Considering I'm from Belfast and where she built, in my bedroom I have a bottle of whisky that was brewed for the Titanic for first class passengers in 1912 and in 2012 the company in Belfast that supplied her with whisky. They released a special gift for the 100 anniversary. 100 bottles of actual Titanic recipe of whisky and only sold in Belfast docks. I managed to get one.
We should all go on a cruise from Belfast to New York, talk Titanic facts and break out the whisky.....actually that's a terrible idea what am I thinking
Quite often the same thing happens to small /fragile items after a tornado levels a home. Many times people have found these types of items after their home was totally demolished, and they find glasses or plates totally untouched. (Jan Griffiths).
What amazes me and it may have just been fictional to add to the story of the movie. But that drawing of rose that was intact after all that time. I don’t think that aspect is true since Jack and rose are also fictional. But it is something to think about
It's an effect of the square-cube law; it's the same reason a squirrel can comfortably walk away from a fall at its terminal velocity while a human would splatter into chum falling at theirs.
@@perrysaker-ee1gq Man. I wonder how different things would be if they did not scrap Olympic but made it into "Titanic" museum. Yes this two ships even tho were "sisters" they had little bit different interior layout, but after Titanic sunk, they modernized Olympic to have layout much more similar to the one of titanic, so it would be still a great representation of what it looked like.
People always comment how awful and destroyed the ship looks down there. I disagree; to me it’s amazing how recognizable it is despite splitting and falling over 12,000 feet to the bottom. That, and the fact that it was over 100 years ago. It’s sad that it won’t be around much longer.
The Strauss story is sad but also comforting. They were together when they passed away. Also the clock on the fireplace still being there and well preserved is amazing!!
I’m wondering how anyone knows about the particulars of the Strauss’ story. Did someone who survived hear them talking, and knew who they were, so they could tell this story as truth later?
Ida and her husband is sad but another heartbreaking part to me was the lady who when she went to get into the lifeboat was told her dog couldn’t come, she wouldn’t leave it behind and was later found frozen in the water clutched holding her dog 😢
Right here at 1:36 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pun18bi_0-g.html There was probably doors on the cabinet that have since decomposed.
the footage of the piles of unbroken, unopened champagne bottles always intrigued me too. there's an old party trick (I've done myself a few times) where you cleave the neck along w/ the cork off w/ the flat-edge of a sword. it takes such little effort to break, as the bottle is under so much pressure. it's really more of a "tap" than an actual sword-swing. they survived the ship rocketing to the bottom like a bullet bow-1st, & then survived spilling out from who-know's-what deck onto the seafloor after final impact. srry for the wall of text, but it rlly does boggle my mind
I'm reminded of violent tornado damage -- sometimes, entire houses are swept clean off foundations while others mere yards away are relatively untouched. A house can be totaled but its fancy porcelain dinner set is still perfectly stacked and unchipped in sagging cabinets, much like stacks of plates still intact on the Titanic. Wind and water are different destructive elements yet we find so many similar odd remnants in their wake. It's humbling to reconstruct these moments and try to understand it.
I love to watch your videos about the Titanic, yet I do NOT know your first name. I think it is a real possibility that the clock on the mantle could very well have been at 2:20 am. I am learning so much about this fabulous ship that will forever be etched in the minds of the people who are as fascinated with this very fateful ship. Well done! You are a fantastic narrator and very logical in your thought processes. My name is Ann Marchlensky and I live in a Retirement home in Mount Forest, Ontario. Don't forget to tell me your first name if you read my comment. Thank you so much.
I remember working as a security guard and working the titanic event. Felt so surreal to be in the same room as all those lost artifacts. I legit got lightheaded upon first viewing it all.
They DO need to go back down for another expedition using modern cameras and drone tech. Alot more precision could be used as opposed to the last voyages. One more time before the ship completely erodes away. In a perfect world I vision a series of drones with giant lights on them and one with a suite of cameras.
Making high quality equipment that can withstand the immense pressure of the water would cost a fortune and take time, it amazes me how they can get any electronic equipment to withstand the 5,500 pounds per square inch of pressure in the first place let alone work in that environment! but nothing’s impossible, just need someone in the position who is able to do it to get it done!
They have done numerous dives in recent years. I believe the last one was in 2019 as far as I know. The problem is that the ship is rapidly disintegrating and even with the advancements in technology, most of the recognizable features are sadly destroyed.
At the beginning i felt that the clock wouldn't have stopped at 2:20am. i found the cabin was on C Deck next to the pursers office. I felt like the water would have reached it well before 2:20am. I then went and watched the latest H&G Real Time Sinking from last year and calculated where there cabin would be. i now think its entirely possible that it stopped at 2:20am.
@@jimwood4726 that one was mechanically linked to the ship's master clock on the bridge. Remember, this is a moving vehicle that travels several hundred miles every day, going almost straight along the parallels-you don't want your passengers disembarking in New York with five days' worth of jetlag, so you set the clocks in their cabins to go back and forth based on the one set each day by one of the officers handling navigation.
Sam you’re so bubbly and outgoing and lively, your voice is awesome for narration, your subject knowledge is truly spectacular, and the content you create is just plain sweeeeet man!! Major props bro, God Bless!
Video idea: How would Titanic have looked at night (lighting) VS how it looks at night in Cameron’s film and documentaries? What type of light bulbs were used? I read an article earlier talking about how dim the lighting actually was, and how it would’ve had a yellow/orange glow. Also, since it was under-booked and most people were asleep, I assume many of the portholes would’ve been dark (especially in 1st class). Some say passengers would’ve left their lights on after leaving the cabins to go to lifeboats, but there are disagreements. Also, there were no fixed funnel lights so they would not have been lit. I’ve always been obsessed with Titanic and I’ve wondered my entire life what the ship would’ve looked like that night.
It definitely would be dim and dark by todays standards. The bulbs were all Incandescent and low wattage, best guess would be slightly brighter than the Gas lights of the day. And as it was pitch black out with the only ambient light from the ship itself, it would be terrifyingly dark off the ship
Showing the ship with all the porthole lights blazing makes the ship easier to see it artwork and animations. I've seen some animations with the lights off, and while realistic enough, the ship can be almost impossible to see.
I agree...while much brighter than the starlight of the moonless night it would have been nowhere near as bright as ships today and probably not much different that a gas lamp lit city street if you are on decks....black as can be once you were 100 ft away from her
@@jeremymartin1957 Maybe if your under 30. Incandescent lights aren't so old that no one recalls them. I do say I loathe LED lights and those slightly less awful halogens. Nothing compares to the soft warm glow of an Edison style incandescent. That's like shitting on firelight and preferring florescent lights.
@@evil1by1 I am over 30 and grew up with incandescent in the standard wattages we know and love. At the time of Titantic's sailing, light bulbs did have Tungsten filaments but that was a fairly new development still and the glass didn't have a standard gas, with inert not being seen as an efficient option until 1913. Yes it was still a yellow light, but to the eyes of the time it was a white light. At least until Mogal bulbs... those were like staring into an LED directly and sound like a war zone when they blew (had one growing up. The lamp was from the 20s and was enough to nearly light a whole room).
Another interesting fact about the story of Ida and Isidor Straus is that after Ida initially refused to get in the boat, Isidor was offered a seat in the boat as well, but refused to go before the women and children. It was possible for both of them to be saved, but they chose to die rather than take another’s chance to live.
Considering most lifeboats left half full, 1 with only 12 aboard when it could hold 65, they easily could have survived without taking spots away from anyone else. But Isidor may have known he'd be criticized for surviving when so many women and children perished, like William Carter and Bruce Ismay, and that would hurt the company brand! Or it was a matter of pride and honor, perhaps, that he didn't want to leave others behind!
I like to think he was a gentleman and didn't feel right about surviving when he knew so many were about to die. On the other hand, he could have saved his wife. What a terrible situation and predicament!
Ironically in Isadores will there is a provision for Ida under the stipulation that he wished her to " be a little selfish for once and enjoy herself". That the trait he so admired in her would mean he could never see his last wish for her fulfilled.
@@evil1by1I think he didnget his wish, in a way. She refused to leave him alone. Many would say that is selfish. She chose to go out with the man she loved dearly and that is beautiful.
Fantastic video. I've never seen that footage of the lights coming through the lead glass windows before, and it was heartbreakingly beautiful to see. Thanks for that.
With Isidor and Ida Strauss story, the detail that always breaks my heart a bit more than it already does is the fact that they stayed together til the very end, (most likely) not even once did they get separated. There is a lot of survivor's testimony of them getting help from either Isidor or ida. They chose to stay onboard, yet they helped other people get into the lifeboats. Anytime I read a story of a survivor and they mentioned spotting Isidor and Ida together, holding each other in a comforting hug, it kills me. They seemed like such good people.
Depending on who’s account you listened to there is even more to the Strauss’ story than Ida staying in spite of being offered a spot on a boat. Many first class men ended up in boats with their wives and according to several sources Ida AND Isidore were offered a seat by Murdoch and Isidore turned it down, saying that while there were still women, children and young men with their whole lives ahead of them aboard, he, an old and wealthy man who’d lived a full, prosperous, happy life with the woman he loved and a family he adored, simply could not take a seat in a boat until they’d all been evacuated. After this Ida was offered her place by Lightoller as we see in the movie and turns it down to stay with her husband. Some sources say she’d originally tried to convince Isidore to board the lifeboat they were both offered a seat in, with him steadfastly refusing to do so as being a coward in God’s eyes by using his societal influence and wealth to live while others died was simply out of the question. Other sources say she supported his decision from the get-go, and others still say that Isidore was never offered a seat with his wife at all. In any case the honor and bravery those two had and their steadfast devotion to each other, as well as their faith in god, should be an inspiration to us all.
I think that there was water in the jar so that helped hold it down. And there was originally a sort of railing on the shelf which also helped i assume.
Yeah it's amazing even when it hit the sea bed they stayed locked in place. And here we are 110 years later those mechanisms are still holding tight! Just amazing!
@@Blox117 yeah.. basic steel that has been corroding for 110 years and still supporting the weight. You are about as dense as the steel the anchor is made from.
Two things that never been found on Titanic - Captain Smith's log book which would have his commands and a book that was shipped on Titanic. That book is in a box, so it should be preserved and would be very valuable
The log book would be worthless if you are expecting any information on the sinking. Day to day stuff was kept in a scrap log, to be added in to the main log at a later time.
@@TheFarmerfitz it was filled with water a long time ago, especially with the deafening pressure down there. The wine bottles on the ship are strewn across the ocean floor, still corked but definitely the wine was long replaced with sea water because of the pressure.
For me it’s so hard to look at the wreck of titanic not just because of the amount of life lost and the brutality of it all, but also because the ship is just so beautiful inside and out that it’s a shame that on her maiden voyage she plummeted 12500 feet down and is decaying into nothingness. Such a beautiful ship turned into a horror show, that in itself is hard to look at for me at least. I work on sports fishing yachts as a varnisher and to see such a grand and pretty ship go through what it did, is devastating to me. So many hours/hard work was put into that ship just for it to become what it is today on the sea floor, never able to travel through the ocean more than once. A tragedy indeed. Rip the people who suffered in that water that night, and rest in peace to that beautiful vessel
Love your videos! I've been a Titanic fanatic since I was 9, but I'm still learning a lot from channels such as yours and Oceanliner Designs. The Straus' story is very sad indeed, though a very noble decision by both. I wish you would've included that Isidor was also offered a spot in the lifeboat as well. However Isidor adamantly refused, as there were women and children still not on lifeboats. “I will not go before the other men”, he stated. Then it led to Ida saying, “We have lived together for many years. Where you go, I go”...40 years together, what a love story til the very end.
In regards to the jar, I would definitely say that the rail around the edge of that shelf contributed greatly to its still standing. If that glassware was designed to go along with that mirror/vanity in a set, then perhaps there is some sort of indentation that it was designed to slot into from added stability in high seas... Also, not being able to think of any more probable alternatives, I would agree with your conclusion about the time displayed on the clock.
I went to the titanic museum in Gatlinburg TN this past week and I definitely recommend it , I already knew everything they told us bc I watched all your videos buttt It’s fine I’m obsessed w titanic 😅😂 I def think you would enjoy the artifacts they have!
I have just stumbled across your channel over the past couple weeks. I absolutely love your content. I was once very interested in the Titanic when I was very young. You have rekindled that interest for me. Thank you
completely random and interesting fact when James Cameron made the 1997 film with the B-Deck suite where Rose was, Cameron actually basically replicated the Strauss Suite unknowningly. he never knew he did it until "TITANIC: 20 Years Later" came out and in that film, he said that in one of his wreck dives, he actually found the Strauss Suite and might have took a picture of it and compared it to the set that was in the film, both were identical.
on Disney+ you can find "TITANIC: 20 Years Later", I'd recommend watching it because it not only tells a little history of Titanic but it also tells what James Cameron noticed about his own movie.
The weird thing is, that the suite where Rose was, namely B52-54-56, was the one in which in real life, Ismay traveled, and the real B52-54-56 looked pretty different. So it looks like Cameron unknowingly turned the Ismay suite into the Strauss suite.
I was thinking, wouldn't it be cool if there was a way that a camera could explore more inside the wreck both stern and bow. I know the wreck is way down in the Atlantic and the water pressure is high but still would be cool to see more inside one day.
I think it is (with all the footage to date) safe to say that we have seen most everything inside the wreck that is possible. What you don't see, you can't since there is obviously been tons of collapse and decay.
The Strauss story is included in the movie, “A Night to Remember”. I say the clock was running right up to the point of submersion, which would give the exact time of the sinking. Those clocks had a balance wheel like a watch rather than a pendulum so the motion of the ship wouldn’t affect the running. Such a shame that we are going to eventually lose this ship completely. Great presentation!
So Friday after i was commenting on your last video, I ended up watching a James Cameron video about the debris field and he was talking about the hatch!!! How did you read my mind, Sam!!! 😂😂😂
Bro. Your videos are amazing. I’ve been infatuated with the titanic since I was a kid. My grandparents had very old history books buried under the an old pool table growing up in the late 80s/early 90s. I used to crawl under there with a flashlight and read on history. Especially the titanic and ww1/2. Love your videos man. Keep them up. I’ll be watching.
Hi Sam! I'm so happy your channel is growing so much, your content is very interesting and to the point, so fun to watch! Personally, it helps me a lot with anxiety and the chaos of real life. Keep doing what you're doing! Video idea: I would love to the your collection of ship models, sooo cool. Saludos from Argentina!
Thanks I’m glad to help, trust me I know all about anxiety. The past year and a half has been brutal on everyone. Feel free to add me of Facebook go to the Facebook group Encyclopedia Titanica! You will find me easy! Stay safe and well!
The dogs went down with the ship. They died like dogs. On the other hand, pigs and chickens were found floating on the water unharmed the next day, still in their wooden cages. They always survive shipwrecks. And this demonstrates why we sailors get a chicken tattooed on our right foot instep and a pig tattooed on our left foot instep. So that we won't drown if the ship goes down.
@@devontreleaven534 That's not the tradition. We also get a turtle shell tattooed on our backs after we cross the Equator and do the Shellback initiation into the mysteries of the deep and appear in front of the Court of King Neptune and his Royal Scribe, Davy Jones.
One cool awesome fact about the clock is that if we are able to see the exact time the clock stopped, we will be able to correctly gauge the exact time the water flooded that room and calculate how long it took to flood with great precision
It is great to know that there is someone else as interested in the Titanic as I am. My husband and I went to see the exhibit in Atlantic City many moons ago and saw the Big Piece up close. He touched one of the davits on display and said he heard anguished screams. That was eerie. Keep up with the information!
That jar blows my mind. When you spoke of the amount of pressure it took to blow off the cargo lid, snapping the bolts. Yet, a glass jar sits completely undisturbed. 🤯
I think that minute hand is just some sludge. BUT. BIG BUT. I do think that the real minute hand is behind that sludge, and the real minute hand painted that kind of slude black or the paint could have mixed with something creating the sludge.
I think the craziest thing to think about is that the ship hit the floor with such force that it blew the hatch off the boat yet that same force didnt break the windows or even dislodge a jar.
Regarding the glass windows: the glass used at the beginning of the industrial revolution was far thicker and impure than the ones we use today. My father makes stained glass pieces, and they are very strong and inflexible, even with glass today. Add the thickness of the glass and the joining of the lead, it is not surprising that the windows remained. I believe there are places where only the leading remains but they are internal to the ship, not a thicker, exterior window. Hope this gives you food for thought. 🙂 Love your videos!
So I did some digging into Titanic's clocks, and long story short your right. So all of Titanic's clocks that were in passenger rooms and such were all slaves to a master clock somewhere on the ship that was kept to local mean time. That master clock (and all slaves dependent on it) died when the power went out. So it probably says something like 2:18-2:20, depending on when exactly the power went out and if the slow loss of power as the night went on caused the clocks to slow, but it's likely very close to 2:20 am
Not quite. The slave clocks were driven by electrical impulses sent from the master clock, but the master clock itself was a mechanical clock, completely independent of the ship's electrical system. The master was driven by a 36 hour wound spring. That mechanicism actually generated the electrical impulses sent to the slave clocks by actuating a magneto. So when did the master clock stop? Who knows. It was probably still working until the water pressure imploded it's waterproof casing, but it wouldn't correspond with the ship losing power.
@@Hammerandhearth so you inspired me to do more research (which given the limited interest in such a niche topic was rough) and I actually found the specific clock model used by white star on the Titanic. One was sold at auction in 2018. And it seems that you're right, my initial research said it was a type of electromechanical clock but didn't leave a name or model so I kinda assumed. This is what I get for having my most reliable research being a 2006 online form referring to dead links now held by Verizon. Anyways, with that said it's still likely to read around that time regardless given the violence of the impact with the ground, but as you said it was likely still ticking for some time post sinking.
@@DominicMV yeah, I never gave Titanic's time keeping a second though until Sam mentioned that the clock was secured to the mantle. That lead me to check Bruce Beveridge's "The Ship Magnificent" and once I saw the word "Magneta" that just opened up a 3 hour rabbit hole of impromptu research. The whole arrangement seems really clever now that I know its a thing.
Outstanding video. Yes, the clock was bolted to the mantel plus an electrical connection to the bridge was present. This was so an officer could set all the clocks as the ship went across the various time zones simultaneously. Titanic had clocks everywhere. So, when the power went off, the clocks stopped.
8:06 - Oh Sam, I got a wee bit teeary-eyed when you said that! Such a beautiful way to put it. And yeah, I’m curious too. Entire decks of the Titanic, steel posts and everything collapsed like pancakes and yet the glass is perfectly preserved. I’ve seen intact plates and wine glasses too and often wondered how that could be. You’d think that the pressures we’re talking about that would vapourize a person would have smashed everything into dust and yet......and YET....those things survive. I really hope someone can help us out in the comments here, I’m even more curious now!
Congratulations Sam on the 20,000 plus subscribers! 👍👏 This one was a really interesting and thought provoking video. Is it true that the Strouses' returned to their cabin to die, or is that just a myth and they actually stayed on the ship boat deck or stern until Titanic went down? Well... Keep up the great work, really enjoying and always looking forward to your next video! Again congratulations! 🎊 🎉
As a husband and a father, as terrifying as having to stay behind would be, seeing that my wife and children are saved would be the highest priority. I place their, for want of a better word, worth, far above my own.
The Titanic has been absolutely fascinating to me too, I think I got my first book in the mid 90s and then saw the movie after that. I was like 9 when the movie came out, I have been obsessed ever since. It has never gone away and today I turned 35. I have read some many books and watched so many documentaries, movies and videos. I don’t know what it is about it, your video was awesome thanks so much. I watch whatever I can find and this was fascinating, after the whole Titan submersible situation it sprang my interest again. I can totally see why they would want to go see it, I would probably never be that brave to go that far down or pay that much money but I do see their fascination with it as well.
In the final word with James Cameron, they map the entire debris field and go over all the physics and hydraulics based on the new information of the degree field, how the bow got that compressed look, why the hatch ended up out there, why the stern looks like a bomb hit it and why other pieces of debris are thrown so absolutely far away from the main site. They also re-calculate the height of the angle of the stern sticking into the air as the ship sank and realised that it’s unlikely that it was anywhere near as pronounced as it appears in The 97 movie. They estimated that it would have broken between 12 and 20-ish degrees not the 40 or 45+ you see in the movie. The great loss is never being able to get down into the bottom of the ship to identify the iceberg damage, that being said, the damage of the iceberg glancing by would probably be nothing compare to the collision with the sea floor so it would be hard to tell what from what.
Actually, I actually enjoyed this actual video. It actually helped me actually understand more about the actual wreck. Actually, there was actually one thing that actually bothered me about this video, but actually I can't quite actually figure out what it actually was actually.
This is I think my favourite video so far Sam, so much information and it really does have people debating various topics you covered , such fabulous content as all ways ,thankyou.
Actually, the jar and glasses are recessed into a hole in a shelf that looks like a railing but is a solid board. The jar would have to be lifted straight up to get it out. That’s why it’s still in the same position in both pictures.
I noticed you changed the slideshow on your tv again! But I kinda like the original one you had a little more, you know the one that had multiple ocean liners in it, although, I do suggest you keep some of those paintings and drawings of the titanic in there!
I think there was a problem with the listing. The only way people were getting notifications to the video were people who looked at my channel. So I thought I would try to reupload.
I found your channel yesterday and i fell in love with all these videos, you explain really well which is something i struggle with sometimes. Keep up the good work
If the jar was in the bow section of the ship the compartment would've been inundated/flooded at a relatively gradual rate maintaining it in its position before the tumultuous descent. As the bow section made its way to the ocean floor the jar would be held in place by the water surrounding it.
Same with the Reception Room windows; those weren't actually on the outside of the hull-they were about a foot inside behind a set of heavy circular portholes. Plus, the Reception Room flooded gradually as well because Lightoller left the port gangway open, right next to the windows.
My biggest criticism of the Cameron film is that it completely ignores the REAL people and stories of the Titanic in favor of the fictitious love story of 2 fictitious characters. I actually find it offensive to the memories of the real people who gave their lives, many of them heroically.
That was by design. Cameron knew that other clinical films about TITANIC existed, his goal was to get the audience to feel the tragedy on a microcosmic level, by giving us two characters to love and care about, take us through the tragedy with them and then have one die. By feeling Jack's death we feel the deaths of everyone who died that night. The number, over 1,500, is a large and impersonal number, but, in Cameron's words, he created Jack and Rose to be a sort of lightning rod to capture the feeling of loss for us the audience.
Congrats on making it to 20,000 subscribers and I hope your channel continues to grow., There are plenty of us Titanic-Philes out there and your videos are so interesting informative and even someone like me who has been studying Titanic for over 30 years there is always something new to learn. Keep up the good work Sam!
The glass is usually 2-3 panes and yes water creates a cushion effect on many things not just glass!! Water even slows bullets!! I do love your video’s amazing storytelling!
My opinion for what it's worth. The cargo hatch was blown off some time before the Titanic hit the floor, due to air pressure in the bow. It then slid, upside down, like a giant tea tray down to the bottom at a relatively slight angle.
It kinda sucks to know that the footage we have of the interiors of the ship are all from a decade or more ago. It’s possible that these are now inaccessible, especially the Turkish Baths and the Straus cabin.
I believe the clock Does show 2:20, and the fact that the clock had remained in exact place to which it was placed (regardless of being bolted or not & the glass jug (which was obviously not bolted down) even the glass below that jug is still there! I believe none of these are just by chance or coincidence… these are wonderful reminders that there were once living, breathing souls on this ship, whom interacted with these beautiful artifacts that still remain long after all who sailed on her are gone. Thank you so much for sharing. I have never witnessed anyone point these things out before! 🤗
