Real-Time Sinking - Britannic Patroness of the Mediterranean

The final hour of the third and final Olympic class liner, HMHS Britannic.
This video is comprised of a series of play-throughs I did and edited together to give various different perspectives during the sinking of the Britannic. The video has baked historical subtitles, with sources mentioned at the end of the video.
The free camera segments were not done with scripted cameras, they were done manually with a xbox controller as such there are mistakes with my movement. However, I tried to keep movement as smooth and steady as I could.
Filmora9 was used to edit the video together.
Britannic Patroness of the Mediterranean is a product by Vintage Digital Revival LLC 2020
Credits song: Hospital Interiors by Anthony Casalena, used with permission from THG dev Matthew Dewinkeleer.
This video is dedicated to the 30 souls lost in the sinking of the Britannic. It is also dedicated to divers Carl Spenser and Tim Saville who lost their lives while diving the wreck. Carl in 2009 and Tim in 2019.
Filmora9 was the video editing software used .
Notes on fps dips in the video.
Gameplay was recorded on my old pc which had --
i7 8750h 6 cores, 12 threads
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 8GB GDDR5 VRAM
32GB DDR4 RAM @2666 MHz
game was installed on a gen3 NVMe SSD as well.
FPS target was 60fps at 1920x1080
average was 50fps with a mix of epic, high, and cinematic on the post processing.
AA was turned down to medium for the upclose shots on the telegraths.
Events (More details in the video)
0:00 Title and introduction.
0:37​ Britannic strikes the mine on her starboard side between holds 2 and 3.
0:47​ The wireless aerial snaps.
1:27​ Captain Bartlett orders the engines stopped and the watertight doors shut.
1:53 The doors in the forward 6 compartments fail to shut.
3:14​ Captain Bartlett orders the ship turned towards Kea.
3:32 The emergency quarters alarm is sounded, along with 4 loud blasts of the whistles.
3:47​ The steering gear fails to respond. Port engines are ordered full ahead.
6:58​ Crew begin to swing out the lifeboats. There are no official orders to launch the boats.
9:04​ Lifeboat #18 leaves Britannic from her aft port welin davit.
10:27 HMS Scourge and Heroic respond to Britannic's distress calls and are on their way.
14:22 Lifeboat #19 leaves Britannic from her aft starboard welin davit.
15:43​ Lifeboat #2 is launched from the port welins and gets pulled into the port propeller.
20:30​ Lifeboat #4 is launched and spins out of control into the propeller.
21:29​ Bartlett orders the engines stopped and gives the order to launch the boats.
22:33 The forward port gantry jams.
22:53 Evacuation
26:33 Steam pressure begins venting from funnels 2 and 3.
27:00 The starboard motor-launch is lowered with orders to pick up survivors from the smashed lifeboats.
28:06 Evacuation continued. Structural strain from the ship can be heard by survivors as buoyancy is gradually being lost.
30:55 Despite her bow being low in the water and the increasing list to starboard. To Bartlett it feels like the rate of sinking has stabilized.
33:46​ The portside engines are restarted again in a second attempt to reach Kea.
35:15 The portside moter-launch is released under the command of First Officer George Oliver. With orders to take charge of the boats in the water.
38:47​ Bartlett orders the helm to port (hard a starboard) as Britannic overshoots kea.
39:09 The Steering gear responds somewhat and the rudder turns to port.
40:00 The rate of sinking begins to increase.
40:35​ The forward starboard well-deck is awash.
42:46 Britannic has now turned a full 180 degrees opposite of her initial heading prior to the mine impact.
45:14​ The forecastle begins to submerge.
47:16​ Water is reported on D-deck.
47:23 Captain Bartlett sounds the whistles for the engineers to abandon ship.
48:03​ Britannic's final plunge begins.
50:40 The stern comes clear of the water.
50:57​ The funnels begin to collapse.
51:24 The stern rises high into the air as the ship continues to capsize over to starboard.
54:07​ Britannic's bow strikes the sea bed and the stern settles back into the water.
55:01 The stern submerges
55:19​ Outro
55:47​ Credits

[@used103]

Loved the video, enjoyable and in-depth about the Britannic

[@TyronesAbodeOfMadness]

It's so weird that everything is in it's exact same place on the wreckage

[@imagine4414]

Nice you did good.

[@imagine4414]

0:10 Britannic is steaming 20 knots just 1 knot ahead of her cruising speed 21 knots.

[@imagine4414]

From Titanic Honor and Glory Britannic Patroness of the Mediterranean real time sinking video they got the time wrong at 9.05 a.m. Britannic is gone. In the game in history it is said she foundered at 9.12. The correct time is 9.07.

[@NikkiChan92]

it was most likely a small typo on their video. Correct time is 9:07am yes.

[@fnafinc2021]

I was very confused about that.

[@explorationandhistorywithethan]

10/10

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Toys

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Totally understand 🤠🤠🤠😁

[@NikkiChan92]

1:55 An update on this a few years later. Richie Kohler and his dive team have recently photographed Boiler Room 4. I'm not going to say that the water tight door that separated BR's 5 and 4 failed to shut, but the confirmation that dive photos were taken in that area seem to suggest this to be the case. [Regarding Potm and THG] If you wanna explore Britannic and experience her final hour for yourself you can do just that here! Link: store.steampowered.com/app/1259560/Britannic_Patroness_of_the_Mediterranean/?curator_clanid=4777282&SteamDB If you wanna explore 50% of Britannic's older and ill-fated sistership the RMS Titanic you can do so via Demo401/Project401. Free Demo Link here!: www.titanichg.com/project-401 Project401 Steam Link: Coming Soon! [Regarding HFX] To follow HFX and get news on their upcoming experiences like the Lusitania project subscribe to Tom here. You'll also find a 2021 version of the Titanic's sinking as well, animated by the lead dev of Britannic:Potm, Levi!. : kzbin.info/door/3l-MBGanXHD3UKJtkaQSAw Link to that 2021 Titanic animation: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpPSeH-IdqqqfLc Early details on the Lusitania project can be found here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oqqpgIR5YsimmsU [Regarding books and additional details on Britannic and the Olympic Class] Additional suggestions if you enjoyed learning about Britannic's final hour! Exploring the Britannic by Simon Mills: www.amazon.com/Exploring-Britannic-voyage-Titanics-tragic/dp/1472954920/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=exploring+the+britannic&qid=1595524123&sr=8-2 The Unseen Britannic: Second edition by Simon Mills: www.amazon.com/Unseen-Britannic-Ship-Rare-Illustrations/dp/0750993774/ref=sr_1_20?dchild=1&keywords=britannic&qid=1595546898&sr=8-20 The Mystery of the Last Olympian by Richie Kohler: www.amazon.com/Mystery-Last-Olympian-Titanics-Britannic/dp/1930536860/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=exploring+the+britannic&qid=1595524123&sr=8-3 Olympic + Titanic + Britannic by Mark Chirnside: www.amazon.com/Olympic-Titanic-Britannic-Illustrated-History/dp/0750956232/ref=sr_1_6?dchild=1&keywords=exploring+the+britannic&qid=1595524123&sr=8-6 RMS Olympic: Titanic's sister by Mark Chirnside: www.amazon.com/RMS-Olympic-Titanics-Mark-Chirnside-ebook/dp/B01HSFUKE0/ref=sr_1_8?dchild=1&keywords=olympic+titanic+sister&qid=1595524253&sr=8-8 Hostage to Fortune (highly recommended) by Simon Mills: store.titanichistoricalsociety.org/product/hostage-to-fortune/ Titanic Survivor: The Memoirs of Violet Jessop: www.amazon.com/Titanic-Survivor-Discovered-Britannic-Disasters/dp/1574091840/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1595545942&sr=8-1

[@mellorhi]

Great video Nikki! :)

[@imagine4414]

38:47 I've read on the Wikipedia and books about Britannic they never explained why Britannic's rudder is turned to port.

[@NikkiChan92]

The rudder was turned to port because Britannic was overshooting Kea, but by the time this order was given too much of the rudder was out of the water to be effective. The rudder is facing slightly to port on the wreck today.

[@imagine4414]

@@NikkiChan92 Thank you.

[@NikkiChan92]

@@imagine4414 i.redd.it/s3343vasccm01.jpg a excellent view of the rudder facing slightly to port.

[@imagine4414]

@@NikkiChan92 I see it.

[@pinedelgado4743]

The HMHS Britannic hits the mine at 0:37.

[@mrplane4205]

How do you get the textures to get clear in the game while the ship is sinking? For me when the ship hits the mine the textures start getting a little blurry. How do I fix it?

[@NikkiChan92]

for the shots I did up close to the telegraphs I set anti aliasing to medium. The majority of scenes has AA set to high.

[@mrplane4205]

NikkiChan92 oh ok! Thank you!

[@connerrolofson1585]

Speaking of the telegraphs, they were made by J. W. Ray and Co. of Liverpool and London. It’s primary headquarters were in 17 South Castle Street in Liverpool.

[@mrplane4205]

Conner Rolofson wow! I didn’t even know that! Thanks for sharing!

[@roomslowdetailedroomsreopened]

@@mrplane4205 n o

[@femmefuntime]

I love your channel icon

[@NikkiChan92]

thank you~

[@mrplane4205]

I’m going to do a video commemorating the 104th anniversary of the sinking and I want to know how you timed this, like is there a way to pause the game and then move to a different part of the ship?

[@NikkiChan92]

This video was taken from 15 or so separate play-throughs. Then I used video editing software to time it back together. Often using the in-game sound cues to remember certain events / time scale.

[@mrplane4205]

@@NikkiChan92 oh wow I didn’t know you did that! Is it possible to pause the game and then move to another location of the ship?

[@NikkiChan92]

@@mrplane4205 when using universal unreal unlocker it is yea. I believe p will freeze game time but still let you move around. I didn't use it for this upload though.

[@mrplane4205]

@@NikkiChan92 alright thanks! How do I get that though?

[@NikkiChan92]

@@mrplane4205 framedsc.github.io/GeneralGuides/universal_ue4_consoleunlocker.htm

[@mrplane4205]

So I did the anti aliasing and it didn’t work, even though I put it on high

[@NikkiChan92]

turn motion blur off

[@mrplane4205]

NikkiChan92 I did and it worked!

[@NikkiChan92]

@@mrplane4205 thats great :D

[@mrplane4205]

NikkiChan92 thanks!

[@ShadowHawkProductions]

Hey, I'm planning on doing a Livestream on the anniversary of the sinking. I was hoping to have a segment of watching and commentating on the real-time sinking. Unfortunately, my computer is incapable of running POTM on stream. I would like to ask if you'd be okay with me using your video? I also prefer a lot more of the angles used in your video than the ones in THG's, and the text provides more details that would be interesting to talk about. If not, that's completely fine.

[@NikkiChan92]

If you plan to watch with my video in the background playing from this link then that'd be fine. Though please don't download and reupload this video to your channel.

[@ShadowHawkProductions]

@@NikkiChan92 Yes, that is exactly what I plan. I have no intentions on reuploading it, It'll just be used for the stream. I can also provide a link to your video in the stream description if you would prefer it.

[@NikkiChan92]

@@ShadowHawkProductions I'll look forward to seeing your stream! Not many out there do livestreams of Britannic too often. :)

[@ShadowHawkProductions]

@@NikkiChan92 Thank you! I appreciate you allowing me to do this, and I suppose I'll see you around!

[@MUSTARDDDMANN]

Titanic honer and glory vibes

[@NikkiChan92]

Potm was made by them.

[@MUSTARDDDMANN]

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[@yeahsuremah]

@@MUSTARDDDMANN O

[@fnafinc2021]

How do you get the camera to move so slowly? Also how do you move slowly when you are onboard the ship? My character wants to sprint the entire time.

[@NikkiChan92]

Xbox controller joysticks.

[@fnafinc2021]

@@NikkiChan92 Can you buy those separately and hook them up to a computer running the game on steam?

[@NikkiChan92]

@@fnafinc2021 yes, windows 10 and 11 support xbox controllers natively. Steam has profiles set up for them as well.

[@fnafinc2021]

@@NikkiChan92 Thanks!

[@Redpeperonni]

the Cunard line doesn’t care about their old vessels like titanic and brittanic if they did something by now the ships would be the most famous ocean liners

[@megajennybenny]

Titanic and Britannic were White Star line(defunct company) ships, while Mauritania and Lusitania belonged to Cunard. However, they purchased White star line in the 40s, by that time the Olympic class became old model.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

😩😩😩😴😴😴😩😩

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Mine hmhs brtannic hospital 🏥🏥🏥

[@scotty87able]

With the second beach attemptHad captain bartlett restarted the starboard engine as well im sure the ship would have made it as it was directly aiming for kea when it started moving again

[@EpicJoshua314]

Probably not. The ship sank several miles from Kea only a brief time after the engines were ordered restarted, so it wouldn’t have made much of a difference.

[@scotty87able]

@@EpicJoshua314 so many if onlys

[@NikkiChan92]

@@scotty87able if I had taken a camera view from kea during the final moments, you would've seen that Britannic was still 3 miles from the island when the bow struck bottom. The rate of flooding increased so much after the engines were restarted that even if the starboard engine had been engaged, Britannic still would've succumb to the sea before hitting a shallow.

[@scotty87able]

@@NikkiChan92 that would be quite a view just looks so close from the port bow.as i said before so many if onlys

[@NikkiChan92]

@@scotty87able cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/664535048103395360/825199330175615036/Britannicpotm_Screenshot_2021.03.26_-_22.37.56.39.png I hope the link works. I just captured this from potm after moving the camera all the way out to kea. Taken when Captain Bartlett signals the two abandon ship whistles. 47:22 in the video.

[@roomslowdetailedroomsreopened]

51:01 bruh the britannic don’t sink like Lusitania then the funnels

[@NikkiChan92]

Might wanna refresh on your Britannic research. The funnels are depicted falling the way they do due to how they were discovered on the sea floor. Funnel 3 first, then funnel 2, then funnel 4. Funnel 1 either fell as it went under (as depicted here) or held on until Britannic hit the sea floor. Captain Bartlett mentioned that shortly after he got away from the ship he saw funnel 3 fall first.

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Titanic 2 engine cylinder engineering room