The Biggest Titanic Disaster Myths Debunked!

'The Biggest Titanic Disaster Myths Debunked!'

Why did Titanic sink? Was Titanic's rudder too small? Why did Titanic's crew not see the iceberg? Did they open fire on passengers, or lock them in third class accommodation? Was Titanic's captain drunk? In this video we answer all these questions and lots more!

At noon on 10 April 1912, crowds gathered at Southampton to watch the maiden voyage of the World's largest ship RMS Titanic. A sleek, modern luxurious liner that was offering a safe and fast crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. Titanic was said to be invincible. She cruised down Southampton waters on her maiden voyage to North America, watched by large crowds.

But she would never reach New York. Barely 5 days after leaving Southampton she was gone, swallowed up by the Atlantic after striking an iceberg. The maritime disaster that struck Titanic has made her the most famous ship in history, with many myths emerging about what happened that fateful night on 14/15 April. Dan Snow visits Titanic expert Tim Maltin to sort the fact from the fiction about the ship’s final hours.

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[dracava]

Before clicking the video I thought "ugh 25 minutes, why so long" and then it ended and NOW I WANT MORE! Can this guy please go over every single minute of the Titanic's history please???

[FarrYaweh]

Excellent presentation as always Dan.

Tim was so enthusiastic and gripping, he deserves props for his ability to speak with such vigor on a historical topic

[Void-Realm]

Tim seems like a great presenter. I could see him doing shows and videos of his own! He has a good balance of knowledge, eccentricity and communication.

[vladeckk]

Even knowing a bunch of the basics, this video was full of interest and new information. It was nice to hear some sympathetic words about the two, often pilloried, captains. More on Titanic please!

[dhdavidholloway]

I was lucky enough to visit Millvina Dean at her home near Southampton. She was the youngest survivor and also the last one to die. A fascinating lady, who although she did not have any memory of the incident as she was only 10 weeks old, had a lot of recollections of things that she had been told.

[davidburroughs]

So glad to watch this. Teaches us much while warnng us to not be fooled by the stories as some rush to the exciting and unfounded click-bait of past eras.

[eamonreidy]

Great to hear the myths deconstructed.
James Cameron for a man who cares about the ship and clearly wanted to make a passion project, only perpetuates many myths.
With the loss of Titan, he is back on air blaming the captain for ignoring ice warnings going full speed trying to break speed records when the captain actually changed course and the entire voyage was clearly not an exercise in full speed.

[bnjmnwst]

One thing I have always been prone to thinking about the Titanic disaster is some variation of, "What if, " or, "If only, " but the more I learn about it, the more I'm inclined to believe it had to happen as it did. So many things went wrong, in so many small, unimaginable ways. I'm now of the opinion it was simply unavoidable.

[manoncaillard]

Great video Dan ! Tim Maltin is very interesting.

One thing I would like to mention : the very first two pictures that appear on screen (0:36 and 0:41) are in fact pictures of Titanic's sister-ship, the Olympic, and its first class dining room.

[davinp]

Since ships grew big so rapidly, the British Board of Trade failed to update their lifeboat laws, which by 1911 were outdated. It measured the number of lifeboats by the gross tonnage and not the number of passengers aboard

[kylewilson]

Another reason why the calmness worked against the Titanic was the sea itself. Normally, the waves will break against the iceberg, allowing you to see it through movement even in total darkness. However, the sea was eerily calm that night, meaning that the sky and the sea were both working against the Lookouts that night

[PassiveSmoking]

All ships of the era were considered to be "practically unsinkable". They all had compartment systems to contain flooding, and the conventional wisdom was that ships of the era would either not sink or at worst would stay afloat for long enough to safely evacuate in an orderly fashion. This is exactly what happened to RMS Republic, which sank a couple of years earlier, took a day or more to go down, and everybody who wasn't killed in the initial impact escaped.

Of the Adriatic, captain Smith said, "I cannot imagine any condition which would cause a ship to founder. I cannot conceive of any vital disaster happening to this vessel. Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that." At the time it was a commonly held view, and typical of the arrogance and unfounded optimism of the Edwardian period.

[davinp]

Back then lifeboats were not viewed as lifesavers, but rather to transport passengers from a distressed ship to a rescue ship

[jayjay]

He left out the fact that the Titanic officers fired several emergency rockets and even though the Crew of the Californian saw them they failed to act, they even thought the ship they could see in the distance looked like it was sitting at a funny angle and was partly out of the water yet they still didn't do anything, the fact Captain Lord never even woke up the wireless operator and asked him to contact the ship in the distance is staggering, i mean distress rockets fired in the middle of the night from another ship it was ignored, whether or not the ship could of reached the Titanic in time with all the ice around is debatable but it's undeniable that Captain Lord failed to act, and it's right he was condemned in the aftermath.

[johnchiu]

Both men spoke with such passion, it was so riveting and engaging! Phenomenal as always you guys

[curious]

I heard once that the iceberg that sunk Titanic may have ‘turned turtle’ – that is, the underwater portion had melted to the point to where it became top-heavy and it rolled over. This would have given the iceberg a darkish blue translucent surface, as opposed to the bright white surface we normally think of when we envision an iceberg. Such an iceberg would be even harder to see on a moonless night on calm seas than a snowy white one.

[johnslaughter]

Very interesting. A theory is that the berg Titanic hit was a dark berg. It had just recently rolled, which all bergs do as they slowly melt and their center of gravity changes. But, when they do, the part that was underwater is a very dark blue. They are really beautiful, but nearly invisible at night. The real tragedy is that they had time to begin swinging to port before the collision. Had she hit head on, she would've crumpled her bow, but not sunk. In fact, she probably wouldn't even have gone down by the head much.

[-C.S.R]

I was told about the titanic when I was 7 and I’ve been obsessed ever since!
You can almost learn something new every time you research it!

[edenmoon]

I live in Southampton and have been interested in the Titanic for years. This was fascinating and I would love to meet Tim, I think I could chat about the Titanic and the Edwardian era for hours!

[h.p.oliver]

Mind you, I have not seen all of the documentaries on YouTube, but of the several hundred I HAVE seen, this is the most complete and unbiased account of an historic event. What's more, there isn't one iota of "click bait" anywhere to be seen! Excellent!