Who Sank the Titanic? (2008) Discovery Channel

Another look at the Titanic disaster and the actions of those held responsible.

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Education

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• RMS
• Titanic
• disaster
• documentary
• Luxury
• Liner
• sinking
• National
• Geographic
• maritime
• history
• ocean
• maiden
• voyage
• boat
• cruise
• sailing
• marine

[whoohaaXL]

Jennifer Hooper-McCarty is a cutie no doubt.

[cubanangel1985]

The title is wrong; it should be "How the Titanic Really Sank"...

[ATLANTICCITY24]

THE CALIFORNIAN SHIP KNEW THE ICE WAS BAD SO THEY STOPPED FOR THE NIGHT, TRYING TO SEND MESSAGES TO THE TITANIC,IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS THEY TURN THE WIRLESS OFF FOR THE NIGHT SO NOBODY COULD CONTACT THEM! THEN THEY SEE ROCKETS FROM THE TITANIC YET THEY THINK THE SHIP IS CELEBRATING ACCORDING TO ONE ACCOUNT. ANY ROCKET SHOULD HAVE A SHIP RACING TO A RESCUE. HAD THEY KEPT THAT WIRELESS ON THEY COULD HAVE SAVED THOSE ON BOARD THE TITANIC. IT SIMPLY MAKES NO SENSE AT ALL.

[Streetcar1743]

If Titanic would have had 48 liftboats with a capacity of 65 men per boat,. Titanic would have enough boats for every passenger on the ship. But after the sinking, having enough lifeboats for everybody on the ship is required.

[starmanskye]

WHY couldn't Capt. Smith steam at moderate speed towards the lights of (closest) trawler Samson or steamship Californian both seen to the west? OR: Steam towards one of the several icebergs that best afforded landing passengers, using the 16 lifeboats & 4 collapsable boats to ferry everyone offship? Especially since sea conditions were so calm & the alternative of waiting helplessly for assistance to arrive too late so dire. I've NEVER seen this hindsight possibility discussed anywhere.

[7475flyersfan]

man they could have used this prosecutor in the O.J case

[bfishy33]

@whoohaaXL No, it should be S.S., or R.M.S. for Royal Mail Steamer, but I believe S.S. is accurate.

[MrFloppy19]

he turned the helm the wrong way in the beginning

[whoohaaXL]

at 1:03:00 please don't tell me it says "S.S. Titanic" on that lifeboat, It should be "HMS".

[whoohaaXL]

I saw the same explaination in another documentary. It was too much slag in the iron rivets. The iceberg exerted a minimum of 15,000 psi on the hull and the experiment made the rivet fail at just around 10,000 psi.

[shananagans5]

I am curious about the exact role of the wireless operator. Other accounts report that the main job of the wireless operators is to relay messages for passengers, not to assist in the navigation of the ship. Wireless was new then & not widely used for navigation so was relaying that info really his job? It seems like a total no brainer to us now but back then it doesn't seem so clear. I wonder what exactly was expected of the wireless operators. Was their role on ships not yet clearly defined?