How did Titanic's Watertight Doors work? | Oceanliner Designs #Shorts #Titanic #Ship #History

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Oceanliner Designs explores the design, construction, engineering and operation of history’s great ocean liners – from Titanic to Queen Mary but not forgetting the likes of Empress of Ireland or Chusan. Join Mike Brady as he uncovers the myths, explains the timelines, logistics and deep dives into the lives of the people and ocean liner ships that we all know and love.

[DerpyPossum]

You’d think the doors dropping for the last 18 or so inches would be dramatic enough for Hollywood to include *somewhere* at least…

[brick]

So in real life it wouldn't just be Charles Joughin who ended up legless... I'll get my coat.

[alexis_ian]

It did its job while it didn't saved the ship it at less delayed it and prevented the Titanic from capsized like Lustania 3 yesrs later

[SteamboatWilley]

One thing you always get taught when you go to sea is DO NOT ATTEMPT TO PASS THEOUGH A WATERTIGHT DOOR WHILE IT IS CLOSING! They will kill you. There is always a way to escape the space upwards by a ladder or stairs so you don't have to pass through a watertight door. Modern doors close by hydraulics and have emergency pumps to close them by hand cranking in case of a loss of power.

[gabekhosla]

If they got locked inside a boiler room. They could climb up the ladders and unscrew the water tight man holes

[yedoom]

I'd be interested in you explaining the other forms of watertight door that were employed.

[paulgrimm]

They say if the Titanic rammed the iceberg head on, she would not have sunk.The bow section was easier to seal

[unwavering_sightseer]

My friends' house had a powered curtain system on their patio door that would close like this. We would always play titanic because of it.

[logvoid]

The main problem with the watertight compartments on the titanic was that they did not vertically connect with the top deck, thus allowing water to overflow into other compartments, nowadays its required by law to actually have compartments be able to fully seal off in case of emergencies.

[edtrine]

To my understanding, the so-called water-tight compartments had no roof? In short, once water reached the top it would flow into the next compartment!

[dublin_barman]

On the TV Show, " Inside the Titanic " as the Watertight Doors Close, in the Last 15/20 inches, it Shows the Door Dropping Down on a Stoker's Leg, mangling it

[matthewholzinger]

The problem was the walls were not watertight. When the had too much pitch the compartments started flooding into the next one. The was supposed to float with a couple filled but too many did and that's why the aft tilted up. The bow got too heavy to stay afloat.

[stevek]

It's amazing how far south Titanic was when she struck that berg, only about 41°. That's barely north of NYC.

[seageo]

The same technology was used in the late 50s and early 60s on American passenger liners. I never noticed any vertical style closures. I also do not recall the ability to walk the full length of the machinery and engineering decks. I do recall descending stairs to the boiler space. And I also had fun climbing the extremely long escape ladder from the aft end of the main shafts. I think each space was separated by a watertight bulkhead. All the elevator shafts stopped at the deck that was just below the waterline. And now the discussion would get complex for explaining each zone.

[natehill]

Reminds me of the old fireproof doors they used to have in industrial buildings that were heavy as hell and hanging on a slant and held in place by soft metal like solder so that heat from a fire would melt the hold-back and it would slide down and slam shut slowing the progress of fire.

[Votrae]

Watertight doors, and their function's priority over a single person's life, has always terrified me.

[pantherplatform]

I knew that scene was fake. I'd go back in time and show the 1997 blockbuster to the passengers and crew on the maiden voyage.

[Corristo]

I can't imagine the horror of being in the bowels of the Titanic, icy water rushing in and these massive doors slowly lowering, only to slam down in your face or perhaps even crush one of your friends who desperately tried to crawl through the gap.

[DOSRetroGamer]

Damn, that's some clever engineering

[georges]

Thanks Mike!! Love hearing all of these little pieces of information about the I will never get enough of the Titanic's secrets! 😉