The Amazing Titanic Wreck 3D Scans: A Guide

In 2023 the companies Atlantic Productions and Magellan produced some spectacular 3D reconstructions of Titanic's wreck. This was front-page news around the world. In this video we'll analyse the BBC's reporting of the event and look at footage to decipher what happened to Titanic as she sank and what has happened in the years since.
Please note: I am in no way affiliated with either Magellan, Atlantic Productions or the BBC, nor did any of these parties endorse or sponsor the creation of this video.
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[@OceanlinerDesigns]

Hello friends! I am away with some members of the team exploring historic Bristol and Liverpool. This week we present another blast from the past, an exploration of the brilliant scans of Titanic's wreck. The video was published last year but shortly taken down by a false copyright strike. After having been hosted on my personal channel for a few months I am happy to bring it here back to the main channel. :) We will be back to our regularly scheduled programming next weekend with the second part of the Pearl Harbour series! ~Mike

[@Toosplash.]

Enjoy Mike!

[@puterboy2]

Nice to have you back.

[@AlexandruCarjan]

Where is the Grand Voyage update you said you would upload 3 days ago after a month delay

[@user-zt5xz5fz4q]

Amen.

[@MattH-wg7ou]

What about these "scans"? Was this with LIDAR or what?

[@Randomstuffs261]

*Mike Brady* = My friend from Oceanliner Designs *People who copyright strike Oceanliner Designs* = Not my friend

[@MattH-wg7ou]

Wouldnt it be nice if KZbin understood or cared about Fair Use?!

[@MrHrannsi]

Sign me up for the Brady team,he is a awesome young man.

[@matbroomfield]

Do you even know what or why it was struck? They may have a perfectly reasonable case.

[@Randomstuffs261]

@@matbroomfield Probably a news station that copyright protects all their segments inadvertently copyrighted footage of the wreck scans that were included in their news shows. Meaning that anyone else that included that same footage of the scans got hit with a copyright strike by a news show that doesn't even own footage of the scan.

[@NonsensicalNauticalRambings]

Hey, I see you on a lot of Spammals videos!

[@Nowhereman10]

I really, really wish we could've had something like this back in 1985 when the wreck was first discovered.

[@shaunmcclory8117]

The photo-mosaic method was used to record the wrecks condition in 1985 and was published in Ballards book about the search and discovery of Titanic, it's probably available to see online and is pretty detailed considering the pitch black environment and the technology of 40yrs ago, but these images are incredible and another level!

[@Nowhereman10]

@@shaunmcclory8117 I'm very familiar with the overhead photomosaic from the *1986* expedition. But that is very crude compared to this and does not view the wreck in three dimensions, like this technology does. The reason I wish we had this level was because that was when the wreck was in the best shape that we know it, obviously, and there was no way to create the detail and views that we see in the 3D scans. The closest we had then was Ken Marshall's excellent, but flawed paintings.

[@AVATARdemon113]

​@@Nowhereman10 With Artificial Intelligence, this will be possible. Algorithms will be able to analyse the photo mosaic from 1986 with reference to all photographs and videos from the time and collate that information with the ships initial design and this highly detailed scan to create a 3d model of the ship as it was when it was discovered. These are extremely revolutionary technological times we live in. It would still take time and money but I'd argue the capabilities to do this are here now.

[@craigsampson3386]

​@@AVATARdemon113 thats true but that method wouldn't be as accurate as this shown in the video. AI will just fill in the missing blanks the best it can.

[@KanyeBreast4]

Or had something like this in 1912 when it was first sank

[@GamingGrenade1]

I just wish Magellan would make the scans available for us to freely explore ourselves

[@Sidecharacter1912]

Yes.

[@brodriguez11000]

@@Sidecharacter1912 Boxed set with the game.

[@trekrich28]

They will once they have made money on the scans. It wont have been cheap to down there, and do that work in the first place.

[@ESTXX00001]

I really wish they would it's something I would actually pay to have. I could look at this for hours!

[@penguinsmovies]

They should do other ships. I would love to see the bismarck done

[@jakobgrimminger]

It just blew me away that you can see the 401 stamped on the propeller. Just amazing

[@robinwells8879]

I wonder how much energy that stamping sapped as it swept and cavitated through the water. 😮

[@Mike_B622]

Seems fake, like they are trying to cover up something by making it that easily visible.

[@Rovan84127]

@@Mike_B622 who cares

[@ryanm4689]

@@Mike_B622how is it fake? lol

[@stab74]

@@Mike_B622 You seem fake

[@The_Robbing_Narrator]

If I can't have Mike Brady as my only friend, nobody can.

[@falconeshield]

Get in line!

[@ethanol1586]

HE'S MY FRIEND!!

[@skyhigh1154]

No mine 😂😂

[@yanwonj7064]

Put your money where your mouth is - send some money to Mike!

[@beachbrettf]

​@@yanwonj7064I sent Mike more money than any of you BEFORE he was even my friend!

[@duanebarbic3786]

Mr Mike Brady you are becoming if not already the voice of the Titanic. You are a natural born narrator. This and all your other presentations rank right up there with the best staterooms on the Titanic, first class. Your documentaries are fantastic.

[@OceanlinerDesigns]

Thank you so much for the kind words!

[@duanebarbic3786]

@@OceanlinerDesigns ❤️👏👍

[@thesupportingcast6972]

I absolutely agree!

[@jonawesolowski-thecommunit9968]

I am 55. When I was little we had a big book, maybe a Reader's Digest type book of all sorts of fascinating stuff. Like Pompeii, the Great Wall of China etc. the most fascinating to me was always the information on the Titanic. There was a pencil sketch of what they thought it would look like. An estimate of what the gash looked like. I was enthralled, like from age 7 or 8. When Dr. Ballard and his team found her I was absolutely gobsmacked!! Every single time I see a show or video about her, I watch it. I just cannot get enough. I thank you for every vid you upload of her Mike. They are most appreciated

[@Churi_Venatriss]

I had a very similar book when I was young in the 80s! I remember it extremely well. It was called "Great Disasters" and it chronicled disasters, both natural and human made, from the dinosaurs to the then-present. It was how I first learned of Titanic and the bubonic plague. Probably others, too, but those two left the biggest impressions on me.

[@iamtomkills]

I think I may have had the book you’re taking about too. I had a readers digest one and it was a huge slab of a book. I’m sure it had a black fabric spine with gold lettering ?

[@Preview43]

Sounds like Readers Digest Strange Stories and Amazing Facts. I have my second version of it since the first edition died in a bushfire.

[@adamcarreras-neal4697]

Same age as you, and exactly the same when it comes to her

[@veryrancid3128]

I had the same readers digest that had the titanic. I was really drawn to the painting of the captain refusing to be rescued. And i remember those haunting photographs

[@user-ij9sh1tf9d]

Honestly it's incredible that the ship is still as well preserved as it is, given that it has spent 112 years at the bottom of the ocean.

[@johnmiller8975]

Compared to Lusy she's pristine

[@martinpatterson9015]

​@@johnmiller8975and Brittannic is in even better Condition just a shame she can't be raised and Restored

[@johnmiller8975]

@@martinpatterson9015 oh she can but it will take a half billion & she is Quote not that important

[@krozareq]

It really is. Although it's in far worse shape than it was in the 1980s. That's corrosion damage for you though. The damage increases at a faster and faster rate. Glad they were able to get a lot of good photos of it back then and use the Jason Jr. remote sub to get inside the ship for some amazing shots.

[@neonity4294]

Other ships are in a much better condition despite being lost since centuries. He even mentioned the Bismarck which sunk just 30 years laters and yet much more wood has survived.

[@jamieflanagan7946]

Very interesting, I live at the East end of Belfast Lough and can see ships passing my apartment many times a day. My apartment was built in 1880. So I often have a Coffee in the morning looking out my Kitchen window on the 4th floor imagining what it must of been like to see the Titanic leave H&W for the last time!

[@Lighting_Desk]

Even after all these years, shes still just as ghostly and haunting.

[@seltzerbot8730]

Titanic is still so relevant to this day, and I hope she will always be remembered. EDIT: *she*, not “it”. Sorry.

[@Tetragramix]

That's a shame, I was hoping the ship would eventually heal and float back to the surface, brand new.

[@soundwavesuperior7522]

​@@Tetragramix Raise the Titanic moment

[@robybabe4461]

I've been interested in Titanic since I was a boy (I'm 66 now) because my Mum's Great Uncle was Sir Arthur Henry Rostron , Captain of the Carpathia. Thank you, Mike, for everything you do. Your explanations are 1st Class... Cheers... Trev

[@user-et2xc2ww6q]

Its awesome that they were able to scan , Titanic in such detail Mike . Titanic and Mike Brady never fail to deliver.

[@ALCHEMYST14]

I mean….. Titantic did kinda fail to deliver….. I’m sorry

[@terrydoray3392]

@@ALCHEMYST14 i love it

[@cherylrwalker]

Absolutely the BEST details of the wreck site that I’ve ever seen. Pointing out and describing the function and condition of remaining individual items made sense to someone who would have never recognized any of these items. Thanks a million!

[@TheLemonofTroy]

Seeing mountains of steel crumpled like wet paper will never fail to astonish me. Glad to see this video again Mike!

[@GrimFelArt]

For those unsure of how and why the stern is how it is (the physics of the sinking itself are fascinating to visualise): So you have the ship, it's sinking bow-forward. The internals are collapsing and the bow half is full of water it's accumulated over the past 2.5 hours, but with the closed-off portions by the watertight bulkheads, the stern half hasn't taken on *as* much as the fore. The structure can't handle the weight anymore and thus you have the split. The split wasn't clean however and as the waterlogged bow drops and tries to sink, it's buoyed by the still mostly-un-flooded aft half. So the immensely heavy bow swings backward under the water by the portion of the hull plating it still hangs on by. That's why the aft half sinks a bit, then bobs back up like it could still float -- if the fore had separated cleanly, there's a chance the stern still mostly full of air may have remained afloat for a while longer. But the flooding was sped up by it being forced underwater. The force pull also would have left some rooms with air pockets, so as the stern tilts forward from the quickly-flooding break area, more un-flooded rooms are pulled under with it. The bow would have plunged straight downward like a knife. That's why the bow with its shape meant to cut through the waves dug so deeply into the seabed (the rapid descent being when things like the cargo hatch cover and staircase skylight were ripped away). The pressure of suddenly being at that depth then snapped the spine which is where you see that seam opening around the officers' quarters, the remainder of the aft portion kind of sagging down onto the floor behind her nose, but not so violently since it was already filled with water. That's how shelves and such remained intact; I'd gather that superstructure sag actually happened entirely or mostly when she hit the sea-bottom. The stern however, began to implode as it sank. The momentum from this made her aft half go into an almost death spiral; you have the stern itself sinking in a wide arcing spiral but corkscrew-spinning at the same time, the motion triggered from the kinetic energy of the imploding air pockets. So the stern not only flung out hull plating and whatnot as it death-spiraled down, but when it hit the floor it was propelled in such a way that it *slammed* into the seabed on its belly. The shockwave from this is what would have pounded down atop the superstructure leading to that pancaking effect; the physics of shockwaves underwater are really complex and interesting, but there would have been the wave from the impact across the seabed, but *also* a kind of shaft or column of current that would've slammed down onto the stern. All of those layers of hull plating and deck structure on the sides would have been thrust outward from the force. Go find a cardboard box or something and stamp on it, if you do it from the correct angle you'll see the same sort of squishing-out effect. As far as I know that's the most accurate estimation of exactly how her two split halves sunk and why either side looks the way it does. We are all victims of physics including our giant floating city blocks

[@monsieurcommissaire1628]

That was breathtaking. A dizzyingly vivid description of the staggering violence Titanic endured before slamming into the bottom of the North Atlantic ocean, permanently subjected to ungodly pressures far beyond what she was built for... I think of those still aboard and I think of a proud and handsome Royal Mail Ship with her exquisite lines desecrated by pitiless physics. And yet... Her graceful counter stern still defiantly asserts itself through the calamity of the wreckage. It's all so heart-wrenching. May all the souls lost that night be now in the hands of God.

[@GrimFelArt]

@@monsieurcommissaire1628 It's difficult to fully grasp even with the scans just how chaotic the vessel's final moments were. The full image of the stern does give some indication but it's hard to imagine such a monolithic structure so utterly devastated like that. I think that's one of many facets of her sinking that has made Titanic such a mainstay over 1 and a quarter centuries now; the incredible violence with which it happened The initial grind alongside the iceberg could never have indicated just how much of a struggle the vessel and her passengers and crew were in for. It was the nature with which the ice punched and slashed multiple breaches in her hull longer than 4 bulkhead compartments that ultimately sealed it in. And then just how long it took her to sink, how long people were left clinging to the rails and debris. The noises of the internals wrenching apart from weight, the funnel toppling, the din of cries and booming implosions after the stern finally submerged. It's doom, it's drama, it's tragedy and it's a chilling illustration of the uncaring and merciless nature of the world we live in I think for me the most haunting part to think about is the eventual silent stillness the Carpathia would have arrived to. It would have been more deafening than the commotion of the tragic event itself.

[@user-xi7gz6sz4w]

I thought Bob Ballard did a video recreation of this.

[@gailruffu6073]

I wonder if there were live people experiencing that decent?

[@andrewolson5471]

​@@gailruffu6073 I really hope not. Being trapped in Titanic's death spiraling stern section sounds like a terrible way to die.

[@einerreklov4304]

Timeless in a way, she's just as fascinating today as she was 112 years ago. Even though time will eventually take her, thank you, and others like you who continue to keep this tragic beauty's memory alive.

[@ian_b]

I would just like to make it clear that Mike Brady From Oceanliner Designs is not my only friend.

[@shepstation]

Mike, when I tell you I have had the most stressful day and this is the most perfect video. Thank you so so much. Also, I hope you enjoyed your visit at the SS Great Britain. I hope to visit her one day :))) Love the channel, AJ :)

[@Toadhall-1973]

Titanic is a haunting ghostly but beautiful ship and has been fascinating to me since reading a kids version of a night to remember when I was 8

[@Captain-Panda]

I usually don't agree with removing items from what is, essentially, a massive graveyard; not only out of respect for the dead, but also because I don't want any more damage to come to the wreck site of Titanic. I do, however, wish they could find a way to bring one of those gargantuan propellers back to the surface. That would truly be a sight to behold.

[@zombiedoggie2732]

I disagree. Titanic herself one day will be gone. The propellers, since they are made of bronze, will last longer than the rest of her. They should remain as grave markers for the victems, and one day,t he ship herself.

[@charliepropellerhat667]

I never really understood the sentiment that stuff shouldn't be removed from Titanic because it's "a graveyard". I never hear anyone say that about an automobile wreck on the highway. Imagine if we just left all the wreckage on the highways and bodies strewn around because it's where they died. A graveyard is where people are intentionally buried. The Titanic is just an accident scene that was impossible to reach for almost a century.

[@zombiedoggie2732]

@@charliepropellerhat667 You know all of those crosses along the side of the road? It means there was an accident there and someone died there. Besides, there's alot of Titanic dead that wasn't successfully recovered, or was just stuck with steel beams to sink below the ocean waves to porously bury them at sea. If I remember right they focused mainly on recovering first class passengers.

[@cheesyllama]

You both (Charlie propeller hat and Zombie doggy) have good points. But why not try to bring more stuff from the debris field? If plates and cups and shoes and such are still down there, despite the crushing pressure at depth, why not have a small collection of Titanic stuff in several more museums across the world, for more people to have access to and look at and wonder about.

[@MaiAolei]

@@cheesyllama That does sound nice. Unfortunately, "RMS Titanic, Inc." has their grubby fingers firmly clenched around everything Titanic and give no quarters in the enforcement of their inexplicable monopoly over recovering and exhibiting artifacts. Their model is like Disney+, everything locked away behind their paywall. Allow no photography in their exhibitions, so they can sell you overpriced books with photos of what you just saw. Would be an interesting video for Mike to explore how they got the "rights" to a tragedy and object in international waters, and who presumed the authority to grant them those rights.

[@connorredshaw5650]

It breaks my heart to see her deteriorating as the years go by. Especially the stern section . It's only a matter of time before the ship is gone forever. 😢

[@madameghostie]

The propellers will last forever though, at least there’s that!

[@Bad-nightmarefoxy_1987.]

Same...

[@Rkolb2798]

The same for all of us I’m afraid

[@Tetragramix]

Go down there and scoop up the entire thing for a museum.

[@magnemoe1]

@@Tetragramix Well that would be an very expensive project. Is guess an mars base is likely cheaper.

[@radraider8852]

Titanic may be gone from the surface world and she may be gone from the deep depths sooner or later, but she will never be gone from my heart or the hearts of any Titanic and ship enthusiasts. I’ll never let go Titanic, I’ll never let go!

[@zombiedoggie2732]

Same. I'll never let go.

[@apexpredator7536]

Im a simple man. My friend Mike Brady from Oceanliner Designs uploads, I click

[@GerardMenvussa]

7:37 The water tank is in such a good state, I am willing to bet it still contains water to this day :o)

[@baronvonhoughton]

It's at the bottom of the ocean mate, course it contains water lol

[@scipioafricanus2212]

​@@baronvonhoughtonthat's the joke, bud.

[@chodemasterfingerblaster69420]

You beat me to it I was gunna say the same thing!

[@ceferistucfr8742]

@@baronvonhoughton r/whoosh

[@duke1281]

Yeah, and I'd bet that the pool still has water in it! 😂😂

[@jonotto1997]

3D photogrammetry is such an amazing tool. As an archaeologist and underwater archaeologist student I recently learned how to create these images. More of this needs to be done with our cultural history above and below the sea. So good for site monitoring and preservation.

[@grayhatjen5924]

I wonder if UNESCO is looking at using this tech? If they aren't, they should.

[@jonotto1997]

@@grayhatjen5924 I can't speak on it with any authority, but I would imagine they are, or at least researchers working in their behalf are. In a nutshell, it's taking thousands of overlapping still images and then creating a 3D, to-scale model. The hard part is the computer modeling program but once you have that figured out its relatively simple so I'm sure archaeologists working with them are using it to do annual monitoring or to generate reports and data.

[@markholdenried5616]

Mike seemed to be getting choked up a couple of times during this piece. Titanic is a lore I grew up with but Mike seems really shaken as he goes through the devastation. He's certainly passionate about this topic. Love this channel because of it!

[@drygnfyre]

James Cameron burst into tears when he first dived on the wreck to capture footage for his movie. Seeing the actual wreck and realizing there were real lives and stories part of it was extremely overwhelming.

[@satunnainenkatselija4478]

The stern's fate reminds me of accounts of a sound like stitches being torn apart during the iceberg collision. The stern looks like it has completely unraveled. This can only be explained by a cascade failure of the the riveted structure during the sinking. Starting from the foremost end of the stern section, the rivets failed one after another due to the bending stress caused by flow and pressure of water on the plates. This is just my totally uneducated guess. Do not read it as true.

[@duchessstudioband7896]

Every sunday night on my overnight shift, Mike is truly my friend, telling me great stories about ships, and sinkings. I have this horrible task I have to do, and his stories are really wonderful, my dad used to have me put together ship models as a child, (odd as I am a woman). I always remember seeing the USS Constitution and tug boats pushing ships out of port in Portsmouth NH. So I really love his stories, and I do see him as my friend. He makes a horrible mind numbing task whiz by. Thanks Mike!!!

[@Railamari]

The scans look Wonderfull it’s amazing how technology today can do this and explore the titanic

[@brodriguez11000]

We could model some of the forces.

[@drygnfyre]

Reminds me of the line from Jurassic Park... "A few more years and we won't even have to dig anymore."

[@squiremuldoon5462]

Sometimes I feel like the titanic, I was once beautiful and now I’ve been broken in half and deteriorating slowly in the dark depths.

[@karebear395]

Dude, I have been searching for this video to show my husband and I couldn't find it!!! I did end up watching a bunch of your videos looking for it. Thank you, thank you for what you do!! You are a Masterclass!!! Look forward to hopefully many, many more videos!!!

[@NomicFin]

The poop deck being rolled up like that must've happened when the stern section was sinking. It's the rearmost part of the ship so as the stern section sunk any air that still remained inside would've been pushed towards that area, until the pressure grew to the point it caused the whole steel roof to be ripped off its supports and flipped over. The forces involved must have been massive.

[@user-pn7ii6lq4p]

"its your friend, mike brady" is the reassurance internalised geriatrics like me need

[@pjh1776]

Hahahaha, well done, sir. I agree.

[@kayh2759]

Mike, I could listen to you talk about Titanic all day…and night 😊

[@socool6685]

After watching you for years, I still can't get enough of Titanic. But watching countless videos, Thank you for all your insights & knowledge!! 😊

[@ReallyBruh1]

These 3D scans, and your overview on the scans are AMAZING. 🔥❤️

[@metallicasnake]

I wish they had scanned the engines. Another fantastic piece, Mike. Thank you for what you do.

[@brodriguez11000]

Deterioration may open more to viewing.

[@michaelc6261]

It’s incredible that these scans even got the numbers stamped on the propellers. Wow.

[@drygnfyre]

Unfortunately, all it has done is rile up the switch conspiracy theorists. Because of how easily visible it is, it's "proof" those numbers were stamped by Big Submarine to fool everyone. Of course, if they weren't easily visible, then it would be proof the ships were swapped because it's not visible. You can't win with idiots.

[@TheKazragore]

I hadn't realised that the stern wreck had collapsed on itself. I knew it was inevitable given the state it sank in but it was a shock seeing it having done so.

[@benderbendingrodriguez420]

These scans are so, so important so knowledge & preservation it still gets me a little when I see it

[@randolphstephenson]

Holy Superman 🤓 Our Friend Mike Brady sporting a Clark Kent persona in this 'fill in ' video🤫🤓

[@andrewquinn5946]

I dont get why there isn't much attention on the Britannic wreck its still in amazing condition and is much easier to get to than the Titanic.

[@justincarrel7930]

Mike, it can be said that if it exists on the Titanic, you probably have a video for it, and if by chance you don't, you will soon have one. Honestly at this point if I want to know something about the Titanic or other ocean liners, I just go to your channel.

[@iamtomkills]

This without doubt one of the best channels available anywhere ever. Thanks.

[@bowslap]

The devastation of the stern section is quite telling…..at least to me. The fact that so much of the starboard-side shell plating/hull is ripped away tells me that total separation occurred much deeper than previously thought…and that there was perhaps some rolling action in play.

[@lukestantz12]

Most of the hull that’s torn up happened when the stern was falling open end downward. It was ripped backwards due to the flow of water going against it, the implosion which blew out the sides, and the final impact which threw the weak remains of the ship out even further. Also the stern was moving like a tornado on the way down, so what you said about the rolling action was correct.

[@roberthoffhines5419]

Shame the technology wasn't there to do this back in '85 when Ballard found her. So much has been lost. Imagine if it could've been done in say, the 1930s. About all we could want to see (and never will..)is the starboard side of the bow excavated to see if there's any evidence of the wound. Your neck-wear: highly approved btw!

[@drygnfyre]

Sonar scans have "seen" the iceberg damage and mapped it out. It confirmed that it was a small series of slits. There was no long gash or giant hole like once believed.

[@RCButterfly]

I only recently heard about the scans of the Titanic, in a video about the remains of the Titan submersible disaster and i eas wondering if those scans would be made available for the general public to see or only approved researchers. What you showed in just this limited video is amazing to see. I appreciate the guided tour from the safety and comfort of my home. Love your videos! Keep up the good work!

[@PlanetMobius87]

Man, I really appreciate you putting up the comparison photos to make it easier to see everything you’re describing. Super rad video

[@queenbelle5903]

Yesssss! Im in love with your articulation and how you are just so full of knowledge

[@trainnerd3029]

Hey, it’s my friend… Mike Brady!

[@toddkurzbard]

FROM OCEANLINER DESIGNS!!!

[@PaulewingStHelens]

Thanks Mike, absolutely fascinating. I love the period music just lightly playing in the background too. Excellent vid.

[@Redstorm1220]

Idk why but I’ve always been fascinated with the titanic and other ship wrecks since 3rd grade. I even had a friend in 2nd grade who had the same first name and birthday as me and we both loved ship wrecks and especially titanic

[@chloeleo]

awesome to have such a knowledgeable person to tell me wtf im looking at because besides the bow its scrap metal to me lol

[@cblodg1]

A lot of that damage around the Grand Staircase has been from teams landing submersibles on that roof to send robots in. What’s remarkable about these scans, is the complete non-visualization of the massive engines that were visible when the wreck was found. Incredible destruction. That any of the stern held together is a testament to her workmen.

[@xxdeckxxdumanyan7413]

Those engines are still there, just not shown here

[@The_KnY]

It's hard to see the devastation here, weirdly emotional. I remember Ken Marschall's paintings from Dr Ballard's expeditions when I was a kid, it was incredible and inspiring. While it's fascinating to see this, it's also sad. It feels like watching a loved one rot away. Another awesome piece Mike!

[@space-bunny]

Thank you for the amazing shots and explainations! For what we can learn about in my opinion is more of the decaying process of metal in different waters, especially ships. I want the Titantic for having her eternal rest with the victims she took tragicially with her. She will sail in the skies above with happy chanter of passangers and no icebergs, just clouds.

[@SeanBZA]

Any area subjected to stress will have had the paint and other coatings either cracked, or torn, to expose bare metal. and this will corrode fast, not only because it is exposed but also because the stress of deforming it has changed the material structure. Thus this will corrode faster as well, as it forms an anode compared to the rest of the bare metal, and thus corrodes. The water tank is still in good condition because, like almost all water tanks then, it was made from copper, and probably still has the enamelling inside intact, and the outside paint is still intact mostly. Last things to disappear, aside from ceramic parts, will be the wiring, with copper protected by tar paper, and also a lead sheath as well.

[@ReapersKid07]

What about the bronze? They don't really like to deteriorate at all and Titanic has 98 tons of the stuff strapped to her rear.

[@SeanBZA]

@@ReapersKid07 True, but that is exposed, and once the steel that is acting as sacrificial anode is gone, it will also slowly corrode away.

[@DoingItOurselvesOfficial]

I have wanted a closer look at these scans for a while. I can’t seem to find anything online.

[@jimmcmeen761]

Would have loved to have this technology in 1985. It’s crazy how much it has decayed since the but it’s still awesome to see all these shots. Amazing video man

[@Toosplash.]

More Titanic stuff! My favourite!

[@noahdavidson8733]

Would love to be able to 3D print these scans to have the Titanic accurately on my desktop.

[@emmawinchester7090]

Congratulations! Your officially my bedtime video. You have such a soothing voice and the history is just amazing. Thank you x

[@RoyJNg]

Wow! This is the most in-depth examination of the stern section. I always see the front where it's ionic, but never saw the stern much except in concept art. Thanks Mike for the in-depth talk about that forgotten section.

[@fenman1954]

What is incredible is bacteria not only lives down there but can eat iron and steel.

[@drabberfrog]

18:57 I guess you could say the poop deck has gone to sh*t

[@kiereluurs1243]

🥱

[@jfmezei]

Since you are from that Irish locality called O'Stralia, I pinned down Liverpool at about 27km west of the Sydney cruise terminal 🙂 Doing another similar scan in a few years will provide much more information about how much the wreck changes in says 5 years and much insight on the future. From a scientific point of view, studying the decay is perhaps important. BUT .... When family/friend dies, one often wants to remember the person in his/her heydays instead of sick/fraile dying days. Studying how the ship behaved on the day of sinking all the way to resting 3.8km down and how debris settled within say a day or two is interesting. Over time, what is left will lose more and more of its identity and the site itself will become important (memorial) even though what is left there is no longer "the titanic". The scene at end of Cameron's film where Rose starts a dream where she is moving along the deck in current (1997) form and it gently comes back to life to a point where door man open the door to the grand hallway with all the lights and passengers loses its meaning when all you have left is a pile of steel with no rusty deck shape left to start from. There was enough of "Titanic" left for Cameron to bring it back to life. Once that ceases to be possible, what is left at bottom ceases to be "Titanic" body is is just a pile of steel that you know is Titanic only because of its location. If only there had been better record of Titanic when it was discoveed in 1985.

[@virtuosoification]

i should have mentioned this along time ago , i have to say i might just love your channel as much as you show passion for it . learned alot about titanic i always wanted to know . plus ships in general . when people like you put their "soul" into their work they dont have to try and and it shows . you and your channel are exactly that .

[@paulwoodford1984]

The reason the stern is in such bad condition is because it’s the Olympic. It was already heavily damaged, especially the stern, after a collision with a war ship. It would have had to be cut in half to align the keel again, but that would have cost too much so they swapped the ships and sunk the olympic. Why else do you think the “olympic” was able to continue until being scrapped in the 1930’s. Because it was the newer titanic

[@plum_bit]

A thoroughly debunked myth

[@AnOsprey]

I hate this myth

[@asa1973100]

Absolutely correct it was one of the biggest insurance jobs in history waged by a company that was going under to make them all millionaires again

[@ThatWolfFromHyruleGaming]

Get out of here with your tinfoil hat, nobody cares

[@Idrisbach]

Hmm, maybe you no see Big Bronze Propeller at 12:20 - Numbers 4. 0. and 1 on it.

[@sifrost6869]

I have been interested in the Titanic since I first head about the story. I go to the isle of wight a few times a year, and go pass the restored tug that once helped Titanic dock. Your videos are extremely well put together and very enjoyable. Keep up the hard works.

[@andrewreynolds912]

Their was a great documentary from james cameron who hired some of the best maritime experts in the world at the time and solved many problems and answered many questions of titanic such as how and why the stern is so utterly destr'oyed! The physics of Hydraulics came into play when the stern sank down forcing massive amounts of Hydraulic water through holes and such all over the stern as it sank almost vertically destroying insane amounts of thick steel and ribs of the sterns hull like its paper its insane its so destr'oyed and collapsed just from the physics of Hydraulics is just wow

[@ayanghosh7597]

The destruction of Titanic's stern section was like an underwater Twin Tower collapse.

[@HoennMaster]

I've been a fan of Titanic and ocean liners for many years now. I've seen photos of the Titanic wreck a million times and this 3D scan is so cool. However, it still blows my mind how the ship is so tall, yet so much of the bow isn't even visible because it's stuck in mid. Or how when you look at the photo taken from behind the stern you can see the top of the stern and the propellers in one photo, and yet you can't even tell how tall the ship is from the perspective of the photo. Seeing the wreck photos never cease to amaze me.

[@LoganF92]

I knew the stern was in bad shape, but the scans really bring it into scope.

[@idrawpeopleandanimals7252]

What an incredible video!!! Thank you so much for posting this! ❤❤❤

[@MrGhoulie]

I wish that I could see Titanic at the bottom of the ocean the night it sank. Before all of the decay and buildup. It would be eerie seeing the pristine paint and wood decks. Also seeing how much of the damage we see today was caused by the wreck or by time.

[@djscottdog1]

I instanty noticed the shell plating and frames , the amout of foce to bend 1 inch steal is crazy

[@peterjones4621]

Hello Mr. Brady, great to see you and another fascinating video, thank you, time to relax now and escape into the past of the Titanic.

[@motorv8N]

Fantastic tour - thank you Mike. Trying to imagine the force of all that weight suddenly meeting the ocean floor as her fall came to an abrupt end is nearly impossible.

[@enikata7349]

Thank you for re-posting this, incredible to see the wreck in such high definition and detail. Sadly this is probably the best we'll get of the ship before it completely collapses into nothing but debris

[@ESTXX00001]

I'm glad you could show this to us seeing a 3d image of Titanic's wreck is beyond incredible!!!

[@FloatingOnAZephyr]

I find it fascinating that you can see that the ship has split at the expansion joints in the bow section (8:48). I wonder how noticeable a gap between the wireless room and the officer's quarters would have been in heavy weather. Presumably the two structures were separate, even though they abutted one another and appear to be one at first glance of the plans. Ken Marschall's stern painting really is impressive when you see what he was working with. Until now ,it's been out best visualisation of the section and it's provided so much fascination we would not have had otherwise. Respect. I hope you're able to get access to these scans directly soon, Mike.

[@Kialna]

I honestly love your absolutely genuine enthusiasm and excitement over these scans. It's very lovely to see.

[@100SteveB]

Eerie seeing the bridge telemotor still sitting there - the inputs made into that bit of Titanic's machinery led directly to the ship sinking.

[@richiow68]

Great Video Mike.. Always look forward to your new posts.. Thank you

[@Feline_Frenzy53]

Wonderful video, Mike. Thanks for presenting it to us.

[@vinnymack822]

Loved this video. Thank you for such a detailed explanation. ❤❤❤

[@DDlambchop43]

seeing these images just gives me chills. I was always led to believe that the stern got more damage cause the keel managed to drag it down and the water charged in and it blew out like a balloon, then it sort of squished when it hit the seafloor.

[@makemesing714]

I love yourvideos in Titanic! This might sound odd, because I'm not talking about the Uber tragic loss of life, but you somehow bring a sense of humanity to your analysis, in much the same way a medical examiner would describe a horrific death. At times, I think I even detect some nervous laughter as you discuss some of the more catastrophic elements. Your passion for these great old wrecks is truly infectious. I thank you for sharing. ❤

[@robburns4176]

I read someplace about some indications that some of the damage to the boat deck has to do with a history of submersibles landing there. Even in the James Cameron movie they talk about landing there to go launch the remote to go find the diamond. I think there's at least one Marschall that depicts a submarine landed on Titanic. If ever they made a navigable model of those 3D Titanic wreck scans, I'd buy it.

[@OzzyInSpace]

It's mind blowing that you can literally load up something like Honor and Glory, and get to experience what it might have been like, as a passenger, walking around the ship... or what it might have looked like, when the chaos started ensuing. What a time to be alive.

[@ShipNerdTom]

Thanks for analysing the 3D scans Mike! You really pay attention to detail here.

[@TheJojo01902]

Mike, I so much appreciate you walking us through the wreckage in the manner you do - carefully showing the ‘wreckage scan’ and then the same corresponding point on the ‘artist rendering.’ Thank you!

[@NorthernElevations]

Very cool! Any chance of doing a video about Great Lakes freighters (USA/Canada)? It's a unique little ecosystem with some of the busiest locks in the world. Some of the larger ships have no way of ever getting out - they can pass through the Soo Locks within the Lakes but the only way to the ocean is the Welland Canal which can't fit all ships. The Edmond Fitzgerald is the most famous wreck, and whaleback ships were probably one of the most interesting styles of ships attempted. It's a pretty neat shipping region!

[@Tiffany.1970]

Cool another video on the white star liner r.m.s Titanic .......Mike Brady sure delivers a cool video on Titanic 😁

[@Historymaker-2001]

You didn't touch on one of the most fascinating parts of the ship, for me anyways. Maybe that's because the stern section scan didn't seem to include it, but the Titanic's reciprocating engines. The first cylinders (LP) were sheared off and lie in the debris field, with the mid, high, and aft low pressure cylinders still in the stern hull (as you know). What's fascinating to me is the positions of the reversers (Browns engines). They are in the neutral position. Now, whether they were moved directly to the neutral position from the full forward position, or if they in fact did reverse the engines first, we can't tell, but by being in the neutral position, it's safe to say that the engineers completed their engine shutdown procedures and had essentially abandoned that compartment. Some would have stayed aft in the dynamo room, others may have been forward trying to pump out water and keep some steam up, and others made their way on deck, supposedly. Either way, none survived, but for me, those parts of the engines are a sobering memorial to them.

[@allenheaps9190]

Great video! Thank you so much for all the great information on the Titanic..

[@WilliamWalls-iz2rv]

Very interesting stuff Mike. Thanks for posting this.

[@timheller8475]

Absolutely fantastic

[@joe-the-pet-ricer]

Mike, you are a fantastic narrator and your videos are always so-well written and produced. I really enjoy watching them.

[@austinwagner3231]

21:35 "That's really not good, is it" - Mike Brady's S-Tier commentary on the state of the Titanic (sarcasm, love your content keep it up!)