What Sinking In A Ship Is Like
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2023
- Ever wonder what it's like to be aboard a sinking ship but don't want the traumatic real life experience? Well this video is for you! Hop aboard this real life "simulation" and find out first hand what it's like to slowly await your doom on a sinking ship to-day!
~Totally legit Cruise Line ad from the mesozoic era. :) - เกม
If I recall the Real Time Sinking Simulation correctly, the first few released lifeboats were panicked passengers and crew leaving ASAP *while the ship was still at full speed.* It went about as well as you’d expect (very poorly).
The Captain only allowed it again once the ship had slowed down to the point of being able to safely do so.
🔉Every time the the horn went off, my 🙀 looked at the 📺, like what the heck!!
LOL
That machine in the wheelhouse with the red and green balls is a compass to navigate the ship.. from (port and starboard).. most ships back then, including the Titanic even had lights on either port and starboard sides, because it was easier and less confusing saying port or starboard instead of saying left or right because when you turn a giant ship like that, you spin the wheel in the opposite direction -anticlockwise to go left or right.
I hope this makes sense 😅
That makes total sense. I've seen these things before in movies and documentaries alike. I wonder if it's the same thing as the red and green lights we see on the nose of a boat today. Or even an aircraft has flashing red/green lights on their wings.. Super interesting!
Red and light running lights have been used on ships for centuries and are still used today, as well as being found on planes. Red is port, green starboard. Amongst other things that actually act as traffic lights, red being "give way" and green being "right of way". If two ships are approaching to cross each others path, the one approaching from port will see a red light and be expected to give way (slow down if needed and maneuver to pass behind the other ship) whilst the one approaching from starboard will see a green light and have right of way (unless required to to avoid other vessels or hazards, continue straight and at constant speed until the other ship has maneuvered clear). In combination with other running lights (on the mast head and stern) they allow ships to see what direction a ship is heading and also what type of ship it is (size and powered or sail).
Funnily enough the last video i watched on youtube was explaining what those balks do. They are called "Kelvins balls" (named after Lord Kelvin) and are used to correct errors in the compass caused by the ships steel hull.
Oh wow, that's cool! I looked up "Kelvins Balls" and apparently they are also known as a Binnacle. I feel like I've heard that before, but never connected this object to that name before.. But when I say "Binnacle" out loud, it just sounds like that's what this object should be called. Also "Kelvins Balls" is more humorous though. lol
@@Strangerock94 the binnacle refers to the whole strand the compass is held in Infront of the helm, and includes other things to deal with the ships own magnetic field and correct the compass, as well as a gimbal to keep the compass level. The balls (also known as "compass correcting spheres") are just part of it.
Cheer up it may never happen.