Expert Answers Google's Most Popular Questions About The Titanic

We've asked one of the world's leading experts on the RMS Titanic, Tim Maltin to answer the most googled questions about the sinking of the ship on 15 April 1912.

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00:00 Introduction
00:33 Was the Titanic real?
01:09 Was the Titanic built in Belfast or Liverpool?
01:58 Was the Titanic the largest ship ever built?
02:53 Was the Titanic unsinkable?
04:34 How many passengers were on the Titanic?
05:25 Why were people traveling on the Titanic?
07:10 Were Jack and Rose real people?
08:11 Why was the Titanic going so fast?
10:42 Why didn't the Titanic lookouts have binoculars?
13:18 Could the Titanic have stayed afloat?
14:35 Did nearby ships think the distress flares were fireworks?
19:53 Did the Titanic split in half?
20:57 How quickly did the Titanic sink?
21:57 Did the Titanic musicians continue to play?
23:07 Did the crew of Titanic lock the passengers below deck?
25:33 Why didn't the Titanic have enough lifeboats?
27:23 Did the Titanic have a women and children first policy?
28:46 Why were the Titanic lifeboats not full?
31:07 How many people died on the Titanic?
31:43 Did they die of hypothermia or drowning?
32:50 Did the Titanic captain go down with the ship?
34:46 Could Jack have fit on the door?
35:45 How were the survivors of the Titanic treated?
37:09 More Google Questions!

[combatwombat]

I'd like to say, I was really impressed listening to him. He had a really good way of communicating his answers and even things that would be so obvious to someone with his expertise he was able to get across in a way that wasn't condescending or like he was speaking down.

For example, when he clarified the term "stern."

The perfect kind of attitude to explain something. Really great to listen to.

[Bugman]

Imagine being a lobster in a tank onboard the titanic about to be cooked then it sinks and youre free

[Julie-pum]

When “spoilers” popped up when he says “no, because she did sink”.. I got a chuckle out of that 😂

[nbunnysnowboard]

Jack Thayer is one of my favorite passengers. His account of the sinking is incredible, especially since I believe he was 17 at the time. His story is very sad, he was considered an adult in those times so he was not allowed on a lifeboat and he lost his father and his friend in the sinking. The way he described losing his father in a crowd as the last time he ever saw him was chilling. When him and his friend Milton Long (they had met aboard the ship but they were together for the entire night of the sinking) had finally decided to get off the ship, Milton slid down the side of the ship right before Jack jumped but he most likely got sucked under and Jack was able to get farther away from the ship and climb onto the overturned Collapsible B lifeboat with Officer Lightoller, Archibald Gracie, Harold Bride, and others and had to stay balanced for hours with all of the other men on the boat before being moved to Lifeboat 12 prior to being rescued. Years later he ended up losing his son in WWII and the next year, on the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, his mother died. All of these tragedies combined obviously took a huge toll on him and few months later he committed suicide. His life must have been so painful and his story is so tragic beginning at such a young age. I hope you are resting in peace, Jack Thayer ❤❤

[CalijayOfficial]

"a man becomes a master of his craft not when he can discuss complex topics, but when he can introduce the topic to a complete beginner"

[usedscar]

This expert answers questions about the Titanic in a way that gets the info into my brain better than some documentaries. Maybe the world still needs experts that aren't AI generated afterall.

[katfromthekong]

Ok, who asked if the titanic was "real"? What has happened to this world? 😂😂😂

[belle.m]

Drives me crazy how people go on about the door in the movie. Even James Cameron said it was a panel and that yes, Jack would fit on it, but practicality would have killed both him and Rose as they would have both been submerged in water due to their weight. Also, the point of the movie was that Jack sacrificed his life for Rose, and his influence of meeting him onboard gave her the courage to live her life to the fullest. That’s why you see the portraits of her at the end. Jack was always meant to die, so Rose could live.

[alliec.]

Anyone else super hyped for this because of an UNHEALTHY obsession with the Titanic and everything dealing with it as a child?

(That still lingers well into adulthood but it’s easier to hide until the topic comes up)

[Tker]

0 degrees C is the freezing point of fresh water. Salt water freezes at a lower temperature-that's why the oceans freeze at the poles.

[tishw]

I'm an American living in the Republic of Ireland. Belfast, in Northern Ireland, has a wonderful Titanic museum.
It is more than about the ship.
Really touching.

[jasonhare]

The women and children thing comes from the HMS Birkenhead. Otherwise known as the Birkenhead drill. It was later decided that separating families and leaving a bunch of widows and possibly orphans on their own might not be the best plan after all.

[wht-rabt-obj]

I thought it was a headboard. It drives me NUTS when people say it was a door. And I always understood that Jack STAYED off the board on purpose, to save Rose. You can see him nod, confirming to himself that he has committed to that decision and sacrifice.

[BobZombie]

I got choked up SEEING Wally’s violin. He got to PLAY it.

[markinFL]

i grew up in edinburgh scotland. down the street from a lady who survived the sinking with her mother !!!!

[therewillbeguitar]

I've never considered it before, but imagine being an officer like Murdoch, thinking you had done your duty for the most part and most of the women and children were off the ship, and then suddenly hundreds of people come up from third class after you've already launched most of the boats. Chilling.

[DownundaThunda]

8:24 When he talks about the "Greyhounds of the Atlantic" The Lusitania and the Mauritania, the picture they used for "Lusitania" is actually the Olympic. You can even clearly see "Olympic" Written on the bow.

[wellingtonsboots]

If you have a look at the NYT report of the sinking and then go in a few pages more, you'll see an advertisement for tickets on the return trip to Southampton

[Alex-cwrz]

35:46 I have a quite distant relevative who survived the sinking, he said they gave him cold coffee. He was one of the people who managed to get onto of collapsible B, which had washed overboard and had flipped over and around 27 men climbed aboard and that was near waist deep in water.

[patrickhannon]

Was The Titanic real?
Was The Titanic unsinkable?. Two of the most bloody stupid questions that could’ve been asked