Jovial Monk wrote on Jul 30
th, 2020 at 4:03am:
Was the accident not due to the captain wanting to set a new transatlantic speed record led him to keep further north than advisable?
Seat of the pants? They could work out latitude and longitude and bearing and had radio. Nothing protects about stupidity tho.
Hi, Jovial. The transatlantic speed record is one of those
Titanic myths that has been around almost since the sinking.
The White Star Line's Olympic class liners -
Olympic, Titanic and
Britannic, were built mainly for luxury and not speed. They could probably have made a maximum speed of about 23 knots if they were really "pushing it".
In contrast, the Cunard Line's
Lusitania and
Mauretania (which had both been in service since 1907) were capable of speeds of up to 26 or 27 knots although they usually averaged about 24 knots.
The only "record" that they may have been thinking about breaking was possibly beating their sister ship
Olympic's (which had been in service for nearly a year) best transatlantic crossing time. The
Olympic and
Titanic were incapable of beating the record times of the
Lusitania and
Mauretania.
Sophia wrote on Jul 30
th, 2020 at 3:07am:
Have you seen the incredible underwater filming of the sunken Titanic wreck?
Hi, Lols. Seen quite a few of those over the years but I haven't seen any yet from the most recent expedition to the wreck last year but apparently the wreck has deteriorated badly since the previous expedition in 2005.
Hey, guys, here's a couple of cool videos made by the
Titanic: Honor and Glory team who are in the process of making a new video game featuring the most accurate recreation of the ship (inside and out) to date.
Titanic sinks in REAL TIME - 2 HOURS 40 MINUTES That was made in 2016. Here's an updated version of the final 14 minutes of the sinking with extra details added (people, funnel guy wires, etc.)
I'll definitely be buying this game when it eventually gets released.