a crew full of professionals the story could've ended with many more lives lost.

  • @leonleon2276

    @leonleon2276

    2 жыл бұрын

    No one doubts the ship. It was many human mistakes that caused it to sink right up to the fatal blow hitting the iceberg which again was a human mistake.

  • @rockgod2131

    @rockgod2131

    2 жыл бұрын

    It was about the only thing that was lucky about the whole situation.

  • @brianwhitford6086

    @brianwhitford6086

    2 жыл бұрын

    You're forgetting the Andrea Doria which stayed up for 10 to 11 hours before she sank in 1956 afte4 colliding with the Stolkholm in 1956. 51 people dead, yet the rest were saved. Then there's the Oceanos that sank in 1991. She stayed afloat for 13 hours before going down! That's right, from 9:30 PM when the passengers heard the explosion to 10:15 AM when she finally went down!! Fortunately, everyone was saved. Though, no thanks to the captain or his crew which abandoned ship and left them to die. The evacuation was handled by the ship's band.

  • @leonleon2276

    @leonleon2276

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@brianwhitford6086 pardon me for forgetting about the Andrea doria ship that sunk in 1956. My bad on that one. I shall remember going forward. Cheers.

  • @rochelle7901
    @rochelle790111 ай бұрын

    I live on Maui in Hawaii. Right outside my front door I see Mount Haleakala. That volcanic mountain is 10,023 ft above sea level. Add another 2477 ft to Haleakala’s summit and my mind still is in awe as to how deep that submersible was. May GOD Bless those who died and also their families. 🙏💕

  • @michaelm1573

    @michaelm1573

    11 ай бұрын

    Yeah and I don't know if you've ever seen the Grand canyon in real life but it's really something to behold into imagine it being over twice that death is insane

  • @DeRock401

    @DeRock401

    11 ай бұрын

    and to think James Cameron has gone 3 times deeper than the titanic wreckage safely several times is just a good sign of how oceangate overlooked many safety precautions

  • @JackBarrett7

    @JackBarrett7

    11 ай бұрын

    A friend of mine visited Haleakala decades ago and still talks about its beauty almost daily.

  • @rochelle7901

    @rochelle7901

    11 ай бұрын

    @@JackBarrett7 Awesome! I hope you get to visit one day and see it too. It truly is majestic. Aloha!🌈

  • @peterkent1582

    @peterkent1582

    11 ай бұрын

    Have a happy day in Maui. Went there for my honeymoon, great memories ! 😎

  • @susanagarcia9646
    @susanagarcia964611 ай бұрын

    The fact that they did not have life boats for everyone on that boat, and that the ones they had were never filled to their max makes me mad

  • @enzochamonix6210

    @enzochamonix6210

    11 ай бұрын

    Awwww don't be mad. You should be happy you weren't there.

  • @sicksadworld765

    @sicksadworld765

    11 ай бұрын

    @@enzochamonix6210that has nothing to do with the situation lol

  • @TheSavage3.6

    @TheSavage3.6

    10 ай бұрын

    The Titanic had more lifeboats than required for the time.

  • @susanagarcia9646

    @susanagarcia9646

    10 ай бұрын

    @@TheSavage3.6 I was not aware of that. Even though very few to save everybody

  • @TheSavage3.6

    @TheSavage3.6

    10 ай бұрын

    @@susanagarcia9646 The logic back then was that a vessel needs enough lifeboats on board to ferry passengers to a rescue vessel which didn't account for there not being any rescue vessels in close proximity. Titanic showed this flaw and is why we have so many regulations on it today.

  • @jessejohnson3138
    @jessejohnson31382 жыл бұрын

    15:16 "Blair was asked to leave the ship" the greatest demotion in his life, literally saved his life by being told to leave. life can be so fickle if not mercurial at times sometimes things we take as an insult can also be the very thing that keeps us breathing.....

  • @dovetonsturdee7033

    @dovetonsturdee7033

    Жыл бұрын

    He wasn't 'asked to leave' the ship. He was transferred, in order that an officer experienced in operating this class of ship could transfer to Titanic. Blair was hardly transferred to a thirty years old twelve knot tramp. He was actually promoted, moving from second officer in Titanic to first officer in Majestic.

  • @Veronica-bc6pp

    @Veronica-bc6pp

    Жыл бұрын

    If only they had those pair of binoculars maybe they would've made it that night

  • @CLaiM3R25

    @CLaiM3R25

    Жыл бұрын

    Maybe by that decision the titanic could of been saved with the key of the binoculars

  • @irieite9666

    @irieite9666

    Жыл бұрын

    With the Hillsborough disaster people always remember "The 96" but there was a 97th victim. He had to work that day and so he gave his Match ticket to his friend. His friend was unfortunately one of the crushing victims. Over 2 decades later still suffering from survivors guilt the man who gifted away his ticket committed suicide leaving his will to the families of the Hillsborough disaster. R.I.P the 97.

  • @4thamendment237

    @4thamendment237

    Жыл бұрын

    That is the moral of the ancient Zen parable of "Maybe, Maybe Not."

  • @lozzylols
    @lozzylols2 жыл бұрын

    I am a massive fan about the history of the Titanic. My heart goes out to all those on the ship that night, those who died and those who had to live with the memory. But I always feel so sad for the ship herself. Whenever I see an image of her, back in 1912 or her wreakage now, my heart just breaks a little. All that blood sweat and tears put into her design and making, and each rivet. All that craftsmanship put into the interiors, everyone setting each room so perfectly, each bed sheet, each cup, each knife and fork in it's place for that Maiden voyage. All that beauty. To be gone so quickly, to never see sunlight ever again, to sit and rot on the bottom of the ocean. It's just such a waste...... Titanic you were a beautiful elegant ship and so many more deserved to see and ride in you, but you will never be forgotten!

  • @electrickrain

    @electrickrain

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Suz Royal Mail ship

  • @simonacland9028

    @simonacland9028

    Жыл бұрын

    Very well said there Miss. I would literally give anything to have been on that ship, especially as a stoker with lead fireman Frederick Barrett. RIP

  • @greghunt3790

    @greghunt3790

    Жыл бұрын

    You are so awesome my lady.

  • @mathonamoore123

    @mathonamoore123

    Жыл бұрын

    Don't cry for inanimate objects. The ship and its' contents were amazing but nothing to eulogise over.

  • @randomhumanoidblob4506

    @randomhumanoidblob4506

    Жыл бұрын

    I feel the same. Of course the loss of life surpasses everything but I find it incredibly sad that all that work went for nothing. We've lost touch with a lot of manufacturing but back then, every tiny part was made by someone. Even the rivets; those not done by machine were done by a four-man team....scale that up to everything; every stair, every railing, every panel, every deck plank... The engines were a thing of absolute beauty. They still stand, the only recognisable part of the stern section, like Collossi on the ocean floor. They'll last longer than any other part, sentinels looking over their ship until the last. I know they're inanimate objects but they were made with great precision and pride and when you see photographs of the time showing all those who worked on her, in many cases for years, it humanises the ship itself. I've been lucky enough to see the Olympic Smoking Room in its home now at The White Swan in Alnwick. Photos don't do it justice, the woodwork is just exquisite.

  • @nothanksillwaitforthenextcar
    @nothanksillwaitforthenextcar11 ай бұрын

    i really appreciate this one mentioning the carpathia. even though it doesnt go into great detail, she did amazing that night and the people that survived wouldnt have made it without her. had she done even slightly less, no one would have made it

  • @GrammerAngel
    @GrammerAngel11 ай бұрын

    On April 27, 1865, a steamboat named the Sultana exploded and sank while transporting Union soldiers up the Mississippi. An estimated 1800 people died, making this the most tragic maritime disaster in US history. More people died in this incident than at the sinking of the Titanic, yet few people know of its history.

  • @thatbxtch1979

    @thatbxtch1979

    11 ай бұрын

    Perhaps because of the nature of the incident that took place. For some reason, the Titanic is more famous because how nature played a big part of the tragedy and how man could have avoided it. Both are worthy of conversation but ones interest can easily be captured if you talk about tragedy on sea waters.

  • @aqwfervfgrt4

    @aqwfervfgrt4

    11 ай бұрын

    Soldiers killed in a warship during wartime versus boatload of civilians on a cruise ship during peacetime - add on the ship being hailed as "unsinkable", the greatest ship ever built and being on it's maiden voyage (and rather disgracefully it's to be noted it was carrying quite a few very very well off passengers with a new worth in astronomical numbers for the times). Some hugely different dynamics to both events (interesting none the less though).

  • @kotieswart7586

    @kotieswart7586

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@aqwfervfgrt48.

  • @nigelbezuidenhout

    @nigelbezuidenhout

    11 ай бұрын

    Titanic better😊

  • @dominique1011

    @dominique1011

    11 ай бұрын

    It's the irony in the story of the Titanic that draws an audience. It's not just the sheer loss of life, but the fact that it was touted as an unsinkable ship, which sank on its first voyage.

  • @PD-jk5hd
    @PD-jk5hd Жыл бұрын

    This documentary illustrates brilliantly how many disasters are a combination of multiple factors, not just one. Often, and perhaps partly by media, big tragedies even today are connected by the many, to one reason (or at least a main reason) above other factors. Here in the UK I think especially of the Hillsborough stadium disaster and the more recent Grenfell Tower fire. A catalogue of errors which allowed such incidents to happen, or a 'perfect storm'. At least when they happen, like the Titanic sinking, we learnt from them, safety changes are made. To not learn from past mistakes would be a tragedy for humans on a whole different scale.

  • @charlesnolan7602
    @charlesnolan7602 Жыл бұрын

    In 1969, my 7th grade history teacher discussed the New York Times offer of a front page reproduction of specific moments in history. I chose the Titanic sinking headline. 53 years later, I still have it!

  • @Sandoz-tq7qj
    @Sandoz-tq7qj4 ай бұрын

    I think it was mainly the Captain fault. Titanic was clearly sailing too fast ( over 20 knots ) in the middle of a moonless night. The 1958 movie A NIGHT TO REMEMBER was, in my opinion, the best Titanic film 🚢

  • @dimitristripakis7364
    @dimitristripakis736411 ай бұрын

    According to this documentary, they could not have done a better job sinking that ship even if they tried.

  • @cwatson42785
    @cwatson42785 Жыл бұрын

    You have to really respect the captain for staying on the ship. He could've easily got on a boat with his authority. But he would've had to live with that shame and everyone thinking he was a coward

  • @marcomoreno6748

    @marcomoreno6748

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for using the correct "would've" and not "would of" as many illiterates these days are wont to do.

  • @electrickrain

    @electrickrain

    Жыл бұрын

    @@marcomoreno6748 wont to? Wtf is that?

  • @aj6954

    @aj6954

    Жыл бұрын

    Some say he stayed on the ship, others say he didn`t.

  • @David-nx1qm

    @David-nx1qm

    Жыл бұрын

    Wont is an old-fashioned english word for usual or accustomed.

  • @rahman1314

    @rahman1314

    11 ай бұрын

    That’s sad that he worried about what others would think even in his last moment. It’s human nature to want to survive, no one should judge you for choosing yourself in that moment.

  • @carmenhoffmann6218
    @carmenhoffmann62182 жыл бұрын

    After all these years I still feel sorry for everyone: those who died and those who survived and yet lost everything. But I also feel sorry for Captain Smith: the weight on his shoulders when he realized what is about to happen to all those people still aboard. It musst have been a terrible feeling to be held responsible for the catastrophe. May they all Rest In Peace

  • @mrfearofloathinginmidwest964

    @mrfearofloathinginmidwest964

    2 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely love Titanic and all the history behind it! R.I.P. to all the lost souls..... may you all rest easily

  • @Mthompsonwv

    @Mthompsonwv

    2 жыл бұрын

    Well he should have had that weight on his shoulders. He was far too confident and it literally sank him

  • @bobbywise2313

    @bobbywise2313

    2 жыл бұрын

    To my knowledge his only mistake was ordering the ship to begin moving forward again after the impact. This drove in water faster. I am not sure how much difference it would have made. The officer who ordered that large door open and left it open no doubt also sped up the stinking. The list of things that could have changed the fate of the Titanic are huge. Everything from the way the ship was made to the change of officers had an impact.

  • @Mthompsonwv

    @Mthompsonwv

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bobbywise2313 I agree, but he was hauling ass, despite multiple ice warnings from other ships. Of all the things that went wrong, that’s the most crucial in my opinion.

  • @Mthompsonwv

    @Mthompsonwv

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bobbywise2313 I agree, but he was hauling ass, despite multiple ice warnings from other ships. Of all the things that went wrong, that’s the most crucial in my opinion.

  • @myfreejoe
    @myfreejoe11 ай бұрын

    fascinating how small details seemingly insignificant can make such a huge difference.

  • @egm8602

    @egm8602

    16 күн бұрын

    None of the details contributing to the loss of Titanic were insignificant. These were gross derelictions of duty not committed by any of the other ship captains or crews that same night.

  • @peter_d
    @peter_d11 ай бұрын

    Captain made lots of unforgivable mistakes but respect for going down with his ship

  • @frname7665

    @frname7665

    9 ай бұрын

    He didn't make "lots" of "unforgivable" mistakes. The chain of events at work here went way beyond "X made that mistake". It was out of control. It's rather an accumulation of little mistakes from multiple people that would have been of no consequences whatsoever in any other situation, but this time all the wrong little mistakes happened one after another like a diabolical play. I don't think anyone should be pointed at. Maybe Ismay to a degree.

  • @ToreDL87

    @ToreDL87

    6 ай бұрын

    @@frname7665 Why Ismay? Did he direct how many lifeboats? No, H&W shipwright/designer did that. Did he direct speed/direction of the ship at any point during the voyage? No, that's what you have a crew for.

  • @declangill5138
    @declangill51382 жыл бұрын

    I actually saw this documentary back when it was released. It opened my eyes to a lot I thought I knew about Titanic, there's few truly well put together titanic documentaries like this one

  • @s5mphone701

    @s5mphone701

    Жыл бұрын

    How old is it?

  • @declangill5138

    @declangill5138

    Жыл бұрын

    @@s5mphone701 I saw it back around 2008

  • @louise_rose

    @louise_rose

    Жыл бұрын

    The ship incorporated a great deal of technology that was brand new for its day, and not always "tried and true" - the rivets holding the plates together were of a new kind for example, form-pressed or something like that. Some of this may have aggravated the disaster when the iceberg hit, the rivets just popped out, in row after row.

  • @declangill5138

    @declangill5138

    Жыл бұрын

    @@louise_rose this is true. 1900s was an interesting period for the trans Atlantic shipping lanes, the way boats were going it was going to take something quite drastic to make the board of trade update its regulations from my research which is by no means foolproof

  • @pooryorick831
    @pooryorick831 Жыл бұрын

    I cannot imagine what those two hours were like for all those people. Terrible tragedy. It must have been horrifying for everyone.

  • @pc_buildyb0i935

    @pc_buildyb0i935

    Жыл бұрын

    The most terrifying aspect is that most people were totally oblivious until the final 40 minutes when the realization would have hit that the ship was truly sinking (as the forecastle deck would have submerged by this point and the port list and head trim would now be noticeable underfoot) and most of the lifeboats were gone.

  • @nevenka8509

    @nevenka8509

    11 ай бұрын

    Djed moje prijateljice je preživio Titanic imala sam dvanaest godina kada sam to od njega čula njemu je bilo petnaest godina kada je s ograde skočio u čamac taj užas cijeli život nije zaboravio do kraja života nije došao na more i morsku obalu jer bi proživljavao to iznova i iznova

  • @pooryorick831

    @pooryorick831

    11 ай бұрын

    @@pc_buildyb0i935 And that was most of the steerage passengers. They were already screwed long before they realized anything was wrong. By then, yes, the lifeboats were all gone. Another example of the profits of the rich being given priority over the lives of the poor. Business as usual in the age of unbridled capitalism.

  • @pooryorick831

    @pooryorick831

    11 ай бұрын

    @@nevenka8509 Sorry. I don't read whichever language this is. Americans are very backwards when it comes to multilingualism. And KZread won't let me copy your comment so I can translate it. I tried though, I did try.

  • @johnhill4209

    @johnhill4209

    11 ай бұрын

    @@pooryorick831 she said her grandfather was on the titanic he was 16 and jumped off the boat and survived, whenever they went to the beach he wouldn’t come due to fear of what happened

  • @nickdtv9401
    @nickdtv940111 ай бұрын

    There is so many connections between the Titan and the Titanic. There were both one of a kind, innovative in some ways, they both had massive questionable mechanical decisions, there were many safety precautions that were avoided or disregarded, and the leadership was extremely arrogant.

  • @lxspa529

    @lxspa529

    11 ай бұрын

    And not to mention the creator was married to a descendant of a wealthy couple that died on the titanic. His wife’s great grand parents died on the boat.

  • @endofthestory9412

    @endofthestory9412

    11 ай бұрын

    Rip to the captain of titanic 🕊

  • @damedusa5107

    @damedusa5107

    11 ай бұрын

    One of a kind? Except for her 2 sister ships. ????

  • @ajdoyle9559

    @ajdoyle9559

    11 ай бұрын

    I don't think the similarities are as strong as people are claiming. The Titanic was extremely well built but the captain was incompetent and arrogant, maybe drunk and he drove full speed into an iceberg. It had thousands of people working on it and it was absolutely cutting edge and made at the highest quality available at the time. It even took 2 hours 40 minutes to sink which was a substantial amount of time at that stage in history. The Empress of Ireland sunk in 14 minutes in 1914. The Titanic was unlucky to sink on its first journey and with a good captain, it was unlikely that it would sink in 30 years of service. The People on the Titanic were making an important, necessary and potentially life changing trip for them, with many of them seeking a better life in America. Many on the Titanic survived due to safety protocols which were followed fairly well. (Contacting other ships which worked, firing SOS flares , lifeboats were successfully deployed). Safety protocols could have been better and they could have had more lifeboats and more could have been saved. The Titan was poorly built , it didn't follow any kind of safety protocols, it didn't pass independent safety checks. It was not cutting edge in any way or made to the highest possible standards of 2023. They had almost no precautions. People working in the field wrote a signed letter to warn OceanGate it was destined to implode due to catastrophic failure. The implosion of the Titan was inevitable. Didn't matter who was steering it. The people on board were making a totally unnecessary journey. All died because there were no safety protocols and no back up plans. There was never a chance any of them could be saved once they decided to embark on the fatal journey.

  • @sanynava9160

    @sanynava9160

    11 ай бұрын

    nooo bro, they are NOT the same

  • @twrecks4598
    @twrecks459811 ай бұрын

    just when I think I've seen everything there is to see on Titanic, this little gem shows up. Very well done documentary!

  • @thomasewing2656
    @thomasewing2656 Жыл бұрын

    After decades of being an ardent Titanic buff, a fresh new look with more photos! Great job and thank you!

  • @ameliawilder28
    @ameliawilder28 Жыл бұрын

    My uncle lives in Newfoundland, and never realized for years that the Titanic was practically right there resting in front of him, hundreds of feet below him. That was obviously before 1985, the year when it was discovered but I could imagine that feeling as well because I lived in Halifax for a short time (now back in Toronto where I was born). It gets ever so cold at the shores in the winter and I would sit outside and watch the waters and picture a scene of Titanic approaching in the distance, passing by as it made its way to NY. It's a haunting thought yet very calming. I like to think of it as the ghost of the Titanic with all its victims completing their journey. I really do hope everyone, survivors and victims found peace and can rest easy. The Titanic will forever be a piece of history I can never get enough of.

  • @pc_buildyb0i935

    @pc_buildyb0i935

    Жыл бұрын

    Hundreds of feet below him? I think you mean 12,500

  • @myliamag.6512

    @myliamag.6512

    Жыл бұрын

    ''right there in front of him''... dude. You have no idea do you? The wreck is 690 kilometres away from the shore. So no, it's not ''right there in front of him''.

  • @7MatthewJames

    @7MatthewJames

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s 2 and a half miles down

  • @moshe2495
    @moshe249511 ай бұрын

    Putting everything aside, arrogance was the biggest factor for the Titanic sinking. How could a mere vessel on the vast ocean be unsinkable?

  • @jahfetmoore527
    @jahfetmoore52711 ай бұрын

    Many want to point out negligence but a huge part of the issue was the rude arrogance by radio communicator. Imagine a fellow sea crew providing you critical information and you shrug it off as if the lives of other don’t depend on it. Too often I’ve seen that same very arrogance in the work place.

  • @RealGrooveRandom
    @RealGrooveRandom Жыл бұрын

    Wow, I had no idea so many factors were in play for this to happen. The sequence of events is really interesting too and well described in this documentary...

  • @PassiveSmoking
    @PassiveSmoking2 жыл бұрын

    "From very the day she was designed she was almost doomed" Bull. Titanic's design was fundamentally sound, and modern ships are still built to similar specifications when it comes to controlling flooding. The bulkhead height was perfectly adequate in the midship section, assuming you didn't hit an iceberg at full speed hundreds of miles from shore, which nobody at the time had any reason to believe was a serious possibility. The fault was in how she was operated, not in how she was designed. Her sister ship Olympic survived several collisions over the years, including with a U-boat in WW1, and one that punctured two adjacent compartments. From a structural and material-science standpoint, Olympic was essentially more or less identical to Titanic. And no hull design would have been able to handle the sort of forces the iceberg imposed on Titanic's hull, including modern welded hulls. The berg was essentially as hard as rock, and as we saw with the Costa Concordia, a rock will rip even a modern ship open like a tin opener.

  • @seismictoss8717

    @seismictoss8717

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think he was referring to the neglect from the head officers

  • @HappyfoxBiz

    @HappyfoxBiz

    2 жыл бұрын

    the costa concordia is basically a flimsy built ship to carry the newly wed and the newly dead or almost dead

  • @deepseadirt1

    @deepseadirt1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@HappyfoxBiz 'WAS' basically a flimsy built ship. She's since been scrapped.

  • @HappyfoxBiz

    @HappyfoxBiz

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@deepseadirt1 good, we need less of them, they were basically disease ships anyway, only took the pandemic to show what they are truly capable of doing

  • @stanhumphreys9282

    @stanhumphreys9282

    2 жыл бұрын

    totally agree. how come the Olympic wasn't "doomed"

  • @ariellelara4031
    @ariellelara403110 ай бұрын

    I need every life event told with this dedication to a reenactment, this narrator, this cinematography and this script style at the VERY least. Such an over told story but still captivating all the same

  • @khalidelgazzar
    @khalidelgazzar11 ай бұрын

    This is by far one of the best if not the best documentary that tracks every minute detail that lead to this tragedy

  • @MarquezDaniel

    @MarquezDaniel

    11 ай бұрын

    Lol facts! It's so low budget down to the actors but me and my wife were so invested the whole time! Despite it being low budget the makers of this documentary did a fantastic job 👏

  • @bradyvelvet9432
    @bradyvelvet94322 жыл бұрын

    2:16 omg, I never knew they STILL dropped wreathes in remembrance of the titanic casualties! 😔😢🙏

  • @rickster100100

    @rickster100100

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes. The international ice patrol has been dropping wreaths for years now over the Titanic sinking area.

  • @Weird.Dreams

    @Weird.Dreams

    2 жыл бұрын

    What a waste of time and resources!

  • @rickster100100

    @rickster100100

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Weird.Dreams When you are a historian know that it is anything but a waste of time and resources. And if you’re not no explanation is possible. Titanic is immortal.

  • @Harris665

    @Harris665

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Weird.Dreams exactly what’s the point

  • @kari34b54

    @kari34b54

    Жыл бұрын

    I think it is important to remember and honor the lives lost. They were people who didn’t need to die, but their deaths would lead to changes that would save thousands of lives in the future. It is also why the ice patrol/ice breakers exist - to find and if needed, destroy icebergs.

  • @justinsullivan5063
    @justinsullivan50632 жыл бұрын

    I have seen / read I don't know how many Titanic videos / documentaries / books / etc. but this one was REALLY EXCELLENT. Thank you.

  • @gayprepperz6862

    @gayprepperz6862

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same here. Been a Titanic addict since I was 12 and built my first model. This is one video that uniquely different, and doesn't just copy over-used data from other productions and works.

  • @Chris-vk2zw

    @Chris-vk2zw

    Жыл бұрын

    It wasn't entirely accurate, though.

  • @mishalchotai4721
    @mishalchotai472111 ай бұрын

    Watching this after the sub imploded. Mental.

  • @richmondzydeco649
    @richmondzydeco64911 ай бұрын

    This documentary is awe inspiring

  • @Busied22
    @Busied222 жыл бұрын

    No matter what the number if lifeboats was, it wouldn't have helped much. The last lifeboats only left the ship moments before the bridge went under and either way most passengers were fleeing for the stern. So although the ship wasn't properly equipped the argument that she could have saved dozens more life's isn't correct. But it's a very impressive feet that the crew managed to get most the life boats of the ship.

  • @eamonreidy9534

    @eamonreidy9534

    Жыл бұрын

    Getting lifeboats off of ships is still a problem today. Time is usually against you and the ships instability usually causes the ship to list making one side or both sides of a ships lifeboats unusable

  • @jessepollard7132

    @jessepollard7132

    Жыл бұрын

    plus they were leaving with only about 10% of the capacity the liboats had.

  • @apeters38

    @apeters38

    Жыл бұрын

    @@eamonreidy9534 right 100 years later the Consta Condoria sank near the coast of Italy. She listed that one side of life boats could not be launched.

  • @kimallen9130
    @kimallen91302 жыл бұрын

    I didn’t know that they paid respect for Titanic makes my heart happy

  • @476233
    @4762335 ай бұрын

    It’s crazy how such a competent well known captain with such a record would have so many missteps and careless mistakes happen on his ship. Yes, he made mistakes, but we are all human. It was not all his responsibility. . RIP captain.

  • @egm8602

    @egm8602

    16 күн бұрын

    Blame Ismay. He shortened the height of the bulkheads, cut the number of lifeboats from 48 to 16, pushed Captain Smith to speed through the ice field at night against all warnings, then took the place of a seaman rower in a lifeboat. he should've been imprisoned for life and his assets divided among the survivors.

  • @John-ch1np
    @John-ch1np11 ай бұрын

    It's 2023, and Titanic is still claiming lives.😢

  • @rabbitaniyo
    @rabbitaniyo2 жыл бұрын

    Dropping wreathes to the place where the Titanic was, thank you for honoring the ones who passed. May their souls rest in peace. p.s The narrator's voice reminds me of Joseph Morgan's voice. Is it him?

  • @viciousreasoning504

    @viciousreasoning504

    2 жыл бұрын

    Now im just imagining joseph reading everything lol

  • @7MatthewJames

    @7MatthewJames

    Жыл бұрын

    It’s the actor who plays Alfred in Gotham

  • @ryant9876
    @ryant98762 жыл бұрын

    This was a complete sad event but, it has saved many lives in the present. Anything that can learnt from this is tragedies don't just happen due to 1 mistake, they are a multitude of mistakes that happen at the same time. Any 1 mistake not happening or been dealt with would of meant more people surviving or the event not happening.

  • @Jaclyn_Zen
    @Jaclyn_Zen11 ай бұрын

    There was so many things going against them that night that it was unavoidable in my opinion. Seems like their fate was sealed for sometime… even creepier that a “fictional” book was written about the fate of a ship referred to as “Titan” that sunk after striking an iceberg. The book was written 12-14 years (if I remember correctly) before the Titanic tragedy occurred…

  • @donnamorgan2522

    @donnamorgan2522

    11 ай бұрын

    Full speed in fog,not taking heed of warnings for Icebergs & NO Binoculars on watch…any one of those individual failings was an absolutely PREVENTABLE cause

  • @SagaTheFunniest

    @SagaTheFunniest

    11 ай бұрын

    I think it was a giant mishap coupled with a multitude of errors that couldn’t easily been prevented(no binoculars? Knowledge of what to do against an iceberg in a ship? Not enough people on each lifeboat?) etc

  • @donnamorgan2522

    @donnamorgan2522

    11 ай бұрын

    @@SagaTheFunniest 12 lifeboats removed as “clutter” that were less than required for all

  • @stanzanossi

    @stanzanossi

    11 ай бұрын

    Jaclyn! The book appeared to be an unbelievable premonition of what was to happen to the Titanic! Many people believed that the author had psychic powers, and that he could somehow see into the future! He himself always claimed this was just a lot of nonsense, that the events in his novel were just a coincidence, and that he had no supernatural powers at all!😮

  • @mariamatheson5300

    @mariamatheson5300

    10 ай бұрын

    @@stanzanossi read the book you will see how ridiculous it is.

  • @luckyu521
    @luckyu52111 ай бұрын

    So many small factors that when combined led to such a big disaster. 1 iron rivets 2 full speed 3 no binoculars for the crows nest 4 not all ice warnings received by the captain 5 moonless night, 6 California shut off equipment for the night 7 not enough life boats 8 no life boat drill. Anything else??

  • @Sarah0583

    @Sarah0583

    11 ай бұрын

    Cyril Evans, Californian’s wireless operator, would have gone to bed no matter what, he was finishing his shift.

  • @luckyu521

    @luckyu521

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Sarah0583 It was after receiving that rude message from Philips that the California operator turned off their equipment

  • @Sarah0583

    @Sarah0583

    11 ай бұрын

    @@luckyu521 The message was not rude, it was simply the Morse silent signal “DDD”, a common way to ask a fellow operator to keep the line free. Evans did not feel insulted and went to bed soon after, just as he had planned. He explained what happened in his testimony at the inquiry.

  • @luckyu521

    @luckyu521

    11 ай бұрын

    @@Sarah0583 Oh I see. Then the documentary was incorrect on that. Thanks for the clarification!!

  • @kevinmenard6792

    @kevinmenard6792

    11 ай бұрын

    You missed the most crucial one. The change to the grand staircase which lowered the bulkheads.

  • @royroyalu
    @royroyalu2 жыл бұрын

    While ALL deaths are beyond sad…what do you think would’ve been the most terrible way to go? Personally I think the people who were in the boat while it started to submerge. The thought of being in absolute darkness and feeling/hearing destruction all around you and pressure building up on your body is just terrifying.

  • @stevenherrold5955

    @stevenherrold5955

    2 жыл бұрын

    same thing with the people inside the world trade center on 9/11/01 talk about stress knowing your situation is hopeless your trapped and you got 20 or 30 minutes to live the fireman. can't get to you because the building on fire between you and them

  • @carlosborrasetaylor7630

    @carlosborrasetaylor7630

    2 жыл бұрын

    😢😢

  • @Miguel195211

    @Miguel195211

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@stevenherrold5955 Did the people on these two buildings suspected the buildings were going to fall down? We, the viewers, didn’t know and were very surprised when the first building collapse.

  • @riggedbyrachel8390

    @riggedbyrachel8390

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Miguel195211 idk if they knew - I know that at first and for awhile nobody realized how real it was. Terrible day 💔 I’m sure the fear was comparable ☹️

  • @PinkPanther4958

    @PinkPanther4958

    2 жыл бұрын

    Personally i think getting sucked back into the ship has got to be the worst. When titanic's first funnel collapsed people that were in the water around the boat deck got sucked into the opening and back into the bowels of the ship.

  • @robharding4028
    @robharding4028 Жыл бұрын

    Back in 1912, this ship was a luxury in every sense of the word, But too many bad omens conspired to spoil her maiden voyage, Some say it was mans arrogance in calling her practically unsinkable, Well whatever the many theories and falsehoods there may have been, 1500 people lost their lives that morning, and even in 1912, that could easily have been avoided, If she had stopped her engines and rested for the night, like some other vessels did, God bless each and every one of those victims who lost their lives that morning.

  • @Chris-vk2zw

    @Chris-vk2zw

    Жыл бұрын

    And they were literally following the Maritime rules at the time. The Titanic even carried 20 lifeboats, 4 more than the law required. (The documentary got that detail wrong.) Lifeboats were meant to ferry passengers off of one ship to another in such a scenario. The rescue ship would launch its lifeboats to a ship in distress. In the case of Titanic, the Californian had its radio turned off and every other ship was just too far away.

  • @Tim_OSK
    @Tim_OSKАй бұрын

    1:02:38 - Titanic’s last survivor who was a baby at the time: “WE did not know there was not enough lifeboats”… Frankly, I don’t believe she could even comprehend she was on a ship! At least until she grew up and learned she had been on one, let alone knowing about the sufficient number of lifeboats when she was a few months old

  • @user-wf6is9kf2u
    @user-wf6is9kf2u11 ай бұрын

    All those years i was thinking, what would have happened ive they just keep going forward and hit the iceberg straight ahead. And now in this documentary they finally gave me the answer!

  • @marcrubin8844
    @marcrubin88442 жыл бұрын

    In an eerie coincidence both the captain of the Titanic and the Edmundfitzgerald were on the last voyage before retiring.

  • @TheRelger

    @TheRelger

    Жыл бұрын

    And both ships scraped something hard then took on water

  • @jakedode

    @jakedode

    Жыл бұрын

    Every ship wreck ever claims this was the captains last trip before retiring. Mostly true if they go down with the ship.

  • @irenedemarco1354

    @irenedemarco1354

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@jakedode Both were documented that the Captains were retiring....

  • @tanler7953
    @tanler7953 Жыл бұрын

    Given the level of risk, the measures taken appeared sufficient. 1) Smith changed course further south, to avoid the ice field. 2)Philips and Bride had already informed the bridge about the ice. More warnings seemed redundant. 3)Lightoller believed the lookouts could spot growlers at 2 miles distance. Binoculars weren't necessary. 4) The ship was "unsinkable". Lifeboats were necessary only to transfer passengers in case of mechanical failure, not to save them. 5) The hull plating was considered sufficiently thick. Most of the rivets were steel. A few lower-grade iron rivets wouldn't make a difference. 6) The chances of hitting an iceberg were low. Ice hadn't come that far south in 50 years. The last modern ship to hit one had survived, 35 years before. At every point, the decisions people took were based on assessments that seemed reasonable at the time.

  • @dovetonsturdee7033

    @dovetonsturdee7033

    Жыл бұрын

    All valid points. But wasted on conspiracists and switchers, to whom facts are meaningless.

  • @michealtaylor7745

    @michealtaylor7745

    Жыл бұрын

    Bride had Ice Warnings, but many of the most important ones that sunday, wern't taken to the bridge. Too busy sending private msges which payed well with tips. They couldn't see Icebergs 2 miles away on a moonless night. They went hard a starboard to try to miss it, instead of hitting it head on. "Never bring your broadside to danger." But one can understand, not wanting to plow into an Iceberg. Just too close. No one thing was responsable, just lots of things were, at the moment of impact. The rest is history.

  • @jonnygranville281

    @jonnygranville281

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@dovetonsturdee7033 what's a switcher?

  • @bunzeebear2973

    @bunzeebear2973

    11 ай бұрын

    When rivets are bought. They buy the entire lot. Not a few here and a few there. 74million rivets one shot buy. They bought the grade 3 rivets...and saved a few pennies. Rivet makers make it in a single go. The boat builder wasn't their only customer. They should have used wood. It floats. Steel does not.

  • @bunzeebear2973

    @bunzeebear2973

    11 ай бұрын

    @@michealtaylor7745 should have had a bumper on the front like a "bumper boat"

  • @ultrawidemods5175
    @ultrawidemods517511 ай бұрын

    Titanic is not just a movie. It's an experience

  • @mitchamcommonfair9543

    @mitchamcommonfair9543

    11 ай бұрын

    What do you mean?

  • @thatbxtch1979
    @thatbxtch197911 ай бұрын

    I have goosebumps watching the entire documentary and I felt so sad that a similar tragedy happened to Titan, a submersible by OceanGate suffered an awful fate linked to Titanic itself. Both tragic moments have the same story of negligence. Both ignoring the quality of materials used in creating the vessel. Now 5 more deaths were added on the tally.

  • @jannatinnayeem2143

    @jannatinnayeem2143

    11 ай бұрын

    Well said

  • @fredrickjames...5122

    @fredrickjames...5122

    11 ай бұрын

    Ocean Gate Titan, all five crew on board would have tragically not have reacted fast enough to process what's happening! [implosion] r.i.p. deep_deep water is unknown for us human's.

  • @PoloMFKing

    @PoloMFKing

    11 ай бұрын

    While attemtping to sound smart you made a total fool of yourself. Your sentence makes zero sense. What does them "ignoring the quality of materials" have to do with anything? And if theyre so quality then how can they be of any cause to the disasters...yall youtube dummy "experts" be so goofy 😂 ...clowns 😅

  • @dominaevillae28

    @dominaevillae28

    11 ай бұрын

    There was nothing wrong with the quality of the materials used in Titanic.

  • @Allbut27

    @Allbut27

    11 ай бұрын

    titantic wasnt a planed death. titan was natural selection

  • @UNUSUALUSERNAME220
    @UNUSUALUSERNAME2202 жыл бұрын

    A 96 year old that retained memories from when she was 10 weeks old, I don't think so.

  • @AirQuotes

    @AirQuotes

    2 жыл бұрын

    Exactly. She keeps saying we like she made any decisions or has any memories.

  • @piratesswoop725

    @piratesswoop725

    2 жыл бұрын

    Her recollections are from things her mother told her. She used “we” because she’s obviously talking about their family.

  • @UNUSUALUSERNAME220

    @UNUSUALUSERNAME220

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@piratesswoop725 I understand that. "Titanic" is an industry, they need people involved (even in the cursory) to add legitimacy to their project. That's just my pessimistic view of these types of shows. And yes, I understand she's the last "survivor " so that's significant I guess. As far as her "recalling" things is concerned, she's developed a story and has most likely been coached to say the things that they need her to say to add something to their show because, what's left to say about the Titanic? Not much. She's dead now, the last person to actually have been involved in that event. Nothing's left to be said about that incident. Titanic makes money, they'll find something to talk about. Most of it's boring and recycled information that'll interest someone, I guess.

  • @billhosko7723

    @billhosko7723

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@UNUSUALUSERNAME220 Ideat.

  • @kathyollis7037
    @kathyollis70372 жыл бұрын

    That is the saddest & .ost unbearable thing to watch, I can't imagine drowning much less being in that freezing water in the darkness but what I truly can never even begin to imagine is having to see or knowing my child was gonna die, there's no words to at all in the vocabulary to describe that horrific thought. RIP to all the ones that lost their lives & God be with the ones that survived

  • @stephaniehunter3251

    @stephaniehunter3251

    2 жыл бұрын

    Agreed

  • @stuzo666

    @stuzo666

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yeah it fills me with chills

  • @RacerX888

    @RacerX888

    2 жыл бұрын

    In reality, jumping into freezing North Atlantic waters, causes almost instant paralyzation of your muscles, including your chest muscles, causing you not to be able to breathe. Death is within 6 minutes from freezing cold if you don't drown first because you cannot breathe or move your arms and legs. I have scuba dived in those waters in October and its colder than you can imagine, and I was wearing a wetsuit which insulates you from the cold.

  • @karlbah8928

    @karlbah8928

    2 жыл бұрын

    I remember reading about one of the survivors and she said something like hearing screams/ drowning and then silence are sounds she can’t describe or compare anything to nor I’d imagine she’d want to

  • @williamellis-xd1rm

    @williamellis-xd1rm

    Жыл бұрын

    Take it from me...if you fall in that water, you don't have to worry about drowning. You'll be dead long before that happens. What DiCaprio said about that cold water was no joke.

  • @winstonsmithw
    @winstonsmithw10 ай бұрын

    Absolutetly blown away by the quality of this video, really enjoyed the animation and the narration, very informative!

  • @Fomites
    @Fomites11 ай бұрын

    Great documentary. Thank you.

  • @chrissyknowsitall5170
    @chrissyknowsitall5170 Жыл бұрын

    I think its so respectful that they drop wreaths at the site every year.

  • @vigal79
    @vigal792 жыл бұрын

    I too was very touched that they pay tribute each year to the fallen. Ever since the movie came out in the 90s and I saw it in high school, I’ve been absolutely fascinated with this story. I’m of the opinion like a lot of people on here, that it wasn’t just one thing that led to this tragic disaster. I think it was a series of events decisions made by human people and none of us are perfect and that kind of thing. Unfortunately, it took a tragic disaster like this, to implement standards. For example, today it is required that the life boat drill is mandatory, that there be a lifeboat or room for every person on board. And that kind of thing. I’ve never been on a cruise but, would like to go someday. Also, we are not using ships to carry passengers back-and-forth from Europe to the United States that has been mainly replaced by flight. Not that a tragedy like this can’t happen again and I pray that it doesn’t. But, things have changed. Lastly, even though things have changed it still can be just as dangerous for those shipping lanes in the icebergs. But, I do take comfort and the fact that we do have modern technology like GPS and radio communication.

  • @chrissygerwitz520

    @chrissygerwitz520

    2 жыл бұрын

    "Unfortunate events" were just a part of this. Mostly, the ship sunk because of arrogance, incompetence and greed on the part of the owners and employees of this company.

  • @gayprepperz6862

    @gayprepperz6862

    2 жыл бұрын

    Most tragedies are the result of a series of mistakes.

  • @frankphillips7436

    @frankphillips7436

    Жыл бұрын

    A friend of mine was intrigued by the Titanic back in the early 80’s. I was introduced and became interested in the whole saga when he hand made an elaborate, scale model out of balsa in 85. The story was a bit less clear then but that made the revelations that were to come that much more interesting.

  • @kari34b54

    @kari34b54

    Жыл бұрын

    Satellite imaging and GPS can identify locations of icebergs now. There is also a fleet of icebreakers with super thick hulls whose job was to destroy icebergs along the shipping lines. They are mostly retired due to all the new technology, but there are ships still available if needed!

  • @edwinsituma6034

    @edwinsituma6034

    11 ай бұрын

    Really??

  • @davesampson158
    @davesampson15811 ай бұрын

    Had Bruce Ismay not pushed the captain to make a surprise early arrival in NYC, this tragedy may have not occurred.

  • @mariamatheson5300

    @mariamatheson5300

    10 ай бұрын

    The captain is in charge of his ship. Smith could have reduced speed if he'd wanted to.

  • @BrandiHilton-pq2km

    @BrandiHilton-pq2km

    10 ай бұрын

    I totally agree! Ismay was pressuring him to speed up to make it one day early to surprise them all. He had no place to tell him what to do in regards to the voyage. He should have stayed out of it. Then he gets terrified and steps into a life boat. He should have stayed on board.

  • @josephgregorowicz5135

    @josephgregorowicz5135

    2 ай бұрын

    @@BrandiHilton-pq2km This is a lie. There was no pressure to speed up, nor was the ship going anywhere near her top speed. The ship was travelling at a normal rate, and 1 or 2 of the boilers were not even lit. This was not a race, and no one was making it a race.

  • @TG-nd9rj
    @TG-nd9rj11 ай бұрын

    The saddest part is that by the time the orders were given to start filling the lifeboats, with the time it took them to uncover/fill/lower each, 14 boats is still probably the most they could have had time to sail. I just wish they would have filled them to more capacity.

  • @AtomicB-zq2cw
    @AtomicB-zq2cw Жыл бұрын

    Seen a lot of these Titanic docs, movies and stories. This one was very well done, researched, informative, well acted and produced at a nice watchable time of just one hour.

  • @dovetonsturdee7033

    @dovetonsturdee7033

    Жыл бұрын

    How do you know it was 'well researched?'

  • @AtomicB-zq2cw

    @AtomicB-zq2cw

    Жыл бұрын

    @@dovetonsturdee7033 it followed the legal ramifications that immediately ensued which is, by far, the best record of events we will ever see.

  • @brichardsfourty

    @brichardsfourty

    Жыл бұрын

    Everybody listen to me And return me my ship I'm your captain, I'm your captain Though I'm feeling mighty sick I've been lost now for days uncounted And it's months since I've seen home Can you hear me? Can you hear me? Or am I all alone? If you return me to my home port I will kiss you Mother Earth Take me back now, take me back now To the port of my birth Am I in my cabin dreaming? Or are you really scheming To take my ship away from me? You'd better think about it I just can't live without it So please don't take my ship from me I can feel the hand of a stranger And it's tightening around my throat Heaven help me, Heaven help me Take this stranger from my boat I'm your captain, I'm your captain Though I'm feeling mighty sick Everybody listen to me And return me my ship I'm your captain Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm your captain Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm your captain Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm your captain Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I'm getting closer to my home I'm getting closer to my home I'm getting closer to my home I'm getting closer to my home I'm getting closer to my home I'm getting closer to my home I'm getting closer to my home I'm getting closer to my, closer to my home Everybody listen to me And return me my ship I'm your captain, I'm your captain Though I'm feeling mighty sick

  • @frankmcnally01

    @frankmcnally01

    Жыл бұрын

    You're right there it was acted, it's fake and a lie.

  • @AtomicB-zq2cw

    @AtomicB-zq2cw

    Жыл бұрын

    @@frankmcnally01 You, Sir, are very smart my friend. The Titanic was the “Holocaust of the sea” in that it is only a myth that has never been fully substantiated as actually having ever happened for real.

  • @jessicaboisvert3138
    @jessicaboisvert3138 Жыл бұрын

    I love anything that deals with the Titanic this was very interesting and informative too, Rest In Peace for the men, woman and children that lost their lives on that frightful night. They will not be forgotten

  • @sungaze342

    @sungaze342

    11 ай бұрын

    I thought I was the only one that feels this niice to see others they do too .I’m so fascinated about the titanic story

  • @stanzanossi

    @stanzanossi

    11 ай бұрын

    Better than just saying, that "frightful night", I would say that absolutely nightmarish, unbelievably horrifying, and totally terrifying night, Jessica!!!😱😱😱

  • @joemacdonald7879
    @joemacdonald787911 ай бұрын

    Arrogance and greed does not mix well.

  • @adamwatson6916
    @adamwatson691611 ай бұрын

    Closing the water tight doors did not trap anyone. Each boiler room had escape Laddrera you could use when the water tight doors were closed.

  • @lavenderlunacy
    @lavenderlunacy Жыл бұрын

    I can't express how much I love this. The re-enactments added such a layer of interest to this.

  • @SwedishMeattball

    @SwedishMeattball

    11 ай бұрын

    Better acting than the movie

  • @stevenremmington
    @stevenremmington Жыл бұрын

    Really thorough documentary. Right at the end when they summarise the main unfortunate sequence of events which together collectively led to the disaster, I wish a little extra time had been spent mentioning factors like the moonless night, completely calm motionless sea surface. All of these things played a huge part and unfortunately some were skipped over at the end.

  • @Oakleaf700

    @Oakleaf700

    Жыл бұрын

    They did mention the moonless night, and flat calm sea in the middle of the film.

  • @stevenremmington

    @stevenremmington

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Oakleaf700 yeah so I was surprised when those were glossed over in the end summary

  • @Oakleaf700

    @Oakleaf700

    Жыл бұрын

    @@stevenremmington Fair point. Moonless night and glassy calm sea {Plus unusual cold..and the keys to the binocular cupboard being lost all made a difference.. Same as with Princess Victoria Disaster, lots of things converged to cause a terrible loss of life on a Car ferry in 1953. I'd not heard of Princess Victoria Disaster, despite living in UK, and it seems to have been largely 'forgotten', outside of the Communities affected by the loss of so many people. Not one women or child survived, not from men's selfishness, but because the men wanted to load the women and children into a Lifeboat first, but a huge wave smashed into the lifeboat , driving it against the foundering ferry, which overturned the Lifeboat.

  • @johnj.baranski6553

    @johnj.baranski6553

    Жыл бұрын

    Smith heading into Icefield against warnings is all they needed to say about the cause.

  • @erika_itsumi5141

    @erika_itsumi5141

    Жыл бұрын

    don't forget the Cold Water mirage

  • @dinocrocetti2950
    @dinocrocetti295011 ай бұрын

    The tragedy of the Titan sub brought me back here .

  • @Rubin_Schmidt
    @Rubin_Schmidt11 ай бұрын

    On 9 October 1912 White Star withdrew Olympic from service and returned her to her builders at Belfast to be refitted to incorporate lessons learned from the Titanic disaster 6 months prior, and improve safety. The number of lifeboats carried by Olympic was increased from twenty to sixty four (per Carlisle's original number), and extra davits were installed along the boat deck to accommodate them. Also, an inner watertight skin was constructed in the boiler and engine rooms, to create a double hull. Five of the watertight bulkheads were extended up to B-Deck, extending to the entire height of the hull. This corrected a flaw in the original design, in which the bulkheads only rose up as far as E or D-Deck, a short distance above the waterline. This flaw had been exposed during Titanic's sinking, where water spilled over the top of the bulkheads as the ship sank and flooded subsequent compartments. In addition, an extra bulkhead was added to subdivide the electrical dynamo room, bringing the total number of watertight compartments to seventeen. Improvements were also made to the ship's pumping apparatus. These modifications meant that Olympic could survive a collision similar to that of Titanic, in that her first six compartments could be breached and the ship could remain afloat. At the same time, Olympic's B-Deck underwent a refit, which necessitated eliminating her B-Deck promenades - one of the few features that separated her from her sister ship. The refit included extra cabins (the parlour suites which proved popular on the Titanic were added to the Olympic), more cabins were fitted with private bathing facilities, and a Cafe Parisian (another addition that had proved popular on the Titanic) was added, offering another dining option to first class passengers. With these changes, "Olympic's" gross tonnage rose to 46,359 tons, 31 tons more than Titanic's. In March 1913, "Olympic" returned to service and briefly regained the title of largest ocean liner in the world, until the German liner SS Imperator entered passenger service in June 1913. Following her refit, Olympic was marketed as the "new" Olympic and her improved safety features were featured prominently in advertisements. !!!

  • @christopherjohnson1803
    @christopherjohnson1803 Жыл бұрын

    When you call something "unsinkable" or "indestructible" or the like, disasters have a way of happening.

  • @naomicamacho5674
    @naomicamacho56742 жыл бұрын

    Liked the first half of it until it started saying that the titanic sank quickly. First, no, the binoculars wouldn’t have made a difference. They were trained not to depended on binoculars; many officers at the time said it was detrimental because they would be focus on one area and that would limit the field of view. Second, yes the titanic could’ve survived if it struck head on, however, no one would think to do that. They were trained to sail away from pontential sinking, not hit straight on. And third, the steel rivets wouldn’t have made a different with the speed the titanic was heading.

  • @chrissygerwitz520

    @chrissygerwitz520

    2 жыл бұрын

    That's baloney. This iceberg was huge. It would have been easily seen through binoculars, especially since the ship was headed right toward it.

  • @naomicamacho5674

    @naomicamacho5674

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@chrissygerwitz520 It actually is. The person who started this theory was Frederick Fleet himself, however when the inquiry asked the same questions to the officers they basically said no. Basically that's the reason they didnt give the lookouts the other binoculars that were on the titanic. If you want more information about the binoculars theirs this youtuber that has a video explaining it. His name is Raf Avila. You should definitely check his video out if you want more information about this and titanic in general. Edit: That's the video kzread.info/dash/bejne/dKaNyMR_XcK9nKQ.html

  • @brianwhitford6086

    @brianwhitford6086

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@chrissygerwitz520 Not if we consider the false horizon theory.

  • @brianwhitford6086

    @brianwhitford6086

    2 жыл бұрын

    There's only one slight hiccup with that theory. If they did hit the iceberg head on, it would cause such a jolt that more people may have been killed and a lot of the electronics would be knocked out. So no means to contact for help, no means to close the bulkhead doors and you gotta bunch of dead people in the front and maybe some in the middle and in the back. God forbid someone falls overboard. The engine room would've become compromised and the bulkhead doors would've been jammed open. And what if the boilers came undone and toppled over and crushed everyone down there as it causes a massive fire? Because you gotta remember, she was a 46,000 ton ship traveling at 21 knots (26 mph) into an enormous mountain of floating ice. Everything is going to be thrown forward. Just listing the possibilities. Food for thought.

  • @NeilAnthonyVinculado-lx2gc

    @NeilAnthonyVinculado-lx2gc

    Жыл бұрын

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  • @marclaporte3710
    @marclaporte371010 ай бұрын

    The Titanic isn't on the bottom of the ocean because of bad rivets or poor safety features on the ship itself. It lays on the ocean floor because of bad seamanship. The captain decided to plow, full steam ahead through several iceberg warnings/fields. That's why she sunk.

  • @victordeming9068

    @victordeming9068

    Ай бұрын

    I have seen several videos showing that the rivets did not fail!

  • @RandomVids519
    @RandomVids51911 ай бұрын

    By far the best titanic documentary I’ve ever seen EVER!

  • @micahwoodard
    @micahwoodard2 жыл бұрын

    Titanic wasn't built with poor quality iron. Compared to the iron made today, yes, it's poor quality. In 1910, when Titanic was built, the iron used was of the highest quality available at the time.

  • @meghanmcintosh135

    @meghanmcintosh135

    2 жыл бұрын

    If you watched the whole documentary, you'd have heard that they didn't order the highest quality wrought iron, they ordered one grade lower than the highest.

  • @micahwoodard

    @micahwoodard

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@meghanmcintosh135 I did watch the whole documentary and many, many others and I've done a lot of research. The info in this documentary is wrong, and not just about the iron.

  • @dovetonsturdee7033

    @dovetonsturdee7033

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@meghanmcintosh135 Odd, then, that Olympic, built of the same materials by the same yard at the same time, had a long and successful career, don't you think?

  • @ParkTheGoalie

    @ParkTheGoalie

    2 жыл бұрын

    Wrong the rivets of titanic were so of bad quality they literally tested titanics steel and it was frail

  • @ParkTheGoalie

    @ParkTheGoalie

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just because they say at the time it was the best doesn’t mean the ship didn’t have poor quite steel because we now know for a fact the steel was brittle

  • @operation1968
    @operation1968 Жыл бұрын

    Fascinating yet sad and appalling... May all the victims of that tragedy rest in piece

  • @johnblair7611
    @johnblair761111 ай бұрын

    According to James Cameron..who timed lowering the lifeboats with replicas..there wasn't enough time to lower any more boats if they had them..he said it was amazing they could lower what they had.

  • @porous9
    @porous9 Жыл бұрын

    I think what makes this so fascinating for me is that it's the point in between my objective 'there is no such thing as fate, only coincidence and consequences' mind and my subjective 'some things are just destined to happen' mind. Looking at all the things that had to come together in order for Titanic to sink, it's hard to think it was just coincidence. If they'd seen the iceberg 30 seconds earlier, they'd have avoided it. Thirty seconds later and they'd have rammed it head-on, causing only minor damage to the bow. That plus the wrought iron rivets + the lowering of the bulkheads + no binoculars + freakishly calm weather + the Californian turning off its wireless + not responding to the rockets + the impact opening up exactly five compartments (just enough to sink the ship) is collectively hard to pass off as anything other than fate. It's an awful lot of coincides, any of which not happening would have averted the disaster. Other sinkings are easier to accept - hitting a mine, being torpedoed, being swamped by a freak wave, running aground on a reef or rock, a fire or explosion on board. It's this one, where so many otherwise unrelated factors had to come together, that makes it so eternally intriguing.

  • @electrickrain

    @electrickrain

    Жыл бұрын

    Head on causing minor damage to the bow? Gtfoh. You sound absolutely ridiculous to just blurt this out

  • @SwedishMeattball

    @SwedishMeattball

    11 ай бұрын

    ​@@electrickrainships have survived head on they don't survive side damage that was his point

  • @glenroberts7388
    @glenroberts73882 жыл бұрын

    The Olympic was nearly identical...She served until 1935 was involved in 2 collisions & even ran down and sank a submarine in WW1. The design and construction of Olympic class ships was sound. Titanic & Britannic suffered tragic ends because of bad luck.

  • @Sarah0583

    @Sarah0583

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Frankenstein F Yes yes there were bad men on the “boat”, you truly seem to be a great expert on this topic...

  • @dovetonsturdee7033

    @dovetonsturdee7033

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Sarah0583 Clearly, Frank is a highly qualified marine architect of many years experience.

  • @disclaimer.imjokin

    @disclaimer.imjokin

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@Sarah0583 who are you talking to you look mad

  • @Sarah0583

    @Sarah0583

    Жыл бұрын

    @@disclaimer.imjokin Someone who deleted their comment, obviously.

  • @allidragon7041

    @allidragon7041

    Жыл бұрын

    Olympic actually received her sister's distress call, but was too far away to make it in time. Regardless, she was powered full steam and deviated from her original route to at least try and help her sister. When Olympic was 120 miles from Titanic's last known position, she received a message from Carpathia, stating all boats were picked up and Titanic was gone. There was nothing more Olympic could have done. When Olympic offered to take on survivors, she was turned down when the captain of Carpathia believed that the survivors would be further traumatized if they saw Titanic's identical sister and being asked to board her. Olympic, sadly, resumed her course back home to Britain, canceling all concerts as a mark of respect. Her crew, and specifically her captain, were exhausted and weighed down by emotion for failing the "Unsinkable" ship. But all that turned to outrage and Olympic was the center of questioning, since she had the same so called "safety features" as Titanic. Thanks to her refit, she survived WW1, sadly outlived Britannic as well, and enjoyed a peaceful career until her untimely retirement and scrapping.

  • @chulababy2120
    @chulababy212011 ай бұрын

    Blair was lucky 🍀 he couldn’t go.He just didn’t know it..This whole story is insane.Those passengers had no idea of the incompetence of the Captain and his main crew that put everyone’s lives in grave danger!!The guy that was keeping track of the messages played a big part in this tragedy right along with the guards😢not having glasses in the crows nest

  • @lizziedavidson1987
    @lizziedavidson19874 ай бұрын

    Some interesting tidbits of information: the wireless actually stopped working on the Saturday and Phillips and Bride spent the day fixing it and it was good to go again by Sunday. This was why there was a backlog of passenger messages. Also, this wasn’t the Marconi company’s policy; the policy was to wait until they got to port and an engineer would fix it then. Had Phillips and Bride stuck to policy then many more would have died, and no one would have known what was going on. Also Phillips was not so nice in his message to the Californian. What he actually said was “shut up! I’m working Cape Race”. It was effective… Fleet suffered from “survivor guilt”, a form of PTSD, and it was only his wife who made his life better, after she died he decided he had nothing worth living for and ended his own life. Some years ago someone, in a sick joke, laid a pair of binoculars at his grave with a note that said “sorry they’re late”. Also a little niggling thing about this particular portrayal of Lightoller; he sounds American at times…Lightoller was from the North of England…and he was the most sarky bugger God ever put breath in! No way would he have sounded in anyway close to a US accent and no way would he have cow-towed to the way the Lords asked their questions…especially when the British Board of Trade was ultimately responsible for the lack of lifeboats. Also Murdoch was Scottish but here they’ve got him in a posh English accent…which is really jarring to me as a Scot…

  • @desireec2836
    @desireec2836 Жыл бұрын

    i’ve seen a lot of titanic documentaries, it’s been a life long fascination but this is hands down the best!! thank you for uploading

  • @jpicard81
    @jpicard812 жыл бұрын

    Titanic birth of a legend is good too and narrated by the great Tywin Lannister

  • @muskokaroads2371

    @muskokaroads2371

    2 жыл бұрын

    Man its a great depiction of the times and the crazy feat of those men

  • @shaynewheeler9249

    @shaynewheeler9249

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me and my sister going on board Titanic 2 in 3 class

  • @shaynewheeler9249

    @shaynewheeler9249

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me and my sister going on board Titanic 2 in 3 class

  • @cleverusername9369

    @cleverusername9369

    2 жыл бұрын

    A Lannister always narrates his documentaries

  • @shaynewheeler9249

    @shaynewheeler9249

    2 жыл бұрын

    Black man titanic

  • @mreza84
    @mreza8411 ай бұрын

    Many ships have been sunk in history, but the Titanic is something else.

  • @utareangara5529
    @utareangara552911 ай бұрын

    A series of unfortunate events is basically what happened

  • @davinp
    @davinp2 жыл бұрын

    Due to the weather conditions that night, clear & calm, which also caused a mirage to form, it make it difficult to see the iceberg even if they had binoculars

  • @bec1423

    @bec1423

    2 жыл бұрын

    That’s no excuse what about the life boats they should of had more but no they got cocky saying it was a unsinkable ship you don’t play with the sea an put peoples lives at risk if they had more life boats all those people could of survived also the speed they was going knowing there was icebergs ahead several boats warned them

  • @davinp

    @davinp

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bec1423 yes and the wireless operator should not have set the iceberg warning he received aside. Iceberg warning should have been priority, but since they were paid to send passenger messages, they made that their priority

  • @bec1423

    @bec1423

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@davinp it’s a shame people lost their lives because the ones on the ship were reckless

  • @micahwoodard

    @micahwoodard

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bec1423 While I agree they should've had more lifeboats, it wouldn't have helped. They only had 20 lifeboats (16 regular and 4 collapsible) and the last two weren't even launched properly because they ran out of time.

  • @6metaweemaxphethin16

    @6metaweemaxphethin16

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@bec1423 They actually had more lifeboats than the law required at the time. Back then, Lifeboats were used as a ferry between a sinking ship and rescue ships. The law required ships over 10,000 GT to carry 16 lifeboats (as they decide the amount of lifeboats on a ship by its gross tonnage, not the passenger limit). Titanic, a 46,000 GT liner, carried 20. Such a shame that the law was last revised in 1894. Also, Harland and Wolff, the shipyard, never said that the ships was unsinkable. The press did, and the people believed it. Even WSL's VP believed it.

  • @elizabethmckessick154
    @elizabethmckessick1542 жыл бұрын

    Got to remember at first no-one on the titanic said it was unsinkable. It was the media who deemed the titanic unsinkable x

  • @expattaffy1954

    @expattaffy1954

    2 жыл бұрын

    Incorrect. One of the survivors said her father described it as unsinkable before they got onto the ship

  • @dovetonsturdee7033

    @dovetonsturdee7033

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@expattaffy1954 Hello Mr. Swithin. Would you consider that the father of a survivor should be considered an authoritative source?

  • @TorontoJediMaster

    @TorontoJediMaster

    2 жыл бұрын

    White Star and the builders said it was *practically* unsinkable. Meaning it could sink, but would essentially take a serious amount of damage to do so. The media at the time lopped off the "practically" qualifier and said she was unsinkable. (Not to mention that "Olympic" was also billed as such, since it was the same design and had been in service almost a year earlier.)

  • @thestonedabbot9551

    @thestonedabbot9551

    2 жыл бұрын

    This isnt true. Media pieces on the new ships were made not just by speculating journalists, but in formal liaisons and communications between shipping companies and newspaper printers. Anything written in media about the upcoming ships would have been clearly communicated by the shipping lines. Even the day AFTER Titanic sank and the first confused messages were coming in about the disaster, White Star Line VP Philip Franklin said this to the press on April 15th "We have nothing direct from the Titanic, but are perfectly satisfied that the vessel is unsinkable. The fact that the Marconi messages have ceased means nothing. It mayb be due to atmospherical conditions, the coming up of the ships, or something of that sort. We are not worried as to the possible loss of the ship, as she will NOT go down, but we apologise for the inconveniences caused to the travelling public. We are absolutely certain that Titanic can withstand any level of damage. She would be down by the head, but would float indefinitely in that position."

  • @johnp82

    @johnp82

    2 жыл бұрын

    Either way, a lot of people thought it was unsinkable.

  • @morgo_6918
    @morgo_691811 ай бұрын

    I watched this documentary years ago on Channel 4. Great documentary. Thanks for uploading this 👍

  • @Chris-zy5ul
    @Chris-zy5ul11 ай бұрын

    The only thing missing from this is an interview from the iceberg in question. Would be nice to hear his/her side of the story

  • @mariamatheson5300

    @mariamatheson5300

    10 ай бұрын

    I was here first.

  • @gusthesailor4885
    @gusthesailor4885 Жыл бұрын

    Binoculars contrary to what is reported in this documentary would have been useless to be able to see the iceberg more quickly (see it from a greater distance) given firstly the atmospheric conditions (mirage effect) and the fact that at the navy binoculars are used to further examine an object already spotted with the naked eye. Surprising that this legend is found in this documentary

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