Final Plunge: Titanic's HORRIFYING Last 5 Minutes

[@ghoulduckie59]

I go in to this weird rabbit hole ever so often again and again about the Titanic. It’s fascinating yet so heartbreaking.

[@jennieconnolly9328]

Same. I love finding pictures of the artifacts from the ship

[@jennieconnolly9328]

@RonScuggeri-et7od I do that too. Lol

[@peergynt9852]

You realize it was a psyop yet?

[@shannonmcelroy8454]

I thought I was the only one. I want to jump in, but it's not always a pleasant experience.

[@lizhermann4964]

I’m currently back down that rabbit hole, again.

[@RedDeadRogue]

The thing that always gets me about the story of Titanic is the story of the two wireless operators, Jack Philips and Harold Bride. The day before Titanic struck the iceberg, the wireless machine actually overheated and essentially broke from the amount of messages being sent from Titanic. Bride and Philips weren't actually employed by the White Star Line, they worked for the Marconi company, which had their own set of rules regarding the wireless machines. Because of their sensitive and complex nature, it was company policy that if a wireless machine failed while at sea, the operators were to NOT try to fix it and instead call for a Marconi company engineer to do so once the ship reached port. Bridge and Philips, figuring that it wasn't like they could really do any worse for the machine, spent the entire day, literally 24 hours, trying to fix it. They finally managed to do so around 6pm in the evening of April 14, 1912. Around six hours and fifteen minutes later, they would begin sending out the first distress signals, which were eventually picked up by the Carpathia. Without Carpathia or any other ship receiving those distress calls, it's entirely possible that those survivors who did manage to get into the lifeboats would be left drifting for days before being anyone knew anything was wrong, and longer still before they were found, if they were at all. So when you really boil it down, yes, 1,500 people went down with Titanic. But 700 were saved, and those 700 people lived because two young, college-aged men, decided to break the rules. That blows my mind to this day.

[@DANIELLE_BREANNA_LACY]

I hope the story about the Carpathia’s wireless operator, Harold Cottam gets you too! He didn’t normally stay up as late at night as he did the night the Titanic sank and he was just wearing his headphones while on no official duty at all, just in the process of getting undressed for bed before shutting the Marconi radio room down when he just accidentally heard the Titanic’s distress call. Following this, he ran to deck to inform the crew that the Titanic was sinking and needed their help, but those crew members on deck just literally laughed at him, saying that he fallen victim to a joke, but Harold Cottam didn’t buy it as he knew that the Titanic’s distress call was no joke and took no time to argue. He then rushed to the captain’s cabin, burst through the door without knocking and immediately awakened him to inform him about the Titanic’s distress call which quickly got the Carpathia into action to make her mad dash to the Titanic’s rescue! Without Harold Cottam’s actions, the Carpathia never would’ve made her heroic dash for the Titanic, thus there would’ve been even fewer than 700 survivors. There were other ships that picked up the Titanic’s distress call too, but none of them were close enough to even get there before the Carpathia could find and pick up every one of the survivors and even the survivors were exhausted, crying, shivering and hurting terribly when they were rescued so the Titanic disaster definitely would’ve been worse if the survivors had to wait hours longer for help to arrive and that definitely would’ve been the case if it weren’t for this young, college-aged man’s actions!

[@OmSaiRam-ku1ht]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@harrietharlow9929]

@@DANIELLE_BREANNA_LACY As Captain Rostron remarked later about Cottam being awake when the distress call came in from the Titanic: "The entire thing was absolutely providential".

[@exaudi33]

It makes me think of 9/11 survivors who ignored Port Authority orders to stay in their offices and instead headed for the stairwells.

[@lindafarris82]

Phillips was also very rude to the wireless operator of the Californian. Had he not, many more lives could have been saved.

[@rekunta]

What’s really unsettling is the fact that all this happened in near complete darkness. It was near pitch black once her lights failed.

[@TheJustUsLeague]

I wouldn't say pitch black dark to where you couldn't see anything at all. Being so far out away from smog, pollution, smoke, factories, refineries, the moonlight provided enough to be able to see what you're doing, I wasn't there but I'm pretty sure moonlight helped enough.

[@baileyyh72]

@@TheJustUsLeague I had thought the same, but the moon phase that night was almost new moon, so there was nearly no light provided by it. It was all darkness.

[@leonmartin7445]

@@baileyyh72that’s horrible

[@DeFySniping]

There was no moonlight that night. @@TheJustUsLeague

[@jacksonmiller7745]

@@TheJustUsLeagueIt was a moonless night. The spotters of both the titanic and Carpathia said they didn’t even see an iceberg, they saw black shapes.

[@jebbroham1776]

The engineers who gave their lives to keep the lights burning to the last possible second are the true heroes in this very tragic tale.

[@catreader9733]

I agree that the engineers were among the greatest heroes, but I feel there were so many others. Wallace Hartley and his musical ensemble are high on my list. Mrs. Strauss' staying with her husband breaks my heart (not referring to the cinematic dramatization, but the fact that she did so); she did not allow him to drown alone. Molly Brown, behaving within her usual bold personality, nonetheless exemplified courage and confidence to other women -- and men.

[@francy8589]

3rd class passenger were awaiting for instruction till the last moment and ended up imploding in their room when the ship sank to the bottom of the ocean

[@toriiacoviello4127]

Father Thomas Byles was also a true hero 😇He gave up his seat on a life boat twice and eventually decided to remain on the sinking ship to hear the last confessions of the doomed.I'm sure his presence was a comfort to those who remained on the sinking vessel.I just can't imagine the terror that these poor people felt at the very end of their lives😓

[@tamrix]

Everyone would have screamed the moment the lights went out. Then the deafening silence will be apparent as distant screams of death would have been heard.

[@PH-vv1ky]

Well that was their job. At the end of The day, they were a) white and b) men. People need to stop celebrating these men and trying to make them hero's or whatever. they are the reason all this happened, they ruin EVERYTHING

[@Maritime_History]

During the sinking of Titanic, Father Thomas Byles reportedly gave up his seat twice on two different lifeboats, saying he would rather stay on the ship and listen to peoples' confessions and give them absolution. He was lost in the sinking. RIP Thomas Byles.

[@sapphireseptember]

A true man of God. May he rest knowing he was doing the Lord's work. It would have been a comfort to the people left on the ship to have him with them.

[@SouthernFlyer1011]

Bless that man,he gave poor passengers hope in their darkness hour, bless them all✝️

[@littleway24601]

Fr. Thomas Byles, pray for us!

[@tuckewhite111]

Brute ismay ------- and Charles Lietoller on other hand ! Rest in piece indeed 🙏 father , Byles rot in hell ismay and lightoller ! 🇬🇧 enquiry embarrassing whitewash ! Least alden smith 🇺🇸 lietoller was lieing through his teeth ⚖️ 🗽 class prevailed even 8n death! ⚰️ 17 year old jack Thayer even drew a six piece drawing off the break up ! Was beside lietoller in water 💧 🤔 1st Sept 85 kid was telling truth ! Least lightoller revealed all on his deathbed to his wife and granddaughter who ✍️ a book on his confession ! Corporate manslaughter at its worst 🫡

[@Justicia007]

🙏❤️ hopefully his sacrifice allowed some to unburden themselves before their final moments, God bless their souls.

[@paranormaltheorist]

There's a famous story about a Titanic survivor who lived near a major league ballpark. He never went to a game because the noise of the crowd reminded him of that night. Imagine, the sound of a ballpark screaming... then silence.

[@dougn2350]

That is very interesting

[@Lebowski333]

Do you mean a major league baseball game

[@jeeither]

@@Lebowski333 yes, which takes place in a major league ballpark.

[@JackCallSports]

@@jeeitherin Detroit correct?

[@jeeither]

@@JackCallSports as I've read. yeah. He couldn't go by it when a game was in session as an adult either.

[@TonySoprano-hr5uu]

The emptiness of the ocean at night always freaked me out. I always found it so eerie. To know your going in the water whether you like it or not, in the middle of nowhere, in the vast emptiness of the sea is a horror I have trouble wrapping my head around. To know you’re not going to make it and your body wouldn’t been seen again is such a terrifying idea.

[@Texas_Made_]

Omggg yesss,so creepy😢😢😢😢

[@trteeerryfse-wy2ww]

The ocean: "Im gonna eat you 👿 Yum 😊"

[@margieleazenby804]

I believe that is part of what makes the Titanic sinking such an enduring tragedy to so many people the world over. The sheer horror of such a death just staggers the imagination.

[@MGillDesign]

the same thing (terror) i feel about bridges (at night) and the fear of my car falling off, or plunging into the dark water. Funny how in the daytime it's just a bridge... but something changes when it's nighttime (the darkness, the unknown, the dark depths of the river). Same thing with the Titanic, (darkness of night) and unknown depths of the dark ocean, to swallow you beneath.

[@teahlaaffe]

This just happened :0

[@adamfowler350]

Most people don't understand how cold that water was. There is a contest in a titanic museum to see how long you could keep your hands in the titanic temp water, and it's agonizing for only 10 seconds, seriously.

[@DANIELLE_BREANNA_LACY]

Yeah, and the Titanic’s second officer Charles Lightoller said that being in that frigid water felt like having a thousand knives driven into the body so I can imagine how painful it must’ve felt.

[@JG-ue2cv]

Like the heat in the twin towers.

[@SkibidiSlicer-i8y]

It was like 19 degrees Fahrenheit

[@kae6558]

@@DANIELLE_BREANNA_LACY geesh

[@lemonfish4497]

I think most do understand, though have not experienced it.

[@usaturnuranus]

That moment in the movie Titanic when the ice crashes down on the deck...we're taken from a warm, comfortable sense of life aboard ship to the immediate and jarring awareness of what we all collectively know will be their fate. That scene really sticks in my mind.

[@GeminiJo]

Yes the first 5 mins is sooo eerie

[@robertkomanec2028]

Especially the scene where some of the male passengers were kicking around the chunk of ice like a soccer ball, unaware of their fate. Makes what is to come all the more tragic.

[@MattH-wg7ou]

Yea, a reminder that the environment is VERY different just outside the comfortable confines of the ship, and that she is the only thing separating them from that environment. That ice block reminded of thr harsh frigidness just out there.

[@bradydacloud]

The fact that Titanic stayed afloat for over 2 hours when Thomas Andrews said she had 1 hour or less is just a testament to how well built she was!

[@TheEDFLegacy]

Absolutely! Imagine if they had extended the bulkheads to B deck?

[@theadventuresofred19]

Or Andrews was making a guess This was a new thing

[@NonsensicalNauticalRambings]

I believe Andrews belief that Titanic would sink in an hour comes from the thought that Titanic had received a 300-foot gash from her collision, rather than a few buckled plates. Had she gotten that 300-foot gash, she would have sank much quicker, and had a higher loss of life.

[@pantherplatform]

At least he had an additional hour or so to live before he went down with her...

[@wayneantoniazzi2706]

She was a good ship, she stayed alive as long as she could.

[@Slayer-tv8ub]

The musicians playing with all the chaos happening around them has to be the most incredibly beautiful and courageous thing. I wouldn’t be able to do that.

[@LordOfThePancakes]

That never happened

[@rebekah9713]

​@@LordOfThePancakesIt did. Just Google it.

[@myratsalad]

@@LordOfThePancakes LOL.I didn't know you were there. Guess the first hand accounts are all wrong and the dispute is over!

[@LordOfThePancakes]

@@myratsalad Welp, now you know j@ck@ss 🙂 Guess there’s a first time for everything

[@Ronam0451]

​@@LordOfThePancakes so I guess you know more than people who were actually there

[@bergercookie]

Everything about The Titanic is compelling and riveting. No matter how many times I hear watch reenactments I’m still in awe of its stories. Chilling to try and comprehend what those poor souls suffered through. Being sucked deep down in the depths of the freezing cold ocean in the dark of the night is utterly terrifying. May god rest their souls. And as for the stunning Ocean Liner itself, it will forever be the most elegant ship ever built.

[@Δ-Δ-Δ-Δ]

It's weird to think Titanic is as of now still in the deepest bowels of the ocean. In the darkness. Resting forever. Never to be seen again.

[@jonathanbolz2449]

Ya but hey.....at least they saved the 'RICH'....right....

[@robertofernandez7773]

A lot of the rich died too. And a lot of the poor survived@@jonathanbolz2449

[@jaynewton5278]

Riveting, hmm. Did you hear about the boy who fell to his death between the two hulls. Did you hear about the supposed cursed mummy that was smuggled aboard, I think not. No iceberg, just cursed.

[@rogerhearn5243]

@@jaynewton5278 Utter nonsense, It hit an iceberg and sank. Reality is dangerous enough there is no need for curses, witchcraft, voodoo, tea leaf reading or tarot cards. As you stated "I think not" a perfect example of not thinking.

[@QullVideo]

What strikes me the most whenever I see real time animations of Titanic's sinking IS how 'peaceful' those first 2 hours seem. To hear that people on board actually got a false sense of security from this peacefulness is quite haunting.

[@louise_rose]

Some of the people in the lifeboats, especially younger people, didn't realize until the very last 10-20 minutes that the ship was really going to sink *and* that most of the passengers and much of the crew were still on board and were about to die.. They thought, like, "surely those will be taken care of soon too".

[@kenthompson5723]

"What strikes me the most whenever I see real time animations ..." ------------------------------------ For me, the most haunting and terrifying part of this calamity is the complete desolation of the surroundings > dark except for the heavenly stars, nothing here but ocean, absence of human help, the cold night air, the foreboding sense of doom. The entire scene reeks of a lonely death.

[@reubenmanzo2054]

A few years ago, I sent the real time sinking animation to my cousin who is a Titanic enthusiast and asked him "imagine yourself as a passenger, at what point would you have taken the threat of a sinking ship seriously?" He replied 12:23 - "Thomas Andrews, the designer of the Titanic, confirms the damage is too severe for the ship to survive. He estimates 1-2 hours before it sinks." Personally, my moment was 1:15 - "Water is up to Titanic's nameplate."

[@Dani-ICU-RN]

Like 9/11 til 2nd one hit😢

[@Dani-ICU-RN]

​@kenthompson5723 & the complete darkness & mystery of the sea underneath.. 3 Miles down,blows my mind. This would be very diff had it been 11 AM..or, someone had the binoculars 😢😢

[@Fluttermoth]

My late father was fascinated by Titanic, so me and my two sisters grew up hearing about her and her passengers and crew. This level of recreation and detail would have thrilled him,; I'll watch in his memory, and thank you all for your hard work and dedication in bringing this to life so vividly xxx

[@jackkennedy70]

In fact it wasn't Titanic that sank but it's bet up old sister ship the Olympic

[@jackkennedy70]

@justinloveday2410 What the hell has tinfoil got to do with anything 😐

[@jackkennedy70]

@justinloveday2410 Its no conspiracy when you do a basic investigation and notice something is not right.

[@jackkennedy70]

@justinloveday2410 Whatever

[@juliethompson340]

@@jackkennedy70 The Titanic actually had 2 sister ships: The Olympic was scrapped in 1935 the other was the Britannica sank in 1916.

[@tedneb3459]

After decades of books, movies, television documentaries and videos about this very topic, it's difficult to understand how anyone could expect to experience this with any unexplored dimension of emotion. Somehow, Mr. Brady manages to do just that, with the perfect blend of facts, humanity and respect. Well done.

[@Hirundo-demersalis]

Recently fell down the Titanic Rabbit Hole after watching two movies about it (both James Cameron's 1997 historical fiction drama set during the voyage and Roy Ward Baker's 1958 docu-drama about the night of the sinking). What I found particularly interesting about both films vs this video is how the physical sinking of the ship was depicted: the 1958 film showed the ship sinking intact, while the 1997 film had it split in half, then bob around vertically in the water before it went down like an elevator. So it's fascinating to see the updated modern analysis of the ship's final plunge rendered in this video, and even if the movies are now inaccurate, they still stand as a testament to how the knowledge evolved over time. Well done, sir! The one story that's stood out as particularly harrowing to me is Charles Lightoller's near-death with the intake vent; being sucked underwater and into the mouth of a pipe that went straight to the furnace, the ship going down along with it, completely unable to swim free…only to be miraculously blown free from the final blast from the furnace, then struggling to get to the surface…sounds like an absolutely indescribable and horrific experience! And then later that same night, going on to save several more people's lives by helping them stay afloat on a capsized lifeboat!

[@paulelverstone8677]

I've been an enthusiast of this ship for nearly 40yrs and two things particularly strike me about that night. One: the band never ran - how could they not? They did their best as only musicians and entertainers could. They died with respect, I hope, from all those who remembered them. Two: Carpathia was good for 14.5 knots IIRC. That night she hit 17. A feat that the ship never repeated by all accounts. Many other noble and respectful episodes happened that night in the face of abject terror but these two stick in my mind particularly...

[@kvol1668]

The Carpathia never repeated a 17 knot run because they permanently damaged the engines that night coming to the rescue. 🫡

[@paulelverstone8677]

@@kvol1668 ah, wow - I never knew. Thanks so much for that... *thumbsup*

[@peterj5106]

When the Chief Engineer of the Carpathia was later asked how they dealt with the high pressure of running the engine past max power he apparently replied "by putting his cap over the pressure gauges".

[@andrewreynolds912]

​@@kvol1668o never knew that it's amazing 👏

[@EnjoySackLunch]

The band could not leave their station as they were chained to the deck by their corporate overseers

[@olivergarner1746]

No matter how many times I read about the sinking, or watch documentaries, or the films, it never looses any impact, and the sheer scale of the horror is always like the first time I’ve read it. Incredibly humbling.

[@isabellind1292]

I agree. This is why the Titanic's resting place shouldn't be turned into a money-making tourist destination. People don't pay to visit memorial sites for a reason and this is a memorial site. It's so tragic. RIP to the people and animals lost aboard the Titanic.🌹❤

[@AutismusPrime69]

Calm down

[@isabellind1292]

@@AutismusPrime69 If you think people should be less empathic & feel less heartbroken about the lives lost in tragic events in history, that's your problem. The only thing you've accomplished is in using your disability against yourself by trying to tone-police people who express how they feel because you lack empathetic traits.

[@bergercookie]

Same here, I’m captivated yet terrified . It’s that tragedy so massive that I can’t look away or ever forget about. Such a shame, it was a gorgeous elegant ocean liners that will never be replaced in its mystery and magnificence. All those souls aboard never imagined such a ship would sink. They were on their journey of a lifetime to America and were violently stripped of their lives by the dangers of Mother Nature. Never disrespect Mother Nature and think we can overpower her bc she is the most powerful force on earth.

[@isabellind1292]

@@AutismusPrime69 Since when are people suppose to stop caring about events in history? The only thing you've accomplished is in using your disability against yourself by tone-policing how others feel because you lack empathy.

[@connorredshaw7994]

The final plunge may have been only 5 minutes but for those onboard or in the lifeboats it was probably the longest and haunting 5 minutes of their lives. 😢

[@ElysiumsJourney]

Seriously. In the last half-hour, it always gives me the awe of how much the ocean needs to be respected. My heart always sinks (no pun intended), thinking of the people, and how even the biggest ships today (which are way larger than Titanic) aren't even a drop in the bucket that is the ocean. Could not imagine actually being there, and I can entirely see how it would cause survivors numerous mental health struggles for the rest of their life.

[@25Erix]

Disasters certainly have a way of stretching our perception of time when we're in the thick of one. The Miracle of the Hudson, when Flight 1549 had to ditch because of a birdstrike, only took four minutes from start to end. Pretty short amount of time in normal circumstances. But imagine being on that plane and knowing something went really wrong. That four minutes would stretch to eternity. Not only did Captain Sully and FO Jeff Skiles make decisions on the fly, they did it all right. Helps that Sully had glider experience to fall back on as well. Extremely successful ditching and no one died.

[@jfmezei]

While in current times, we would definitely interpret this as you stated, I wonder how important the class distinction remained even during the final sinking. Is it possible a large percentage of the first class "snobs" ony cares about first class passengers and saw "steerage" as disposable workers and didn't "feel" the disaster happeining in front of their eyes? In Cameron's version, only Molly Brown seems concerned about thousands shouting as they are trhown into freezing water and the rest are happy to be comfy in their life boat and not wanting steerage people to board their boat. (I beleive that in Night to Remember, there was also the concept coveyed of first class folks not feelling a "human" need to rescue the 3rd class folks because more important to save themselves). While Cameron made it more dramatic, both movies were based on interviews with survivors, so there may have been some truth to that story. They may have had remorse afterwards but I have to wonder if, in the moment of the disaster, how they truly felt. This was truly a different era with different social values.

[@cheapcraftygirlsweepstakes2338]

⁠@@jfmezeiHardly. 67% of first class male passengers died.

[@louise_rose]

Slow motion nightmare, indeed. It took about 2½ hours before the Carpathian arrived in the scene and picked up most of the people from the lifeboats, but by that time no one who had landed in the icy water and had failed to get up into a lifeboat (or on top the overturned Collapsible boat) had survived. 😥

[@shawnhedman6561]

I usually do not like ads, but loved the energetic cruise line ad that came on for me in the middle of this tragic story.

[@BoldActionSkitty]

Unfortunate ad placements

[@fruitypebblez4309]

Youtibe algorithm assumes we are booking a cruise while watching the titanic sinking.

[@SofiaHack]

​@fruitypebblez4309 dog not allowed ect

[@SofiaHack]

​@BoldActionSkitty dog not allowed ect

[@EL-wd8kw]

I got an ad for a local waterpark 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@NonsensicalNauticalRambings]

It’s amazing how different things looked after just 20 minutes. at 2:00 Am, she looked like she could have still potentially remained afloat for another hour and a half, but in less than half an hour, she was gone, along with 2/3 of those onboard.

[@fidan2fast]

That means the compartments held well and did their job as much as they could, once the weight of thw water started to pull the ship apart it was over

[@jesperhammarlund300]

Yeah thats the thing with ships. Once the buoyancy balance is broken the ship goes down like a rock. In this case for Titanic it was Boiler room 4 flooded which it began to do around 2AM or so. She went down like a rock.

[@sillyone52062]

Sinking looked so unlikely at 20 minutes that lifeboats were launched with very few people in them.

[@maxonite]

I wonder how long she could have stayed afloat if she didn’t break in half

[@tomemeornottomeme1864]

@@maxonite Probably wouldn't have made a single difference; the ship broke in half in the middle of its plunge. If the ship had never broken apart, she'd have just dove to the bottom all the same, maybe even faster, as there wouldn't be a pause like there was when the stern settled and the flooding had to start over.

[@Crispy.Badger]

The anxiety just I experienced watching something that I already knew exactly how it ends… so well done.

[@andybrockbank3027]

My grandmother was aged 6 at the time Titanic was lost. She told me that when news broke of the sinking that people were disbelieving of the magnitude. She lived to see the discovery of the wreck by Ballard and that promoted her recollections of the fateful time. Another excellent production. Well done.

[@lolabelle4959]

Omg was grandma was born in 1906 + was 6 yrs old when the titanic sank too. She remembered it being in the papers!!

[@Harold_WiIson]

My Great Grandmother was born in 1910, I was born in 2008. So sadly, I weren't in quite that age to ask her questions if she heard anything about the Titanic, she was 2 when the infamous Titanic sank, and I was 2 when she died.

[@meeeka]

My Oma was 5 at the time. She told me her father used to let her read from the big story in the paper. She started but then he took it away from her. She then introduced Titanic to me when I was 5 and when it was found she wanted me to "quick! Buy me a ticket to see them!" We watched it on TV later and then the movie, second only to Gone With The Wind.

[@stephendacey8761]

@@Harold_WiIson Boy, do I feel old. You were born in 2008? That makes you only 15. Wow. You were not even alive during 9/11. It was way before your time. To me, it still feels like yesterday.

[@PraveenSrJ01]

I was born in 1983 and will turn 40 years old this Friday

[@rjwalker4153]

I asked my grandmother many years ago when she was about 80, what was the first big event that she could remember in her life. Without hesitation, she said the Titanic. She was 12 at the time and lived in New York. She said it was such big news then, and everybody was talking about it. So that even as a kid, she remembered it very well.

[@AXMIM]

I can understand this comment. I was 13 when the twin tower collapsed. I'm Canadien and it was such big news that even kids remembers.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

What about aft grand staircase

[@empirestate8791]

I swear Mike Brady has a Ph.D. in Titanic Studies. The interesting content never stops!

[@FirebirdPhoenix87]

Maybe he and Historic Travels should do a collab someday.

[@EnjoySackLunch]

@@FirebirdPhoenix87 and irate gamer

[@highlander723]

The interesting part is with all the stories he's told us about this and all the intricate details I feel like I saw it with my own eyes, didn't experience it but saw it.

[@paulhowse6169]

It’s probably all self taught which it makes it all the more incredible. His interest probably peaked with the 1997 film like many others and it sent him into a rabbit hole from which he has not escaped lol

[@NeedtoSpeak]

His work certainly could be a doctoral dissertation.

[@renown16]

Hearing screams is terrifying, but hearing them disappear is worse.

[@myroselle6987]

That’s what the Mother of Titanic survivor Eva Hart said. Eva said she told her Mother that hearing the screams of the dying was so dreadful. Her Mother said….yes, but do you remember the silence that followed…?

[@johnsmith-rs2vk]

Survivors haunted by these sounds for the rest of their lives .

[@charliewatts6895]

@@johnsmith-rs2vk So true. One Titanic survivor who was living near a baseball stadium said the noise from the crowd reminded her of that fateful night.

[@marshamariner7897]

In JC movie...the scene they had 2 do in the ...body field...was one of the hardest they had 2 do...seeing a movie is one thing...just imagine living thru it😭😭😵‍💫

[@OGDelulu]

He was a Detroiter who lived near the old Tiger Stadium on Grand River

[@LilDiabloRob]

For those that have never been on a cruise ship, yes the darkness is surreal. Back in 2022 I took my first cruise. After being a huge titanic fan and finally having the money to go, I wanted to take one. The second night aboard, I went for a walk around midnight on the the boat deck. A quote from SpongeBob, “…this is ADVANCE darkness.” Yes I was a moonless night. Only had the stars and the lights from the ship. I completely understand the panic they must have endured.

[@toomanyuserids]

Idling down the Mississippi at 11pm into the Gulf on something smaller than a hotel is impressive with all the dock facilities and then the oil rigs. Slipping into the Straits of Juan de Fuca heading for Vancouver at midnight likewise.

[@colintraveller]

You don't really need to get a sense of panic . Looking over a large river in the dark is enough to put the fear in you at the best of times

[@danielkinton7193]

What cruise is that? When we went on carnival it felt like city light pollution level, I wanted advanced darkness :(

[@colintraveller]

@@danielkinton7193 Well you would cruise on a lightbulb

[@Traveling_Man_64]

What cruise ship did you go on? Cruise ships are lit up like a christmas tree. You can't even have a starfilled sky. If you ever want to see what a dark night at sea looks like go on a yacht about 10 miles out so all the light polution is gone and turn all lights off.

[@designchik]

How awful. Those poor people. I’ve watched tons of Titanic videos, but this one is terrifying.

[@kaneki-ken96]

"The screams will go unheeded into the night" 😢😢 Gentleman, it has been a privilege watching your video today

[@natalie8212]

It's so easy to forget the human element of this . We hear the stories of course, but putting ourselves, our lives there on that ship... it's as impossible to imagine what is essentially your home, or a hotel disappearing out from underneath you as you cling to life. With no safety or safe place to "go" in sight. This video truly brings the human element into the mythos of the story.

[@LuckyJackson2020]

? how is it easy to forget? the band was still playing music!! lmao ill never forget that dumb shit

[@chad_b]

It's not easy to forget at all. That's gotta be one of the dumbest things I've heard someone say about this tragedy

[@mansitiwari2050]

So true

[@TheHeat205Network]

Well obviously that thing was a death trap... Most people today or back then wouldn't get on it.

[@Corristo89]

The screaming in the water must've sounded like hell. Hundreds of people screaming for their lives in freezing cold, pitch black water, slowly growing numb and then, finally, falling into a deadly stupor. The scene in James Cameron's 1997 Titanic where a lone lifeboat searches for survivors, rowing through a field of frozen, floating corpses still haunts me to this day, especially the mother holding her baby in her arms. Titanic held up quite well for a while despite mortal damage. Had she sunk sooner, the death toll would've been much, much higher, perhaps only a hundred or so surviving, many more being trapped inside. EDIT: I have absolutely no idea why some people turned this comment into a religious debate. Keep it in church!

[@funnycreep]

Someone said they had gone to a ball game and the roar of the crowd was exactly like the panic of all the people and now I feel so weird when I’m in a roaring crowd. That joy sounds just like despair. Kinda like when crying sounds like laughing sometimes

[@pikespeak361]

No Dear, Titanic didn't hold up in spite of mortal damage...she had a 12 foot gash from the purposeful side hit...this was a scuttling...these are all lies...the displacement of the ship would not allow the stern to rise 5 stories, nor does water break steel or flare it out of gaping holes...the sea water was allowed to run back towards the firey coal bunkers and booom! the steel on Titanic is some of the strongest known to man. It is a purposeful shrine dedicated to the abyss, which served and continues to serve the illuminati...

[@B_Chasnika]

thats what hell will sound like for those who might go. lots of crying and screaming. the smell of burning flesh but no one is burning to a crips, just constant burning. the pain will be so great that it should kill you, but it wont, just ongoing. and after years and decades pass, their time wont be "up" and after their sentence is served they can clean up and go to heaven. it will last for ever and ever. i dont want that to happen to me. and i wont say i dont believe it just to trick myself in to thinking i could never go. i accept that if i am not right ill go.

[@Cheximus]

​@@B_Chasnikaah, the beauty of religion.

[@njdxnjdx]

The screaming would be so annoying, the best part would be when the water would get so cold, that the people would die, and shut the hell up already

[@clioadams3091]

If anyone watching this is ever in Belfast, Ireland, visit the Titanic Quarter. It's a museum overlooking the docks where the ship was built before it made it's Maiden voyage. The part of the museum that describes its final hours down to the last radio transmissions, was eerie.

[@Daniella__Enchanted]

Yes! I went here at the beginning of the year and I was DEVASTATED. It was horrible reading about some of the details that they never taught us

[@kamhyde40]

My friend visited Belfast and sent me a White Star Line post cardfrom that museum. I didn't realize it had been built in Ireland, until she mailed me the past card. On the other hand. I had visited the White Star pier in NYC where Titanic was supposed to doc at the end of it's journey. The Titanic still holds a weird fascination for many of us, even after 100 + years.

[@michaelkatz7862]

I visited Belfast a couple years ago, didn't have time to check out the museum.

[@Kittysoftpaws377]

​@@michaelkatz7862definitely worth a visit. It's fantastic. The hairs stood up on me all day, it's incredibly moving.

[@Valencetheshireman927]

I hope to visit Northern Ireland someday, the Titanic Quarter is definitely on my list of things to visit

[@jonathanallard2128]

My god. I was always fascinated by Titanic's demise. The movie has sent me into hours of research and many books, and that fascination has never died. The ship's fate is one of the most horribly and sadly impressive stories I've ever heard of. I cry every time I get sucked in the stories of her passengers. What. A. Story. R.I.P. everyone on board.

[@alexshatzko1381]

the problem is the route taken-----------if the ship went toward new york at a south east angle --Hopefully no iceberg would be seen---and by lowering the speed at NIght ..more daylight would be had ...TO SEE CLEAR SEAS

[@jonathanallard2128]

They took a route that had been taken hundreds of times before. They knew there was going to be ice present. There was really no problem with the route and no surprise to find an iceberg. The super calm seas that prevented the crew from spotting bergs with the water splashing on it's base, the stupid mistake that made binoculars unavailable (IIRC) to the lookouts in the crow's nest, the reckless high speed in known ice-water, the ship's size preventing it from turning quickly, the fact that ''waterproof' compartments weren't actually waterproof up to the top of the bulkhead (facepalm) and the length of the gash from the iceberg impact all teamed up to create the catastrophe that night. But really, at the time, there was no reason to choose a different route, especially since it would've taken more time to accomplish the detour, and (again IIRC) Capt. Smith wanted to arrive in New York as fast as possible. Only with the power of retrospect could we suggest they'd take a different route. But with that same retrospect, all of the other factors I mentioned, if changed, could've saved the day too (careful speed, building the ship with actual waterproof bulkheads, having binoculars available)@@alexshatzko1381

[@callieb1082]

@@jonathanallard2128🤓

[@joshkarena3058]

Survivors later to be witnesses for their recollected memories from the Titanic before, during and after it's sinking was information required by the Investigation Department. It was not revealed till many years later when the Titanic was found at the bottom of the ocean that it had broken in two. The survivor witnesses only recounted seeing the Titanic sink as a whole.

[@PercyPruneMHDOIFandBars]

It is reckoned that a lot of the people actually died from hypothermic shock. The plunge into freezing water causing massive heart failure. Virtually instantaneous and, in my opinion, better than drowning.

[@bobpierce115]

Yes. I would think it may have been comparable to going 'out' under anesthesia at the actual time of death itself, but certainly not in the minutes leading up to it. Terrifying. I was born 45 years after the event (May '57) and have always found it to be shocking, and still do. Even with shocking things happening all the time now, it doesn't lessen the Titanic's horror.

[@Riteaidbob]

They had a horrific death. Every nerve in their body was screaming from the cold. Their heart would stop when their core temp went to +/- 90F. Drowning would have been faster. Life vests just prolonged the agony.

[@michellealinateague9892]

Thermal shock of any kind is not a fast death. It lasts minutes where as drowning takes seconds

[@stevencooke1027]

I hope for many the ending was quick. Facing inevitable death and being incredibly uncomfortable at the same time is too much to contemplate.

[@rachaelclarke9951]

Thank god 🙏

[@IntrepidMilo]

It is unimaginable to know what those final moments were like for those still on Titanic. We can make educated guesses, but we will never know what it was truly like that night. I think Mike you managed to capture a small part of that tragedy with this video, it was well-written, and a beautiful tribute to those lost that night.

[@Cakeboy99]

It was likely a thousand times more chaotic than any film or documentary could reproduce.

[@juliethompson340]

I think that one of the things that would haunt me for the rest of my life would be the screams and crying. Not to mention the noise the ship would make as it was starting to break up. The roaring noise of the water filling the ship, the sounds of glass busting out. The smoke stacks being ripped off and landing in the Ocean. The total helplessness the passengers were suffering from. RIP

[@jackwilliams5474]

Great analysis.@@juliethompson340

[@gtaitz]

It's a horrible thought, but little did they know that they would actually be making history that awful night.

[@ezza88ster]

I always find myself wondering what the best moment to jump off the ship would have been. A tragic story that always survives re-telling and you did a great job. One can't help but imagine the horror.

[@nole74]

Easy. Before it left port.

[@robbhahn8897]

@@nole74 Classic!

[@pc_buildyb0i935]

Ride it down into the water.

[@SgtScorpious]

Given how freaking cold it was I dono

[@andreagriffiths3512]

With the lifejackets in 1912? Better not to jump - broken necks were an issue. In modern jackets and holding the neck? Jump but not when you’re really high out of the water.

[@RobertLydonReviews]

I’ve been a Titanic enthusiast for years and have found Maritime disasters fascinating and rightfully horrifying. I really enjoyed this video the editing, script, animation are top quality. ive never had to pause and reflect while listening to a historical piece but this just added an extra layer to my Titanic appreciation

[@MarkMeridiusDecimus]

Titanic and Fitz are my go to case studies. Fascinating indeed

[@HammerHeart3229]

@@MarkMeridiusDecimus Very recently I've been looking more into losses of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Carl D Bradley and Daniel J Morrell... The Great Lakes seem like a terrifying place to be during a storm for sure!

[@jowah]

Like you, I've also studied everything I can find about the Titanic for decades. Somehow I missed the fact that the ship's steam whistles were recovered several years ago. I learned about that today from a video Mike Brady posted on his other channel (Mike Brady). Look it up if you haven't already... Hearing them is awesome.

[@HonkHonkler]

The image of the stern all the way up as it's being dragged down with the starry night sky in the back gives this sickly beautiful tragic cosmic fate image.

[@imthegrinchthatstolechrist4384]

Did that actually happen how you described?

[@RealBelisariusCawl]

This … is why the depths terrify me. They can just swallow up a ship like that - or one magnitudes greater even - like it was nothing. The darkness below is haunting. Horrifying. Beautiful. It DEMANDS respect.

[@FreeTheOne1996]

Your rendition made me cry for the loss of life. 1496 is a lot of people in one place to die after two hours of terrorizing thoughts of what they would do what would happen and if they would live or die. Was a long time ago. Things have greatly changed to our benefit. No words can say how I truly feel. It was a very sad, sad, sad occasion, and those who live to tell us the truth, we’re gratefully blessed to have them. 😢❤

[@tianna1116]

Thinking of the children really gets to me, it was so unthinkably tragic it’s hard to comprehend

[@MusgraveRitual]

This was so well done. I am always so touched to tears by the orchestra continuing to play. What a brave and noble way to face terrifying events. May God rest their souls.

[@xelumbra]

Imagining being there and watching this massive ship disappear into the dark water is so eerie. Can’t imagine how horrifying an experience it must have been for those people.

[@rustywine7839]

even more terrifying probably is the fact that the people on the boat cannot even see exactly what's happening because it was pitch black during the last minutes. imagine not being able to see what's happening and just hearing the people scream, and then.. total silence. it will haunt me for a lifetime. truly tragic for everyone, both the deceased and the survivors.

[@YgorCortes]

Oh man this was HARD to watch. I can't even begin to imagine how traumatising this must've been, especially for those who stayed in the stern until the very end. Absolutely horrifying!

[@stringjazz2937]

Sinking ships are tales of absolute horror. What a horrible way to go.

[@adamirishconundrum851]

Ted Bundy would have loved watching the Titanic go down

[@89kilemal]

​@adamirishconundrum851 why

[@jamieroach5755]

@@89kilemal hes sick

[@KG-gq9it]

Hard to watch? Really? I must desensitized to the max

[@KrosanBeast315]

James Cameron's Titanic movie truly captured the horror and brutality of its sinking. I remember watching it in the theater and seeing people fall off the stern and hit metal rails or the deck as the stern pitched high up. Watching the one or a few people hit the propellers was particularly disturbing. In all likelihood, they were killed immediately before hitting the water. I remember watching other documentaries describing many passengers who jumped off and broke the necks when they landed in the water because of their life vests, making them dead upon impact. What was most disturbing to me was in the theater because that several parents brought in children under 6 years old to see this film. So, I can't imagine the possible scars Titanic left on them...

[@Kiernanglynn20]

I remember seeing it when I was 4 or 5. The boobs were fantastic

[@apersonwiththoughts]

I was one of the 6 year olds. I’m miserable at 33. Would be hilarious if it was the Titanic movie that f*cked me up.

[@KrosanBeast315]

I wouldn't be surprised if it contributed to it. To see that kind of horror and brutality as a child, but not truly grasping it until much later would cause a lot of problems in teen years and adulthood. How can a parent later tell a child who saw the entirety of the sinking that all of that horror and death REALLY HAPPENED and happened THAT violently? How can any parent think letting an extremely young child see that is acceptable?@@apersonwiththoughts

[@meganbrumley3395]

​@@apersonwiththoughts same. 😂

[@cfppf216]

I was 10 and I think Ms. Winslet was my key takeaway lol

[@JackTheSauceGod]

I remember reading somewhere that there was a survivor of the Titanic who had PTSD from the accident that morning. He couldn't go to baseball games because the cheers and roars from the fans at the stadium sounded exactly like the screams of despair and terror from the thousands of people who would drown in just a matter of minutes. Imagine listening to the voices of thousands of people screaming and then in a split-second, all that noises turns to absolute silence.

[@spiff1]

screams of terror sound different

[@Webedunn]

There was one survivor pulled from the water after 2.5 hours in 30 degree water. Weird thing is the guy drank a half bottle of Bourbon just prior. We’re taught that alcohol makes it worse but for him it saved his life.

[@toddkurzbard]

@@Webedunn That was Charles Joughin (mentioned as the one who stepped off without getting his hair wet).

[@stoned9874]

Idk why but seeing a ship sinking makes me sad, seeing a beautiful art made from hard work, calculations and imagination slowly disappear is just upsetting. Especially the Titanic she was the pride of her builders and it’s like she have her own personal, young, beautiful, majestic, POWERFUL but also confident, too confident.

[@EnjoySackLunch]

You’re cursed with empathy and a good heart, I fear

[@Siddingsby]

It's an allegory for entropy itself.

[@TheSaneHatter]

A sinking ship is, indeed, one of the saddest of sights: I've felt the same way for a long time.

[@nampyeon635]

Yes, the loss of the beautiful vessel makes me very sad, but it's eclipsed by the loss of life.

[@rich_edwards79]

Yes, there's an old Pathé newsreel clip of the Andrea Doria sinking where the very well-spoken British announcer says something similar as she slips below the waves. "All the majesty that is a ship, all the pride embodied in her being, all gone forever". Always stayed with me for some reason. ETA: found it, it was Movietone not Pathé, and the quote was slightly off, but the point stands. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eorNl4ath66khLMsi=0CyGsgHxWNMAjvYz

[@debbiejarus1723]

It's an amazing and devastating video. The final few minutes of her life are always glossed over in accounts of her sinking. I actually found myself tearing up while watching. The devastation and utter destruction have always been difficult to comprehend........until now! An absolute masterpiece of filmmaking. Congratulations, Mike!

[@annsumner8570]

There is an excellent old movie called Titanic. It didn't hold back on the human tragedy, in this account. However it was long before woke.

[@amyglisson3]

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[@dcsquared69]

​@@annsumner8570everything i don't like is woke!!!

[@bigalrockstheparty]

Mike you are a superb storyteller, with your articulate calm voice you draw your listener into the narrative. Your research is impeccable!

[@terrycooper4149]

Wow. Graphics are amazing. Even the proper stars and constellations are properly located.

[@imthegrinchthatstolechrist4384]

Says who?

[@Cosmic_Espeon]

It's scary to see just how fast Titanic went once her bow and bridge were under. Even in the Cameron film, you can see how it pitched down so rapidly. Those final moments were the most harrowing ones of those people's lives, watching their fellow man being swept away, fighting to get into the final boats, watching the forward funnel collapse, trying desperately to run to the stern in a vain attempt to save themselves, people jumping into the water. I hate to imagine how awful those moments were. People tend to romantize this tragedy but when you think about it, there's nothing romantic at all. I truly hope those souls have found peace wherever they went, going the way they went is something I don't wish on my worst enemy. Fantastic job as always Mike, I love seeing your videos man.

[@wherezenith2856]

There is something so profoundly fascinating about this story in every single aspect right down to how the ship got ripped in half.

[@mks9469]

Agreed….there are some thousands of ships sinking in history, but there is something fascinating about Titanic.

[@STORMDAME]

I think it's because so many things had to go precisely wrong in exactly the right way for it to happen. If even a couple of things that went wrong that night had not gone wrong she may well have survived.@@mks9469

[@AugustinTomasOBrienCaceres]

These 5 minutes are impossible to explain in less than 25 minutes. Crazy all of this happened in only 5 minutes. Excellent video. This is the first time I've seen it explained in detail. I never understood the stern went up that high twice even watching this collapse so many times.

[@dylshkibab]

I watched this movie at the cinema 15 times... and then bought the VHS tape when it was released and watched it some more... But this... WOW! I sat breathless as if I knew nothing of this historical gasp. You have put this together so beautifully and with such a nuanced respect. Thank you. I'm crying now, but still: thank you 💜

[@stephendacey8761]

I just got off a cruise from Southhampton. The Titanic left from that port. As I boarded the ship I couldn't help but remember the Titanic.

[@Rick_King]

Wow, you're worse than I am! I saw Titanic 10 times originally, then twice more in 3D. And yeah, countless times on VHS and then DVD.

[@kathythompson2434]

I can enjoy watching a good film again once or twice but 15 times ??? Maybe over a period of many decades… or a lifetime.

[@Rick_King]

@@kathythompson2434 Kathy, every time I watched Titanic, I saw something new. In fact, I still do. When a film is such a masterpiece, it's worth watching over and over again, at least by me!

[@kathythompson2434]

@@Rick_King High Rick, …. ok yes l can understand that and hope you continue to get enjoyment out of it many more times in the future.👍

[@Yassified3425]

The crowds of people running to the stern during the plunge would’ve been quite something.

[@EnjoySackLunch]

I would have surely filled my pantaloons!

[@dalewilliams2063]

😢

[@thomasackerman5399]

Good to see someone actually for once go into detail on why getting Collapsibles A and B from off the roof of the officers quarters took so long. It was actually really, really difficult because the tools for doing so had not been retrieved from the bow and so the crew really had to struggle mightily to get them down, wasting precious time in the process. I have no doubt that had those two boats been sitting each at davits like C an D, at least one of them would've been launched safely fully filled before the final plunge.

[@floxy20]

Why not release any ties and just sit in the boat where it rested and let the water reach high enough. And then just float off.

[@thomasackerman5399]

@@floxy20 That was their idea for at least one of the two boats when they realized they weren't going to have any time to get it to davits and launch it that way. But the problem is that with the deck rising higher and the chaos caused by the huge wave of water that swept over the boat deck as the plunge occurred, it's likely it would've been swamped. Where that makes any sense at all is if Titanic had been outfitted with more lifeboats or collapsible boats. But then you might have big heavy boats sliding all over the deck. It's the same as with any raft that people say the crew should've built.

[@rabbitramen]

I'll never understand why the two remaining collapsibles weren't simply allowed to float off the roof of the officer's quarters as collapsible A eventually did off of the boat deck. It was a miracle that collapsible A landed right side up at all using the oars as jury rigged ramps. Sixth Officer Moody seemed to be the only one keeping his head in having the right idea of suggesting to let the boat float off the boat deck when everyone else was struggling with water around their feet to drag the boat to the davits, which were already level with the sea. Both boats could have had their canvas sides raised, filled with people and rowed away when afloat. Unfortunately, Sixth Officer James Moody didn't survive the sinking. It is not known exactly where he met his end and seems to have disappeared somewhere in the final chaos. He was the most junior officer and one of the four of the eight deck officers to perish. RIP: Captain Edward John Smith, Chief Officer Henry Tingle Wilde, First Officer William McMaster Murdoch, Sixth Officer James Paul Moody.

[@chriscavy]

I've watched dozens of Titanic videos but this one, for some reason, gave me chills. Thank you for the great content.

[@MirkoC407]

Regarding being unsinkable, one of the most emotional moments in the 1997 film for me is, when Bruce Ismay says "This ship cannot sink!" And chief designer Thomas Andrews answers "She was made from iron, I assure you she can... and she will!" (Translated back from German, sorry if I did not hit the exact quotes). Maybe it is because since then I have become a master of engineering myself and can imagine how horrible it must be for an engineer to confess his masterpiece is doomed to be destroyed.

[@VelociraptorsOfSkyrim]

The translation is fairly accurate. Only the first line is _technically_ a little wrong. The exact wording is "But the ship can't sink!"

[@karenc4544]

It broke Ismay. He admitted afterward that he was a believer in unsinkable ships but realized there never would be one. It’s really sad that he’s been portrayed as a villain all these years. He never said “it cannot sink” on the boat and spent the rest of his life struggling with guilt and working to compensate the victims.

[@agarnetsadvocate3586]

Bilingual, incredible. Your translation is impressive :)

[@AD-oy8nm]

@@karenc4544 Ismay was a villain. his decision on not enough lifeboats. he escaped while other women and children died. his hubris on unsinkable ship probably permeated titanic's crew's culture and officer culture delaying the time it took for the first lifeboat to be dropped. he represents everything wrong with corporate world. just look at boeing what a mess

[@lindafarris82]

Not everything in that movie was accurate!

[@titanicandothershipstudies4202]

Even tho I’m e heard the story over and over, the way Mike explained the the last minutes sent chills down my spine. This is amazing well done! Props to Jack from THG, the THG Team as a whole, and Mike Brady for this phenomenal video!

[@Dakiraun]

Incredible detail and information. I think it is an often misunderstood thing about Titanic in that people tend to forget she was so well built that she took a *_long_* time to get to that point where things started to happen quickly. Thanks to you and many like you, I hope their stories and memories are never forgotten, along with the harsh lessons learned.

[@P0thila]

Thank you. Much better than other videos where the final plunge contradicts witness statements. 70-90 degree stern rise. Great job.

[@toddkurzbard]

You have to remember, before the 1985 discovery of the wreck, that is exactly what was believed happened. I remember it well: It was always said she rose to a 90 degree angle, settled back slightly, and sank intact at that angle. The sounds of the breakup were attributed to the boilers and engines unseating and tumbling through the bulkheads and out the bow, destroying everything in their paths. I CLEARLY remember it. That was ALWAYS the way the end was described. When the discovery came in '85, I remember how shocked I was (as was everybody else) to hear she had broken. We ALL believed she would be found intact. If you read Clive Cussler's book "Raise The TITANIC" (my first source of learning in the late '70's), written a few years before the wreck discovery, he depicts the sinking in this exact way. Even in the 1979 movie, the raised TITANIC (in which the ship is towed into New York Harbor, with the World Trade Center clearly visible in the background), the raised wreck is in one piece, with three of her 4 funnels (curiously, the 1st is there, and the SECOND missing. I was at one of the '80's THS conventions, where Ken Marschall, who had been a technical advisor to the film, said he had protested this vigorously to the director's\producers, but he was overruled by them, who thought that a missing funnel 2 would look more dramatic. Let's just say that, when I saw this in the theater, I "objected badly").

[@PainHurtss]

I’ve always wanted to know what happened during the final moments when the ship was afloat, and now this video exists for further information. Thank you, Mike!

[@donnydogpiss4533]

I'll recommend something that was recommended to me countless times, before I finally caved in and did it: Get a copy of and read the book _"On A Sea Of Glass: The Life & Loss Of The RMS Titanic"_ which covers everything that happened that night (along with the entire history of the Titanic before and after) in such painstaking detail by using compiled rare/unique survivor accounts (well beyond just the typical, famous or well known accounts) to paint a profoundly vivid and exhaustive picture of what took place that night. It's like _THE_ book to read - even if you're only interested in the actual sinking of the Titanic and not necessarily the entire history.

[@tobys_transport_videos]

To use the word *_"horrific"_* in order to describe those last 5 minutes on _Titanic,_ would be an understatement!

[@penelopejoann]

I have always wondered about the collapsable boats. The story here is so heroic, and I never knew how much of a struggle it was to get these two final life boats into the water. This is such a moving detail of Titanic’s final moments.

[@DetroitHimawari]

This will always be the most beautifully heartbreaking story I could ever know. Thank you for the effort put into this video.

[@jackeldridge1319]

Tragic story of course, but I really appreciate how accurate the modelling is. You even got the lino tiles right at 0:30, even Cameron himself couldn't get that right. Absolute props for knowledge and research

[@hazyhope._.]

If you didn't know, this is TitanicHG's footage/model, and they've been partners with Oceanliner Designs for a while. Pretty sure most of the footage in these videos are from them. Props to them for all this research.

[@221b-l3t]

To be fair, at the time the way Cameron did it was a good guess. I forget if he had carpeting in the 1st class dining room, because Olympic didn't but Titanic did. According to a crewmembers in A Night To Remember, "you sank into it up to your knees". He seemed convinced Titanic was much better than Olympic, he said immense care and attention to detail and perfectionism went into Titanic with many little details, like the thick carpeting, the extended bridge wings etc..

[@CzechMirco]

@@221b-l3t Cameron got scammed by a company that claimed they actually created the Axminster carpet for Titanic's 1st Class dining room. But in reality Titanic didn't have a carpet in its 1st Class dining room she had it only in the reception area in front of it. WSL used linoleum as a floor cover in its 1st class dining rooms because in a room where a lot of food and drinks can be spilled at the rough sea a carpet would have been a nightmare to maintain. For the same reason the walls were covered with simple oak panels coated with washable white paint.

[@221b-l3t]

@@CzechMirco The stewards of Titanic disagree with you, the crew always insisted Titanic was much better, built with much more attention to detail such as the lush carpet inthe 1st dining room, "so deep you sank into it up to your knees" according to a 1st class steward, this is from the book A Night To Remembe by Walter Lord who interviewed many including that steward.

[@246trixie]

Thats not something i knew enough to realise so I appreciate this comment, and also appreciate this attempt at detail. May i say i found this the most touching recount from an interpersonal perspective as to the movements of the persons aboard and what they faced in their final moments. Perhaps it is irrelevant but i feel like the worst fate is being trapped and drowning and the idea of persons getting out and then being dragged back by suction horrifies me, id rather freeze than drown. Not that either fate is ideal…perhaps thats stupidity on my part…altho at that temp neither would be very slow, i believe those in the water had mere mins? But i could be mistaken

[@JounLord1]

Horrifying was an apt word for this, definitely. The stories of Titanic's final moments, the horrors that had to be avoided to survive, of death by seemingly everything. Hearing how people were killed by the steam funnels then others sucked into the maelstrom left behind by their fall or those who died from debris or their own life jackets jumping off. All that and more but then having to survive the icy waters until help arrived. Its no wonder the Titanic's body count was so massive. Thanks Mike for doing an amazing job exploring these moments and humanizing the tales of those involved.

[@ellyj5670]

The nightmare of Titanic's sinking has always fascinated and haunted me. I think of those lost souls and the horror they experienced. My own brother drowned. A painful frightening end. RIP

[@michaelskiston]

frightening only if you let it be

[@PraveenSrJ01]

I’m really sorry for your loss of your brother 👦. That sounds awful 😞

[@mariefricchione437]

Sorry for your loss 🙏

[@Mcfads999]

❤❤❤

[@dianamarquez4774]

I was obsessed with the Titanic when i read the book a Night to Remember and saw the movie. I was 12 at the time and now 73 but still have a great interest. Can't explain this.

[@andydoms2001]

I can’t even imagine what it was like to be one of the people still on the Titanic when it broke apart and disappeared. Those people were clinging onto a sinking ship, while its pitch dark and freezing cold, watching the frigid ocean water rise towards you, just waiting for when your likely about to die. Such an eerie feeling to think about.😳😰😢

[@AllRequired]

And springtime had barely started, another serious minus in the conditions the sunken were dealing with.

[@jackwilliams5474]

you're not your, but ya.

[@josephfrechette9916]

A few years ago someone recreated the sinking in the VR game rec room. Even thought it was made to be more light hearted so it was suitable for all ages it was still a sobering experience.

[@Cheximus]

Take a cold plunge. And imagine not being able to get it. And then have people screaming around you. And being parted from loved ones. That's what it would've been like.

[@Lucy-yc4bc]

@@jackwilliams5474no one fucking cares.

[@gladams55]

This is an example of extraordinary storytelling. I’m so impressed with how much heart you put in your stories about Titanic. This one made me feel like I was one deck going through it. Thank you for remembering the people who were aboard and keeping g their story alive. Well done Mike. I’m so glad I found your channel.

[@philiprice7875]

we all know the story and how it ends but a good story teller will always grip you to listen to the end, and still bring tears

[@gladams55]

@@philiprice7875 that’s so true!

[@misled1982]

Your narration was supreme, you really took me to that night, I almost felt like I was there. You really are a proffesional at was you do. Bravo my friend

[@frankdepellette]

Probably the most powerful narative of that nnight I've ever heard. Well done sir.

[@imthegrinchthatstolechrist4384]

Except, he was not an eyewitness, ever! Whoops!

[@JerryLouisPutItInYaMouth]

​@@imthegrinchthatstolechrist4384but he used first hand accounts lol whoops!!

[@hannahgregor470]

I was in a community theater production of Titanic: The Musical. This scene almost got me every time we performed it. The magnitude of what happened hits hard and the song that they wrote is devastating. It’s a goodbye song. I played Third Officer Bricoux and one of the cellists in the band, neither of which survived.

[@bobbymartin7455]

I’ve been mentally walking through the final minutes after I binged a bunch of witness testimony and I must say thank you for visualizing exactly how I thought it would have looked and felt like, from the sudden plunges to the report that the starboard side didn’t fall as far as port when she broke, and the slow steel failure was captured much better here than the lighting video, it would be cool to see this last 5 min with realistic lighting and sound

[@aprev039]

TitanicHG did a wonderful job with the real time sinking graphics. Definitely one of the most purest versions I’ve seen on KZbin.

[@Milner62]

Yes the graphics are amazing, they just need to tweak what they are presenting as some areas are physically impossible. I think they focus too much on accounts of people that shouldnt be really trusted such as the chief baker, his story changed once and he was drunk. How can we take anything he says seriously when his first account was that he jumped into the water when the ship started to break up only to change it to his second account where the stern rolled throwing people up against the port side railing (survivors on the stern never mentioned this only the baker did) and that he took a sunday stroll on the starboard hull plating (wreckage shows the starboard hull plating on the stern was ripped from the frame work indicating it was the last connecting piece between bow and stern to fail).

[@TheChurlishBoor]

@@Milner62 Being somewhat wasted, and on the crowded Titanic's gigantic and mad plunge in pitch darkness, may have been somewhat disorientating, to be fair to the chap.

[@marshaprice8226]

This is a more detailed description of the Titanic’s final minutes than I have ever heard before. Excellent presentation! Thanks so much!

[@SouthernFlyer1011]

Every time I see her in this state it hurts to know that no one will come to help the grand liner in her darkest moment,It's hard to imagine that Titanic was actually struck in the place that would allow her to last the longest and yet it wasn't enough for rescue to arrive,may the brave passengers and crew of the RMS Titanic rest in peace

[@spikespa5208]

Perhaps the place where she could have hit to last longer would have been straight bow-on collision. Would have probably smashed the hull perhaps as far back as the foremast and would have been one hell of an impact (at 20+ knots) for everyone and everything not bolted down. But possibly could have survived with only 2-3 compartments flooded.

[@bookemdanno5596]

Ships came to help her, they were just too far to come in time before she sank. To say "no one will come to help the grand new liner in her darkest moment" is absolutely untrue.

[@jonathanallard2128]

@@bookemdanno5596 I think they meant no one came *in time* to help.

[@SouthernFlyer1011]

@@jonathanallard2128 exactly

[@deepseadirt1]

Mike, how 'bout a recount of the only time Olympic & Titanic ever passed each other at sea. Dr. Ballard briefly recounted this(with a painting by Ken Marschall) in his book 'Titanic Illustrated'. Titanic was essentially empty of passengers heading to Southampton and Olympic was heading from Cherbourg to Queenstown to pick up Irish immigrants and then proceeded to NY for another transatlantic voyage. Titanic would repeat this a week later.

[@roaklin]

They passed at great distance

[@Soundwave3591]

the painting somewhat romanticizes the event: while the two sisters did pass, it was at a much greater distance, almost out of sight.

[@ToreDL87]

At the time of Titanic's sinking they were almost passing each other too, Olympic was further north, 500 miles, that's pretty close given the size of the Atlantic. If not for the thick ice field, Olympic could have been on site just 11 hours after the distress call, or 8 hours after the sinking, (23 knots means 500 miles in round about 11 hours), and was still making good progress in doing just that until they figured that seeing "another Titanic" might not be too fun for the survivors.

[@andrewshaw1388]

This was an horrifyingly beautiful animation. I sometimes try to put myself in the position of one of the passengers in the water, and I probably would’ve been awestruck by how beautiful the ship looked rearing up into the air, but then immediately panicked realizing she’s about to disappear beneath the waves. Bravo to you an the team for this amazing video, and your narration was 🥹

[@quemierdaqueseborre]

😒 you would literally be freezing to death in a matter of minutes.

[@andrewshaw1388]

@@quemierdaqueseborre Be that as it may, no doubt the last thing I’d ever see as I freeze to death would be this magnificent and captivating event.

[@TheFluffyWendigo]

I've been a machinist for over a decade, and I've seen all sorts of things, hearing metal shear itself apart is very unnerving

[@taras3702]

Indeed it is....I once heard that happen while aboard a ship I was working on. A chunk of the shell plate was ripped off by a crane.

[@commanderstraker6732]

Truly horrifying for the people to have witnessed the sinking. The poor souls who perished and the survivors forever traumatised by this tragic event. This incredible animation keeps their memory alive over a 100 years later

[@kennyr3751]

If your ever in Orlando Florida, visit the Titanic Museum...The tour is excellent, and you can see many artifacts and actually touch a piece of the hull with your hand. (bring a crying towel) I needed one... 😢😢

[@Tomb-Wraith]

There's one in Pigeon Forge Tennessee as well.

[@sellers737]

saw the hull door and dining plates at the exhibit in Baltimore years ago. was hard to wrap my head around the fact I was looking at a piece of the most famous shipwreck in history. incredibly somber yet unreal experience

[@whyjnot420]

When it comes to the technical aspects of Titanic's death, the part I find most interesting is actually what immediately follows. The plunge to the bottom itself (including the impact with the bottom). It is interesting to see what happens to ships as they descend, how they descend even. From destroyers to ocean liners, from battleships to steamers. Sobering when you think of the human implications but interesting nonetheless.

[@azdaze227]

I agree, the thought of the stern actually imploding makes total sense, because of the way it sank it seems only natural that there would be a large air pocket inside but it's still odd to think about a ship like the titanic actually imploding, and especially that people actually heard it. Plus, the debris coming up out of the water must have been terrifying, imagine getting hit with a dresser or something big and heavy that has been gathering speed it's entire trip to the surface, bursting out of the water with incredible strength. I imagine even getting the wind knocked out of you would be fatal in that cold of water, imagine taking a full on piece of debris to the face outta nowhere.

[@MrSavagebeast04]

I wish there were an animation of the stern and bows real-time desent from the surface until impact on the ocean floor. It would also be neat to see a time-lapse animation of the Titanics deterioration from the impact on the ocean floor until today. The paint is still visible on one side of the bows hull, and I've heard that the rest of the paint would've been gone by the late 1920s.

[@whyjnot420]

@@MrSavagebeast04 I saw a photo montage that at times came close to looking like a proper time lapse for certain well imaged parts of the ship. Or as close as you can get with something that is a few miles under the water and basically in the middle of nowhere. I forget where it was I saw that. Most of it was just 1, 2 maybe 3 images. But a couple of parts had maybe 10 or so. It used images from 20 or 30 years worth of people going down there. The "video" of Mount St. Helens blowing its side out was actually stitched together using a set of photographs. Perhaps this could be done with some parts... Also why do I feel like the History Channel did a time lapse of Titanic deteriorating already?

[@DistractedGlobeGuy]

​@@MrSavagebeast04Phil over at _Titanic Animations_ has a real-time descent video. If you're interested in the actual physics, forensic scientist Dr Charles Pellegrino has published a few books on the subject, from his time diving with the French salvagers in the late eighties, to working as a technical consultant for James Cameron and Ed Marsh in the early oughties.

[@justinlangley9522]

You sir are an incredible narrator. Incredible video to watch! Titanic is immortalized in History.

[@jacksons1010]

There’s a crucial point to observe: the crew barely managed to get all the rigid lifeboats away. The argument about having enough lifeboats for all misses this point - the crew would have had to mount the second set of lifeboats on the davits before loading and lowering. It might have been accomplished where some of the first boats had been lowered to open up the davits, but unlikely it would have been many more. Perhaps the crew would have had the presence of mind to simply cut the boats loose so people could climb in out of the water, but we note that in the case of Collapsible A the thought of cutting the boat loose came very late.

[@haycockjeff]

Exactly. Lightoller knew this. Never, ever, let lifeboats go down with a ship. That’s why he launched them as soon as possible regardless of number. He was also working with an assumption of 1 to 2 hours sink time as told to him by Andrews. He did exactly the right thing. If anything, he should have launched them faster with a few less people in. The lack of lifeboats was irrelevant. Even modern cruise ships wouldn’t be able to fill their emergency lifeboats in 2 hours with 6,000 people on board at that time. People everywhere in the ship. Drunk people, separated families, panic etc.

[@bellairefondren7389]

Yes, because the crew was not effectively trained for a complete evacuation of the ship.

[@haycockjeff]

@@bellairefondren7389 Would have made pretty much no difference. They had a hard time to convince people to get in….

[@bellairefondren7389]

@@haycockjeff There were a lot of 3rd class passengers who were not given instructions to evacuate. Lightoller did not allow men into the lifeboats who wanted to go.

[@haycockjeff]

@@bellairefondren7389 They wouldn’t have had time to get to the boat deck in a organised manner vs rate of deploying the boat. Lightoller knew men were more likely to be able to survive and swim for a lifeboat after the ship had sank. He had done the grim on the spot calculations based on the knowledge he had.

[@TheRibottoStudios]

One thing I feel like the movie DID get right was the sheer panic on the ship once people started to realize they might actually die a pretty terrible death. Like people jumping off the boat, people shouting shoving others, jumping into lifeboats from the lower decks, I'm sure SOME of that was exaggerated but as Michael said it's human drama. Like....I have NO doubt that once sht hit the fan it was literally a riot on a ship. And us humans can be VERY dramatic. And we tend to do things that don't make sense when trying to survive because all you're thinking about is to survive...So while jumping off the ship into the icy waters of the Atlantic might make one go "oh well that's just gonna help him die, why do that anyways?" to them at the time, it made sense to maybe try and get as far from the ship as possible, maybe chase after a lifeboat. It's just intense and we'll never really know what went on in these people's heads.

[@TheLeathlobhair]

Check out Honor and Glory's most recent real-time sinking video. In several ways it's a demo reel of the game they're making, and it gets more realistic every time they update it. The true horrror of the sinking has always been known, but not at a visceral level. It's true that the closest anyone has gotten so far in encapsulating that horror has been Cameron's movie. But when the Honor and Glory game is finally completed, it might outclass Cameron's movie on the fright factor. The game will be VR-compatible so you'll be able to experience that horror from a first-person perspective.

[@myridean2k4]

Or they chose to die upon impact hitting the water instead of drowning. They reminded me of the jumpers of 9/11 who leapt to their deaths from the Twin Towers because they didn't want to get electrocuted (as some floors' sprinkling systems turned on and the ceiling crashing, releasing broken live wiring or to not be consumed by the flames. Instinct in these situations just take over during these horrific times. 😢

[@TheRibottoStudios]

@@myridean2k4 I remember those who decided to jump vs stay in the towers...The Falling Man isn't something you're going to easily forget. Instinct is kind of funny; as Michael said it was instinctual for passengers to try and get as far away from the icy waters as possible. When fear overrides logic, then that's when things go to hell.

[@jeffreysalomone6354]

Beautifully written and told, Michael, and incredible animation. How frightening it must have been to those on board in those final 10 minutes. Sobering but incredible video!

[@johnnyw525]

"The screams will go on unheeded into the night..." Except I imagine the silence that slowly grew was worse...

[@DANIELLE_BREANNA_LACY]

Slowly?! No way. The silence grew quickly.

[@senses70]

Only you can still bring the emotion and human tragedy out of the sinking of Titanic with forensic precision. I thought I knew all there is to know about Titanic, but every single one of your videos brings new facts that were unknown. There were other boat tragedies that you covered magnificently in other videos, but Titanic is a legend. Thanks to you and your team for your passion and incredible work. THE BEST Titanic channel. BY FAR!

[@brendanfoehr5086]

Was hoping to hear you mention Rhoda Abbott, the only woman to survive the ship's actual foundering. She is the only female survivor of the sinking known to have gone in the water. 39 year-old divorcee Rhoda Abbott had taken her two teenage sons home to England after her divorce, but they were not happy there, so she was taking them back to America in Third Class aboard Titanic. She wouldn't get in a lifeboat without them. Unfortunately, she lost them in the plunge of the ship, and while she managed to swim to and climb aboard one of the collapsible boats, her young sons Eugene and Rossmore were lost.

[@michellealinateague9892]

I can barely imagine the absolute terror, heartache, and savagery that took place in those final minutes. And to wait for the end as it's coming for you while you can see it. I'm not going to claim bravery or boast bravado. I don't know what I would do in this situation. But dear goddess.... the sheer number of people, all looking death in the eye as it slid their boat from under them.

[@jodypitt3629]

Hi, in 1988 I listening on the radio about a "Titanic" survivor Eva Hart, in 1912 she was aged 7 and she was the closest lifeboat to the stricken liner, Eva had spoke of the screams followed by sounds of passengers and crew drowning. Imagining myself witnessing the horror through her young eyes and this had brought tears to mine.

[@norma5319]

God Bless them all

[@kamhyde40]

As I recall, she said the screams were horrifying but the silence that came upon them as the poor souls in the water stopped screamimg, then a deafening silence, was worse.

[@RobertDavis-qh1ry]

It's simply impossible to fully imagine the fear, the terror, and last, but worse of all, the unavoidable despair, heartbreak, grief, remorse, and agony of heartbroken hopelessness of those who saw their lives coming to the inevitable end in utter darkness.

[@imthegrinchthatstolechrist4384]

Just like every tragedy you never were a part of, duh

[@Lnksy]

I’ve heard this story over and over again, and I still learn things every time. Fantastic video!

[@thripples1]

Brilliant as always Mike. It's such a captivating sequence of events. My biggest interest is what happened next... the movement of the boats, the swimmers who were picked up, the balancing men of Collapsible B, the countess of Rothes and Molly Brown's heroics, Lowe's flares and the false hope it brought Captain Rostron, the loading into Carpathia, and the collective gratitude for being picked up and despair for their loved ones lost. I watch these videos and I'm amazed by the splitting in half and everything that I forget the horror and despair of the 2200 on board that night... but you can't help but feel human again reading about what happened in the water in the 4-6 hours after she sank.

[@tonyalongi4409]

I've watched this video several times now. It's truly a masterful combination of heartfelt storytelling and detailed historical review. Keep up the superb work!

[@austinreed5805]

Being aboard the ship in those last 5 minutes must’ve been absolutely terrifying. Keep in mind: the ship had been sinking slowly for over two and a half hours before its final plunge.

[@seanbillington3287]

Yeah no shit

[@charlenesnoto677]

One of the best documentaries on the Titanic I've ever seen!

[@laratheplanespotter]

Glad to see you, Mike. My poor Queen 😢. My heart ship. Those poor 1500+ people who died too 😢😢

[@NY_Mapper]

The 1997 film really shows the acceleration of the sinking described in this video really well. There is one particular shot after final collapsible boats are released, showing ship rapidly dropping into the water as terrified passengers scream.