The Unsinkable Titanic

[@lcolsen22]

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

[@loulou7963]

Every single time

[@jean-claudecherica1385]

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

[@T1000skynetforever]

True

[@Samester48]

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

[@operation1968]

Yeah I know what you mean

[@micahwoodard]

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

[@oobrocks]

Precisely

[@cleverusername9369]

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

[@Jay-vr9ir]

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

[@micahwoodard]

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

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

@@cleverusername9369 Indianopolis was hit by two Type 95 torpedoes, each with a warhead of 1,210 lbs. Hood was sunk by a magazine explosion. Do you not even detect something of a difference?

[@simonacland9028]

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

[@gwenjackson8583]

I’ve seen that! I loved it.

[@froey198033]

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

[@KennyMcCormick99]

Yea, that doc was good

[@powerhouse884]

Where is it?

[@siypic]

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

[@godblessamerica7048]

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

[@mooniecrooks]

guess we watched the same video! great fact

[@allgasnobrakes919]

Ocean Gate Brung me Here 🤷‍♂️ 🛳️

[@inuchan74]

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

[@DonnaLLoyd-lt6ot]

Some people will believe anything!

[@scottiebrooks]

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

[@casperoomen9111]

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

[@peterkent1582]

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

[@allencollins6031]

O rings on challenger.

[@rayban5737]

Summed up..... a tradgidy

[@Noah_Andres]

Like Tenerife disaster

[@casperoomen9111]

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

[@alanf.9490]

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

[@peterkent1582]

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

[@donnamorgan2522]

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

[@georgeizziednu7983]

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

[@stanzanossi]

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

[@danielannett1019]

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

[@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13]

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

[@SofiaHack]

Dog not allowed ect

[@yanikem6655]

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

[@garethjohnstone9282]

Ismay remarked on it, too.

[@peterlepore2726]

ismay bailed out coward

[@garethjohnstone9282]

@@peterlepore2726 What do you base that opinion on?

[@paulweeldreyer7457]

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

[@egm8602]

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

[@PD-jk5hd]

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

[@akuapiatas]

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

[@vibrantdye]

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

[@leonleon2276]

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

[@Opethfeldt]

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

[@brianwhitford6086]

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

[@leonleon2276]

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

[@lozzylols]

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

[@electrickrain]

@Suz Royal Mail ship

[@simonacland9028]

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

[@greghunt3790]

You are so awesome my lady.

[@mathonamoore123]

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

[@randomhumanoidblob4506]

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

[@notgivinup]

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

[@kirstypoppy]

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

[@melianna999]

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

[@notgivinup]

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

[@melianna999]

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

[@notgivinup]

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

[@jaybirdsong_23132]

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

[@mikeheap7978]

It's incompetance.

[@frankphillips7436]

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

[@janisewellington3971]

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

[@AlonsoRules]

it's the perfect Greek Tragedy

[@johnbowman1076]

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

[@jessejohnson3138]

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

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

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

[@Veronica-bc6pp]

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

[@CLaiM3R25]

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

[@irieite9666]

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

[@4thamendment237]

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

[@CygnusX-11]

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

[@psterud]

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

[@wildestcowboy2668]

It's all fun till da rabbit get da gun

[@metimor]

I pray for their souls. I felt the pain

[@jamie-r2034]

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

[@beatrixbrennan1545]

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

[@Nabilpiero]

I love how detailed this documentary is.

[@charlesnolan7602]

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

[@thomasewing2656]

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

[@carmenhoffmann6218]

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

[@mrfearofloathinginmidwest964]

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

[@Mthompsonwv]

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

[@bobbywise2313]

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

[@Mthompsonwv]

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

[@Mthompsonwv]

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

[@Dedicated2WendyWilliams]

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

[@SofiaHack]

Fear Allah

[@Dedicated2WendyWilliams]

@@SofiaHack that is the most corrupt religion known to man kind… look at the women in the middle east, covered from head to toe.

[@teihaka5132]

so do I, it is always interesting to know more😄

[@Dedicated2WendyWilliams]

@@SofiaHack i fear this religion, absolutely. The most outrageous, no care for humanity, women treated like dogs, men have 7 wives, no common sense, a totally different world. Period.

[@toddjamison77]

Same. I was 8 when she was discovered. Been hooked ever since

[@declangill5138]

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

[@s5mphone701]

How old is it?

[@declangill5138]

@@s5mphone701 I saw it back around 2008

[@louise_rose]

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

[@declangill5138]

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

[@luwirap]

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

[@pooryorick831]

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

[@pc_buildyb0i935]

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

[@nevenka8509]

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

[@pooryorick831]

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

[@pooryorick831]

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

[@johnhill4209]

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

[@nekomantix598]

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

[@SofiaHack]

Dog not allowed ect

[@User_92020]

It's easy to imagine

[@cwatson42785]

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

[@marcomoreno6748]

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

[@electrickrain]

@@marcomoreno6748 wont to? Wtf is that?

[@aj6954]

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

[@David-nx1qm]

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

[@rahman1314]

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

[@Itz_beefy]

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

[@eamonreidy9534]

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

[@jessepollard7132]

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

[@apeters38]

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

[@RealGrooveRandom]

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

[@nothanksillwaitforthenextcar]

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

[@ameliawilder28]

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

[@pc_buildyb0i935]

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

[@myliamag.6512]

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

[@7MatthewJames]

It’s 2 and a half miles down

[@tanler7953]

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

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

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

[@michealtaylor7745]

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

[@jonnygranville281]

​@dovetonsturdee7033 what's a switcher?

[@bunzeebear2973]

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

[@bunzeebear2973]

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

[@royroyalu]

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

[@stevenherrold5955]

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

[@carlosborrasetaylor7630]

😢😢

[@Miguel195211]

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

[@riggedbyrachel8390]

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

[@PinkPanther4958]

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

[@KrishLius]

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

[@balisongman07]

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

[@zackzues4830]

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

[@kacanghijau166]

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

[@crazymonkey524]

It's a Canon Event 😉

[@ironjohn5914]

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

[@justinsullivan5063]

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

[@gayprepperz6862]

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

[@Chris-vk2zw]

It wasn't entirely accurate, though.

[@vigal79]

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

[@chrissygerwitz520]

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

[@gayprepperz6862]

Most tragedies are the result of a series of mistakes.

[@frankphillips7436]

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

[@kari34b54]

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

[@edwinsituma6034]

Really??

[@Jay-vr9ir]

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

[@User_92020]

Is jay a male or female name?

[@RobbyHouseIV]

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

[@sannypatel2026]

@@User_92020 male name

[@Jay-vr9ir]

@@RobbyHouseIV It is a very basic ship , even though I am old I like to have fun . So I prefer a cruise ship .

[@rochelle7901]

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

[@michaelm1573]

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

[@DeRock401]

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

[@JackBarrett7]

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

[@rochelle7901]

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

[@peterkent1582]

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

[@ryant9876]

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

[@kathyollis7037]

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

[@stephaniehunter3251]

Agreed

[@stuzo666]

Yeah it fills me with chills

[@RacerX888]

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

[@karlbah8928]

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

[@williamellis-xd1rm]

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

[@rabbitaniyo]

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

[@viciousreasoning504]

Now im just imagining joseph reading everything lol

[@7MatthewJames]

It’s the actor who plays Alfred in Gotham

[@khalidelgazzar]

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

[@MarquezDaniel]

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

[@robharding4028]

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

[@Chris-vk2zw]

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

[@desireec2836]

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

[@stevenremmington]

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

[@Oakleaf700]

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

[@stevenremmington]

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

[@Oakleaf700]

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

[@Lawyerboyleslie72]

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

[@erika_itsumi5141]

don't forget the Cold Water mirage

[@twrecks4598]

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

[@jessicaboisvert3138]

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

[@sungaze342]

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

[@stanzanossi]

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

[@AtomicB-zq2cw]

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

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

How do you know it was 'well researched?'

[@AtomicB-zq2cw]

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

[@brichardsfourty]

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

[@frankmcnally01]

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

[@AtomicB-zq2cw]

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

[@DaystromDataConcepts]

A fascinating documentary that [places rare emphasis on the subsequent enquiry into the sinking. However, I am forced to question the assertion made regarding that better iron rivets would've saved hundreds of lives. Given the splitting of the seams for a considerable distance along the hull, it would stand to reason that seams secured with steel rivets also popped. Even if higher quality wrought iron rivets were used, the impact and sheering loads applied to those rivets may still have popped them, only fractions of a second later. So, it is by no means anything but conjecture that better quality iron rivets would've made a huge difference to the loss of life. Of course, this may have been a factor, but we may never know for sure, so making such assertions as if it's established fact may be incorrect.

[@luminousmoon86]

Yes, I took issue with that as well. From my reading on the subject, that theory has been pretty roundly rejected by most experts.

[@patrickanderson9023]

Exactly. The sudden force of impact was immense, i highly doubt that even a ship of today with modern technology would survive a similar impact with an iceberg.

[@GrammerAngel]

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

[@thatbxtch1979]

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

[@aqwfervfgrt4]

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

[@kotieswart7586]

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[@nigelbezuidenhout]

Titanic better😊

[@dominique1011]

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

[@kimallen9130]

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

[@naomicamacho5674]

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

[@chrissygerwitz520]

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

[@naomicamacho5674]

@@chrissygerwitz520 It actually is. The person who started this theory was Frederick Fleet himself, however when the inquiry asked the same questions to the officers they basically said no. Basically that's the reason they didnt give the lookouts the other binoculars that were on the titanic. If you want more information about the binoculars theirs this youtuber that has a video explaining it. His name is Raf Avila. You should definitely check his video out if you want more information about this and titanic in general. Edit: That's the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKO8l5V8YsSKoqM

[@brianwhitford6086]

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

[@brianwhitford6086]

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

[@NeilAnthonyVinculado-lx2gc]

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[@micahwoodard]

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

[@meghanmcintosh135]

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

[@micahwoodard]

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

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

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

[@TTV__PARKER]

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

[@TTV__PARKER]

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

[@PizzaMan-ItsaRomethingeveryday]

Perhaps one of the most fascinating sinkings of all time, have watched all documentaries and movie's/ videos of Titanic and never gets old

[@marcrubin8844]

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

[@TheRelger]

And both ships scraped something hard then took on water

[@jakedode]

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

[@irenedemarco1354]

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

[@ariellelara4031]

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

[@moshe2495]

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

[@winstonsmithw]

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

[@bradyvelvet9432]

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

[@rickster100100]

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

[@Weird.Dreams]

What a waste of time and resources!

[@rickster100100]

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

[@Harris665]

@@Weird.Dreams exactly what’s the point

[@kari34b54]

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

[@jcd3869]

So many factors but the captain's decision to cut back west vs. southwest too early was right up there in my opinion. Or slowing down while heading into the ice field area. But the fact that captain thought he had steered them around the ice field took his caution away.

[@PassiveSmoking]

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

[@seismictoss8717]

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

[@SkashTheKitsune]

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

[@deepseadirt1]

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

[@SkashTheKitsune]

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

[@stanhumphreys9282]

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

[@Sandoz-tq7qj]

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

[@logotrikes]

Apparently at the time a captain would call for full speed ahead regardless of sea conditions. Hubris at work...

[@keithammleter3824]

Captain Smith was not at fault, as he was off duty when the warning of icebergs from the nearby ship was received. Assuming the radio officer did deliver the warning to the bridge, and there is no reason to suspect he didn't, the responsibility lies with the officer in command at that time, Murdoch.

[@Tim_OSK]

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

[@operation1968]

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

[@dimitristripakis7364]

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

[@lizziedavidson1987]

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

[@AlonsoRules]

We take it for granted nowadays but it's amazing to think there was a time when ships actually went sailing the oceans without enough lifeboats for all onboard. Titanic wasn't even full for this voyage either!

[@pc_buildyb0i935]

Even most modern ships sink in a situation that will not allow all lifeboats to be properly launched. It's very rare that this works out.

[@pinkiebee2903]

@thesithelite9677 if they didnt miss the lifeboat training that day all 20 boats would have been in the water people forget the fact that they was out of practise and i bet people who are seasoned in lowering lifeboats would have had more down

[@davinp]

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

[@bec1423]

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

[@davinp]

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

[@bec1423]

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

[@micahwoodard]

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

[@6metaweemaxphethin16]

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

[@susanagarcia9646]

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

[@enzochamonix6210]

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

[@sicksadworld765]

@@enzochamonix6210that has nothing to do with the situation lol

[@TheSavage3.6]

The Titanic had more lifeboats than required for the time.

[@susanagarcia9646]

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

[@TheSavage3.6]

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

[@myfreejoe]

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

[@egm8602]

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

[@clearsailing7993]

David G. Brown wrote the book "The Last Log of the TITANIC". He explains how the ship run aground on a shelf protruding out from the ice berg. Most of the water came in through the bottom. They came to a stop after hitting the ice berg. They started the pumps to remove water. Then they started to head for halifax because it was only 450 miles away. This forced a lot more water into the ship and resulted in the sinking.

[@bidensucks2922]

More crap

[@elainetwum3465]

"The berg scraped along the starboard or right side of the hull below the waterline, slicing open the hull between five of the adjacent watertight compartments." Not sure why you thought the water came"through the bottom "?

[@clearsailing7993]

@@elainetwum3465 read the book "The Last Log of the TITANIC". He argues his case about the bottom being damaged.

[@elainetwum3465]

@@clearsailing7993 Ok. Never heard of that bf. Always believed side of ship was damaged. When Ballard found ship, the side was damaged. Thanks.

[@bidensucks2922]

@@elainetwum3465 it forced the riveted seams apart by popping the rivets

[@porous9]

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

[@electrickrain]

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

[@SwedishMeattball]

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

[@glenroberts7388]

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

[@Sarah0583]

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

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

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

[@disclaimer.imjokin]

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

[@Sarah0583]

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

[@allidragon7041]

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

[@476233]

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

[@egm8602]

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

[@xlnuniex]

Only three small dogs, two Pomeranians and a Pekingese, survived the Titanic disaster cradled in their owners' arms as they climbed into lifeboats. The rest went down with the ship. There was one dog owner who wouldn’t board the lifeboats without her dog. She stayed on the Titanic with her beloved dog. As a dog owner, I totally get it.

[@barnald2446]

I don’t

[@xlnuniex]

@@barnald2446 I hope to God you don’t have any pets then

[@barnald2446]

@@xlnuniex so you’d die rather than live to save your pet?

[@StaffordshireTravelAdventures]

i think there was a racehorse as well.

[@xlnuniex]

@@barnald2446 if my pets can’t come, sure

[@violinoscar]

This Documentary makes a lot about all the events that contributed to the sinking and that's a good approach. But if you want coincidences think about this. In 1898, 14 years before the Titanic sank, Morgan Robertson published a book called Futility: The Wreck of the Titan. It was about an ocean liner called the Titan that sank when it struck an iceberg in the Atlantic.

[@jessstone7486]

Interesting! And I just watched a doc that posits that the ship that sunk was in actuality the Olympic. Titanic went on to sail for years, as the Olympic! Insurance fraud. The owners switched names on the ships. I found their evidence quite credible.

[@louise_rose]

He must have watched some Psychic tv ...

[@pc_buildyb0i935]

Have you read the book? Most people that mention it have not. The book is not really about the ship Titan itself, it's about a sailor onboard who gets drugged with hash tea, goes on a several-hour long psychedelic trip, and fights a polar bear with his bare hands to save a toddler. There's like, one sentence in the whole book that just briefly mentions the ship sinking, like "Oh it must have hit this iceberg and gone down, and that's how me and this toddler found ourselves aboard it".

[@SirJimRat]

@@pc_buildyb0i935 lmao

[@salarsam]

Its almost ominous to think the submersible was also named titan

[@joshhaberle3840]

Murdock's maneuver was actually brilliant. He attempted to swing around it. It almost worked. Look into more if your interested

[@christopherjohnson1803]

If he hadn't gone "full speed astern" (if he had maintained forward speed), the ship would have been more steerable. Regardless, the best idea was to stop for the night.

[@nikos9257]

It almost worked... but did not. Man, so many people died what are u saying. This man had a brand new vehichle that did not want to spoil that's why he wanted to maneuver. If he'd went straight at it, all people would have survived!

[@Someguy4007]

@@christopherjohnson1803 the maneuver telegraph should’ve been at dead slow

[@richmondzydeco649]

This documentary is awe inspiring

[@christopherjohnson1803]

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

[@pdt249]

For me, the fact that there were a couple priests on board at the end was comforting because those of faith were able to have the spiritual assistance they really needed at that horrible time before a certain death. Also, on another note, I understand the third priest who'd boarded originally and had gotten off the ship at the last stop before they sailed onward, took all the wonderful photos of the ship/ people that we have now. May those who perished rest in peace.

[@MikeyJMJ]

3 priests died. The 4th priests got off at Queenstown, Ireland and he took the last photos of the Titanic. 80 in total. They were all printed in a book that was released for the 100th anniversary of the sinking.

[@aj6954]

@@MikeyJMJ The one that got off at Queenstown was Father Browne, a Jesuit, who was ordered off by his boss in Dublin. There are tales of Jesuit involvement in this, but what it was all about I haven`t a clue.

[@sfullernj]

I don't find that comforting at all.

[@TheTwistedMystic]

@@aj6954 Jesuits are the banking elite of society and they are notorious for contriving false-flag disasters as a way of impacting mass psychology.

[@aj6954]

@@TheTwistedMystic Father Browne was told in no uncertain terms to get off that ship. He had no idea what was going on, his boss in Dublin must have known what was to come.

[@gusthesailor4885]

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

[@JackMellor498]

The reason why “16 lifeboats were deemed satisfactory for 2,000 people” is because there was a very true understanding that the majority of incidents that could necessitate the evacuation of a ship for the most part occur within sight of land, close to a coast with uncharted objects below the water, close proximity to other ships if there’s shipping lanes. So few boats were in the end approved because like Ismay stated “we considered her a lifeboat herself” that if the ship ever got into an incident, it’d be near a coast where the majority of dangers to shipping are to be found, that lifeboats could easily go back and forth from ship to shore evacuating people, or just as easily to another ship. Think about it, in peacetime, what dangers are there in the middle of the ocean aside from storms and icebergs? It didn’t occur to them that something devastating could happen out there. And they say the Board of Trade were almost evil with their decision to go ahead with 16 lifeboats, and yet we see that they originally wanted 48 lifeboats. They clearly cared about the safety of people on board. It’s just none of them expected in their arrogance a disaster to happen in the way it eventually unfolded.

[@UNUSUALUSERNAME220]

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

[@AirQuotes]

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

[@piratesswoop725]

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

[@UNUSUALUSERNAME220]

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

[@billhosko7723]

@@UNUSUALUSERNAME220 Ideat.

[@nickdtv9401]

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

[@lxspa529]

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

[@endofthestory9412]

Rip to the captain of titanic 🕊

[@damedusa5107]

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

[@ajdoyle9559]

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

[@sanynava9160]

nooo bro, they are NOT the same

[@Rubin_Schmidt]

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

[@peter_d]

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

[@frname7665]

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

[@ToreDL87]

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

[@kevinmalone3210]

The greatest maritime loss was actually the sinking of the Wilhelm Gustloff. A German ship transporting refugees during WW 2. Around 9000 lives were lost.

[@tannstang]

Correct

[@kimma508]

Wow! 9,000 lives lost! Thanks for the info. Never heard of this ship. I’m going to look it up.

[@kevinmalone3210]

@@kimma508 Yeah, I never heard of it either until I saw a video of it here on KZbin. It was an unbelievable tragedy.

[@kimma508]

@@kevinmalone3210 Sounds like it. A tragedy like that shouldn’t be forgotten.

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

Gustloff was also transporting troops and U-boat crews, in point of fact.

[@Jaclyn_Zen]

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

[@donnamorgan2522]

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

[@SagaTheFunniest]

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

[@donnamorgan2522]

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

[@stanzanossi]

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

[@mariamatheson5300]

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

[@elenamarina9736]

So many iceberg warnings they've received and still that wonderful ship had to sink.This was a desaster that could have been avoided,no question.Human neglicence.The Titanic was perfect!

[@johnscould2615]

@Frankenstein F I would not call it super avoidable, there was not much negligence. First of all, it grazed an iceberg opening 6 compartments, that is much more damage then what could ever be expected. Secondly, there was so much bad luck like there being no moon, there being no waves to indicate that a Berg was coming. Thirdly, the rivets in that section could not be iron because the machine could not fit. Finally, yes, there were not enough lifeboats, but 1, even if they had enough lifeboats, hardly any more people would survive like 100 more at most that could swim to the boats. Titanic hardly had the time to launch the 20 boats she did have and 2 of them were floated off . There was not much greed , human mistake yes but is it really negligence.

[@Musicienne-DAB1995]

@@johnscould2615 Not having sufficient lifeboats for everyone aboard for the sake of aesthetics is definitely negligent, and greed comes into it when the whole purpose was to speed into New York for headlines. Another negligent factor was not making the watertight compartments high enough for the sake of having a Grand Staircase. Another was not having binoculars. I think the bow section took around 2 hours to sink, but lifeboats were leaving the ship without being full. Then there was the refusal to slow down in spite of numerous ice warnings throughout the day. So, for me, a lot of negligence and poor decision-making.

[@bmxerqf882]

@@Musicienne-DAB1995 having enough lifeboats on board wouldn't have made much difference. Due to the listing of the ship it was taking longer than normal to launch the few boats they did have and in fact they were still in the process of launching the collapsible boats when she sank. They could have doubled the amount of lifeboats but she would've still sank before they could launch them all

[@respectdawildo_danjones508]

The more ice warnings they get, the more complacent they get like false warnings. Also, a lot of these warnings weren’t completely accurate and MANY including critical information never made its way to the captain and crew, unfortunately. Their job was not to inform the crew of ice but commercial and relay messages for the upper class which made them ignore and miss many warnings, they had a job to do and that came second hand.

[@patrickanderson9023]

@Paperduck They Barely had enough time to launch the 20 lifeboats that were onboard the Titanic, so more lifeboats would have made no difference for the loss of life.

[@jahfetmoore527]

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

[@laankebygg3685]

I have watched three movies of the sinking of the Titanic. The first one was a black & white movie but cannot remember the year and the other two were coloured versions. One being the 1958 version 'a night to remember' with Kenneth Moore and the second coloured version was the 1997 version 'Titanic' with Leonardo DiCaprio. What I found interesting was that in this movie/documentary there was no mention of flares being used, whereas in both coloured versions it showed that they were used. The b/w version I do not remember.

[@BellyLover06]

A Night to Remember did show flares. They even went through the inquiry afterwards. It didn't have a breakup of the ship though.

[@aj6954]

@@BellyLover06 In 1958, they didn`t know it had broken in two. The inquiry did a very good job in making sure this bit of information didn`t get out despite some saying it had. It wasn`t until 1985 that they discovered the real situation, 73 years on, those involved long gone. They would have been happy to settle for that.

[@elizabethmckessick154]

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

[@expattaffy1954]

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

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

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

[@TorontoJediMaster]

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

[@thestonedabbot9551]

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

[@johnp82]

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

[@mathonamoore123]

Thank you for uploading this. It was quite interesting as, I had never known about the iron rivets. Greetings from Ireland, Sunday the 24th of April 2022. 🇮🇪🌹

[@ohio-e1n]

I like how the last survivor is talking as if she remembers it...she was like what? 6 months old?

[@Kim-mz8co]

Best information I've seen regarding the events that led up to this tragedy. One person can make a huge difference. Tragedies happens when people don't know or understand their own power. Almost any one of the people discussed in this movie could have averted the outcome by themselves with a change of a single decision made.

[@johnmurray9526]

Most accidents happen via several mistakes or causes. Often if you take just one factor out of the sequence of events.. it may not have happened

[@whatthefox4787]

"full astern" is the order that doomed the ship, reversing the flow of the water over the steering rudders and preventing them from doing their job. "Full speed ahead" would've increased the water flow over the rudders and make the rear of the ship push sideways fast enough to angle the ship and miss the iceberg.

[@johnmurray9526]

@@whatthefox4787 they turned to the left (hard to starboard?) and reversed only the left hand engine to drag the nose of the ship round didn't they? Trying to remember from the film. Tbh ismay or whatever his name was doomed the ship by insisting full speed ahead to arrive in Newyork early. That and the look outs not having their binoculars.. they were locked away aparently and no-one had the key?

[@deangale4496]

Boards of enquiry try to apportion blame to stop fear of future ships , it was without a doubt the idiots radio operators .

[@johnmurray9526]

@@deangale4496 this too.

[@user-wf6is9kf2u]

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

[@jpicard81]

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

[@muskokaroads2371]

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

[@shaynewheeler9249]

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

[@shaynewheeler9249]

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

[@cleverusername9369]

A Lannister always narrates his documentaries

[@shaynewheeler9249]

Black man titanic

[@TG-nd9rj]

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

[@t.r.s.5129]

The whole thing is sad, but I particularly feel for Cpt. Smith who was due to retire. His last voyage became literally his last.

[@kevinquist]

Very well done documentary. Having studied travel catastrophes (any type of vehicle) for over 30 years now. I know the titanic story. I could recite every fact(myth and conspiracy theory), forward and backward in my sleep. your show is very very competent for general consumption. for an engineering study it is very very elementary.

[@gabbou2836]

Blaming wrought iron rivets?🤦‍♂️ The Titanic was a fully loaded 46,000 ton liner during the collision. Even steel rivets would break upon such impact.

[@bartmartens1424]

Indeed. Btw ... the olympic whas made with the verry same rivets ... and it had a long career with no rivets-problems whatsoever ...

[@brydenholley1904]

@@bartmartens1424 The RMS Olympic collided with a navy vessel called the Hawk, and had no rivet problems. The ship also rammed a German U-boat during WW1... and again, the RMS Olympic did not sink. So I'm not sure about this rivet theory. Why would the rivets failing on the Titanic cause it to sink, but not on the Olympic during two separate collisions?

[@robbie5984]

Hahahaha right. I love how literally every story ever told about the SS Leonardo DiCaprio Boob Scene doesn’t happen to stress on the subject of how much insane amounts of force was in that collision.

[@AB-zl4nh]

Experts have looked at this, it is a factor.

[@vibrantdye]

I have to agree with everyone here. The rivet theory is a bit outdated at this point. Many years of expeditions and research not only on the vessel but the sinking itself have proved the rivet theory to be a weak one, at best.

[@Quagthistle]

As it turns out, having 48 lifeboats wouldn't have helped much, anyway. They didn't even have time to load all 4 of the collapsible life boats on the davits, let alone launch them. Two hours isn't a lot of time to evacuate 2200 people with the antiquated lifeboat systems of 1912. Also keep in mind that lifeboats were often seen as death traps. In rough seas, they typically were. Furthermore, the reason so many 3rd class passengers died wasn't really the locked gate they could easily step over (and eventually did). It was the confusing layout of the ship (designed to keep different "classes" from interacting) and the fact that many 3rd class passengers were immigrants who didn't speak English and couldn't read the signs. By the time the majority of them got to the boat deck, the lifeboats were gone, and the ship was listing badly, so badly that they probably wouldn't have been able to launch many more boats if they'd had them. (They had trouble launching some of the boats they did have as it was.) Also, there is some debate whether binoculars would have made much difference, given the calm, extremely cold water. There are some who suspect that a kind of mirage happens on nights like that, as reported by other ships on similar nights. If so, then it wouldn't have mattered if they had binoculars. The iceberg wouldn't have been visible until it was very close. That said, in 1912, they likely wouldn't have known much about this phenomenon.