What Will Happen to Titanic's Wreck?

Recently there came news that part of Titanic's wreck has collapsed - but what does this mean for the rest of the wreck? Slowly but surely Titanic will disappear into the silt. Today join Mike as he explains, with graphics, how Titanic will corrode over the coming centuries.

Oceanliner Designs explores the design, construction, engineering and operation of history’s greatest vessels– from Titanic to Queen Mary and from the Empress of Ireland to the Lusitania. Join maritime researcher and illustrator Michael Brady as he tells the stories behind some of history's most famous ocean liners and machines!

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0:00 Recent news - the fallen railing
3:31 Intro
4:35 Stage One
5:59 Stage Two
11:13 Stage Three
13:30 Stage Four
17:32 Stage Five
19:43 The Final Stages

[Islanderer]

"Probably not in my lifetime or your lifetime, but relatively soon"
What a stark reminder of how time flies and how short a lifetime really is.

[monarchofthesea]

I find it poetic how Titanic's erosion will happen in a similar way to the sinking itself. Slow at first then all at once.

[MayGDwastaken]

I wish Britannic recieved more attention, it's in near perfect shqpe and i just wish it was explored more

[NomicFin]

One thing that would also affect things is the buildup of sediment. At that depth it happens extremely slowly, but you can already see Titanic's decks being covered by a thin layer of silt. It's likely that given how long it would take for her propellers to decay (bronze being almost chemically inert in seawater), they'd be buried under quite a thick layer of sediment before that has time to happen, which might shield them from further exposure to oxygen. In that case they might theoretically survive all the way until the bit of seafloor the Titanic is resting on gets subducted millions of years from now, at which point they'll melt in the Earth's mantle and are recycled into new rocks.

[speedwaynutt]

It's crazy just how well the Wreck has held up. Many people thought she would be nothing but a brown stain on the ocean floor by 2024. We are still blessed to have her looking beautiful in a twisted way. She will never truly be gone as we have bits on the surface.

[johnperic]

Something I think this doesn't account for is that Titanic is near a seismic zone. In 1929, an earthquake of magnitude 7.2 struck 300 miles west of Titanic. The wreck was likely in good enough condition in 1929 that the shaking and submarine landslides wouldn't have been too damaging.

Today, however, the ship is far more fragile. I can't imagine that it would survive any sort of significant shaking today, much less so the impact of a submarine debris flow.

[davoohm]

0:22 look at Mr Krabs trying to turn the titanic into a new restaurant. Bro thinks we won't notice.

[martinjb]

I am a great Titanic obsessive and have been since finding a print of a painting of the sinking in the cellar of a house we once lived in. That was when I was eight years old, sixty one years ago, The finding of the wreck in 1985 was a highlight of my life. I have to agree with a previous comment, though, that the Britannic seems sadly overlooked. I know that the Titanic loss was dramatic and significant, but my interest in her led me to be fascinated by all Liners and their fate's. She deserves more attention. Love this channel, great job. ❤👍

[RealBelisariusCawl]

I kind of wish that we could run a microphone down there.

The haunting sounds that this wreck must be making as it decays… it might be a bit macabre but I think it would be something to hear that.

[Kimberly-cxuv]

That the railing even lasted that long is crazy

[usaturnuranus]

Mike, these illustrations are exceptional. The choice of colors, the framework visible beneath the skin, and the research into what will most likely happen as time passes - really well done.

[lazysloth]

I know the wreck is technically a grave site but I feel like we need to save some more objects to be displayed in a museum.

[turbofanlover]

Now that it has been found again, I think that the bronze statue should be recovered and put up on public display at a museum. Makes no sense to just leave it lying there on the sea floor. Same goes for any other interesting objects that can be recovered relatively easily. Bring them up and display them, I say.

[reneejones]

It is for this reason that I'm for the selective recovery of personal effects from the site. Those who died can be remembered and their stories told. Once She's gone, no one will go down there, and the stories will remain untold forever.

[christo-chaney]

This is exactly why educational videos like yours are so important! It’s very treating that had this great ship never sank…it wouldn’t even be around for anyone to see today at all. So Titanic by far “outlived” many many more generations than she was meant to. Thank you my friend. I’m grateful for you.

[MITSI]

Even with the rate of decay… its still outstanding that the ship will literally outlive probably most of us watching this at the moment. Not so say that maybe their may be some kind of catastrophic collapse but seeing how well its survived for over 100 years already still amazes me.

[killahurtz]

All the dives to the site are accelerating the corrosion. The Lusitania is in shallower warmer waters and hit the ground in a more catastrophic way, the Olympic too. And both arent degrading as fast. And before someone says "depth", the USS Johnson and USS Yorktown and Bismark were all found in excellent enough shape that their battle damage could be inspected.

[likestoospooge]

22:30. I like how you're comforting us as if we just lost our grandma. 🤣

[Ccn]

Ladies and gentlemen! It's your friend Mike Brady. From ocean liner designs.

[Henri_Hilarious]

I remember when I was 5 or 6, reading that Titanic’s wreck would be a pile of rust by 2100. And being a little kid, I was so sad. So, thank you for reassuring that she would be in that state then