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Interesting facts about titanics

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on April 10th 1912 crowds gathered at

Southampton Beach to wave off what was

at the time the world's largest and most

prestigious ship the RMS Titanic the

cost of the most expensive first class

parlor ticket was

4,350 bucks that's around $70,000 in

today's money but barely 5 days after

steaming away the ship was swallowed by

the Atlantic Ocean so let's rewind and

go back to what actually happened on

that faithful night the captain wanted

to set a speed record for the ship's

maiden voyage and arrive early the ship

was deemed Unsinkable so he went Full

Throttle into the dark Arctic Waters

after spotting the 100t iceberg the crew

desperately tried to steer The Vessel

away and avoid the Collision but the

Titanic was traveling too fast and the

iceberg tore down the side of the ship

creating a huge opening in the hall it

wasn't a continuous rip and damage was

caus caused in several places in total

the damage spanned along an area of

around 300 ft but the ship's designers

had prepared for the prospect of a

collision and added watertight

compartments down each side of the ship

to act as a buffer zone four of these

compartments could be breached and the

ship would still stay afloat but because

the iceberg tore down the side of the

Titanic it ripped holes in six

compartments the compartments didn't

extend up the total height of all decks

and weren't actually sealed at the Top

This Is Why when more than four were

flooded water reached over the top of

the bulkheads and filled the remaining

compartments causing the ship to sink

into the ocean think of it as water

spilling over an ice cube tray but what

if the Collision was headon would it

still have

sunk ships are designed with potential

crashes in mind and most vessels have

Collision bulkheads in the bow most of

all it's like your cars bumper or

crumple Zone it's a safe safety feature

that can withstand a direct hit the bow

could have taken some of the impact and

some experts have suggested that if it

hit head on only two to four of the

watertight compartments would have been

flooded so in theory the Titanic might

not have sunk and it might have even

been able to continue sailing to its

final destination at a much slower speed

the force of impact would likely have

been huge though but although passengers

would have been injured by the force

they'd have been able to stay on the

ship to wait to be rescued by other

ships rather than being forced into the

icy waters of the Atlantic still one of

the Titanics designers Edward wiing

suggested that the force of the impact

might not have actually been that big he

told the British inquiry that lots of

people scarcely felt the collision and

he believed the ship would not have sunk

if it did hit the iceberg head on the

ship was also designed with remotely

operated watertight doors between all

compartments so any floods could have

been quickly sorted out because Titanic

had six breaches from the Side Collision

and because it happened so quickly

sealing the doors wouldn't have made a

difference as it was essentially

impossible to save it by that point the

ship immediately began to flood with

water pouring in at a rate of roughly 7

tons per second 15 times faster than it

could be pumped out so while it sounds

like the Titanic would have survived had

the ship hit the iceberg head on

this idea does come with some

issues first off the Collision bulkheads

were designed to survive a crash with

another ship not a giant Iceberg if two

ships collided both would absorb some of

the impact in their bulkheads sharing

the impact and likely staying afloat but

an iceberg is stationary meaning that

Titanic would absorb most of the energy

from the Collision if Titanic hit head

first because of the speed it was

traveling the impact would have likely

travel down the whole body of the ship

just imagine a 46,000 ton ship traveling

at around 20 knots at some point it hits

an iceberg that weighs what could be

over 100,000 tons this Collision would

likely create a powerful force causing

massive damage to the vessel it is

likely that seams would split staircases

would come tumbling down and rivets

would burst open across the ship all

that would have potentially flooded even

more compartments this could have cause

Titanic to sink in a matter of minutes

rather than hours but that's just the

tip of the iceberg as we all know the

biggest part of it is hidden underwater

so if Titanic had been traveling headon

it's likely it would have hit the part

of the iceberg below the water first

which would send it veering off course

hitting an iceberg is not like hitting a

brick wall in this case the ice under

the water would have torn open the

bottom of the ship and caused damage to

the sides icebergs also aren't flat

solid objects if a flat Collision

happened the ship might have stayed aoat

but icebergs come in many shapes and

sizes from domes to wedges Studies have

also been done on the steel used to

produce Titanic and the test show the

metal was about 10 times more brittle

than the steel we use today the ship was

built before we understood the effects

of low temperature on steel the old

steel used to make the vessel would not

Bend when faced with freezing

temperature

but break recovered pieces of Titanic's

Hull plates show that the hull just

shattered on impact hitting headon would

also cause a very severe and abrupt stop

so even if the ship hadn't sunk there

would still have been major issues think

about when you suddenly hit the brakes

on your car or when the bus stops while

you're walking down the aisle and you

get flung forward passengers would have

been thrown across the ship and because

the crash happened at night most people

were sleeping so wouldn't be able to

effectively prepare for any sort of

impact this would result in injuries for

most people on board it would be

especially bad for those at the front of

the ship where the accommodation for the

off-duty firefighters greasers and

Engineers was but while passengers and

off-duty crew may have been thrown out

of bed there would be a lot more

survivors than in the original scenario

John watched on in disbelief as he

drifted away on a piece of wood in the

freezing Waters of the Arctic slowly

drifting away Jon looked upon the vessel

he had worked and lived on as it raised

its enormous Bow high into the sky then

broke in half causing a sound that only

a crack of lightning could

replicate distraught and dumbstruck

believing that he and he alone knew the

Dark Truth behind the demise of the

unsinkable ship the Titanic 5 days

earlier as the Titanic set sail on its

maiden voyage Jon worked hard alongside

his mates and in the coal bunker

stocking up the coal to feed the

Titanic's Mighty furnace they had

stocked and stored more than Jon had

ever witnessed on any other ship he'd

worked on but this was the Titanic the

grandest ship to have ever sailed the

Seas on the Titanic there could never be

too much coal as they left Belfast and

pushed toward Southampton there was a

large bang below Decks that went

unnoticed the furnace was roaring and

the turbines were spinning pushing the

Titanic forward at a quickened pace the

crew cheered as the vessel moved forward

unaware of the loud concerning noise

arriving in Southampton Greg came aboard

amongst hundreds of other passengers

with 13 years at Sea his vast experience

included the role as a quartermaster on

six previous ships ready for a new

challenge aboard the greatest vessel

ever made he was looking forward to this

next challenge of his career Greg came

with a wealth of experience especially

with sailing through the Arctic his role

was vital within the crew understanding

the seas around the North Pole he would

be a key Lookout as they set to cross

the perilous path of the iceberg alley

Greg had some concerns regarding the

voyage the Earth's orbit was remarkably

close to the Sun and the Moon causing

higher Tides this would make icebergs

more prominent drifting them further

away and towards the route of the

Titanic as they journeyed to New York a

T in the lookout tower and inspecting

the available gear Greg found no

binoculars this made him concerned but

the sailors just laughed at Greg if the

deck is short on ice cubes we'll be sure

to plow right through a Berg to resupply

a sailor laughed Greg didn't share this

sentiment eager to find out why they had

been left short-handed on equipment

since he had such a vital role on the

ship Greg inquired further sadly the

officer with the keys to the binocular

Supply covered had been removed from the

crew at the last minute Greg couldn't

believe something of this importance had

been overlooked for such a mighty ship

with so many people aboard and Crossing

in a particularly perilous path this

just didn't make sense but not wanting

to be fined for breaking into the ship's

property Greg let it slide hoping that

they wouldn't need the binoculars in the

end ultimately if there were icebergs

expected a warning call would be made to

the captain informing of any concerns

little did Greg know that a warning had

been received notifying of the dangers

that awaited but the telegram didn't

provide the required prefix which would

have ensured Direct Delivery to the

captain so the critical warning was just

overlooked JN and his crew below decks

prepared for departure stoking the

engines he noticed an essence of thick

exhaust far too heavy than what would be

expected from the furnaces the crew

searched throughout the lower decks

following a thorough search they managed

to locate the cause of the exhaust it

was an ignited pile of coal within a

coal bunker unknown when it had ignited

a buildup of coal had clearly been

smoldering slowly growing in size the

amount of smoldering coal was concerning

the alarm was raised alerting an officer

to review the matter the officer

assessed the damage and confirmed with

the captain that it was deemed to be of

little concern as only minor damage had

been caused Jon was unsure of this

assessment as he knew that in confined

spaces surrounded by Iron bulkheads an

oven-like environment arises that

intensifies the heat with time but the

Titanic would power forward making no

sense to Jon as they had only just

departed from Southampton he was sure

they would have turned back Jon and his

crew were ordered to shovel the already

lit coal into the furnace and continue

shoveling until all the smoldering

contents would be contained you know SOS

don't you three dots three dashes and

three more dots dots it's an easy enough

signal to tap out in Morse code it means

save our souls or save our ship the crew

of the legendary Titanic had been

desperately trying to send this signal

for 2 hours the night of April 14th

1912 there were other ships not too far

from the spot where the iceberg took

down the mighty Titan of the sea but the

call for help seemingly disappeared

before it could reach them the passenger

ship SS Mount Temple did pick up a

signal and tried to respond but the

Titanic never got the answer so what was

silencing the ship's cries for help some

unknown Bermuda Triangle of the North

Atlantic consider this eyewitnesses say

the sky was painted with a brilliant

Aurora Borealis that cold fateful night

beautiful yes but on that day the

Northern Lights may have sealed

Titanic's fate for good you see the

aurora borealis forms thank thanks to

geomagnetic storms sounds complicated

but those are basically fluctuations in

the Earth's magnetic sphere and what

causes those is the sun itself the

magnetic sphere is like a protective

bubble that surrounds our planet it

blocks harmful solar rays winds and

other Cosmic dangers from reaching us

without it life on our planet wouldn't

be possible Earth would look more like

Mars you also have it to thank for

compasses pointing North experts know

that the Earth's magnetosphere affects

navigational equipment or disrupts it

which brings us back to the Titanic

recently a published weather researcher

named Mila zenova proposed a theory that

solar flares which provoked a

geomagnetic storm could have played a

major role in the Titanic's untimely

demise solar flares make themselves

known on Earth all the time some people

are especially sensitive to the Magnetic

storms they cause these unlucky folks

can feel weakness fatigue headaches and

even mood swings on usual days the

pressure is the same on both sides the

magnetosphere blocks all the bad stuff

and we're all happy but sometimes

explosions occur on the sun they can be

massive earth-sized these flares shoot

out a wave of charged particles that

collides with the magnetosphere at high

speeds our protective bubble then goes

on the defense it shrinks deforms and

pushes those particles to the poles

enter those brilliant lights dancing

above the Titanic that night in the

north we know it as Aurora Borealis in

the South Aurora Australis or the

Southern Lights when the magnetosphere

pushes those solar and Cosmic particles

toward the poles they collide with

molecules of different gases that's why

you get the range of colors for example

oxygen can be green or red depending on

the distance and nitrogen is blue or

purple

what multiple people saw that night was

exactly this phenomenon including the

Second Officer from the rescue ship

Carpathia he wrote it down in the log

book before getting the distress call

from the Titanic but I'm getting ahead

of myself auroras are a visible sign of

a geomagnetic storm now about

navigational equipment this applies to

satellite and radio frequency devices

remember they didn't have iPhones back

in the Titanic days so the average

person couldn't notice their gadgets

going haywire but navigational devices

and wireless Telegraph did exist and

were actively used rewind back to the

Middle Ages when sailors noticed that on

some days compasses wigged out the

arrows spun in all directions and people

back then had no idea why it wasn't

until the 18th century when French

scientists found out that such

problematic days occur at the same time

as black spots appearing on the sun

solar flares the mystery was solved now

the Titanic had the most advanced

well-known radio equipment at that time

they tested it thoroughly to make sure

it worked for distances up to 2,000 M

away Titanics passed them all on April

10th 1912 the massive liner left

Southampton and set off for New York the

very next day the crew started getting

the first reports of drifting icebergs

and Ice Fields they put dots on the map

to marked the coordinates and let out a

sigh of relief all the Troublesome spots

were north of the Titanic's planned

route but after a couple of days the

warnings were moving farther and farther

south encroaching on the Majestic ship

on April 14th Captain Edward Smith

decided to change course to the south in

hopes of bypassing the ice this ended up

being a huge

mistake enter the magnetic storm if it

was throwing the navigation equipment

off even even by a tiny error of half a

degree the captain could have been

mistakenly taking the ship right toward

a cluster of icebergs what's even worse

the radio operators ignored warnings

coming from other ships that or they

simply forgot to hand them over to the

captain as hired contractors from the

radio company they were more interested

in transmitting paid telegrams from

passengers on that luxurious liner the

radio transmitter kept going out of

order that evening probably because of

all this private traffic when it was

finally fixed operator Jack Phillips

received another message from the SS

Californian at 10:30 p.m. their operator

was trying to warn Phillips about the

coordinates of drifting icebergs but he

paid them no attention he was nervous

and in a hurry was the magnetic storm to

blame for his frayed nerves and bad mood

we can only speculate but as you know

some people are more sensitive to these

things the weather was fine the ocean

was calm the water was smooth as glass

despite all the warnings the ship

continued to sail at a maximum speed of

over 22 knots an hour later Titanic

collided with the infamous Iceberg on

April 15th at 12:14 a.m. in the middle

of the night Titanic's operators started

to transmit the first emergency signals

the SS Californian was sailing just 20 M

from the Titanic they could have easily

come to a quick rescue but 10 minutes

before the disaster the Californian

radio operator had gone to bed he was

the only one who understood Morris code

on the ship according to this new Theory

the magnetic anomalies possibly block

Titanic's messages to other ships for

example the steamer SS La Providence

didn't receive any signals from the

sinking ship at all yet they were still

getting Transmissions from another giant

the Olympic which was 500 M from the

Titanic that night the signals were

acting strange they simply got lost

somewhere in space or they were like a

jumbled riddle impossible to solve the

SS Mount Temple did get a message and

rushed to Titanic's aid but as fate

would have it the rescue ship got stuck

in ice she did arrive at Titanic's last

known coordinates but the luxury liner

was nowhere to be seen so were the

coordinates accurate at all the steamer

Carpathia was about 60 M away at 12:30

their radio operator told the Titanic's

crew they were rushing to help the ship

famous for coming to the aid Carpathia

was going full steam ahead but here's

the odd part at first they headed to the

wrong spot the magnetic storm could have

thrown its equipment off good news is

the steamer did end up reaching the

right place when they saw the lifeboats

full of passengers interestingly once

you reached land the Carpathia didn't

have any problems with her equipment the

blackout happened just around the

wreckage s the following investigation

blame radio amateurs for blocking

signals we now might know otherwise

zenova explains that at that time they

didn't know exactly how and to what

extent the sun influences the Earth no

one could have guessed that the sun

could tamper with these massive ships

navigational equipment especially one

that had the best of the best at the

time there's another theory that even

the moon could have played a role that's

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