If all lifeboats had been loaded with their full capacity, 450 more people would have survived. And if they had all been overloaded like Murdoc did with 70 people in the boats, that would make another 85 people. 535 people that could have been saved, imagine that
Many more lives could have been saved if they had filled the lifeboats to capacity instead of allowing the rich snobs to run she show. Those rich first class passengers didn't want anyone from second or third class to get in the lifeboats with them, especially the Duff Gordons.
Sometimes we all have to think, even if the ship had enough lifeboats to fit the ship's passenger capacity, The same death toll would of occurred. When Titanic's bridge plunged beneath the sea at around ten past two on April the 15th, they failed to launch the remaining two collapsible's in time. They failed to launch all the 20 boats provided on that voyage. If the 40-60 lifeboat plan was put into practice then we would of had over 20 boats going down with the ship.
I think more people would have died if Titanic had enough lifeboats. It took 30 minutes for the crew to uncover and prepare the lifeboats. If Titanic had double or triple the amount of lifeboats then this process would take over an hour, perhaps two and the ship would almost be sunk by then. The crew would be more spread out so it would take longer to lower each one. Passengers had to row because there weren't enough seamen. If there were more lifeboats then who would row them?
Remember, the reason why everything was taking such a long time was mostly because nobody was given a clear order of what to do. Captain Smith knew that there was not enough lifeboats, and the knowledge that so many was going to die put him in a shock. If there had been enough lifeboats, maybe the knowledge that everyone actually could be saved would have made him take a stand immideatly and a lot more would have survived.
@toacamater Not necessarily. It would have all depended on how the boats were stored. If they had used the large gantry davits suggested by Andrew Carlisle, the boats could most likely have been lowered and launched faster. Even if they had just used more of the Welin Davits, it seems likely that a vast majority of the boats could have been used. For example, Lifeboat 2 was launched at 1:45 that night, and then Collapsible D was launched using the same set of davits just 20 minutes later.
@CJCody2006 Not necessarily, but most likely. The passengers would have to be more alerted in that scenario though; here they weren't and that's why they were only lowered with 12 or so because there just simply wasn't enough time left. The davits would perhaps making lowering a little faster, but getting all the passengers inside the boats was the problem.
IF YOU DO THE MATH THERE WAS 18 LIFEBOATS IF THEY FILLED THEM WITH 70 EACH ABOUT 1200 PEOPLE COULD HAVE SURVIVED ABOUT 500 PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OF STUPIDITY
The last surviving titanic passenger with actual memory of the titanic sinking was Lilly asplund who died in 2006. She sai that she remembers going through this large window onto the boat deck into the lifeboat (Lifeboat 15). The window she was talking about was the entrance from the first class lounge to the boat deck. Bear in mind that despite Millivena dean was the last living survivor, she was only 9 weeks old therefore too young to remember the sinking.
@Sabrinajaine the reason why beacause the officers weren't quite sure of the weight the lifeboat could take despite some of the lifeboats could take up to 70 people in them. Before the titanic set sail, in 1911, the lifeboats were tested at liverpool and good take the weight of 70 grown men
The first lifeboat launched was Lifeboat 7 on the starboard side with 28 people on board out of a capacity of 65. It was lowered at around 00:40 as believed by the British Inquiry.[53][54] Lifeboat 6 and Lifeboat 5 were launched ten minutes later. Lifeboat 1 was the fifth lifeboat to be launched with 12 people. Lifeboat 11 was overloaded with 70 people. Collapsible D was the last lifeboat to be launched. Titanic carried 20 lifeboats with a total capacity
I cant belive that officers, why they launching lifeboats with 20-30 passangers on board. Only a Murdoch was launching full lifeboats. Lightroller was launched a lifeboat with 12 on board.
@lisstina90 No, that was Fifth Officer Lowe. Lightoller couldn't go back because he was on an upturned boat and there weren't enough spaces for many more.
This is an absolutely fascinating documentary ,detailing something I have wondered about for decades but never bothered to research. Amazing what you can find on Youtube these days !! :-)
What, me get into one of those open boats and float around in the middle of the ocean? Everybody knows the ship is unsinkable. Besides its freezing out and its the middle of the night. I'm going back to my cabin where its nice and warm and go back to bed.
I have an idea on how to get 3000 people into 16 lifeboats: having them redesigned into carrying 280 people each. Instead of 64 little ones, (and because there's doubting timing in lowering them all before sinking) 16 big boats, 34 Ft. each.
I think it is obvious that at first the officers gave their attention at launching the aft lifeboats first. Maybe they expected the ship to go down faster and thought they didn't had much time to launch those ? In any case, it is tragic that so few entered the lifeboats, when so many could be saved.
I caluculated all the numbers from the 18 lifeboats that were mentioned in this video, as well as Collapsible B's 28 people. However, the total result was 757, a far cry from the well known number of 705 survivors.
I got it from a PC CD rom documentory called James Cameron's Titanic Explorer. I bought it in 1998 so I don't know if it's still being sold today, perhaps on ebay.
People didn't want to board at first. It wasn't immediately apparent that the ship was in mortal danger. The crew seemed unaware that the boats had been tested in dock and were safe to lower full, so they erred on the side of caution, not wanting to overload them and break the rigging lowering them from te davits. It was also hoped the boats would later pick people up from the water. Only 5were saved in this way because once the ship had sunk those in the boats were scared they would be swamped.
About 700-722 people survived cus they all got in a lifeboat... 1500 people died... there was still not enough lifeboats for all the 2200 peple onboard there was only enough for 1300... and those 900 left would have died...
funny how we all say, If only they did this, then this would happen. HELLO IF TITANIC DIDN'T GO DOWN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST ANOTHER SHIP. WE WOULDN'T BE TALKING SO MUCH ABOUT IT LIKE WE DO NOW.
Murdoch was really an hero. I mean, the man launched almost half of its boats while it was only launched one lifeboat in the Port side. Wau! And the only ones oveloaded were on his side! Murdoch was one of the biggest heros of that night.
i thought it was lifeboat 6 who won't return i see the deleted scene and it said it was boat six won't return..not lifeboat 1..i just want to know it...
the ship was named after the monarch, and RMS stands for Royal Mayal Steamship. All are British ans RMS is the most preostegious title for a ship, as compared to SS
Lifeboats A, B, C and D were collapsable in the sense that their sides were made of CANVAS, not WOOD. Braces in the sides of the boat could be removed, so that the whole boat folded down flat. This was so that more boats could be squeezed onto the ship.
The plan was to fit 48 Titanic lifeboats? but Thomas Andwers was Overruled? and not only that? they were Underloaded? and that make me sick how they launched? Lifeboat No. 1 with only 12 people Probably only First class passengers? but they made a very big mistake oh well they had to learn? Safety comes first not STYLE???
by far, the Titanic was a miniscule timesapusle of the world around her. It was a world where wealth and class were most inportant of all. In a way, her sinking ended this mentality & WWI buried it forever. In a nutshell, it showed the world many of its faults and pointless tradidions that could no longer be continued.
Thomas Andrews was overruled by Bruce Ismay, who was the head of the White Star Line. The "boat deck" was designed to hold thoes 48 boats, but before sailing 28 were removed so that first class passengers could "walk" on the boat deck... what makes this tid bit even worse, when officers called for Women and Children Bruce got into a boat filled with women and rowed away....
True, but you must relize, when the boat's were launched, only the crew REALLY knew the ship had a chance of sinking, the passangers thought it a precautionary messaure or a test... which is why they were empty, and the crowds calm, drinking and laughing as the ship made her way to be swallowed by the depths of the ocean
One thing noticable in the pattern of which the boats were launched is the difference between the port abd starboard boats. On the Port side, 2nd Officer Lightoller was still rather skeptical about the ship foundering, considering 7 of the 9 boats he launched were less than half full. On the starboard side however, Murdoch realized the ship was sinking just in time, as boats 11, 13, 15 and Collapsible C were launched filled to capacity. As a matter of fact, on the wreck today, (to be continued)
The davit from Lifeboat 1 he and the other crew attempted to use to Launch Collapsible A is still inverted in the launching position on the boat deck, one of the very few davits still in place after all these years. He was responsible for saving around 2/3 of the survivors, including over half the children who survived.
lightholler had been in ships that were sinking before and had experience in similar situations so he got as many people as possible into the boats as he relised the ship was going down as soon as he began loading the boats after getting the captain to give the orders
i dont understand how they know how many people were on each lifeboat. did they count? im sure at the time they wudnt have had time 2 count :S but good vid very intresting
Great vid! But I always thought that the boat on the starbordside aft was earlier launching than than on the portside. I always thought that collapsible C was launched at 1:40!
The same lifeboat launching sequence is available on James Cameron's "Titanic Explorer" CD Rom... however this 'condensed version' is rather a creative way to explain the historical significance.
5.Collapsible B was accidently overturned in an attempt to free it form the roof of the Officer's Quarters, floating off with roughly 40 men aboard, including, Harold Bride, of of the two wirless officers aboard, and 1st-Class passenger, Jack Thayer
If I have this right, even back then they had already designed the multi-lifeboat davit. The Titanic could have had 64 lifeboats; the builders' decision not to use these davits was lost on those caught up in the tragedy
originially (i know i spelt that wrong) the Titanic had 32 lifeboats but the owner thought thatit clutter the deck. the water was calm the night the great ship Titanic went down, an with such a night they could have fit 75 instead of 65 people in a lifeboat.
many of the passengers believed the unsinkable ship was unsinkable, therefore many felt safer on the warn ship than on a cold lifeboat in the icy north atlantic. Many more started occupying the lifeboats after the bow goes under.
They had trouble launching 18 in that time. So regardless of whether or not they had enough lifeboats, with the time it took to launch those 18, they would have been lucky to have launched another one, let alone another 20 or so!!
tat is just so extremely stupid I MEAN..everyone wins in that way if theres more ppl the warmer it gets in tat cold weather stupid air headed first classers~!
That and many people thought the ship was unsinkable. A new info I heard a few years ago said the crew were in a hurry because they didn't know how fast Titanic was going sink.
The first song is 'Alexander's Ragtime Band', written & composed by Iriving Berlin in 1911. Aaron, could you email me the recording of ARB as well, if you have it? Thanks. You already got my email address.
Marvelous. Always thought how they launched the lifeboats on RMS Titanic was quite interesting. What I have to ask is; Was Lifeboat 14 and 16 really launched before Lifeboat 12? And wasn't Lifeboat 4 launched before Lifeboat 2? And wasn't Collapsible C launched before Lifeboat 2 and 4?
This is what happens when selfishness, laziness, stupidity and simply bad luck are put together.
applefan2151 3 days ago
Everyone! Grab a door each and try to stay afloat!!
lisstina90 3 weeks ago
If all lifeboats had been loaded with their full capacity, 450 more people would have survived. And if they had all been overloaded like Murdoc did with 70 people in the boats, that would make another 85 people. 535 people that could have been saved, imagine that
lisstina90 3 weeks ago
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TheHistorylover99 1 month ago
All the ships officers had to obey Mr. Murdoch because he was titled 1st officer
zoby68 1 month ago
Mr. Murdoch was mostly on the starbord side of the ship
zoby68 1 month ago
They should of stuck with 64 lifeboats
dianita56781 2 months ago
This video would have been so much better without the music. It almost drowns out the commentator.
lostindiancamp 3 months ago
Many more lives could have been saved if they had filled the lifeboats to capacity instead of allowing the rich snobs to run she show. Those rich first class passengers didn't want anyone from second or third class to get in the lifeboats with them, especially the Duff Gordons.
lostindiancamp 3 months ago
@Flamorgan Not in Liverpool, but they tested the boats in Belfast
Teritus911 4 months ago
Sometimes we all have to think, even if the ship had enough lifeboats to fit the ship's passenger capacity, The same death toll would of occurred. When Titanic's bridge plunged beneath the sea at around ten past two on April the 15th, they failed to launch the remaining two collapsible's in time. They failed to launch all the 20 boats provided on that voyage. If the 40-60 lifeboat plan was put into practice then we would of had over 20 boats going down with the ship.
toacamater 7 months ago
I think more people would have died if Titanic had enough lifeboats. It took 30 minutes for the crew to uncover and prepare the lifeboats. If Titanic had double or triple the amount of lifeboats then this process would take over an hour, perhaps two and the ship would almost be sunk by then. The crew would be more spread out so it would take longer to lower each one. Passengers had to row because there weren't enough seamen. If there were more lifeboats then who would row them?
Aaron1912 7 months ago
@Aaron1912
Remember, the reason why everything was taking such a long time was mostly because nobody was given a clear order of what to do. Captain Smith knew that there was not enough lifeboats, and the knowledge that so many was going to die put him in a shock. If there had been enough lifeboats, maybe the knowledge that everyone actually could be saved would have made him take a stand immideatly and a lot more would have survived.
lisstina90 3 weeks ago
@toacamater Not necessarily. It would have all depended on how the boats were stored. If they had used the large gantry davits suggested by Andrew Carlisle, the boats could most likely have been lowered and launched faster. Even if they had just used more of the Welin Davits, it seems likely that a vast majority of the boats could have been used. For example, Lifeboat 2 was launched at 1:45 that night, and then Collapsible D was launched using the same set of davits just 20 minutes later.
CJCody2006 3 days ago
@CJCody2006 Not necessarily, but most likely. The passengers would have to be more alerted in that scenario though; here they weren't and that's why they were only lowered with 12 or so because there just simply wasn't enough time left. The davits would perhaps making lowering a little faster, but getting all the passengers inside the boats was the problem.
Teritus911 1 day ago
I WOULD HAVE JUMPED IN THE WATER AND SWAM TO A BOAT
av63pnt0 7 months ago
IF YOU DO THE MATH THERE WAS 18 LIFEBOATS IF THEY FILLED THEM WITH 70 EACH ABOUT 1200 PEOPLE COULD HAVE SURVIVED ABOUT 500 PEOPLE DIED BECAUSE OF STUPIDITY
av63pnt0 7 months ago
where did you find that second song? I'm searching "old cafe" everywhere, but I'm not finding everything. Are you sure that that was the name?
BeautifulSea4 8 months ago
The last surviving titanic passenger with actual memory of the titanic sinking was Lilly asplund who died in 2006. She sai that she remembers going through this large window onto the boat deck into the lifeboat (Lifeboat 15). The window she was talking about was the entrance from the first class lounge to the boat deck. Bear in mind that despite Millivena dean was the last living survivor, she was only 9 weeks old therefore too young to remember the sinking.
Noah1ize 8 months ago
why didn't they fill the boats to capacity?? :S
Sabrinajaine 8 months ago
@Sabrinajaine the reason why beacause the officers weren't quite sure of the weight the lifeboat could take despite some of the lifeboats could take up to 70 people in them. Before the titanic set sail, in 1911, the lifeboats were tested at liverpool and good take the weight of 70 grown men
Noah1ize 8 months ago
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124titanic 9 months ago
The first lifeboat launched was Lifeboat 7 on the starboard side with 28 people on board out of a capacity of 65. It was lowered at around 00:40 as believed by the British Inquiry.[53][54] Lifeboat 6 and Lifeboat 5 were launched ten minutes later. Lifeboat 1 was the fifth lifeboat to be launched with 12 people. Lifeboat 11 was overloaded with 70 people. Collapsible D was the last lifeboat to be launched. Titanic carried 20 lifeboats with a total capacity
124titanic 9 months ago
I cant belive that officers, why they launching lifeboats with 20-30 passangers on board. Only a Murdoch was launching full lifeboats. Lightroller was launched a lifeboat with 12 on board.
croteam3 9 months ago
@croteam3
But Lightoller was the only one to go back to rescue people out of the water. Even if he waited too long, he is one of the heroes of Titanic.
lisstina90 3 weeks ago
@lisstina90 No, that was Fifth Officer Lowe. Lightoller couldn't go back because he was on an upturned boat and there weren't enough spaces for many more.
Teritus911 1 week ago
Why would they launch lifeboat 1 with 12 people when theres 65 that can fit
richard14mlb 10 months ago
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Sabrinajaine 8 months ago
Lifeboat 5 was the second to be lauched, then 6.
japeeisalwaysthebest 10 months ago
This is an absolutely fascinating documentary ,detailing something I have wondered about for decades but never bothered to research. Amazing what you can find on Youtube these days !! :-)
Rivieratime 11 months ago
What, me get into one of those open boats and float around in the middle of the ocean? Everybody knows the ship is unsinkable. Besides its freezing out and its the middle of the night. I'm going back to my cabin where its nice and warm and go back to bed.
safetychoice 1 year ago
@safetychoice until your cabin starts flooding and begin thinking that you should have tried to go on a lifeboat
darthCJ2010 11 months ago
2nd song?
CarlosBcn1989 1 year ago
I can't remember. I think it was a french song called 'Old Cafe'
Aaron1912 1 year ago
I have an idea on how to get 3000 people into 16 lifeboats: having them redesigned into carrying 280 people each. Instead of 64 little ones, (and because there's doubting timing in lowering them all before sinking) 16 big boats, 34 Ft. each.
23456789Alexis 1 year ago
@23456789Alexis well it doesn´t matter nowadays
markhellstone 1 year ago
Lightoller sure was slow to get going on port!
JeffClancy1966 1 year ago
Really interesting. I didn't know this.
safetychoice 1 year ago
I think it is obvious that at first the officers gave their attention at launching the aft lifeboats first. Maybe they expected the ship to go down faster and thought they didn't had much time to launch those ? In any case, it is tragic that so few entered the lifeboats, when so many could be saved.
GR8TM4N 1 year ago
neat nice to see what order they where launched
bad66chevelles 2 years ago
collapsible c was launched at 1:40 ! not 2:00 !
RoMaNiaPaTrioT 2 years ago
I caluculated all the numbers from the 18 lifeboats that were mentioned in this video, as well as Collapsible B's 28 people. However, the total result was 757, a far cry from the well known number of 705 survivors.
ThomasAnime 2 years ago
The numbers are based on estimates. So, if you add them up it won't come to 705.
Gnickk 2 years ago
12 year old ruth elizabeth becker was in lifeboat 11 with 69 others!
balletgirl21100 2 years ago
No, Ruth Becker was in Lifeboat 13. The ones in Lifeboat 11 were her family - her mother, younger sister and younger brother.
ThomasAnime 2 years ago
what is name of second music
miciex 2 years ago
does anyone know what documentry this is from and what happened to the ones like this that showed scenes from titanic 1997
dinoships 2 years ago
I got it from a PC CD rom documentory called James Cameron's Titanic Explorer. I bought it in 1998 so I don't know if it's still being sold today, perhaps on ebay.
Aaron1912 2 years ago
@Aaron1912 its not, but i bought one at a charity shop. It wont install to my new laptop tough :( it worked on my old pc
whsiriotx 1 year ago
The Ocean is about 4000 meters deep. no anchor chain is long enough
f1database 2 years ago
if they dropped the anchors, would that've helped?
egforevervlad 2 years ago
if every lifeboat was filled to its capicity, 1038 people would be saved
michaelm0522 2 years ago
No, the totally amount would be 1178.
ThomasAnime 2 years ago
that was a good story
Bearry143 2 years ago 2
life boat 1 with 12 seats occupied only? They should have allowed more people to go into lifeboat 1!
japeeisthebest 2 years ago 2
Rich snobs say 'no'.
Shangas 2 years ago
People didn't want to board at first. It wasn't immediately apparent that the ship was in mortal danger. The crew seemed unaware that the boats had been tested in dock and were safe to lower full, so they erred on the side of caution, not wanting to overload them and break the rigging lowering them from te davits. It was also hoped the boats would later pick people up from the water. Only 5were saved in this way because once the ship had sunk those in the boats were scared they would be swamped.
lontok2006 2 years ago
Captain Smith called them to return to the ship but they didnt... stupids bastards...
CarlosBcn1989 2 years ago
But the dreaded suction! You can't forget about the horrible suction!!!!!
Maxobillion 2 years ago
well if all the lifeboats were filled up with there max capactiy over 1,100 people would have made it to live and leaving 1,200 souls to die!
villarock9 2 years ago
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LegoStarWarsM0vies 2 years ago
I know the first music (Alexander's Ragtime Band) but what is the second music?
Chiups9 3 years ago
About 700-722 people survived cus they all got in a lifeboat... 1500 people died... there was still not enough lifeboats for all the 2200 peple onboard there was only enough for 1300... and those 900 left would have died...
Beentakenaway123 3 years ago
How interesting thanks 4 this video!!!
Beentakenaway123 3 years ago
funny how we all say, If only they did this, then this would happen. HELLO IF TITANIC DIDN'T GO DOWN IT WOULD HAVE BEEN JUST ANOTHER SHIP. WE WOULDN'T BE TALKING SO MUCH ABOUT IT LIKE WE DO NOW.
shortyisme 3 years ago
Yeah if nothing as tragic happened on Titanic, it would just happen to another ship that wouldn't have enough life boats.
flydfan 3 years ago
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nobody cares.....
LegoStarWarsM0vies 2 years ago
no..you dont care. we all plenty care. apparently you dont have the heart enough to care.
shortyisme 2 years ago 9
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i was just saying no one gives the shit about wat u just said
LegoStarWarsM0vies 2 years ago
I read you can
Thecurious58 3 years ago
Can anyone die in a collapsible boat?
Thecurious58 3 years ago
no you cant die in a collapsible
shiningdaggers6 3 years ago
What is a collapsible? lol..
Beentakenaway123 3 years ago
Well, lifeboats are made from wood, while collapsibles are made from canvas.
Chiups9 2 years ago
Collapsibles' bottoms are made of wood though
cangooooods 2 years ago
Yer.. lol.. seriously what is it?
JoeyHoey7997 2 years ago
I love the background music. Alexander's Ragtime Band.
freddyfan62 3 years ago
is this video from a documentry
dinoships 3 years ago
only lifeboats 11 and 15 are launched overloaded. Both on Murdoch' s Starboard
TheGreenSabre22 3 years ago
Murdoch was really an hero. I mean, the man launched almost half of its boats while it was only launched one lifeboat in the Port side. Wau! And the only ones oveloaded were on his side! Murdoch was one of the biggest heros of that night.
Chiups9 2 years ago 10
i thought it was lifeboat 6 who won't return i see the deleted scene and it said it was boat six won't return..not lifeboat 1..i just want to know it...
DUMx3 3 years ago
is queen mary a people or what??
and what do you mean by RMS?
DUMx3 3 years ago
the ship was named after the monarch, and RMS stands for Royal Mayal Steamship. All are British ans RMS is the most preostegious title for a ship, as compared to SS
(steam ship [common for U.S. ships])
Riku1135 3 years ago
1:35 lifeboat no. 11 with 72 people ????
AlecSZ10 3 years ago
why do they call them "collapsebale A-D" ?
a4o31 3 years ago
Lifeboats A, B, C and D were collapsable in the sense that their sides were made of CANVAS, not WOOD. Braces in the sides of the boat could be removed, so that the whole boat folded down flat. This was so that more boats could be squeezed onto the ship.
Shangas 3 years ago
The plan was to fit 48 Titanic lifeboats? but Thomas Andwers was Overruled? and not only that? they were Underloaded? and that make me sick how they launched? Lifeboat No. 1 with only 12 people Probably only First class passengers? but they made a very big mistake oh well they had to learn? Safety comes first not STYLE???
Liamtweedie 3 years ago 4
These people were in Lifeboat No. 1
Lady Duff Gordon - First Class
Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon - First Class
Miss L. Francatelli - their personal secretary
Mr Abraham Lincoln Salomon - First Class
Mr Charles E. Stengel - First Class
and seven crewmembers to help with rowing.
TOTAL = 12
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Aaron1912 3 years ago
by far, the Titanic was a miniscule timesapusle of the world around her. It was a world where wealth and class were most inportant of all. In a way, her sinking ended this mentality & WWI buried it forever. In a nutshell, it showed the world many of its faults and pointless tradidions that could no longer be continued.
Riku1135 3 years ago 2
@Riku1135 totally agree
Sweetcleopatraa 1 year ago
Thomas Andrews was overruled by Bruce Ismay, who was the head of the White Star Line. The "boat deck" was designed to hold thoes 48 boats, but before sailing 28 were removed so that first class passengers could "walk" on the boat deck... what makes this tid bit even worse, when officers called for Women and Children Bruce got into a boat filled with women and rowed away....
lilcuteactor 3 years ago 3
@Liamtweedie IKR! i agree such morans...
ZebraGomez 9 months ago
True, but you must relize, when the boat's were launched, only the crew REALLY knew the ship had a chance of sinking, the passangers thought it a precautionary messaure or a test... which is why they were empty, and the crowds calm, drinking and laughing as the ship made her way to be swallowed by the depths of the ocean
manokiller 3 years ago
omg if they put way more ppl on each boat, people could have been at least WARMER ON EACH BOAT stupid prejudice.
lilmusichere 3 years ago
One thing noticable in the pattern of which the boats were launched is the difference between the port abd starboard boats. On the Port side, 2nd Officer Lightoller was still rather skeptical about the ship foundering, considering 7 of the 9 boats he launched were less than half full. On the starboard side however, Murdoch realized the ship was sinking just in time, as boats 11, 13, 15 and Collapsible C were launched filled to capacity. As a matter of fact, on the wreck today, (to be continued)
CJCody2006 3 years ago
The davit from Lifeboat 1 he and the other crew attempted to use to Launch Collapsible A is still inverted in the launching position on the boat deck, one of the very few davits still in place after all these years. He was responsible for saving around 2/3 of the survivors, including over half the children who survived.
CJCody2006 3 years ago
A silent testiment to the lives he saved...
Riku1135 3 years ago
lightholler and lowe got more people int he boats than murdoch and wilde including the people lightholler saved in the capsized colapsable
djves 3 years ago
lightholler had been in ships that were sinking before and had experience in similar situations so he got as many people as possible into the boats as he relised the ship was going down as soon as he began loading the boats after getting the captain to give the orders
djves 3 years ago
i dont understand how they know how many people were on each lifeboat. did they count? im sure at the time they wudnt have had time 2 count :S but good vid very intresting
jasfifty 3 years ago
they could count on the carpathia
sparkreno19 3 years ago
oh of coursee now it all makes sense 2 me
jasfifty 3 years ago
I want teh second song off this. But this is very good vid, I like it
manokiller 3 years ago
Great vid! But I always thought that the boat on the starbordside aft was earlier launching than than on the portside. I always thought that collapsible C was launched at 1:40!
DrHanLecter 3 years ago
The same lifeboat launching sequence is available on James Cameron's "Titanic Explorer" CD Rom... however this 'condensed version' is rather a creative way to explain the historical significance.
Titan752 3 years ago
5.Collapsible B was accidently overturned in an attempt to free it form the roof of the Officer's Quarters, floating off with roughly 40 men aboard, including, Harold Bride, of of the two wirless officers aboard, and 1st-Class passenger, Jack Thayer
Riku1135 3 years ago
And 2nd officer lightoller.
spideynut 3 years ago
It is ipmotrant to note:
1. the colapsibles as well as lifeboats 1&2 could only carry about 40 poeple, where as the others could contain 65 people.
2.The colapsibles had only canvas sides and wooden bottems
3.Lifeboats 1&2 were emergencey cutterrs, remained pre"swung-out" during voyages
4.Collapsible A was half-flooded due to ist sides not being raised & flosted off with 39 men & only one woman aboard, name: Rosa Abbott
Riku1135 3 years ago 2
If I have this right, even back then they had already designed the multi-lifeboat davit. The Titanic could have had 64 lifeboats; the builders' decision not to use these davits was lost on those caught up in the tragedy
phantomlord54 4 years ago
Titanic's sister ship Britannic had even bigger davits fitted - each could launch six lifeboats.
BamBogleBlaster 3 years ago
yes its amazing how they chose looks over safety in those days. shudav had more lifeboats
jasfifty 3 years ago
The intriguing parallels between the Titanic and the WTC...all those "if only this, if only that"
phantomlord54 3 years ago
the video is good because it shows the order the boats were launched and how many people were on them
snoopyjace 4 years ago
originially (i know i spelt that wrong) the Titanic had 32 lifeboats but the owner thought thatit clutter the deck. the water was calm the night the great ship Titanic went down, an with such a night they could have fit 75 instead of 65 people in a lifeboat.
kcrandomness 4 years ago
Nice vidio but i don't get the happy music...
Hornet569 4 years ago
Because that was one of the songs that was played as the ship was going down.
Aaron1912 4 years ago
the music kinda plays with the era, possibly even music that the band had played during the titanics voyage...not the sinking
rexrabbiteer 4 years ago
Nice vidio dude, but a whole bunch of people died on that ship... why did you play happy music????
Hornet569 4 years ago
there were enough
life boat I believe more people could have be save
gogocartoon11 4 years ago
There were enough lifeboats for 1300 people, only 729 people got on the lifeboats and only 705 survived that night.
jackruss007 4 years ago
What happened to collapsible A and B? Were the crew having trouble with them just as the ship's front was sinking?
Zip4me 4 years ago
The ship took a big plunge and washed the two collapsible boats off the deck. Collapsible Boat A capsized while Boat B floated upright.
tscastro114 4 years ago
The Film makes me cry. When the water comes over the bow and the captain kills himself.
thomasfy4 4 years ago
omg.
stupid people
why didnt
they fill them all the way
omg they could of saved more people.
Terrisue1993 4 years ago
many of the passengers believed the unsinkable ship was unsinkable, therefore many felt safer on the warn ship than on a cold lifeboat in the icy north atlantic. Many more started occupying the lifeboats after the bow goes under.
coreyteen13 4 years ago
how did they launch lifeboats 1 and 2 with collapisable C and D in the way?
davieboy28 4 years ago
I was thinking the same thing.
They had trouble launching 18 in that time. So regardless of whether or not they had enough lifeboats, with the time it took to launch those 18, they would have been lucky to have launched another one, let alone another 20 or so!!
jazzamcc 4 years ago
why didnt they fill them >;(
thomasfy4 4 years ago
First class wanted to be comfortable with lots of leg room
Aaron1912 4 years ago
tat is just so extremely stupid I MEAN..everyone wins in that way if theres more ppl the warmer it gets in tat cold weather stupid air headed first classers~!
lilmusichere 3 years ago
That and many people thought the ship was unsinkable. A new info I heard a few years ago said the crew were in a hurry because they didn't know how fast Titanic was going sink.
tscastro114 4 years ago
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wtf horneytomcat?
wuts with ur name and "maravlous"
r u british
screw the queen of england :P
PinkChick75 4 years ago
I think it's called 'Old Cafe'
Aaron1912 4 years ago
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23456789Alexis 1 year ago
What is the second song, Aaron?
Shangas 4 years ago
Alexander's Ragtime Band. (Irving Berlin. (1911).
Shangas 4 years ago
what song is this
commisarkrush 4 years ago
The first song is 'Alexander's Ragtime Band', written & composed by Iriving Berlin in 1911. Aaron, could you email me the recording of ARB as well, if you have it? Thanks. You already got my email address.
Shangas 4 years ago
Marvelous. Always thought how they launched the lifeboats on RMS Titanic was quite interesting. What I have to ask is; Was Lifeboat 14 and 16 really launched before Lifeboat 12? And wasn't Lifeboat 4 launched before Lifeboat 2? And wasn't Collapsible C launched before Lifeboat 2 and 4?
Hornytomcat 4 years ago