The Titanic

the over-riding story for me is the 'steerage' passengers including women and children being locked below decks while the rich took to half-empty life-boats,leaving them to perish.A book,followed by a documentary claiming the titanic was actually a sister, ship was vindicated when the wreck was located,but the silence has been deafening since.Far from being unsinkable the design was flawed in that the bulkheads did not reach deck-level so when the first one flooded it overflowed into the next.Which is what is believed to have happened.The reason for the collision has been debated,the official version was bad luck,or a coal bunker fire made the captain rush to get to port,but was more than likely to save money by not avoiding the danger area and going directly to its destination.
 
bellbuzzer said:
the over-riding story for me is the 'steerage' passengers including women and children being locked below decks while the rich took to half-empty life-boats,leaving them to perish.A book,followed by a documentary claiming the titanic was actually a sister, ship was vindicated when the wreck was located,but the silence has been deafening since.Far from being unsinkable the design was flawed in that the bulkheads did not reach deck-level so when the first one flooded it overflowed into the next.Which is what is believed to have happened.The reason for the collision has been debated,the official version was bad luck,or a coal bunker fire made the captain rush to get to port,but was more than likely to save money by not avoiding the danger area and going directly to its destination.
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I think the thought that this was the beginning of the end for much of the Edwardian era is part of its ability to enthral.

The grandeur of that ship and the class connotations are intermingled with the thoughts of those who perished, and the ones that got away (Ismay springs to mind).

It really WAS a watershed in the divide between two different worlds.
 
Always been interested in The Titanic since I was a little nipper. I love the James Cameron film and the 1950's one called Night To Remember is good too.

Read loads of books about it. I don't think it was the Olympic at all. I think they were trying to get to America as fast as they could because they wanted to try and be on a par with the Mauretania and Luisitania for the speed of the crossing. They reckon the ship actually sank as fast as it did because the iceberg effectively slit an opening across 3 of the "watertight" compartments which was something they never envisaged happening. If they had hit the iceberg head on the Ship would probably have stayed afloat.

The whole Futility story about the SS Titan which was written years before the Titanic sank really is odd. The similarities in the stories are plain weird.
 
I think they will bring it back up one day because it will just rot away if not,
they have just done new 3D scans and they are unbelievable

 
ancoats said:
I think they will bring it back up one day because it will just rot away if not,
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Titanic itself? No chance, it’s slowly falling in on itself due to the degradation of the steel, even if it were technically possible at 2 miles depth, if they tried to raise it, it would just disintegrate.
 
denislawsbackheel said:
What ghouls would want to see it in the first place?
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People diving to see sunken wrecks isn’t ghoulish. And The Titaniic will surely rank as one close to the top of most wrecks in terms of history/ importance / interest.
Its depth and location also make it a rare “find”.
 
Was at the Titanic exhibition in Belfast over the weekend, very highly recommended.

Apart from Pubs, there's not a lot else to see tbh.
 
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mackenzie said:
I think the thought that this was the beginning of the end for much of the Edwardian era is part of its ability to enthral.

The grandeur of that ship and the class connotations are intermingled with the thoughts of those who perished, and the ones that got away (Ismay springs to mind).

It really WAS a watershed in the divide between two different worlds.
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Good Point -that and WW1 shortly to follow were a turning point in the history of the UK
 
I’m claustrophobic and the thought of being in that submersible scares me. Not to mention, the slightest crack and it ends up like a Coke can after being stamped on.

If and when they bring it up, it’ll have to be in sections. Didn’t they do that with the Mary Rose? I went on a trip to see it with Brownies and it was incredible seeing just how huge it was.
 
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