The Titanic's Hidden Weakness | Disaster Documentary

With new evidence as to why the ‘unsinkable’ Titanic sank, uncover the real truth behind the biggest maritime disaster of our time. Discover the untold story of the Titanic's demise and the lessons learned to prevent future tragedies.

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[ratchaneechompoon]

Great video, very educational and informative. The subject of the ship's rivets failing is very interesting and obviously played a crucial part. I also think the criticism of White Star Lines, its senior directors and the ship's poor command and navigation are all factors contributing to the disaster and to the tragic and unnecessary loss of life of all those poor souls.

[joshzwies]

"from the very day that she was designed she was almost doomed"? Except there were two other identical sister ships, one was sunk by a sea mine during WW1, the other was scrapped after a long career. Hardly doomed from their conception, especially since the Olympic was older than Titanic by at least a year and had no issues until she was scrapped.

[tysoncutler]

Ismay is often portrayed as a greedy coward but there are accounts of him helping women and children into the lifeboats and only boarding one when the deck was cleared and the not full lifeboat was being lowered. There was no reason not to get in at that point and spent his entire fortune after taking care of the families of as many lost employees as he was able, he died a broken man.

[EsotericCelt]

The titanic build quality was very good for the time and although she sank, she fought to the very end and even snap her back in half trying to stay afloat. The greatest disaster was the USS Californian not waking up the wireless operator after seeing the distress rockets and a ship on the horizon which wasn't moving. The titanic crew should be commended for their bravery and dedication.

[chezsnailez]

Despite opening up six watertight bulkheads, Titanic took a couple hours or so to go down. Lusitania, built to Admiralty specifications, sunk in fifteen minutes.

[johnfox]

This story will captivate many generations of people. Many coincidental occurrences plus unfortunate decisions and human hubris make this tragedy so eternally interesting AND pertinent.

[TheRuben_music]

How old is this documentary? The design and materials were impressive, having survived over 100 years in saltwater. The first ship of the same design was the Olympic. Titanic should have had taller watertight compartments.

[tiffsaver]

What struck me the most about this tragedy is how much it mirrored the most serious airline crashes. What I learned is that it is RARELY as the result of just ONE issue, but a terrible confluence of negative coincidences that add up to one, terrible disaster. I must have counted at least 20 such incidences that ultimately ended in this catastrophe.

[pedrojuliancereceda]

Thank you kindly for sharing this documentary.

[declanoleary]

Oh the wonders of hindsight! The materials were probably the best of their day as was the knowledge of the effects of the cold on sheet iron. And it not the worse maratime disaster, but probably the most well known.

[nian]

PSA: if you already know how Titanic sank, skip to 37:45. Spoiler below if you want to save yourself an hour. Edit, they continue to talk about how she sank even after 37:45, and there is very little about the title of the video (Titanic's hidden weakness). There is maybe 5 mins. about the title, the rest of the video is about how she sank.



Spoiler: Titanic had no. 3 iron rivets instead of no. 4 iron rivets. The no. 3 iron rivets were too weak to hold the iron plates of the hull. There, I saved you an hour. You're welcome. 🙂

[RichBrew]

RMS Olympic was built with the same materials, but because it wasn't driven so as to keep crashing into stuff, it sailed on until 1935 (24 years)..

[marcbjorg]

The binoculars was not the issue. There was a small thermal inversion, just above the water. The night was clear and cold, calm, no wind, however, the water while colder than the Gulf Stream, was still warmer than the ambient air. If the water would have been from the Gulf Stream, it would have generated fog. But like it was, the temperature difference between the water and the air, created a small thermal layer, the air just above the ocean, was warmer than the main air mass. This creates a thermal layer light refraction, which lifts the horizon, because you can't see through the thermal layer. It acts like a mirror. Thus the part of the Iceberg where you would expect breakers, could not be seen at a distance. The Iceberg seemed to come out of nowhere once this effect vanished at a closer distance. The rest is history.

[DarialKuznetsova]

Hats off to the Carpathia, it outdid the top speed, coming in despite the ice field, furnaces red hot. The old girl gave her all. Her crew wasn't even sure she would make the journey.

[saxmanzzz]

What a gripping documentary / drama. Superb

[bswihart]

Where did this artistic profession go? Homes too! Even some of your city dwellings have from eras gone by are full of design and superb craftsmanship. Homes now are slapped up so fast that the lumber isn’t even dry yet.

[jeanie]

Most of the statements about the Titanic's unsinkability included qualifiers such as "practically" or "nearly, " but the public naturally ignored them, "unsinkable" (like "impossible" or "pregnant") being a word that didn't lend itself to qualification. And even as reports of the Titanic disaster began to reach America early in the morning of 15 April 1912, the Vice-President of the White Star Line in New York stated, without qualification, "We place absolute confidence in the Titanic. We believe that the boat is unsinkable."

[JackieOlantern]

The footage of the ship leaving port in the beginning is the Olympic. There is no footage of Titanic setting off on her maiden voyage. 😔

[saundraswon]

In my opinion for those times no ship could have survived such a massive iceberg

[AlexandruCarjan]

For the time it was cutting edge. In 1912 steel works was still new, they didn't know all the proprieties of steel and how it reacts to cold or heat, they didn't know about mixing metals to make them stronger. For it's time it was the strongest it could be. Olympic proved it