Comments by "doveton sturdee" (@dovetonsturdee7033) on "50 Insane Facts About Titanic You Didn't Know" video.

Don't be silly. There was no 'uncontrollable' coal fire. There was a smouldering fire, caused by spontaneous combustion of damp coal, in one of 19 bunkers. This was discovered almost immediately, during the bunker checks carried out on a daily basis, in accordance with IMM regulations. A team was set to work on it, and it was extinguished at least 24 hours before the collision. The only part of the ship affected was the paint inside the bunker. No-one left the ship. You are confusing the replacement of the passage crew, mainly of Belfast men, with the deep-sea crew, of men recruited from the Southampton area. This was a fairly common procedure. Why do you think shovelling coal into the boilers would increase speed? Have you never heard of safety valves? Once the working operating pressure of the boilers, in this case 215 psi, was reached, the safety valves would simply lift. Speed would be unaffected. 'When one of the coal stokers who survived later testified at a court inquiry in the UK as to the fire & above facts, his testimony was squelched by the judge'. Sorry, but that is, unambiguously, untrue. I have never understood why people find the need to invent lies on this subject. Perhaps you could explain the reason to me?
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@JS-bm9tf I see the problem. I fear that Senan Molony is simply a journalist who thinks he has found a good way to sell a book, and may well have succeeded. I doubt factual accuracy is his primary concern. The three points you took from the book are highly questionable. There was a smouldering fire in one of 19 bunkers, which had no effect on the material condition of the ship. Coal from that bunker was simply used first. After all, the Olympics burned around 600-800 tons per day when at sea. Titanic was not at full speed, as five boilers were never connected, and there was no weakened steel.
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