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

  1. Despite eyewitness testimonies that Titanic broke in 2 when she sank, the inquiry ruled she sank in one piece.
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  2. She sank faster then the HMHS Brittanic
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  3. Titanic was designed to hold 64 lifeboats, but then they dropped it to 20 lifeboats
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  4. Scientists believe Titanic most likely broke up underwater and not the way it was shown in James Cameron's movie. Also, it's back was not straight up in the air as shown in the movie
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  5. There are very few documentaries and movies made about Brittanic as she is Titanic's forgotten sister. Everyone focuses on Titanic and so Britanic is forgotten about
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  6. The documentary "Why They Sank Titanic" theorized that the White Star Line planned to sink the Titanic on purpose for the insurance money and that Captain Smith was in on it. Also, they said they had the SS California was placed nearby to rescue Titanic's passengers. It is posted on Youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYFxBYba-YI
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  7. Thomas Andrews did not design the 3 Olympic class ships. They were designed by Alexander Carlisle. After Mr. Carlisle retired, Thomas Andrews was hired to replace him
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  8. Yes, since not many bodies were recovered that tells us many people were probably down inside the Titanic as she sank
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  9. The White Star Line decided to make the most luxurious ships, not the fastest ships
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  10. It has been 1 year since the Oceangate tragedy (June 18, 2023)
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  11. We learned several lessons from the Titanic sinking. Modern cruise ships are built with better quality materials and modern safety than 100 years ago. If a modern cruise ship where to hit an iceberg like Titanic, it is not likely to sink
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  12. As we learned from Titanic, their is no such thing as an unsinkable ship. Bacteria called rusticles are eating the Titanic. There are some wrecks deeper then the Titanic
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  13. back then death was accepted as the cost of doing business. The way they viewed safety back then is different then today
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  14. You can see that Titanic is deeply buried in the mud
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  15. Unfortunately, the word "unsinkable" spread to the newspapers
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  16. Just like J Bruse Ismay, another White Star Line executive thought Titanic was unsinkable
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  17. Titanic is in too bad shape to raise. Any attempt to raise her would cause her to crumple because she is full of rusticles
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  18. Back in Titanic's day, they didn't have a PA system and lifeboats were viewed as just transporting people from a distressed ship to a nearby rescue ship. This is why they weren't viewed as lifesavers
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  19. Human error can cause a ship to sink as we saw with the Brittanic as the port holes were open and the water tight doors were jammed open after the expolision
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  20. The 4th funnel was put their to make Titanic look like a faster ship
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  21. Titanic was hard to find because she lays 12,500 feet deep and Captain Smith had given the wrong coordinates of the location where Titanic sank
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  22. if Titanic didn't sink, the lifeboat laws would not been updated and her sister ships would not have been retrofitted with safety improvements
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  23. Some may have chosen to commit suicide by jumping overboard
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  24. The Empress of Ireland is the Canadian version of the Titanic disaster
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  25. The Marconi wireless was new technology when Titanc went on her maiden voyage. Marconia paid the operators to send passenger messages, so that was their priority and not iceberg warnings
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  26. The man at the steering wheel was supposed to turn to the right of the iceberg, not left.
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  27. Many focus on Titanic and so her sister ship Brittanic is forgotten about
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  28. As you know, several safety laws were passed after the sinking of the RMS Titanic. They include enough lifeboats for all passengers, mandatory lifeboat drill and wireless operator on 24/7. Also, the coast guard created the iceberg patrol to monitor icebergs in the Atlantic Ocean.
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  29. Just like the open portholes on Brittanic contributed to her sinking. They were not supposed to be open
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  30. Most big ships had 4 propellers. Titanic was built with the new 3-propeller configuration combined with an undersized rutter. It made the massive ship hard to stop and slow to turn without forward power.
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  31. Of course, when the real Titanic sank it was very dark that night as there was no moonlight, thus after the power went out they couldn't hardly see what was happening to the Titanic
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  32. On the HMHS Brittanic, they opened the portholes to let in air because it was hot inside. This was against the rules and contributed to her sinking as water was able to go into the open portholes
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  33. James Cameron did not build an entire ship, just one side of the ship for the movie
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  34. Many lessons were learned from the Titanic disaster and several safety laws were passed to make sure there wouldn't be another Titanic disaster
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  35. If Titanic never sank, the White Star Line's 3 Olympic class ships would not have been famous and we would not be talking about them today
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  36. Oceangate bought the carbon fiber at discount because Boeing said that it was at the end of its shelf life for airplanes
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  37. When Olympic was docked for repairs, they had to borrow a propeller blade from Titanic
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  38. As you said, the lifejackets had a design defect that could kill you
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  39. The gates were not really locked as the movie showed and could be open in an emergency. Also, if a third class passenger didn't speak English, they would not be able to ask for help and would be less likely to survive the sinking
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  40. Titanic's life jackets had a design flaw that could kill you and didn't save you from freezing. Today's life jackets are a safer design
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  41. As we learned from Titanic, there is no such thing as unsinkable ship. Today's modern cruise ships are built with much better quality material then 100 years ago.
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  42. Unfortunately dives to the Titanic wreck to retrieve artifacts have caused more damage to the ship
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  43. Fun Fact: In the 1997 Titanic movie, James Cameron ordered davits from the same company that made the davits for Titanic
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  44. The dinner severed on April 14, 1912 was the last meal served before Titanic hit the iceberg
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  45. Due to the strong list, there was no time to launch lifeboats and she sank in only 7 minutes
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  46. Since everyone focuses on the Titanic, her sister ship Brittanic is forgotten. There are only a few documentaries & movies made of Brittanic, whereas Titanic has allot of documentaries and movies made about her
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  47. Back in the early 1900s, when they built Titanic, they didn't have the best quality rivets that we have today. Today's ships are built with much better quality materials then they were 100 years ago. Also, they are built in sections
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  48. If they were going to switch ships, they would have to secretly move everything that had the Titanic's name on it from one ship to the other and that would take a long time to do. They would have to do it without the public noticing what was going on between the 2 ships. This would make the switch theory not probable.
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  49. Lightholler misinterpreted Captain Smith's order of women and children FIRST as women and children ONLY. The officer on other side did allow men
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  50. There were several lessons learned from the Titanic sinking. They did make several safety improvements on her sister ship Brittanic, but sadly those did not save her from sinking
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