What would be the best way to survive Titanic?

In this video we take a look at the question of what it would take to be a male passenger and survive the sinking of the Titanic.
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[@Keikimainecoon]

I worked on a huge cruise ship and I can tell you being on the top deck at night and looking into the dark ocean is the most horrifying sight at the best of times. Most would have frozen in shock.

[@sifridbassoon]

I have read/heard at some point, that for most people, hitting that freezing water would send your body into (literally) shock where you couldn't move. This includes not being able to inhale/exhale, so lots of people suffocated. There's a name for that cause of death, something like crush asphyxiation, because it's the same thing as being crushed in a crowd.

[@smokingthereefer92]

That probably be pretty cool truthfully. Saw a dark grey thunderstorm cloud roll in off Myrtle Beach once. Loved that sight.

[@easportslegend]

@@sifridbassoon That’s true some of them went into cardiac arrest jumping/falling into that freezing water to make it worst most of them were already exhausted from the constant panicking and chaos. So when they hit the water it didn’t take long to die.

[@-_deploy_-]

I have travelled on a cruise ship (Sovereing of the seas, already scrapped sadly. Had the same size of the Titanic, around 269 meters) and I can second this. Can't imagine being in that situation. Pitch black, freezing water, in the middle of nowhere, with this giant ship making strange sounds, people screaming...

[@shamrockballs1066]

​@@sifridbassoonNo word of a lie, one day I took a big glass of ice water. The cold water going down my gullet stopped me from breathing, I couldn't catch my breath, then I had searing pain in my chest. I thought I was having a heart attack. Eventually it passed, but it was scary!

[@ashleyinthemaritimes]

Also building a raft would be difficult because if you are caught by the crew members they'll yell at you about how "that's white star line property you have to pay for that" 😂😂😂

[@kellydaunis]

Then I would yell, SHUT UP! 🤣🤣

[@chatteyj]

@@kellydaunis Yep just tell them the boat with be on the bottom of the atlantic in an hour or so anyway, so it doesn't matter.

[@kellydaunis]

@@chatteyj True

[@Max_Krypto]

Do you accept a check 😂 We will meet once on land to repay debt

[@MaxPower-kb4ke]

....And that's when you'd say....."OK, as soon as you go fuck yourself, I'll pay for it." LOL

[@Freddypt100]

Excellent explanation, if I were a time traveler, without being able to change the future, I would have liked to photograph the Titanic but I would have gotten off at Cherbourgh or Queenstown before the Atlantic Crossing

[@samfromportadown]

Heh, now I'm imagining a DSLR taken apart and installed into the body of a 1910s era camera to disguise it, for time traveller photography purposes.

[@travisp5747]

Id ride it and get off when they stopped in Northern Ireland and got the rest of the passengers lol

[@emmettbrown1234]

I'd rather be on board of the Californian.

[@johnking5174]

Charles Lightoller had a lot of deaths on his conscience. He had plenty of room on the lifeboats he launched to allow men into them, and refused, to the point of threatening to shoot any male who dared to try and get in. He had a twisted sense of "duty" where he felt that men should die rather than take a place in a lifeboat. That twisted attitude killed many more men than needed to die that night.

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

It wasn't possible to launch full lifeboats, as either the davits, or the structure of the boat, couldn't stand the strain. The usual procedure was to launch the boats half full, stand off, then pick up swimmers from the water.

[@Sabrinajaine]

Yes, so many women were left as widows or children left fatherless and Lightoller wouldn't allow men on. I'm surprised he didn't get more flak for sending so many lifeboats out with empty seats when there were people nearby who could have been saved.

[@timothyreed8417]

@@dovetonsturdee7033 not so….

[@irefusetoaskmydoctorifyour6401]

I don't think Lightoller had those deaths on his conscience. Chivalry was a real and strong concept in the Victorian Era. It was generally accepted practice to try to save the women / children, and men to accept their fate / face death as a "MAN". Note: certain 1st class passengers (men) put on their best suits when it became obvious the ship was sinking, so as to "face death as a gentleman". Many of the men denied a spot on a lifeboat by Lightoller, simply stepped back into the crowd to accept their fate. My reaction would have been, hey, there's lifeboats all up and down both sides of this ship, this clown can't be in charge of loading ALL of them, let me walk over to the other side and see what this guy (Murdoch) has to say. Of course I'm thinking with my 21st century mentality, had I lived in the Victorian Era, that thought might not have entered my mind. It is kind of "messed up" though, Murdoch was more "man-friendly" so to speak, and he died that night, and Lightoller was a complete "hard-axx" and he survived, although, to be fair, he WAS prepared and intending to go down with the ship that night, it was only by a twist of fate (and a blast of hot air) that he even did survive.

[@dovetonsturdee7033]

@@timothyreed8417 Really? I suppose you have read Lightoller's testimony at the Inquiry?

[@TheRareOcelot]

Its scientifically proven that not getting on the titanic is the best strategy

[@DJ-jn3on]

I still remember watching the late survivor:Eva Hart, saying it was just a matter of luck. She said when her father put her and her mother in the lifeboat, there weren't many people on the boat deck. Sadly for so many that horrible night, luck would not be with them.

[@daphneduryea9136]

She also said, as did Boxhall, that there was a ship Eva: right there Boxhall: within 4 miles So, a lot of people, including the officers, thought that was the rescue ship. Both of them said it was so close they could see the light in the portholes.

[@DJ-jn3on]

Yes.

[@mousetreehouse6833]

@DJ-jn3on The Californian. Their wireless operator went off-duty at 11 p.m., and the crew had no idea the Titanic was in trouble.

[@DJ-jn3on]

@@mousetreehouse6833 Yes, I know. They didn't find out till later. I always wondered if they had immediately went to the scene, if they could have made a difference.

[@mousetreehouse6833]

@DJ-jn3on Sorry, I wasn't trying to be condescending towards you. My (elaborate) response was to let you know that you were not the only one who understood the situation with the Californian. (I do think they could have helped by getting as many off the Titanic, which would have been a lot, considering they were 5 miles away, and the Titanic was afloat for over 2 hours...my guess would be at least 90 percent saved).

[@SSJasonX]

I like how being a male passenger is basically the hard difficulty in this what if.😉

[@sorrenblitz805]

Not necessarily, go to starboard and get near a boat without a lot people near it early in the sinking. When they first started launching boats many refused to board the boats thinking that rescue would be there fairly quickly, as they saw the lights of a ship just over the horizon.

[@SSJasonX]

@@sorrenblitz805 True, but even when the sinking became obvious, you had a better chance of surviving if you were a woman or a child.

[@arohk1579]

If you were a time traveler and knew it was going to sink then dress as a woman cover your face and jump in a boat :).

[@SSJasonX]

@@arohk1579 There was actually claims of men dressing as women trying to sneak on a lifeboats.

[@arohk1579]

@@SSJasonX really I didn't know that, but I guess it would make sense in that situation. I just figured it would be a logical idea lol.

[@Peter-ov6xh]

It's so weird because this channel talks so much about this terrible tragedy and yet it's one of the most wholesome YT channels out there cos he's SUCH a nice guy!

[@themizzzzle]

Yes Sam is fantastic

[@nikkiwikki73]

And I love his accent that comes through occasionally ❤

[@owenmergliano8160]

Another way to survive as a time traveller: Lifeboats!? Where we're going we don't need lifeboats!

[@razorheadinjapan73]

As a time traveler, assuming the sinking is an incontrovertible point in history, I would try and reason with Cptn. Smith to ensure all the lifeboats embarked full. He could have commanded second officer Lightoller to fill the boats.

[@anastasiahopkinson5676]

@razorheadinjapan73 Agreed. Cptn Smith's failure to ensure all women & children evacuated caused unnecessary loss of life. And preceeding that, the Captain's failed to a) sail with enough lifeboats for all aboard and b) begin loading all lifeboats early. The Captain of a ship/boat is responsible for everything that happens, no excuses.

[@Truecrimeresearcher224]

I feel that titanic sinking is a fixed point in time. Meaning it had to happen and like you said make sure all boats were filled roughly 1100-1200 on boats and still 1000 on the ship there might have been a way to help them

[@ToreDL87]

@@Truecrimeresearcher224 And at any rate 1200 is better than 700, that's cutting the amount of deaths by near half.

[@femaleKCRoyalsFan]

​@@anastasiahopkinson5676 the minimum required by UK law was 16. Thomas Andrews wanted 46 I think. he was overridden.

[@witkocaster]

@@Truecrimeresearcher224 It's not just a number of people on lifeboat, but also their weight. Because children and women weight less there was still capacity for extra passengers in each lifeboat. I wonder - how many people could squeeze into lifeboat on that night - calm see, no wind, waves.

[@christopaci70]

To be really honest and realistic with myself I think I wouldn't be able to survive the Titanic it's just nerve racking to be there in the middle of the dark and feeling all the panic of everyone plus a lot other factors might kick in like being clueless the first hours following orders from others or being stuck in a certain floor or all the reck ship falling on top of me not to mention surviving that cold water if I manage to get out of the ship idk if I could survive a moment like that putting the time line it happened it was too tragical. We can all talk about how we could of done things but living there in the moment is a whole different scenario.

[@jameshoopes6467]

Information is key, you’re right. But what you didn’t mention is getting information from the first minute you’re onboard. Explore the ship. Learn your way around. Listen to the crew when they’re doing lifeboat drills. Don’t wait to gather information until you are in a life and death situation. Rose was smart to ask Andrews so many questions early. She was smart to get a quick impression at the time of the incident how serious the problem was. Information is life.

[@KKruse-jb4cu]

The only lifeboat drill was canceled by Captain Smith.

[@destructionman1]

Good points. I think of this whenever I am in a large building -- where are the exists, what would I do in case of emergency, etc. I have even heard of cases of ex-military or people with severe PTSD will have actual physiological responses when there is not alternative evacuation plans.

[@diddyfaplord]

What lifeboat drills? Lol

[@Hendricus56]

If I'm a time traveler: Go to the starboard side (because it would be suicidal to go to the port side) and try getting into the first available life boat. Since they were pretty empty anyway and the officers struggled getting people in them, one person more wouldn't be a problem considering Murdoch would be in command and men had at least some opportunities to enter a life boat. If not, I would go up to the boat deck as ordered and probably try getting into a life boat. I don't know if I would end up on the starboard or port side, but even if I ended up on the port side, I would have probably tried looking how it is on the starboard side after being turned away. Otherwise, I would probably continue trying until it is too late and no idea what I would try if I didn't got into one. Good thing that if I'll ever be on the Titanic, I know what will happen and what I need to do

[@thecomedypilot5894]

If all else failed, I would go to the collapsible boat on the starboard side that they pushed off from the top of the officers quarters onto the boat deck, because the collapsible boat on the port side fell upside-down in the water and I think the "women and children only" protocol was no longer in effect at that time. I know that boat nearly sank though from being tied to the falls and the ship started dragging it under, plus the falling funnel flooded the ship and knocked a bunch of people out of the boat and a few later died due to the freezing water in the boat. But if all else failed, I may as well try that. Jeez didn't expect to get so many people replying to me... yes I know that the people on collapsible b had an easier time but even if I wasn't a time traveler, I would have ran the whole boat deck and I would have eventually seen the 2 lifeboats on top of the Quarters, I would have just hung around one and waited for them to push it down. The problem with both the collapsible's is that the one on the port side was easier to fall off of but had a higher survival rate, whereas the one on the starboard side was fairly easier to stay on but the flooded boat caused a higher death rate.

[@fitzgerald297]

@@thecomedypilot5894 I always thought the same thing but the port side had a higher survival rate and more people on it. Lightoller single handedly saved those 30 men on collapsible b.

[@Hendricus56]

@@thecomedypilot5894 Yes, but you wouldn't know about all of that when you aren't a time traveler and if you are, it would be foolish not to leave it immediately

[@sorrenblitz805]

@@thecomedypilot5894 it was never actually Women and Children only. It was Women and Children First which Lightholler interpreted as Women and Children Only. The side Lightholler wasnt on boarded men onto lifeboats after the women and kids got on.

[@randomrazr]

were their anyone who never made it tot he deck

[@mattc5000]

The deck chairs floated. I would get at least 4 deck chairs, and start tying them together in a square formation with either rope (if I had a knife) or maybe torn sheets or shoe lace. Then I’d try to find anything that could float and be attached to these wooden deck chairs (pillows, cushions, other wooden objects, maybe even my own mattress if I could get it upstairs/through the slanted hallways, this would be great at keeping the water from touching you for a longer period). This sounds like it would take a while but once the plan is realized this “chair raft” would most likely only take about 20 minutes to construct. The hardest part though would be trying to actually “launch” this raft into the water with the panicked people around and increased angled of sinking.

[@LordMangudai]

There was a door on D Deck that they opened to load passengers onto boats with (but never used). I would find that, wait until it sank to the waterline and then launch my raft there. That would give me enough time to paddle away from the Titanic before the final plunge and thus not be in danger of being sucked down or swamped by the people in the water. Then I would try to reach one of the other lifeboats. Presumably they wouldn't object to me tying myself to the boat (or even just holding on) since I wouldn't be taking up extra space.

[@Tyler-ce3um]

Exactly, id definitely do this too, if you survive floating on it for 30-60 minutes, you might be rescued by a lifeboat.

[@johnengland8619]

Proclaim to be a seaman/ rower

[@currbag]

The problem would be others realizing what you have and swamping you. You would have to do this early and row out to sea a little way

[@destructionman1]

I would beat you up as soon as you finished your nice raft and be on my merry way with it :)

[@davinp]

There was one woman in third class that spoke english and was able to make it to the deck to get on a lifeboat. For the others in third class that didn't speak english, they had a lesser chance of surviving

[@faulltw]

Only one women in all of third class spoke English?

[@davinp]

@@faulltw I think they may be more than one. I just know of one woman's story

[@faulltw]

@@davinp LOL, I am sure I was just joking, but thanks for responding..

[@hazelmarieb9934]

If I were a time traveler I'd have just been like "hey guys, there's an iceberg over there." so they would have spotted it a bit sooner.

[@irefusetoaskmydoctorifyour6401]

Yes, but then you run into a variant of the "Grandfather Paradox". Since you saved the ship, it never sank, therefore you wouldn't know to go back and warn them.

[@TCR_710-Cap]

@@irefusetoaskmydoctorifyour6401 Not a paradox at all, when you come from timeline "A", go back on it, and save Titanic, in this very moment the timeline changes to "B". So, adopt this to the grandfather. Most think about this in a way, when you kill your grandfather in the past, how can you be born and travel back? Well, there is no need to get born, you are already there, just in a new timeline (and older of course). The old timeline ended with your arrival.

[@1940limited]

Good point! :-) Do you remember Elijah on the dock in Moby Dick before the Pequod sailed? He warned Ishmael of impending doom, but captain Ahab wouldn't listen when it was mentioned to him. I wonder how much luck a person would have had trying to warn the crew on the bridge of what was coming and to slow down?

[@ReneSchickbauer]

@@1940limited Maybe there would be a way to prevent new Marconi messages being sent from the pursers office to the Marconi room, greatly reducing the workload of Philips and Bride. So maybe they would have a) accepted the iceberg warning from the Californian sent it to the bridge and b) maybe even had time to chat with Evans, keeping him up and listening in for a while longer.

[@1940limited]

@@TCR_710-Cap If Titanic didn't sink it would have been just another 4-stacker, probably used in troop service in WWI, then put back in passenger service for a while until newer ocean liners wooed away the business. There'd be some pictures of it here and there and some lament that it went to the scrap heap.That's assuming the Germans didn't torpedo and sink it.

[@LocoJunius]

The more videos I watch about Titanic is that it's obvious how much Murdoch was a hero and Lightoller seems a bit of a Villain and not just for not letting the men in.

[@_megazz]

Nice video as always. I think it would be cool to see a technical analysis of the 1997 film on what they got right and what they got wrong or changed intentionally about the sinking. Maybe going into depth about the research James Cameron did.

[@karenryder6317]

I agree.

[@chrisigoeb]

Discovered your channel some days ago, and you revived my love for the titanic once again. Thanks

[@Andrewhedgehogs]

Me too

[@wattage2007]

I love that their are limitless scenarios from this sinking which 108 years later are still fascinating and thought provoking. I'd be looking for a big enough wooden table and tie any spare lifejackets I could find to the legs of the table to fashion a one man lifeboat. All total fantasy but that'd be my strategy if I was a single man faced with certain death. EDIT: just watched to the end, almost the same scenario :D

[@santivsj]

the fantasy is in the fact that you probably wouldn't have access to life vests

[@db7610]

​@@santivsjthere's a case that they hindered more than helped people

[@destructionman1]

I'd beat you up and take your comfy lifeboat :)

[@virginiahansen320]

If I knew what was happening as a time-traveler, being a woman, I would just hang out at the life boats until they started the evacuation and be first in line. That's like, problem solved!

[@kellydaunis]

Same here

[@Democracyyy]

There's no fun in that through if I were a time traveler I'd wait till the last moment then climb onto collapsible b

[@rmsteutonic3686]

@@Democracyyy if I was a time traveller guaranteed survival than yes I would do that.

[@1940limited]

Women had the best shot in this case, yet many still perished.

[@frankorobinson1540]

@@1940limited 3rd class steerage many stuck below lower decks

[@shoshanaloomer]

So I’m obsessed, with the Titanic, and I’m so happy I found this channel!!

[@enniofolini8755]

As a time traveler: I like the guy that got drunk and walked along the side of titanic as it sank. I think the key here is not to be "afloat" but rather to simply stay dry. Water on skin conducts well and would take heat away from your body far too fast. I would get some rain jackets and rain pants and tie them fully around my legs, waist, arms etc, and seal it off with grease, this can surely be found on an old ship. Then steal some alcoholic beverage and a bunch of hot water, eat some food, get drunk, drink the hot water and then wait until the very last second to jump in. This should give you a head start with body temperature, allow for a longer time in the water, and reduce the human body's natural reaction to extremely cold water.

[@ReneSchickbauer]

Also, if you are a time traveler on the titanic, you might have the option to put on modern insulating gear underneath your 1910's style clothing ;-)

[@hostax3785]

Or you could do something way simpler, you take a lifeline, a lifejacket and something to row. You sit butt in the lifeline , so your body is out of the water. (If your weight is too much, put the life jacket under you so it helps pushing you up, then you row away from the ship. Ez

[@travelgirl747]

Why build a raft? Just unhinge a door. Worked for Rose.

[@madlenellul3430]

As a ‘time traveller’ wouldn’t it be more prudent to buy a ticket on the Carpathia ?… Merry Christmas folks..🥰👵🇦🇺🇺🇸

[@guyreid8692]

Getting drunk would make it worse. Alcohol is a vasodilator. You’d lose heat faster in the water. I like the grease idea

[@johnking5174]

1st and 2nd Class passengers could easily reach the boat deck, as both classes had their staircases designed to access the boat deck. 1st and 2nd Class had staircases which always opened up on to the boat deck. 3rd Class did not have that luxury, as unlike 2nd Class passengers who had their own facilities on the boat deck, 3rd Class were confined to C Deck and lower.

[@BimDaTitanicNerd]

But 3rd Class passengers were allowed to use the Grand Staircase when it was sinking. (I'm not sure)

[@johnking5174]

@@BimDaTitanicNerd Problem with that is there was never any third class corridors leading to the first or second class grand staircases. Third class was relegated to the bow and stern sections of the ship with their own staircases.

[@BimDaTitanicNerd]

@@johnking5174 What about the Scotland Road on E Deck?

[@johnking5174]

@@BimDaTitanicNerd Scotland Road was not used by passengers, only crew

[@Titanic-zw4rb]

@@BimDaTitanicNerd They werent they didnt really care

[@brick6347]

Would they have beer barrels in the kitchen? Tie a few of those with table cloths, you've got a raft.

[@zonk3979]

I was thinking about it, and if I couldn't get on a life boat in time I would drink alcohol so it keeps my body warm then in the last few minutes of the sinking slide down the deck into the ocean making less time in the cold waters, then find a floating door or a left over boat and stay there til someone finds me and arrives

[@rafidkarim4061]

😂😂😂 charles joachim the head chef

[@rens9247]

I don't think alcohol will really help you in this situation, water of that temperature will kill within 45 minutes. The chief baker was just lucky

[@zonk3979]

@@rens9247 did u see, I said I would be on something ;-; and I have been studying the titanic for years, I know what I am talking about :)

[@jamesperkins5453]

That exactly what the chef did

[@adrianghandtchi1562]

Hey I just wanna let you know that it was actually a proven myth that alcohol keeps you warm, in fact it just makes you colder quicker.

[@brucespurier7535]

Suppose you are a male passenger, and you don't get lucky enough to get a seat on a boat. You would have a couple hours on your hands. I would search all around and gather up wooden chaise lounge chairs (must have been hundreds of them on the deck.), and get rope or cord from curtains. Lash a bunch of them together, then drag your home made raft to the bow of the ship. As the bow starts to dip into the water, ease it off the front and climb on. Hopefully you can then stay out of the water mostly. Then paddle away from the ship. Biggest hazard would be others trying to climb on and wrecking it.

[@clearsailing7993]

I was a mechanical engineer for 31 years. I would go to the Titanics machine shop and make some flair bolts. I would take them to a leaking compartment and put them in some of the empty rivet holes. Tighten the through bolt to spread the flair end, then tighten the large nut to pull the plates together. I would do this in two compartments so the pumps could catch up and stop the ship from sinking. Another idea would be to cut the cork blocks in the life vests into wedges and tap them into the gaps between the plates to stop the water from coming in. Another idea would be to take a canvas boat cover and tie weights on the two bottom corners. Then tie ropes on the other two top corners. Have two people lower the ropes so the canvas is over the leaking plates. Pull the ropes close to the boat so the water pulls the canvas against the leaking areas. This would greatly reduce the amount of water entering the ship. This amount of water could be handled by the pumps.

[@Lengsel7]

Except...Have you ever been in an unfamiliar shop and tried to find stuff? It's like high school shop class...takes forever to get anything done. You'd have to have that whole crew helping you. It would also help to close all the many portholes unwitting passengers left open. I kind of can't believe the crew wasn't a little more well-versed in slowing/plugging leaks in general. As for your canvas idea, they did something like that in Horacio Hornblower, so it must have been somewhere in the lexicon of past sailing. Anyways, maybe you'd enjoy this, more technical take, as I have. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rovaq6Sjh691aqs

[@currbag]

You wouldn't get shit into those holes buddy

[@currbag]

Classic answer from an engineer. "It works on my computer" But never held a tool in your hand looking at how the fuck you're going to make the bullshit work that the "engineer" drew up. Lol

[@CreatureLove-A189]

I don't know if you noticed but in part of the movie during the sinking when Jack and Rose break through the door, the part where that employee was nagging them for it being White Star Line property, that they were then walking down Scotland Road. The other thing to look at is what type of society you are from. There was one passenger, male from Japan, who was on the Titanic as a second class passenger. He was traveling alone and stuck with Officer Murdoch until he allowed men to eventually get onto one of the boats. Even though it was clear that Murdoch allowed him onto the boat. People in Japan who eventually learned of his story berated / shunned him for taking a woman and child's spot on the boat until he eventually committed suicide. Because it was considered dishonorable in Japanese society. So the other factor is what society you are from as well. In certain societies it is completely unacceptable for a man to take a place in the boat if there are still women and children on the ship. Another factor is if you are a third class passenger who doesn't speak any English at all. Back then ship employees weren't required to learn another language as they are today. So for an employee to speak two or more languages was very rare. So with the language barrier you wouldn't be able to gather the information you need to evaluate the situation and make decisions or ask for directions on where to go. Unless you had the idea of following another group of people or to explore yourself until you found the way to the boat deck you are a sitting duck because of the language barrier. You see this kind of situation involving steerage passengers who sound like they are from India; somewhere from Asia or the Middle East. You see the guy with a book with his wife and children huddled close to him as he tried to translate the sign they are standing in front of just before Jack, Rose, Tom, and Fabrizio get to the stairwell where they use that bench to break through the gate.

[@crazy4gta1]

That passenger did not commit suicide. He was ostracized when he returned home but he died in his sleep not due to suicide

[@tulinfirenze1990]

I've thought about this for a long time now. If I was a time traveller and knew what was going to happen I'd be collecting bouyant things for the two days before and tying them together and hide it somewhere on a deck under tarps or something. Then when all the shit started, I'd throw it off the side and, having been drinking all night and be warm enough internally (like the cook), I'd get into the water and get on my makeshift raft. I thought of this when I heard about the Chinese man who survived on a table.

[@richardpowell1772]

You could find an airtight bag or container, strip completely naked when you jump into the water. Get on the raft and then take your clothes out of the waterproof bag/container and put them on. You probably would still die of hypothermia if you were on a raft in wet clothing.

[@annaconigliaro2907]

I need more of these hypothetical videos. They are so fun to watch!

[@vickiekelly7479]

Just discovered your channel recently and I'm really enjoying your obviously researched and detailed analysis on each of these historic maritime disasters. As to the Titanic (and Lusitania, and so many others) I can only imagine that the terror and panic and sheer heartbreak of families saying what would be their final goodbyes would have been utterly horrific. May God have mercy on all their souls as well as ours.

[@cmalberts]

If you're a time traveler who arrives right as Titanic hits the berg, or shortly after in the "information gathering" hour, what about these two approaches: A) Convince Smith to fill one boat ASAP with the strongest backs he can find in the crew and have them row like hell for the "mystery ship," firing rockets along the way. The other ship *might* be able to get steam up enough fast to make it over before Titanic starts the final plunge and aid in evacuation; and/or B) Convince Smith (and Andrews) to counterflood the rear compartments (again ASAP). Titanic's resulting waterline will be frighteningly low as a result, and the ship will still eventually sink, but it buys you a few hours for the Carpathia to make it and get nearly everyone off alive.

[@lovetobe6118]

Those are interesting ideas and I have no idea if they would work. Because the lifeboat honestly wouldn't make it to the mystery ship in time to get it to turn around to navigate the ice field. I could be totally wrong on that. I have no idea if flooding the other compartments is available option and would love to hear from an actual engineer of it could work because a lot of theories similar to that have been debunked. I honestly think the best way to evacuate the Titanic would have been for Captain Smith to be more clear and concise with evacuation. He should have met with the crew and clearly told them their job was to get as many passengers to the lifeboat loading deck where then men would be led to a dining room to prepare tables and doors as rafts, and have women children and their fathers start loading in the lifeboats.

[@timothybogle1461]

They have done simulations on counter flooding or leaving the watertight doors open. It would have capsized and the pumps couldn't keep up with the flooding.

[@Monicalia]

I'd probably sleep in a lifeboat because I'm scared of water (of drowning, to be exact) so the anxiety wouldn't let me really sleep in a cabin. But jokes aside, if I knew we hit the iceberg, as a male passanger not allowed to get into a lifeboat, I'd try to find another way to save myself and protect myself from cold water. I'd make sure my family (if I had one) was safe in the lifeboat, then I would either find a door to rip off the hinges (perhaps tell others to do the same) or get tables and use them as a raft. I'd likely do the same if I was a time-traveler. I'd even already choose the table or specific door to rip off to make the evacuation faster. btw, new subscriber here! I've been binge watching your videos for days now and I love how you tell the stories. You also inspired me to buy the ''On a Sea of Glass'' book :)

[@sorrenblitz805]

I hate to be that guy but you'd be likely to end up in the water sleeping in the lifeboat. They were notorious for being rather unsafe in those days, look at RMS Lusitania and RMS Atlantic.

[@chatteyj]

Same I would try and rip off doors or some of the wooden panelling inside and get others to do the same, with the aim of paddling to the iceberg for some safety and terra firma (damn thats ironic).

[@Tyler-ce3um]

@@chatteyj exactly, tear some wooden parts off the ship and try to attach them together, you can add extra flotation with lifebelts or life preservers.

[@hallamhal]

Glad you've got your power back! It seems like survival came down to luck of the draw more often than not

[@Combaticon]

One would need a screwdriver or an emergency axe to take off the door (assuming an unreasonable crew member wouldn't try to stop you), before trying to MacGyver it into a raft.

[@Monicalia]

You can literally kick them off the hinges lmao and about crew member, what is he gonna do? Fine a passanger? For ruining door that would end up in Atlantic anyway? Yeah, like someone would care about their opinion. besides, titanic had hundreds of door, if a crew member is downright harrassing, you can always go find another door or a table lol.

[@yusufkhan-ig7dv]

@@Monicalia that's White Star Line Property!

[@stonix1992]

I would choose the Milwaukee M18 class with a 10Ah Battery on it. It really lasts long. Did they have GPS back then ? Might be a good help to find land.

[@Tyler-ce3um]

imagine them complaining about a cheap door when a 7.5 million (166 million today) dollar ship is about to end up at the bottom of the ocean.

[@modeyman101]

Good way to start the day! Thanks, Sam!

[@alienter7517]

To me it’s 6 pm but, good way to start my break 😁😁

[@juliedurden9479]

I love your videos! I’ve been fascinated by the Titanic since I was a child in the 70’s. I remember they discovered the wreck the same year I was married. It was a huge deal. Then years later, was fortunate enough to be able to take my kids to see the Titanic exhibit and the artifacts in person. It was very emotional for me. So your videos are always very interesting and you are quite knowledgeable on the subject! Have you ever seen the exhibit? Anyway, to answer your question about what I would do…if I was a time traveler I probably wouldn’t board the Titanic to begin with, LOL! I know it’s a lame answer! Keep the videos coming and I love your channel!

[@davidbehman4836]

Your channel is fantastic. I just discovered it recently and it’s all so interesting. Keep up the great work!

[@WillzyFilms]

I’ve been looking for a video like this! Thank you Sam for the AMAZING video!!!

[@invictus8915]

Lots of clothing, several life jackets, a desk and a bottle of whiskey! If I wasn’t a time traveler though I’d probably just jump and scream hoping a boat comes to save me.

[@shahancheong9792]

To Build Titanic Raft: 1. Find deck-chairs. At least two. 2. Tie firmly together at all points. Arms, legs, backs. Either side by side or back to back or foot-to-foot (probably side-to-side because more tie-points). Lots of rope around to do that with. It's a ship, after all. 3. Strap as many life-jackets as possible to underside of deck-chair boat, under/between legs, and back and along the sides, using lifejacket tie-strings. Loads of leftover lifejackets around. 4. Instruct others on how to do same. Climb aboard, launch or float off into the ocean. Wait for rescue. Pull aboard extra survivors if possible (my guess is a construct like this would probably safely hold 2-3 guys, maybe 4, if lucky). Done.

[@FrigginCatsBruh]

Wow you so smaht

[@markgreene101]

After making several comments my last comment is you make really good video documentaries. I have subscribed to them and I watch everyone. Keep up the good work.

[@MrLucky13cmh]

Really great question and way to explore it!! Nice video... Loved it!!

[@1940limited]

I've heard before that Murdoch on the starboard side was letting men in the boats so that would be the place to go. It would behove you to explore the ship during the voyage so you knew where things are such as access to the grand stairway leading to the boat deck.

[@ogpigeon4431]

One of the things i think is often overlooked regarding that disaster is how scary it would have been given that it's in the middle of the night, in the middle of the ocean, and cold as heck! I'm sure many, many people were too afraid to go the lifeboat route given the darkness, weather, and the 70 foot distance from the boat deck down to the subfreezing ocean.

[@bobcornwell403]

I wouldn't even try for the life boats. There's too few of them, and they became quite in demand. Instead, I'd look for a large steamer trunk. I would empty it and drag it up to the well-deck (preferable the bow one) and climb inside. I' grab a broom, if I could find one, on my way. And I'd grab a large drinking glass too.I would stand beside the trunk until I saw the water approaching, then I'd climb inside. The broom would be used as a crude paddle. The drinking glass would be used as a bailing bucket.

[@jeskerjames3260]

I think if I was a time traveler I would beg and plead with Captain Smith to stop the damn ship until morning so we don’t hit the iceberg.

[@shawnd567]

Or tell the Californian to stay on the radio tonight. They were 10-20 miles away. They could have arrived with an hour to spare and likely saved everyone.

[@invainsite]

Sam, you mention how well James Cameron depicts the disaster in his film. After recently rewatching the film in over ten years, I realized that two hours of the film's approx. three hour run time is dedicated to the Titanic sinking. Thus, the film's running timeline of the Titanic sinking is fairly equivalent to the historical timespan of the sinking. That being said/observed, would it be possible to analyze the film's depiction of the sinking with the comparable timeline of the historical sinking? In particular, noting the general behavior/panic levels of passengers and crew, as well as the depth of the Titanic into the water in relation to the amount of time that had passed (film vs. historic.) One other thing I'd like to mention/point out: How Caledon Hockley (Billy Zane) survived the sinking; he found an abandoned/lone young girl and falsified being "All that she had left in the world," in order to gain sympathy and a place on a lifeboat.

[@1940limited]

I've always thought A Night To Remember was the best Titanic film.

[@karenryder6317]

@@1940limited Haven't seen that one in ages. What did you like about it?

[@kommandantgalileo]

If I were a time traveller on the titanic, I'd try to prevent the whole incident in the first place!

[@Truecrimeresearcher224]

But what if it's a set point in time. Meaning it has to happen no matter what you do the ship will still sink. There are theories about set points where things happen and have to happen and it's impossible to stop

[@user-ui8ge5zh2w]

If I travel in time and end up on the Titanic, I will find the wireless room, and make sure to deliver every ice report to the Captain.

[@LunalovaniaGaming]

Hey Sam! Sorry I missed your livestream this past Sunday. Hope you have a wonderful day/night hun. You and your family stay safe and healthy. ❤🤝

[@connorruddy5884]

A question I always had; what if titanic sank in a different part of the ocean? (Thinking about how the condition of the wreck might be different)

[@nicholasimholte7359]

There were plenty of life vests (belts). Drowning was not a huge issue except for those deep in the ship. Most died of hypothermia. If it were ten degrees warmer, far more would have survived.

[@Pisti846]

I wonder why, once they knew the ship was doomed, the crew didn't begin assembling the collapsibles.

[@karenryder6317]

I believe that they did begin the assembly of the collapsibles, but it went poorly in all the chaos. Some of the survivors were picked up from collapsibles.

[@matthewharhai4039]

Awesome, thought-provoking video. I am a new subscriber and big into the Titanic. Will be looking to see if you made any videos on OceanGate.

[@cky3594]

Great video as always 👍

[@Heywhatsupmyman]

I’ve thought about takin a table or a door and tying lifebelts to them, just like your idea, and I’ve thought about maybe running to the bow, where you wouldn’t have to jump to get into the water, but the suction would probably be too much. I think I’d build my little raft, and wait for a opportune and relatively safe moment to deploy it. Or I’d wait til lifeboats hit the water and jump from lower decks that are open to the air/sea and swim mindlessly in a direction of one as fast as I could. Try to layer up. Frank Prentice said he fastened a lifebelt between his legs and tied it to his wais, give you that extra protection and I’d assume buoyant speed to swim rather easily. Whatever I’d do, I would not wait, I’d try to get onto the water and near a lifeboat as soon as I could, before much panic and before people get desperate. But let’s say I was forced to stay on the ship somehow, Id find some kind largish floatation anything and wait til the sink completely submerges and do my best to get as far away from people and get up on my raft and go towards lifeboats if I could see them. I agree with you that the best chance at survival is remaining calm and absorb as much info as you can and build a plan as you learn what’s happening and execute it with conviction and confidence trying your best to not succumb to thoughts about dying

[@wildshadowstar]

Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman over on Mythbusters broke the myth and decided that both Rose and Jack could have survived on the door she was floating on if they could have rigged her life jacket underneath the door to help with its buoyancy.

[@Monicalia]

@@wildshadowstarI wouldn't really trust their video, because it's easier to figure things out when you're not in the middle of Atlantic Ocean, in pitch darkness, after 2 hours of struggling your way out of the sinking shit, in freezing cold water and in thin clothes, and in shock and panic, surrounded by thousands of dying people, and early stages of hyperthermia depriving your limbs of any feeling.

[@karenryder6317]

What are the facts about the suction of the boat? Is it worse in the sinking bow or in the rising stern?

[@edwardianlinersdead7864]

I'm only 15 years old, but I've thought about this long and hard...my final answer is....I wouldn't survive, I would let a women or child survive, I would go down like a gentleman, with honor...

[@rmsteutonic3686]

I’m dumb and would probably have the opportunity to get off the ship, but find myself on collapsible B

[@ron3557]

​@@rmsteutonic3686 better than collapsible A at least

[@chuckschafer942]

AT 15 YOU ARE A MAN

[@geoffreym3106]

Love your videos mate

[@michaelashmore6208]

Hey Sam, I saved your hair yesterday, lol, awesome videos, I’m following!!

[@PelsckoPelesko]

Can you do a what if: David Blair stayed 2nd Officer, Wilde didn’t come to replace Murdoch, Or, Wilde Did replace Murdoch, but instead of leaving the ship, Blair was lowered to 3rd Officer

[@starrsmith3810]

For the first one, pretty sure Wilde would have stayed alive

[@adf1804]

Always wondered that. Would that mean lightoller would be on the bridge at the time of the iceberg sighting. He would have been 1st officer and not Murdoch, if Wilde wasn't transferred from the Olympic. Maybe he would have reacted differently and there would be a different outcome. But unfortunately one of them questions we'll never know the answer to.

[@starrsmith3810]

@@adf1804 that thought line makes me wonder if he would have even survived.

[@mattobrien7794]

If you were on the titanic for the hole voyage and knew what was going to happen why not start building the raft on day 1 on the voyage.

[@earthman6700]

Good luck with the weather. Stay safe. Good video as usual 👍

[@swashington942]

Thanks for making these videos.

[@irefusetoaskmydoctorifyour6401]

I have always been amazed that people were reluctant to get into the lifeboats at first. i.e.- "We're much safer aboard this big, heated, well-lit SHIP, than we are in that little creaky rowboat in the ice-cold, darkness of the North Atlantic Ocean!" Of course, my perspective is from the 21st century, and that was the Victorian Era, BUT . . . to my way of thought, the Captain / crew know much more about the ship than I do, and if the Captain is ordering women / children to be put off in the lifeboats, well he has DANG good reason to do so! Those 1st class women were married to some of the richest men in the western world, if the Captain put them into little wooden lifeboats and out into the cold, dark North Atlantic in the middle of the night on a lark, you can bet there would be severe consequences and repercussions both for him, his crew, and the White Star Line later on, and Captain Smith would be fully aware of this. So when I see lifeboats being loaded, I KNOW, this ship is going to SINK. But again, Victorian Era, versus 21st century.

[@simonh6371]

Victorian era? She'd been dead more than a decade. This was the Edwardian era.

[@brianclaudio1942]

Maybe make a video about the possibility of surviving the sinking if you were in the stern of the ship during the final plunge and break-up of the Titanic... I'm sure maybe a few survived from the people on the stern, but what seemed like a safe option if you had no more lifeboats left, ultimately ended up being a very dangerous situation, especially considering the lifting up the stern, the abrupt collapse during the breakup and the lift up again of 90 degrees before eventually plunging out of sight completely 😵🙌🏻

[@karenryder6317]

somebody must have calculated these factors and picked the sweet spot between the bow and the rising stern, where someone was most likely to have survived

[@laylaleannejepson7]

I really enjoyed this video. Definitely makes people think. It's also nice to know that 3rd class passengers could of easily accessed the boat deck. Just a shame not many managed as didn't know etc. Thanks for this fun video 🙂

[@rmsteutonic3686]

It’s been a month since we had a video in this format. I like it.

[@C.G.Hassack]

I don't think its possible for any of us to truly say what we would do, influenced as we are by the knowledge of what others did to survive. I think that I would put my family in a boat, then try an Arthur John Priest and swim for it when the boat deck goes under. But... Now if I were a time traveler, that's easy, I would NOT get on the Titanic. That or I would get back in my TARDIS and leave. 🙂

[@Maritime_History]

6:54 I think that everybody already knows that. It is a major factor of the story of the Titanic 14:35 AND Copyright. Jeez, if they do that for a 5 second clip, that means they are just picking on you.

[@HistoricTravels]

haha believe it or not I was slightly worried about that.

[@cyberhype5495]

16:29 YESSSSSSSSS! Great idea and you could even make a fun video about it based on pictures & inventory of the possible materials available to the crew & passengers

[@PinkPatriot]

I can already tell you have the whole movie memorized. As do I 😂 every last word of that ENTIRE movie

[@TheArtemisoflight]

I don’t know if it’s been brought up in previous videos but I think it would be excellent to discuss the way White Star billed the families of the deceased crew and staff of the Titanic for the loss of the uniforms. They did so much disgusting stuff! How much else did they and other companies do to passengers and loved ones after ships sank?

[@rijkemans5114]

I don't know about the White Star Line, but I've read that story about the business (another one) responsible for hiring the musicians.

[@int109]

I don't think White Star Line did that. It was the agency that hired the musicians.

[@davinp]

Since Captain Smith cancelled the lifeboat drill scheduled for the morning of Sunday, April 14, the officers didn't get the training to lower the lifeboats. This is why they didn't full them to capacity. If all the lifeboats were filled to capacity, another 700 lives would have been saved

[@1940limited]

I wonder if they had enough time to fill every one to capacity? But there certainly was a awful lot of waste. That why I think they boats should have been filled to capacity with whoever wanted to go regardless of man or woman. In the beginning many people didn't want to get into the boats. It wasn't a pleasant idea rowing out into the middle of the ocean in a small boat in pitch dark and bitter cold.

[@sorrenblitz805]

How to survive Titanic: Literally don't board Titanic. Just go on any other ship at a later time.

[@mariamatheson5300]

Great comment

[@falcondragonslayer]

If I were a time traveler, I would simply attempt to warm the captain of the ice berg. If he wouldn’t listen, that’s his problem

[@camfg8908]

I just thought about another scenario: would it be possible for any passenger to survive, if nobody was coming to rescue them from lifeboats or possible rafts they build? Could they navigate to closest shore in any way and would they have enough energy to do that, by rowing for example? Would they stay warm enough, even they had not touched ice cold water at any point? Would they have any way to access any food or drink during that time? How long would it take at minimum to reach the closest habitated shore?

[@LordMangudai]

They'd be absolutely screwed. The nearest coastline was 700 miles away and it was Newfoundland which is extremely sparsely populated. They wouldn't have made it even a tenth of the way before either freezing or dying of thirst. However being in the then-busy Atlantic shipping route the odds of a ship passing by close enough to signal (I believe the lifeboats were equipped with flares) would have been pretty good.

[@jaredpatterson1701]

@@LordMangudai maybe they could've made it and sat on a large ice berg until a ship passed by

[@js3599]

I agree, I would have liked to have seen the crew, and possibly passengers as well, disassembling the ship's minor infrastructure and creating makeshift rafts for people to potentially save the passengers in the water. They don't need to be complicated, They only need to possess one quality: the ability to float with at least one person aboard it. My idea of this would be to leave these "rafts", as many as time would allow them to create, unsecured on the decks, so they float to the surface after the ship sunk, or even as it split apart, to give the people in the water a chance, small as that chance may be, to find something to get out of the water, improving their chances of survival. How many people would have been saved by this act, probably not many, proportionately. Assuming you end up near one of these "rafts", you would also be competing with everyone else in the water as well to get to it. Don't expect any chivalry or etiquette at this point, because everyone will be out for themselves only. Even if you do get to relative safety out of the water, you would then have to actively defend your spot... Even living victims of the sinking, in the water, could potentially give themselves more time by clustering together to conserve SOME body heat. This solution would buy them a LITTLE more time, but few if any would likely remain alive long enough to be rescued. They would STILL be wet, in an entire OCEAN of freezing water, and TIME itself would STILL be AGAINST them, but it would SLIGHTLY increase their odds... An argument for this action that could be made: Is it worth it to prolong the suffering to even try it? Another, more macabre, more disturbing, possibility of survival in the water... lash the dead bodies together to form a large raft. The combination of the life belts, with the surface area of the bodies that were wearing them would give adequate floatation to possibly save several survivors as well. You can repent later, when your safe. Not only would those bodies save multiple lives, but it would also make it easier to gather up so they can be proper internment later. I am quite sure anyone surviving this method would suffer nightmares for the rest of his/her life, but then again, so did the rest of the survivors...

[@karenryder6317]

Why did the deck chairs get thrown in the water? They wouldn't keep you from freezing to death.

[@js3599]

@@karenryder6317 To stay dry in that situation is ideal to maximize your chances of survival. A lifeboat is definitely the best chance. To be wet, but able to somehow get out of water might buy you, maybe, an hour or two of life, possibly longer if you are lucky. This estimate is an optimistic MAYBE... To be completely in the water, with no way out, you would have, at best, 10-15 minutes to live. Anything beyond that is in the miracle zone. In that situation, even one deck chair could make the difference... BUT... You won't be happy or comfortable, regardless if your wet or dry in ANY situation in a scenario like that, AND time is against you...

[@paulmason2024]

Another way to survive: Tell the captain and crew on April 14th 11:28 PM That the ship is gonna hit an iceberg and tell them to do a hard a starboard.

[@MaxPower-kb4ke]

Love this topic! I've considered this exact same thing many times and the last scenario you described is exactly what I figured I'd do.....Make sure the wife and kids are safe and then work on building a raft. Build it out of spare life belts and whatever else I can find that would float and head on up to the bow and wait for the water to come up to the deck and step off onto my raft....not taking any spot in a lifeboat that could have been used for a woman or child. Slightly off topic.... I've always loved the work of Ken Marshall. He has painted dozens of incredible portraits of the Titanic Both before and after the sinking and I've always wanted to see if he could do some kind of rendition of what the wreck would have looked like immediately after the sinking.....like what the wreck would have looked like on April 16, 1912. If anyone could pull that off, It would be him!

[@agustus66]

i cant think of his name but wasnt there a cook that had been drinking alot of brandy that acually helped save him by working as a insulator for his body which kept him from freezing to death in the water

[@johannalehto9154]

Are you talking about Charles Joughin?

[@agustus66]

@@johannalehto9154 i believe so..i remember reading about it and they kind of covered it in the movie i think

[@virginiahansen320]

Nah, the brandy didn't actually help him survive the freezing water (it increases skin-level circulation, making you feel warm but actually making you vent all your body-heat into the environment). What it did was make him completely numb and led to an almost three-stooges-esque escape which he never would have thought to do if he weren't drunk.

[@LadyDiana1956]

I think he was a baker 👨‍🍳 n the Titanic but had he not gotten pulled onboard the over turned collapsible he would have frozen like everybody else in the water.

[@gc7820]

Easy - as long as you’re a first class woman passenger who does as she’s told and actually gets in a lifeboat when it’s offered. Everyone else, a bit trickier unless your a crewman nominated to staff the life boats (I think the BBofT regs required 2 crew per boat)

[@chuckschafer942]

REMEMBER 4 WOMED DIED IN FIRST CLASS 3 WERE BY CHOICE

[@catherinespark]

Oh gosh - Rose getting the chilling process started early there!!

[@oliverpetroski4205]

If I was a time traveler, Id stop the whole disaster, not just save myself...

[@HistoricTravels]

That wasn’t the question, the question was if you were a time traveler and you were there then how would you survive.

[@robertkreutzer4107]

FYI - just a fun addition. The old TV series "The Time Tunnel" drops its two time travellers on the Titanic in its pilot episode. They try to warn the crew and when that fails, begin making plans on how to survive...if the people controlling the tunnel can't recall them to the present or shift them to another place in time & space.

[@larryhatcher8927]

I've heard this for a lot of different things.....Given a two hour head start could you........ The Titanic would be hard I would wait until about 15 minutes before the first guy saw it then I would scream bloody about seeing the iceberg with my 40 20 vision whatever. I think the Kennedy assassination would be easy. All you would have to do would tell every cop you see that a man in that window stuck a gun out. If push came to shove you could go up there and stop it yourself. 9/11 would also be pretty easy if you had the names of all of those involved. The FBI would want to know how you got your information and would probably throw you in jail but you could still stop it

[@Democracyyy]

I have a question for you all what if you where on the titanic at 2:10 the final plunge is about to begin only two lifeboats are left collapsible a and collapsible b which of them will u choose the upside down boat or the right side up boat that's half full of water

[@HistoricTravels]

Upside down one. At least that way you are out of the water.

[@Democracyyy]

@@HistoricTravels same I would also choose collapsible b

[@89schofe]

Crew member sees random guy building a raft... "you can't do that, that's white star property" 😅

[@rolo8950]

Jack and rose in the film were actually based off Isadore and ida. She said, "where you go I go". Jack and rose always said "if you jump I jump, where you go I go".

[@anthonyspitery6332]

If I had a family I think I would ask my wife to board a lifeboat alone, so I could pretend i’m a single dad with my kid and get a spot on another boat (similar to how Cal escaped in the Titanic movie) I wonder, Sam, are there any real life cases in which a family actually had that plan and did just that?!?

[@misaelfraga8196]

That would be taking a big risk with your child, but can't argue with the logic. Just make sure you go to Murdoch! Lol

[@int109]

Very risky. If you were on the port side Lightoller would probably only let your kid board. That's what happened to the Titanic Orphans.

[@davidklande]

Hey, Sam. Could you do a video on the SS Frankfurt's role in the night the Titanic went down? It seems to be quite an interesting story, but I'm finding confusing and partially contradicting information on this ship. But apparently it was the first ship to respond to Titanic's distress signal and also one of the closest ones, with her captain supposedly estimating that they could reach the Titanic by 2 AM or earlier (which would have saved a lot of lives). The 2 variants of her story I've seen have her simply not finding the Titanic due to the wrong coordinates or turning away in the first place due to a rude message from Jack Phillips (similar to the Californian) for being either german or simply using a competing wireless set. The Frankfurt is in most charts depicted as being 140 miles away when they received the distress signals but at least an article on encyclopedia titanica claims it was the closest ship at less than 20 miles. The story also appears to be intertwined with the story of the Mount Temple, which either was heading towards the Titanic at full speed or hiding close by, possibly to not risk it's 1500 people going through the ice field, with the Captain lying about what the Frankfurt did to divert attention away. Either way, there appears to be an interesting, little known story here.

[@sorrenblitz805]

Frankfurt wasn't really the closest. Technically the Californian was closest and Carpathia second closest. The Frankfurt had trouble understanding the English telegraph signals from Titanic and kept asking "Are you Sinking?" And the Titanic operator having already given multiple signals of SOS and MGY Titanic is Sinking, got frustrated and told them to stay out of the chatroom basically. Titanic Honor And Glory does a really good live stream where they talk in depth about the ships communicating with Titanic that night.

[@superadders19]

No. The Frankfurt was way too far away. Closest ship was Californian which didnt respond. Second closest was Mount Temple which did respond but werent able to arrive before third closest Carpathia (mainly due to ice field). The only ship that could have arrived before titanic sank at 2:20 was Californian.

[@antonmedvedev1128]

Hi there 😊 new to the channel and already binge watching 👀 😇 Keep up the great work you're doing, it's very educating 👍 As for me as a random guy on board who time travels and knows a bit more than the rest, I think I'd put on my thermo diver suit that keeps the warm of my body, appropriate shoes in order not to contact with freezingly cold water and get a flask with brandy or something like that but never vodka! (I don't wanna get drunk, I just wanna keep my blood a bit more fluidy thus keep my body warm enough to swim away) . Yes, I'd pick a large door and slide down into the water instead of falling into the sea 🌊

[@randomrazr]

herea a video idea sam. could titanic crew have done any sort of damage control to minimize speed of sinking? such as gathering a bunch of canvas sheets and throwing it overboard hoping it would block and slow rate of water going intot he ship

[@epicuniversal]

If I was a time traveller and had advanced knowledge? I'd go back to something like April 12th and I would bring some technological items with me like a smart phone or tablet and a solar charger for daytime charging, perhaps your whole Titanic series loaded onto it with dive footage of the wreak. Maybe even James Cameron's Titanic movie, because why not? All in offline mode and stored on the phones micro SD card so that I can prove to the captain that I knew my sh*t. I'd sit down with him and enjoy a nice first-class meal so that I can fill his head with all the 21st century knowledge that I have and show him what is ultimately about to happen with his ship and it's passengers. I'd convince him to not ignore the ice warnings, either slow or stop the ship, wait until daylight for better visibility to navigate the ice field and then proceed with caution. Doing all of this to avoid the collision in the first place from ever happening.

[@vickiekelly7479]

You'd have to include Bruce Ismay and Thomas Andrews in your meeting - Andrews for further veracity (and his edification as well) and Bruce Ismay - who's money was driving their steam to NY.

[@sorrenblitz805]

Smith didn't ignore the ice warnings by the way. He changed course more southerly twice. The last ice warnings weren't ever brought to him because Jack Phillips having just spent most of the night before fixing the Marconi machine was working through a backlog of passenger messages and had to work through that instead as the telegraph operators didn't work for White Star they worked for Marconi and were there primarily to send messages for passengers.

[@earthman6700]

You can't do that! Changing the time line could change history. Not necessarily for the better. 1700 lives saved. Their future actions and interactions. Their offspring. Their presence isn't in real life. If it was... It is what it is. Besides you would not have had an audience with the Captain. And if you managed such a meeting its doubtful your toys and fancy talk would influence him. A night in the brig to bring you to your senses seems more probable.

[@thethesaxman23]

I think this would be a much more interesting discussion if you made the lifeboat option off limits. Trying to figure the best way to get off without a lifeboat would be a much more challenging challenge

[@rolandrothwell4840]

You are fascinating thanks 😊 🙏

[@shaunmcclory8117]

Ooh just thought of a plan! Jump in the water very early on near one of the half full lifeboats, surely you would be pulled out of the water onto a boat early on👍then you just need to get dry!

[@robinrobyn1714]

Not be on the Titanic.

[@metal_master]

I know the water was cold but what if you saw a lifeboat in the water half full and just jumped overboard to swim to it? I'm sure the people on board would pull you in right? That's where my mind went during this video but I'm sure others might disagree 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@sorrenblitz805]

Well provided you don't instantly die from cold shock from contact with the water, the shock will pretty much scramble your brain for a few moments and as you struggle to get your bearings to swim after your pretty hard fall to glassy water. Then the cold will likely sap you of your ability to even move your arms and legs the more and more you try to work them and if you make it to the boat the people on the boat have a 50/50 chance of helping you or panicking and beating you away with an oar to prevent you from capsizing them and killing them too.

[@evanleo7633]

these are not only good advices for the titanic but also true for any ship wreck, Oceans, Costa Concordia , Sewol .

[@the_rover1]

my way to survive: collect as many live wests ( 1400+ people wouldn't need them anyway) as possible and tie them onto a 5 by 5 metre wooden wall panell I rip out of the ship. get some blankets, something resemling a paddle and a bottle of good spirit, cognac will do. as soon as the forward bow castle is submerged, leave vessel onboard the raft and slowly row away.