Comments by "" (@davinp) on "Oceanliner Designs" channel.

  1. After the Titanic sank, the law required wireless operators to be on 24 hours. Before they were not required to be on at night. Also, since the operators got paid to send passenger messages, they put that as priority not iceberg warnings which they set aside
    490
  2. James Cameron said the Titan disaster is similar to the Titanic disaster and the captain ignored safety warnings. This means that both disasters could have been prevented
    140
  3. After Titanic sank, construction was halted on Brittanic to make safety changes
    38
  4. People couldn't believe that Titanic had sank. After all it was a brand new ship and better then the Olympic which didn't sink with its collision with the Hawke
    33
  5. yes, it is a shame that she wasn't saved like the Queen Mary was. She had set the record for the world's fastest ship. Because of her poor condition, it would cost too much to restore her
    32
  6. Nurse Violet Jessup was on all 3 White Star ships when disaster struck - Olympic, Titanic and Brittanic. Yes, she continued working on ships after the Titanic disaster
    32
  7. Remember that the lifeboat laws in 1912 were outdated, measuring the number of lifeboats based on the gross tonnage not the number of passengers. Also, lifeboats were not viewed as lifesavers, but to transport passengers from a distress ship to a rescue ship. Also ships like Titanic were thought be their own lifeboat.
    28
  8. True, the British Board of Trade failed to update the lifeboat laws as ships grew bigger and so it was outdated when Olympic and Titanic were built. It maybe a myth that J Bruce Ismay ordered removing the extra lifeboats saying the deck looked to cluttered. The officer on that side of ship interpreted the order as Women and Children ONLY instead of FIRST, refusing men on lifeboats
    16
  9. Since James Cameron made his movie, new information has been found on Titanic. He did a lot of research to make his movie as accurate as possible and even dived down to the wreck
    16
  10. Since Captain Smith cancelled the lifeboat drill that was scheduled for the morning of Sun, April 14, 1912, the crew was unprepared and didn't get practice to lower the lifeboats resulting in pure chaos that night
    9
  11. The explosion caused some of the water tight doors to be jammed open, so they could not close them. They were open for the morning run. If the water tight doors and the portholes had been closed, Brittanic may not have sank. The portholes were open because it was hot inside
    7
  12. yes, the captain of Concordia abandoned his ship, not helping his passengers. Ironically it opened almost 100 years after the Titanic sinking
    7
  13. Despite eyewitness testimonies, the inquiry ruled Titanic sank in one piece
    7
  14. Remember that many pictures of Olympic where used for Titanic because not many pictures were taken of Titanic. Both ships are not 100% identical as they have some changes
    6
  15. Unfortunately, since Phillips was busy sending passenger messages, he didn't put the iceberg warning as priority. Had he done so, Titanic may have missed hitting the iceberg
    6
  16. yes and he apologized to Murdoch's family for the way he was portrayed in the movie
    5
  17. The wireless operators were not supposed to fix the wireless machine after it broke. The rules were that they were wait until they got to land and hand it over to Marconi for fixing. But the operators decided to fix it overnight, thus saving lives
    5
  18. The SS United States had set the record for the fastest ship of its time. Now they are going to sink this ship into an artificial reef as they could not save it like the Queen Mary
    5
  19. The ocean is not a trash can
    5
  20. There is a documentary titled "Why They Sank Titanic" in which they say the White Star Line planned to sink the Titanic and Captain Smith was in on it. They also say the SS California was placed nearby to rescue the Titanic. It's on YouTube.
    5
  21. Many mistakes and bad decisions led up to Titanic's disaster. Someone said anything that could go wrong did go wrong for Titanic
    5
  22.  @taras3702  yes, Olympic was taken out o of service in Fall 1912 for safety upgrades. I think you mean Harland not Garland
    4
  23. Titanic was designed to survive a collision with another ship, not an iceberg. Designers couldn't imagine a scenario where a ship would sideswipe an iceberg
    4
  24. Jack Phillips was tired after being up all night fixing the marconia and was very busy with passenger messages which is why he was upset and rude
    3
  25. We learned from Titanic that there is no such thing as an unsinkable ship and that the White Star Line & Captain Smith were overconfident in their ship thinking it was the safest ship ever built. They thought they had conquered the ocean.
    3
  26. Actually 112 years ago. Also, sitting on a mantle is a clock frozen in time at 2:20 - the time Titanic sank
    3
  27. RMS Titanic, inc had wanted to retrieve the Marconia from Titanic
    3
  28. The British Board of Trade failed to update the lifeboat laws as ships became larger. They measured the number of lifeboats by the ship's gross tonnage, not the number of passengers aboard. Also, back then lifeboats not seen as lifesavers but to transport people from a distressed ship to a rescue ship
    3
  29. Once the damage was done, there was nothing they could do to stop the sinking, all they could do was try to delay the sinking by pumping out water
    3
  30. The Costa Concordia accident happened almost 100 years after Titanic sank. If The Corncorda had sank in deeper waters, it would have been the 21st century version of the Titanic sinking
    3
  31. Titanic cannot be brought up because once it comes to surface and is exposed to the air, she will crumble due to the rusticles
    3
  32. Unlike in James Cameron's movie, not all the gates were locked. Third Class just had to know where to go and those couldn't speak English could not ask anyone for help
    3
  33. Of course Brittanic is in better condition because she lays in warmer and more shallower waters, so she is not rusting away as her sister Titanic is
    3
  34. Back then lifeboats were not seen as lifesavers, but to transfer people from a distressed ship to a rescue ship which is why they believed they did not need to have enough lifeboat seats for all passengers aboard
    3
  35. There is a clock frozen in a time on a mantel with the time of 2:20
    3
  36. Back then lifeboats were viewed not as lifesavers, but to transport passengers from a distressed ship to a rescue ship
    3
  37. Obviously the officers that were on duty were not going to hit the iceberg head-on. They wanted to try to avoid the iceberg, but the Titanic was too slow to turn. I don't know if it would have made a difference if they had turned right instead of left the iceberg, which was the mistake they made.
    3
  38. Despite eyewitness testimonies that Titanic broke in 2 pieces when she sank, it was ruled she sank in one piece, so everyone assumed that Titanic rested in one piece on the sea floor
    3
  39. Remember that these Olympic class ships where not designed to be the fastest ships, but the most luxurious ships
    2
  40. After Titanic sank, they made safety changes to Britannic such as bringing the water tight bulkheads to top deck
    2
  41. Since James Cameron made his movie, new facts have been discovered about Titanic. James Cameron did allot of research and made several dives to the wreckage to make his movie as accurate as possible
    2
  42. James Cameron apologized to Murdoch's family regarding they way he was portrayed in the movie
    2
  43. This year is the 25th anniversary of James Cameron's Titanic as it was released in 1997
    2
  44. the swimming pool is blocked by a water tight bulk head door and is located behind the Turkish baths
    2
  45. Scientists say Titanic most likely broke up underwater not the way it is shown in James Cameron's movie
    2
  46.  @Engine33Truck  yes. back then lifeboats were not viewed as lifesavers, but to transport people from a distressed ship to a rescue ship as there would always be ships nearby in the shipping lanes. Unfortunately, for Titanic, the nearest ship did not rescue them
    2
  47. TItanic had a slight list when they moved to burned coal from one side of the ship to the other.
    2
  48. Because the crew didn't fill all the lifeboats to capacity, an additional 500 lives were lost that could have been saved. The lifeboats had a capacity of 1178 seats, but only 706 lives were saved
    2
  49. I don't know where the idea came from that Titanic had too small a rutter. As you pointed out, Harlem & Wolff has been building ships for many years and so they wouldn't build a huge ship with a tiny rutter
    2
  50. Just like in the real Titanic, the grand stair case broke off and floated away
    2