Did the Titanic Really Sink?

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[natemoorman]

I love how you make 50+ minute videos titled with a question to which the answer is simply and clearly, "yes", and I watch them

[Snarmeggedon]

I find it fascinating how every vehicle issue Simon has conveniently isnt his fault. Maybe we should add that to the list of Decoding the Unknown conspiracy theories.

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2:10 - Mid roll ads
4:05 - Back to the video
9:25 - Chapter 1 - The pitch; the ship that sank in april 1912 was not the titanic, it was the olympic
15:05 - Chapter 2 - The ships
19:25 - Chapter 3 - The insurance
22:30 - Chapter 4 - The passengers
24:05 - Chapter 5 - The rescue ships
26:15 - Chapter 6 - A larger conspiracy theory
28:55 - Chapter 7 - Get to the decoding already
31:35 - Chapter 8 - The ships (decoded)
39:10 - Chapter 9 - The insurance(decoded)
42:45 - Chapter 10 - The passengers (decoded)
45:15 - Chapter 11 - The rescue ships (decoded)
48:25 - Chapter 12 - A larger conspiracy (decoded)
50:20 - Conclusion

[brennanryland]

The list to the port was cause there was a fire on board, in order to get the fire under control they moved hundreds of tons of coal to the port side. This actually saved hundreds of lives cause being off weight stopped the ship from capsizing like many big ships do when sinking

[ViciousBabushka]

Hi Simon! I think this was already mentioned, but since you live in Prague why don't you have your writers give you a script about the iconic Golem of Prague? It would be perfect for DTU. Love all your channels! 😄

[kemo]

Your tangents are probably my favorite part of these. Not only do we get amusing stories, we learn a bit more about you every time, which makes your video's more endearing. Please keep on doing what you're doing. Always a fun romp!

[arche]

If anyone is interested in learning more in-depth information about the Titanic or Oceanliners in general I highly recommend the channel Oceanliner Designs. While his channel isn't exclusively about the Titanic, he does have several videos about it and why they couldn't have been switched. He also explains things like why the *California* didn't immediately rush to the Titanic (ice field, as well as the timing of the flares not consistent with a distress signal so they weren't sure what was going on), and a whole slew of other things. Something a lot of people don't realize is that at the point of it's maiden voyage, the *Titanic* wasn't as hyped up as we think it was today. The Olympic was the first in it's class- literally the *Olympic Class*, so that was the more famous ship at the time pre-sinking. Honestly the channel is just super interesting in general, as is the history of Ocean liners in general. Definitely worth checking out.

[Caldera]

Between all the sinkings and conspiracies, I'm shocked there's still no video on M/S Estonia, which has both, a lot of which are still being uncovered today. The front bow was lifted from the seabed for examination literally couple days ago.

[DeliveryMcGee]

Captain Smith was in command of both Olympic and Titanic at the time of the accidents, stewardess/later nurse Violet Jessup (who retired many years later after continuing her career with no further disasters) and stoker Arthur Priest were onboard for the oopsies of ALL THREE Olympic-class ships (the other one, Britannic, was sunk by a mine while operating as a hospital ship for the Royal Navy in 1916). Priest, unlike Jessup, was also on the crew of another ship that survived a collision and two other ships that sunk out from under him (one torpedoed, one sunk in a gunfight with a German liner*, both during the Great War). I think maybe Arthur Priest pissed off Poseidon at a young age.
*And yes, luxury liners fighting to the death was not an uncommon thing, both sides requisitioned merchant ships into naval service during both world wars, and transatlantic liners were built for speed and had plenty of accommodation for passengers such as crews to sail back captured ships and the prisoners that were the original crews of said prizes, so throw a couple of 75mm or 88mm guns on them and send them to chase down and capture/sink enemy merchant ships so the actual warships can fight other warships; the slower liners and cargo ships were used to transport troops and supplies and armed to defend themselves against said raiders.

[benjaminharcourt]

When ships sink, there is indeed a suction effect. As the ship sinks downwards, it disrupts the water and the suction comes from water filling the space the ship was once occupying.

[rashkavar]

At the time that the Titanic sank, they hadn't quite gotten the math nailed down on exactly how much suction a stricken ship of a given size produces when sinking. Estimates were a tad high, and the Titanic was *much* bigger than the rescue ships, so...yeah, folks were scared.

[OhSkyeLanta]

I don’t always watch all the Decoding the Unknown videos when they launch, but when it’s one that’s just particularly OBVIOUS I have to watch it just to see Simon’s little fits while he tries to hold in the tangents until the dam finally bursts 😂😂😂

[scottlawton]

One easy way to see if it was the Titanic versus the Olympic is the bridge wings. On Olympic, they were flush with the superstructure (the stuff that rises up above the hill). On Titanic they were a few feet extended over the side on both sides.

If you look at the photo of the sisters together, you can see this. Olympic is on the left, Titanic the right. Look at the bridge wings and you have the right ship.

Also, on the latest 3D scans, they found the number “401” on Titanic’s propeller.

[sa]

I want a t-shirt that says "Into the Whistlerverse" or "Into the Whistleverse." Simon! Make it happen!!!

[angryotter]

I’m only 6 minutes in and this is the best episode you’ve ever done. Peak tangent.

[DANIELLE_BREANNA_LACY]

It was definitely the Titanic that sank, not the Olympic. The only thing the Titanic and Olympic had switched were their original captains and if those two ships were to have been switched, there’s no way they would’ve gotten away with it without everyone noticing. They weren’t 100% identical and the Olympic looked exactly the same after the Titanic disaster as she did before and the Titanic’s window shapes, numbers, and more were the same on her wreck as they were when she was first built and they both had their names engraved on their sides and written in dozens if not hundreds of other places on them. If they were to have disguised the Olympic as the Titanic and the Titanic as the Olympic, they would’ve had to work on those two ships a lot longer than they did before letting them leave for New York City to do big investigations on their names, numbers, windows, and much more to ensure that the Titanic’s appearance matched the Olympic’s and the Olympic’s matched the Titanic’s.

[lizziedavidson]

The Titanic was actually underinsured against the cost to build. So when WSL claimed the insurance they actually took a loss. Not to mention the WSL may have lost a bit of reputation for this and people won’t trust WSL anymore.

Also E. J Smith was known as the “commodore of the White Star Line” and as such was put in charge of both vessels…but what’s really strange is the story of Violet Jessop. Violet was a stewardess aboard the Olympic when she hit the Hawk, then she was a stewardess aboard the Titanic and survived, then was a nurse aboard the Britannic when she sank and Violet survived after the lifeboat she was shredded by the propeller and all others were killed…I’m sure she was a bad omen…like if I was in the early 20th century and I saw Violet on a ship I was about to get on I’d cancel…straight away…

[kpturn]

HOW is there enough content around this to make a whole hour's worth of content 😂😂😂 I saw this video pop up on my phone and went "I'm sorry, what???"

[Vestlys]

1:20 - The journey begins
1:37 - First detour

The Whistlerverse is a complicated place


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