*DH BONUS CLIP | Everything WRONG With the Titanic!*

I'm a Titanic history buff. So anything about Titanic excites me, even the dark history. I was born 69 yrs. to the day the Titanic struck the iceberg. So yeah, you could say I'm a little obsessed with Titanic. 😂

RE: The lack of lifeboats. This is often quoted as the reason so many people died - the fact is though that even if Titanic HAD more lifeboats, enough for everybody on board (which is what the law changed to world wide following Titanic's sinking), it wouldn't have made a great deal of difference to the number saved. Maybe a little bit more - but not a lot. This is because of a couple of reasons - Titanic's crew were hesitant to load the lifeboats to capacity - most of them held up to 65 people, and were tested for that number in Belfast and certified (during sea trials, a lifeboat was unloaded, filled to capacity with only men, not women, as they weighed more, lowered into the water, and then hoisted back up again) - but the officers were worried the boats might buckle at full capacity, and therefore lowered them away half full. They also, at the beginning of loading the boats, had issues getting the passengers to actually get into the lifeboats - most of the passengers considered the Titanic unsinkable, and refused to leave the big safe and warm Titanic for a flimsy looking wooden lifeboat out in the freezing cold - so a LOT of time was wasted just trying to get people into the boats. One quite unique fact about Titanic's sinking was how slow it actually was - she didn't go down super fast like most ships - it took her a full 2 hours and 40 minutes to sink after she hit the berg. But due to the delay of assessing the situation, understanding the gravity, learning from Andrews that the ship would sink, and finally getting the boats prepared and actually convincing people to board them, over an hour was lost - by the time people realised it was serious, Titanic's bow was almost completely submerged. During the final plunge, officers and passengers scrambled to the collapsible lifeboats, and which were never actually launched - one was swept off the bow as the ship plunged, the other was upside down (it fell off the deck upside down, and passengers and crew tried to stand on it, with very little success). So even with all that time, due to the hesitation of the passengers and officers, even the small amount of lifeboats on board only **just** got away before Titanic was completely gone - more lifeboats would have struggled to get away before she was lost. Another unique aspect about Titanic's sinking is the WAY she sank. Most ships capsize - they are flooded on one side or the other, and turn onto their side - think Costa Concordia, Andrea Doria, etc. Titanic's trimmers are heroes in a way - they kept trimming the ship to try to keep her even as she sank lower and lower into the water - as she went down, she developed only a small list to port, which was so minimal most survivors say they didn't notice at first. Because of this, both her starboard and port side lifeboats were able to be lowered. The final boats from the starboard side scraped along the side of the ship as they went down, but still managed to be loaded and launched successfully. Most of the time when a ship sinks,, the amount of lifeboats, even if there is enough for everybody on board (which should always be the case, don't get me wrong), is irrelevant - if a ship capsizes onto its side, the lifeboats become useless - one side is in the water, the others are unable to be launched as they cannot go down the side of the ship. The idea back then though was that these passenger liners were so safe, so well built, that they were considered "practically unsinkable" - practically being the key word. Press reporting on each new and grand ship heard this and ran with the "they are unsinkable" line. However, a lot of the shipbuilders themselves were under the impression that these ships were built in such a way that **should** anything serious happen, the ships would stay afloat long enough for another vessel to come by and rescue the passengers, making the need for additional lifeboats to be overruled. The fact that Titanic's sister ship Olympic had been rammed by another ship and badly damaged, but remained afloat and made it back to port on her own steam, strengthened this belief and idea. Thomas Andrews, being as pedantic as he was though, added extra strength to Titanic's hull following the Olympic collision - so the confidence that Titanic would be able to survive anything that hit her / she hit, grew. Of course there are other factors that hastened the sinking of the Titanic and she may have lasted longer meaning more lifeboats could have been launched if she had them - the fact that a port side D deck gangway door was opened to load passengers into the boats as they were lowered down, but then left open allowing more water to enter and fill that deck, open portholes in some areas, "Scotland Road" being a great design for crew but helped speed up the sinking by spreading water faster through the ship...it's all along the lines of "if only..." "if only they had of had more lifeboats..." "if only Captain Smith had ordered to slow down as they were approaching ice as reported to them and evidenced by the drop in temperature..." "if only Californian had tried to contact the ship firing rockets via wireless..." "if only the lifeboat drill wasn't cancelled the morning of..." "if only passengers were ordered into the lifeboats sooner..." "if only the boats were lowered full..."

there was one black passenger on the Titanic. His story is quite interesting. I wonder if Bailey knows about him. 🧐

I clicked on this so FAST !!!!!!! I’m all about Bailey! And I love anything about the RMS Titanic.

Andrews was last seen headed towards the bridge of the ship to meet Captain Smith, with a life vest in hand. This was only about 5-10 minutes before the end, around 2:10am—2:15am. Cecil Fitzpatrick, a steward, observed the two men speaking as water began to flood the area; Captain Smith said to Andrews, “We cannot stay any longer— she is going!” After a few moments, Smith said again: “It’s no use waiting any longer.” Both men jumped into the water from the bridge as it went down. Andrews was not seen again. Captain Smith likely survived for a little while and stayed near Collapsible Lifeboat B after it was floated off when the ship sank, but he died as well. A life buoy from the bridge was noted to be floating near Collapsible B later that morning. (Just some tidbits.)

Personally I think the professionalism and the skill of the crew is glossed over when it comes to this tragedy, in favour of turning it into a morality tale... Given the hand they where dealt(granted in part due to poor choices that led upto it).. One just needs to look at the Costa Concordia to see how badly it can go wrong, the irony being had the same thing happened to the Titanic likely not even close to the 33 people have died

SOLAS (safety of life at sea) was created based on the Titanic (its international law). Watertight bulkheads (walls that are watertight) go from the bottom of the hull all the way to the main watertight deck of the hull. They did not in the titanic. This prevents a breach from spilling over into space after space after space. Lifesaving equipment has to have enough for the full complement of passengers and crew on each side plus a percentage more depending on certain conditions- so essentially 100% of all people on board on each side - in case a vessel is heeled over making one side useless for launch. Those are the big three👍

bro i am so obsessed with the titanic, I have books about the titanic and has watched to movie over a zillion times. DO NOT GET ME STARTED ON THE TITANIC 😂😂 I will literally talk your ear off about it ❤

They started doing crew drills on cruise ships after the Titanic tragedy. Im an ex crew member and we had to pretend to evacuate the ship every week. It was dull but in case of emergency everyone would know what to do

Technically he was born in Ireland, we didn’t become Northern Ireland until partition in 1922. If you ever get the chance to visit the museum we have in Belfast, please do. It’s built right on the spot where Titanic was built. ❤ Thomas’ last moments are debated, some sources say he was last seen throwing deck chairs overboard so that those in the water could stay afloat. He would go stateroom to stateroom in case anyone was left behind. He helped women and children into lifeboats, making sure everyone wore their lifejackets. Apparently he wasn’t even wearing a coat on that freezing night. He was selfless to the end.