The Sinking of the RMS Lusitania - Simulation

[@caljucotcas]

The RMS Lusitania DID NOT hit the ocean bottom while it was sinking. The ship sank relatively quickly, within 18 minutes after being torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 on May 7, 1915. During this rapid descent, the Lusitania remained intact and did not break apart, which indicates it did not strike the ocean floor in the shallow waters near the Irish coast where it was torpedoed. The Lusitania eventually came to rest on the seabed at a depth of about 305 feet (93 meters). It is in this position that the wreck remains to this day, having settled upright on the ocean floor. The depth of the water in the area where the Lusitania sank was sufficient to allow the ship to descend without striking the bottom during the actual sinking process.

[@lukethomas.125]

So basically, the air in the stern was forced out, causing it to slip down under before the ship hit the sea bed. Is that where you're getting at?

[@harvestercommander3250]

You mainly explained how she sank and did not mention why she wouldn’t have hit the bottom while sinking.

[@Gapsx1eGewehr]

Lusitania hit the sea floor as she sank as her hull was longer than the ocean was deep.

[@DustPlayz1]

Bros info is from the hobo behind the arby's lmao

[@Klyis]

What are your sources for this information? It contradicts survivor testimonies who say they felt the hull shudder as the bow hit the seafloor. Nor is the wreck sitting upright. It came to rest on the starboard side as is particularly evident in photos of the bow. Additionally the decks are sliding off the wreck as the hull unravels over time which would not be possible if she were upright.

[@chancellorjake]

Oh this is interesting. I was always under the impression that the bow hit the sea floor before the stern went under. Maybe I'm confusing Lusitania with Britannic.

[@trickyfoxx6941]

Yea that's Britannic

[@ryanindypa]

There’s debate whether she hit the seabed while her stern was still top side or if she glided, if you will, like in the video (which seems more plausible), especially since her bow is surprising not completely mangled. Either way the impact with the seabed snapped her keel almost cleanly in two. Also it’s unclear if any of her funnels dismounted during the sinking or if it was when she hit bottom.

[@yogabelajoel]

That’s true

[@Crazy_Caleb2009]

Yeah you DEFINITELY confused the two😂. Lusitania lays in 500 ft water so it was only her aft mast left.

[@noahdavidson8733]

@@ryanindypathere were some accounts that a boiler explosion knocked over the third funnel, but none of the others. Unfortunately just another mystery we won’t know for sure.

[@JuneDude92]

Could you do more see through water animations like this?

[@caljucotcas]

ofcorse!

[@That_BoiY3LL0W]

"Lusitania! Stop your engines! Your going to kill us all!" Lusitania: "MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

[@epiclyawesomeguy]

Animate the sinking of the Princess of the Stars, 800 deaths and almost noboody knows it.

[@MiniMC546]

Didn't Lusitania hit the seabed first before the entire hull slid beneath the waves? It's the same with Britannic.

[@caljucotcas]

No

[@MasterBritannicJess]

Noo

[@tinypoolmodelshipyard]

Nope thats just Brittanic. Unlike the Olympic class, the Lusitania and her sister had longitudinal bulkheads on top of the normal bulkheads. These split the starboard and port side down the middle, for the length of the ship. This allowed the starboard side to flooded faster and cleaner. The port side stayed more bouyant throughout the whole sinking. Allowing Lusi to more glide beneath than drop like we usually think of final plunges (thanks 97Titanic). The bouyant force in the port side fought against the flooded SB side and created something very similar to what CC gave us in this video.

[@F0restFigure]

@@tinypoolmodelshipyardlusi still hit the bottom tho

[@F0restFigure]

@@tinypoolmodelshipyardI still don’t under stand how an almost 800 ft long ship couldn’t have hit the bottom of. 200 ft deep ocean And while its highest vertical Point was 5 stories.

[@christopherlmoo]

Someday, one of the developers should make 3D sinking simulator or floating sandbox

[@captainAlex258]

or a horror game we desperately need badly in my opinion cuz ships like this always is forgotten which sucks

[@averyandaxel00]

This is amazing Can you do sinking of oceanos

[@carmelaaragones4841]

But instead her starboard never became crushed and her funnels did not collapse and she did not split in half when she hit the seafloor.

[@captainAlex258]

can u do this but a different angle? I was just thinking about this ship

[@MobyTheMerpup1852]

It reminds me of that animated Titanic sinking by James Cameron

[@captainAlex258]

@@MobyTheMerpup1852 kina does a little but no matter I would still love a theme park based on this ship, if it doesnt get completed well at least we can explorer her decks up to lets say the A deck

[@fillyjonkxiioflowersaxony]

Wait was her propeller still ON when she sunk?

[@caljucotcas]

It was

[@MiniMC546]

The engine room was unresponsive so it couldn't be turned off. Same goes for her rudder. The ship was practically uncontrollable.

[@sams.761]

Yes, but not in any sufficient capacity. Almost immediately after the torpedo strike there was a second explosion, at first theorized to be the munitions she carried or a second torpedo, then the theory of coal dust igniting. But according to Captain Turner’s testimony, steam pressure to the engines had dropped from about 190 psi to 50 psi, which has lead me to consider the theory that it was steam pipes rupturing. Anyway, Lusitania coasted 2 miles before she sank, but that was because even with pressure lost she was still 33k tons of steel being driven forward from the momentum alone. There is even speculation that this is what caused her to sink so quickly; the momentum was literally driving her under the water.

[@BuffMarioBoi]

Fun Fact: There were people still alive inside Lusitania when it sank, those people that were for sure alive inside the ship were the ones who were inside the elevators when the power cut off.

[@michaelhill2844]

That IS "fun".

[@againstallexpectations3986]

how is that a ''fun fact'' ?

[@KiwiSentinel]

Are you sick? Anyway the case for that is not very strong as witness is unreliable.

[@RoshSacro]

1:03 question: why is the ship still moving while the stern is up?

[@caljucotcas]

Inertia is the tendency of objects in motion to stay in motion and objects at rest to stay at rest, unless a force causes its speed or direction to change.

[@MistaMoonz]

The way that it kept on going forward always confused me when I was younger.

[@bradleybeauchamp5582]

Ships don't sink like what is depicted in this video lol, the bow of the ship would have hit the bottom first then the stern would have settled down into the water. There are reports of the ship hitting bottom before the Stern disappeared.

[@F0restFigure]

EXACTLYYY

[@michaelsommers5503]

Thank you for crafting this interesting animation of the sinking of the great liner. I have read much about this disaster over the years, but yours is the first one that asserts the ship did not strike bottom while the stern was still above the water. What is your source for this information or is this a theory of your own?

[@ryanpoulin5144]

This is an awesome and amazing recreation of the LUSITANIA'S sinking. Can you do one of the S.S. POSEIDON from either the 1972 film The POSEIDON Adventure or the 2006 film POSEIDON? I was just curious and thought I would ask. But only if it's okay with you. Please and Thank you.

[@Ryuu1010YT]

he won't making fictional ships.

[@ryanpoulin5144]

@@Ryuu1010YT Oh. Okay. Sorry if asked.

[@MasterBritannicJess]

One from the Britannic Please

[@p_filippouz]

Shouldn't she hit the bottom when the stern is still up?

[@caljucotcas]

No, the RMS Lusitania did not strike the bottom while sinking. The Lusitania sank relatively quickly after being torpedoed by a German U-boat on May 7, 1915, but it did not strike the bottom during the process of sinking. The ship was torpedoed off the southern coast of Ireland and sank in about 18 minutes. The wreck eventually settled on the seabed at a depth of approximately 300 feet (91 meters). The rapid sinking and the depth of the water in the area meant that the ship did not strike the bottom until it had fully sunk.

[@captainAlex258]

@@caljucotcas she had that momentum still while sinking

[@nian60]

You might be thinking of Britannic.

[@captainAlex258]

@@nian60 maybe btw we need more of other ships

[@tinypoolmodelshipyard]

​@@captainAlex258 yes, the currents (which are very strong in the area) also played a role but her longitudinal bulkheads wer3 the real reason she sank at a weird angle. The port side was more buoyant throughout the entire sinking.

[@toddkurzbard]

A well done video (I don't know of any other 3D simulation that shows what's happening BELOW the surface). BUT, when you say she DIDN'T touch bottom before fully submerging, that is contradicted by EVERY account I've seen.

[@АлександрБобровницкий-т3н]

Hello, can you make an animation about Samuel B Roberts - the deepest sunken ship? (6895 m)

[@caljucotcas]

Hello, thank You, ill check it out.

[@DominiqStudio]

1:11 i think the lusitania still put its stern up in the air and it did a curve shape when touching the bottom that’s why the wreck looks awful

[@Bruno-G]

No, the wreck looks awful because It had been used as target practice for depth charges until late 1920s. Some people say It was because the british government couldn't take the risks of the ship's cargo being stolen, some say they did this to prevent enemy submarines to "hide" on the wreck as a sonar shield. There are many stories about why exactly they destroyed the wreck but it's still a mystery.

[@HamzaAydogdu-fq1yx]

It's really scary. Imagine yourself there with a white life jacket. Then you lose your balance and fall into the sea and drown to death.

[@Sakshiydvv]

please show the sinking of the cordelia cruises ( the empress )

[@randomrazr]

crazy how 3 of 4 funnels stayed on and didnt collaspe like titanic. sad thign is when the funnels went under water, it sucked alot of swimmers inside them

[@NormalITFTfan]

Fact: Lusitania sank close to land so it got destroyed by humans that is why the ship wreck is in bad shape

[@KiwiSentinel]

Not true.

[@DominiqStudio]

Also, why did the funnell did not collapse?

[@Spikjevoff]

They didnt fall

[@ljschcru2013]

None of them fell in the sinking, the 3rd funnel almost fell because of an explosion but it only slightly tilted.

[@JasperIsEpic]

probably because it sank so quickley

[@gate7clamp]

Kinda reminds me of the video that ocean liner designs makes with Mike Brady

[@jimmanihera7760]

I thought she struck the sea floor when the stern was still above the water

[@caljucotcas]

She didnt, water is too deep for that, the depth is correct in this video

[@thinaphonpetsiri9907]

I thought her bow already hit the seafloor by the time the stern started to go down

[@caljucotcas]

Yup. Thats something everybodys says, but its not true

[@JasperIsEpic]

@@caljucotcas explain?

[@twingolino90]

why the funnels didnt collapse as with titanic? were they built more stabile?

[@caljucotcas]

No, im not that great animator

[@jazdajazda2191]

where do you make these animations?

[@caljucotcas]

In Estonia, my home, my pc, on my chair, programs: Sketchup / Lumion 12 / Sony vegas

[@jazdajazda2191]

@@caljucotcas thx

[@F0restFigure]

Sorry but the lusi actually hit the floor then the stern went diwn then kinda glided.

[@ErenTopcu]

It is not very deep there !!! My idea to cover all the hull with thick rubber in order to absorbe impact of solid materials and prevent sink

[@Bruno-G]

I still don't understand why they destroyed the wreck

[@KiwiSentinel]

They didn't.

[@kokspronoobek]

lusitania was a submarine for some time

[@LeslieChen83]

Sounds like they are cheering on a concert...

[@xkm-thebasetecchannel3823]

Titanic?

[@coolmasterztv3088]

The 3rd funnel collapsed.

[@alypanama8067]

That’s debated

[@F0restFigure]

@@alypanama8067how do you know?

[@MistaMoonz]

@@F0restFigureall the funnels on the Lusitania didn’t collapse. The 3rd funnel collapsing is a controversial theory.

[@F0restFigure]

@@MistaMoonz may I get your source? Or an explanation.

[@Elsavozen466]

@@MistaMoonzUr lying the third funnel colappsed XD

[@bardocksaiyan4664]

The third funnel fell

[@yaritzadiazferrer4296]

Hello

[@김연심-s8s]

😢😢😢😢😢

[@MasterBritannicJess]

She is swimming like a fish

[@maritsapoches879]

Lusitania

[@Tylerz_theman]

Wow

[@Muazmikail333]

Can u do MH370 landing on water animation 😂

[@skorpion090]

LUSITANIA

[@Artem-jx2qj]

❤😂🎉🎉😢😢🎉😂😂😂😂😂😮😅😊

[@АртурКорнилов-й3ф]

Неправильно длина корабля была больше чем глубина то есть когда то же самое как и британик когда его нос уткнулся в дно его корма ещё торчала из воды только в более нормальном состоянии Ну не состояние короче ну больше кусок корабля торчал И кстати да трубы потом отпали у него когда лузитания полностью ушла под воду

[@Srgans]

Uamw yang memiliki aku stop kontak pengiklan no.9176

[@Stuck_in_my_bedroom-4y3]

I e

[@pagmonreal]

A. The ships golden stripe was gray B. The bottom of the funnels was dark gray.

[@F0restFigure]

Ikr

[@KiwiSentinel]

evidence?