A few weeks ago, my 5th grader learned about the sinking of the Lusitania in school. This morning I showed your video to her and to my third grade son. You had 100% of their attention, they asked good questions, and they discussed the events with great interest for a while afterwards. I wanted you to know that you have a real talent for making presentations that are both informative and engaging. Well done!
@@ScatteredCollector that happened because they were dumb going in a ELEVATOR I feel bad for those people I hope they lived but there a high chance they will be oof
The stark contrast between Titanic and Lusitania is incredible, though the stories of the two ships are vastly different they have a number of similar stories of heroism and pitiful actions.
True, I didnt have time to go into as much detail as I wanted to but I can only do so much with a 16 minute video. I could make a 2 hour video about Lusitania lol
@@HistoricTravels Yes even then it's still a great amount of information about the ship, I could listen to someone talk about the history of Lusitania for hours and not get bored lol.
@@HistoricTravels well.. i am looking forward to the rest of the two hours :D BUT i have also a topic for titanic for you: Would the titanic have survived, if they flooded intentionally 2-3 backward compartments? (fantasy: having the possibility to put holes into the bottom..)
@@sharpisharp I'd be supportive of that theory, however I doubt it would work. Because flooding the back of the ship would result in flooding her engine room and so the power, the generators and everything would be flooded, which would be very bad, I fear.
@@HistoricTravels Lusitania, for all her sinking was such a great tragedy, at least got to have a substantial 8-year career. Even Britannic got over a year and five full voyages and was outbound on her sixth when she was lost.
15:05 The reason she sank almost level during the final plunge is because i believe her bow hit the sea floor as it was only around 250/350 feet deep and she just settled back like the last part of Britannic's stern
As I recall it, the 4th funnel on the Titanic, while not active as a funnel for smoke, was a ventilation shaft as much as anything. Also, people in those days judged a ship's power by the number of funnels it had.
@@Scott11078 very true, Germany did declare that any vessels coming from America to Europe would be targeted regardless of weather they were carrying passengers or soldiers, the only ships on the ocean mostly free from u boats were the hospital ships and even then some were sunk by the Germans like Britannic
It was a solution to both issues however it should be noted the Titanic wasn't an extremely special design it was a copy of the Olympic so the design was more intended for Olympic first and foremost over Titanic which was just supposed to be an Olympic 2 basically.
While discussing the causes of the second explosion it's important to remember that torpedo hit the boiler room no. 1 directly. The cargo holds, the only place where the weapon could be stored, were far ahead of the damaged area, ahead of boiler room no. 1. And regarding the coal dust, that couldn't happen at least because the boiler room no. 1 which was, again, directly hit by the torpedo, was flooded almost instantly. I highly doubt that coal dust can ignite when it's totally wet and under water. The most plausible reason is the boiler explosion because, well, the ship was travelling at high speed, the boilers were heated to the level of providing full steam power to the engines and the contact with the cold water in boiler room no. 1 was literally instant when the torpedo hit. The most perfect conditions for the boilers to explode.
@@timothyreed8417 I'll literally quote my text above if the text itself wasn't enough: "...the boilers were heated to the level of providing full steam power to the engines and the contact with the cold water in boiler room no. 1 was literally instant when the torpedo hit. The most perfect conditions for the boilers to explode. " When hot boilers contact the cold water they tend to turn into powerful explosives, a thermal shock.
The only “hot”parts of the boilers, the fire boxes, were surrounded by water. The boilers are about 4/5ths full of water, the other space is steam. An “implosion” is a more likely happening. And i would think every surface in the fire room was covered with dry coal dust....
@@timothyreed8417 Read more about thermal shock please, the boilers exploding from contact with the cold water was a frequent case on steamships back then.
@@timothyreed8417 You do realize that the rate of flooding was so far different? For boiler room 6 boilers to flood, it took 20-25 minutes. Lusitania's boiler room 1 completely flooded instantly. Titanic's boiler room 6 was flooded by only 8 feet of water in the first 10 minutes of the sinking. Not to mention that there was also some work to extinguish fires in boiler room 6 while it was possible in the same first 10 minutes.
This reminds me of when I was 5 and pissed myself at school. The piss ran mainly down one leg, causing a significant list. To compound matters, the piss then started to run aft, soaking my ass. I tried sending out many distress calls to my classmates, (some of whom were within 10 feet) but they failed to respond. It was at this point that I knew I as in REAL trouble, and that within a few minutes, I would founder.
Sam, another great job! I remember as a high schooler (mid 1970s) reading the story of the Lusitania. That book mentioned that another difference between Cunard's ships and White Star's ships was that the Lusitania and Mauritania had longitudinal bulkheads in addition to transverse bulkheads. That would also explain why the list got progressively worse until the Lusitania's bow hit the seabed. That book also mentioned that when Captain Turner was dying of intestinal cancer many years later, he made a grim joke about how his transverse bulkheads were shot but his longitudinal bulkheads were still holding up! Best,
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you’re one of the best documentary hosts i’ve ever seen. so charismatic, knowledgeable, informative & comfortable in front of a camera. i’ve been binge watching your videos since coming across them on the titanic anniversary this year
The big problem with the secret weapons detonating theory, as you present it, is that the torpedo hit aft of the Lusitania's bridge and not in her forward holds where such contraband as you posit would be held. The area of the first and secondary explosions covers the No. 1 and 2 engine rooms and there are indeed coal bunkers that would be mostly empty by this point in the Voyage and coal dust could be shaken up and then within seconds, detonate to produce a much larger one. While survivors from those engine rooms did not report boiler explosions, the failure of a major steam line is likely given the quick loss of power and steering. Something that would not as likely have happened if contraband munitions in the holds had detonated.
Consider that most of the munitions that have been found at the wreck site were intact or still encased in the shipping crates. As pointed out above the torpedo strike was in the engineering spaces, not the cargo holds. This tends to support the steam explosion theory and explains better the sudden loss of power.
@Logan Jones. Ah yes. Well, she did have quite a history. However that is to be expected and especially for a ship of her size. Granted much bigger have been built today, but they also have rotating propellers, bow thrusters and other things to help then maneuver in tight space. Olympic had no such thing.
@William Cudmore he definitely could and I would watch it as well. The question is though how much content actually would be in the video, if it was only about that one collision.
Thank you for this interesting video. My father trained on stream locomotives as a premium apprentice engineer on the railways in the days of steam. As part of his training he also learnt to drive them, and to act as fireman on various locomotives. . He survived two explosions whilst working on steam railway engines, one when an oxyacetylene tank exploded killing a lot of folk near him, and once when a railway locomotive boiler exploded inside the workshop where he was. (He only survived that because he was welding inside an adjacent steam engine’s boiler when the other one exploded.) He went on to become a renowned mechanical engineer in his own field. He was always very interested in both Titanic and Lusitania and had books on both, and watched every programme he could about them. He only died a couple of years ago, but never had any doubt that the cause of the second explosion was the cold sea water hitting the hot boilers, and would argue that very persuasively. Incidentally my fathers interest was sparked when he was a boy visiting his great uncle in Belfast - who was also an engineer, working on boilers at Harland and Wolff, and who was involved in building the Titanic.
Thank you for covering the Lusitania disaster. I’m very fascinated and interested with titanic history. I always have been. But other shipwrecks deserve attention to. But the saddest part to me of any shipwreck isn’t the loss of a ship, it’s the loss of life😢😢😢
My great great aunt missed her voyage on the RMS Lusitania which ended up being the voyage in which she was sunk. My great great aunt on another side missed her trip on the Titanic. Pretty crazy lol.
The fourth dummy funnel on the Olympic-class ships contained a lot of the ventilation. This made it possible for the upper decks to be cleaner, as opposed to all the vents on the Lusitania and Mauretania.
Love this topic!! The Britannic sank fast as well but less chaos less deaths. My theory for the lusitania the watertight door malfunctioned after the electrical system shut down allowing water to move to the stern very quickly which explained the leveling out as she sank. Crazy stuff for a ship that size.
It would be really nice if you could cover one of the more “forgotten” ship disasters to keep their legacy alive, Atlantic, Wilhelm Gustloff, ss la Bourgogne ect, but mainly you have an awesome channel and this video was amazing!
Apart from Titanic honour and glory, this channel is the most accurate channel when it comes to Titanic. All other channels who sometimes cover the Titanic like bright side, the info graphic show, and a bunch of others always talk about really old maths like the week steel theory and the cold fire theory. You can really tell that he cares about the Titanic and wants other people to know about it too.
@@devonrussell1049 The fact that it saved the Titanic or the fact that it helps sink the Titanic. If you are saying help save the Titanic then yes I do think you are correct.
No I thin Titanic was a terrorist attack. Y the Germans i just before world war 1 to help fund and start the war I think they infiltrated white star line and Brian washed and bought out some high ranking people white star line actually got more money from the tragity than it cost to make the ship and I think the Germans got that money they started the coal fire to weaking the iron on purpose and brainwashed captian Smith and other officers into sinking the ship crashing into the iceberg on purpose and the fire and the iceberg where both on the same side strange uh but that's just my theroy
I just found out that my grandmother came over on the Lusitania.....on an earlier voyage and wanted to learn more about the ship. This was excellent. Thank you!
The contrast between Lusitania and Titanic is so vast. The Titanic sank in 2 hours and 40 minutes yet still had fewer survivors AND more deaths than the Lusitania which only took 18 minutes to go down. Captain Smith of Titanic perished in the sinking whereas Captain Turner of Lusitania managed to survive (I don’t know how he was treated after) The evacuation was very different. Because Titanic had time, survival rate was based on class, gender, and whether the passengers were children. Whereas on the Lusitania, it was chaos and survival rates were highest among the fittest of passengers and crew. In fact, unlike Titanic, first class pssengers fared the worst on Lusitania You could go on forever with these topics, i’m literally obsessed with them
You also completely forgot there was a major world war going on at the time so it exactly wasn’t full of tourists heading to a war zone for holidays. So of course there was less to die. Only those that needed to travel. ‘Rolls eyes’
@@xr6lad No. There were almost 2000 people aboard Lusitania which is only 200 fewer than Titanic. Despite the slightly fewer passengers/crew, Lusitania still had more survivors (763) compared to Titanic (705) - this tells you a lot about the survival rate, especially given the time it took for each ship to sink
@@georgelefakis9269 Yeah the sea during Titanic’s sinking was much colder than that of Lusitania - even though the Lusitania sinking had very cold waters
@@govand7 I believe that survival may have been higher as a result of the Titanic tragedy. Because of the sinking 3 years prior, passengers were faster to muster & the crew were more prepared. Should Titanic have not sank, I doubt the survival rate would have been nearly the same as it was in reality.
After watching you for an entire day I realized how much I’ve fallen in love with your content. Never stop making these videos dude, your content makes my day brighter :) 👍
I believe the secondary explosion was a combination of coal dust and the boilers exploding due to unreleased high pressure in the system, while ship was at full speed. Watertight doors likely disabled due to the destruction behind the bridge. The lack of power is also supported by the second explosion being in the boilers.
A dive team this year found boiler room 1 and the boilers all seem to be intact. There's video and photos of them and the first two single ended boilers which are intact.
I know u prob get it alot but wanted to thank you for all these informative historical videos its helped me pin point details i never knew existed keep up the good work bud
First, great video! Just wanted to add a small piece of information that you may or may not have known. The reason why the Lusitania was a big factor on America entering the war was because there were 128 Americans onboard. The public outcry was very vocal and became extremely anti-German but Wilson didn’t want to risk America’s neutrality and decided that it was best to keep trying to pursue for peace. Keep up the good work!
Dude, you just gain a new follower. i was, since i got memory, an history lover and after the movie titanic that we all known i started to study that part of history too. And let me say it: you have a very professional and nice way to teach and shown things like this. good job!
2:32 This is so accurate! The sinking of the Titanic s actually what got me into history (no, not because of the movie). Now I mainly focus on the Middle Ages; crazy how things progress.
I mostly believe in the coal dust theory as this type of bunker explosion despite being rare can be extremely disastrous. The theory goes the initial explosion by the torpedo kicked up dust in the coal bunkers, which coal dust acts like gunpowder when suspended in mid-air, and mixed with the gas from the initial explosion, caused the dust to ignite (remember as well, Lusitania's coal bunkers run along the sides of her hull instead of being along the width like Titanic). This resulted in a secondary, more powerful explosion that caused more damage to her hull. A passenger liner's coal bunker exploding acts the same way as warship's magazine doing the same thing.
Your presentation was excellent... thank you. I just read Erik Larsen's book and this was a great visual and succinct follow up lesson. Your visual models and film clips were very helpful in my understanding this terrible tragedy. I have subscribed!
I always tought they found like empty/unloaded brass shells inside the wreck? So she might've been carrying munitions, guncotton and the likes. Maybe that was the source of the secondary explosion?
They did the Rockefellers bought this ammo boat of the British in Hope's the germans would sink it with civilians put on it to enter America into ww1 to bankrupt them and take control as a year earlier the federal reserve was created
No, they didn’t cause the explosion. They were non-explosive and marked as such. It most likely came from an explosion in the steam generating plant as the forward boiler rooms filled with steam and steam pressure dropped dramatically after the second explosion.
@@rogue_asami4522 go and watch when the find yhe wreckage of this boat the found ammo in the entire hull this boat was an ammo boat the Rockefellers bought put civilians on and wanted the Germans to sink it so that America would enter ww1 since they created the federal reserve a yr before ww1
@@adamzahariuk9496 Stop repeating the same bullshit conspiracy theories. Explosive experts have said the listed ammunition would not have been sufficient to cause an explosion like witness stated. They never found anything that wasnt on the manifest from 1915. Robert Ballard in 1993 did not find anything, but coal around the wreck.
@@DevilSurvivor69 the sinking of this boat made America enter ww1 it's not a conspiracy theory it's called critical thinking wich you and most people cant do the allies were the bad guys on ww1
Can I just say I really love your channel I love how you always talk about the titanic in the very very thorough but I remember you talking about titanic animation and that’s how I learned about the ship the Lusitania so I’m back for more
Also, theory for the funnels not collapsing. You say the ship begin to plunge after bridge was awash, well, could like all the water being bucketed down the uptake casing sort of, created a suction on the funnels, pinning them in place? Just an idea.
I only came across your Channel a few days ago. I have been watching multiple videos since. This one, being the first non-Titanic. They are all great. Well researched and you speak clearly and can hold my attention. Well done!! Keep going!!
Because I'm from Belfast Ireland, I know a few things about the Titanic. I discovered that the 4th chimney was used as air conditioning for the decks in the stern.
@@francoismurrell4604 I responded and you are correct. I just forgot to tag you. Yes they decided to use for ventilation for the kitchens. I also mentioned I stand corrected. Thank you for catching that. 😊
9:44 yes, that reason is true, but I’ve heard an believe that the reason no escort was went, was well, destroyers are a lot slower than 26 knots, Lusitanias speed. It would just slow her down, and make her an easier target. Good video all the same.
One last thought. I believe the second explosion was caused when the sea water hit the starboard boilers in boiler room number 4. The reasoning is that the torpedo struck just abaft of the starboard bridge wing. That is not part of the hold, but the starboard coal bunker for boiler room number 4. Now, the boilers were stoked to peak pressure entering the war zone. So, the icy water and starboard list would have meant the starboard boiler was quickly flooded, and likely exploded. This is further evidenced by the back pressure blowing ventilator 3 to pieces and its wreckage destroying lifeboat number 3, and the abrupt loss of helm control that could only have happened with the catastrophic rupturing of the steam lines from the boiler.
*"Last Voyage of the Lusitania"* had Bob Ballard explain that the second explosion was of a coal dust fireball explosion. You can check out the National Geographic film if you wanna.
I love how you thank everyone for being here and subscribing etc. I can see we mean a lot to you!! I just love your videos. You make history more interesting than what I learned in school... I can listen to you for hours!! Best wishes as always, from me ☺️🤔🚢☘️🇮🇪💖
Just discovered your channel and have watched a few of your videos. I love your direct and simple approach to covering these topics. You have a good format to serve as a primer for people getting into these historical events and periods. Keep up the good work!
is it bad to point out a lil mistake I heard? 16:14 "1200 of the 900 people on board" Still knew what you meant tho but it was kind of funny. Awesome video still!
@@steveengheben2185 I actually rememebr hearing that too but I did a double take when I watched it first, its just his accent. In I belive his 3000 sub live stream he addressed it.
My theory on the secondary explosion:that it was the mechanism that made the propellers/rudder move which is why when they tried to stop the ship,it kept going
I know that passengers and crew could see the southwest coast of Ireland(County Cork) while the ship was sinking. There is a story of the lighthouse keeper at the Head of Kinsale with his children witnessing the sinking of the Lusitania and all the people in the water from his lighthouse residence. I don't know if he was able to help anyone. The lighthouse was built there to help guide ships and boats around then known rough waters around the south Irish coast into the St. George's Channel and the Irish Sea before docking at Liverpool.
The reason the Lusitania settled back in the water instead of rising out of the water like Titanic is that it’s bow actually hit the sea floor before the ship was fully sunk.
"And the two primary fighters of WW1 were England, United Kingdom and Germany..." My first reaction to that statement was "dude, you just said 2 primary fighters but named 3 of them." My 2nd reaction was, "oh wait...I'm an idiot." Liked the video mate👍
My grandma (my mom's mom, who was dead before I was born) came to America with her family as a 4 year old girl. She died in 1948 (my mom was 18 then) from leukemia. (Jan Griffiths).
On the lusitania only 6 lifeboats were Launch all from the starboard side is lifeboats 1,9,11,13,15 and 21 being launch safely only lifeboat 14 from the port side was launch but it capsized 6 times before it reach the water only 11 of it 60 occupants manage to stay on but it became full of water due to the lack of plugs under the boat lifeboat 16 split in half while it was lower lifeboat 10 capsize because it touch the hull of the ship lifeboat 18 smash inwards lifeboat 2 and a lot of collapsable boats were wash of the deck while the ship made is final plunge and lifeboat 5 fell from ship when the torpedo strike and lifeboat 17 capsize while lowering
Yes the Genius of the Southern Inventors. The Hunley was the first Submarine and did successfully sink a ship but the Hunley didn't make it back. That's just one innovation. Secondly the South was the first to use Armour on Sailing Ship's. The Merrimack. Also the C.S.S. Shenandoah which sailed the World was the greatest Warship to sail the Ocean. It had Steam Power plus Wind Power. It sunk Merchant ships for a year after the Civil War. Another innovation was at Fredericksburg. Behind the Stone wall. On the back side of the sunken road the Confederates dug holes to put cannons in the holes being able to fire over the heads of their men point blank into the charging Union Troops. Lastly the Confederates at Cold Harbor dug the first Trenches on North America. Trenches aren't Earth Works or Brestworks. At Cold Harbor the Confederates killed around 9,000 Union Soldiers in a little over 20 minutes. Many Confederates stopped firing because they considered it murder. Most people consider Southerners dumo but they did so many first.
The main defensive element the ships had over the U-boats was the ships speed advantage. Unless the U-boat happened to be in the path of the liner, it was very difficult for the sub to get in a firing position. This remained the case in WWII with the convoy system.
Love history, and love this series. Thanks so much for providing such interesting information and I look forward to watching more of these wonderful videos.
Since you've asked for feedback, I'd like to suggest that you use the same mic you use for your voice overs when you record your talking head bits. Your voice overs sound great, but the talking head bits sound distant - like you still using an on camera mic from several fee t away. It would make for better consistency and be a noticeable step up in the polish of your finished product. Otherwise, it really nice work your doing. Seems very well researched.
I always forget that the European powers still considered war to be almost a sport at the time, and were very gentlemanly when issuing these kinds of warnings to transatlantic passengers in neutral waters
5k subs in such a short time. You deserve it buddy! Although I'll say that the fourth funnel on the Olympic class liners weren't actually a fake. It was used for ventilation throughout the ship, however it is true that it wasn't connected to the engine room in any kind. But for better airflow and ventilation on the inside of the ship, especially around in its kitchens the fourth funnel served an amazing purpose
One thing about Titanic and her fourth funnel. Yes while it was done for looks it also provided ventilation for the engine rooms and it did vent smoke from the 1st class smoking room so it actually did serve a purpose other than for looks.
The Germans had good cause to fire upon Lusitania, even though the did not know it at the time. Lusitania was carrying contraband cargo, and legally a warship. The ship's manifest made no secret that it carried weapons in its hold, including 4,200 cases of Remington rifle cartridges and 1,250 cases of shrapnel shells and fuses. The passengers probably had no idea they were a legitimate target. A team led by County Waterford-based diver Eoin McGarry, on behalf of Lusitania's American owner, Gregg Bemis, has recovered live ammunition from the wreck. War spares no one.
I’m so glad you included the WARNING Germany gave to everyone beforehand. A lot of people like to leave that out. No condoning their actions AT ALL, but like come on, they told us what they were going to do.
Years ago (mid-2000's) I read that a dive team went to this site and found evidence of a large amount of munitions being stored. Not only proving the theory of the secondary explosion, but also making this ship a valid war target for the Germans.
There has been no evidence whatsoever of any munitions on board. Except for German claims of only one torpedo there is no evidence that only one torpedo was used. Nor has there been any evidence to discount a coal dust explosion.
Your presentations are keeping this shellback, historical fiction writer and researcher up too, too, late viewing with fascination and appreciation for your research work. As with the Titanic the Lusitania is doing its best at burying the holes in silt just to keep their mysteries alive. The secondary explosion. The the arrangement of the boilers and coal bins was markedly different in the Titanic vs Lusitania. The Lusitania coal bins lay between the boilers and the hull, where the Titanic coal bins parallel the watertight bulkheads adding to beam strength. Ballard found the Lusitania wreck a disappointing dive because she had collapsed like a pancake on her side. His opinion was because the coal bins ran almost the full length of both sides of and even beyond the boiler rooms. She was at the end of the run so the bins were near empty and filled mostly with coal dust. I favor the coal dust over the munitions theory because of where the secondary explosion was reported to be, that is aft of the torpedo explosion aft of the bridge. If you look at a longitudinal cross section of both ships note that the munitions would have been placed in the two holds before the bridge in the bow. The torpedo explosion aft of the bridge could have easily set off the coal dust but had had a cross ship coal bin just under the bridge between it and the forward cargo holds adding 2 to 3 bulkheads between it and the munitions aboard. [The Titanic had a cargo hold aft, which the Lusitania lacked.] For the coal bin placements I refer viewers to external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.explicit.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.xJpXUHB5G9cCyrSzxOrRVwHaFO%26pid%3DApi&f=1&ipt=e08531a4b32536f22bd6aac456be4d44f41833d085748d0350397c8c67078456&ipo=images and www.rmslusitania.info/lusitania/deck-plans/hold-plan/ for comparison.
Great videos! The ship was built to military standards with the idea that in time of war the ship could be fitted out as an armed auxiliary cruiser, therefore the ship had lengthwise coal bunkers along the sides of the ship. The idea being that the coal bunkers would provide a certain degree of protection from enemy gunfire. It turned out that the Royal Navy declined the use of the ship because her coal consumption was too great to be practical for the intended use as a cruiser (her range and endurance was not suitable to extended cruising). Unfortunately the design of lateral coal bunkers and her high speed enabled an enormous amount of water to pour through the hole from the torpedo and flood all the bunkers on the starboard side of the ship, leading to her rapid sinking.
@@HistoricTravels very barron.... let me make a drive out there and shoot some shots for you. No Christmas Halloween none of the usual giant festivals shit is reportedly in really bad shape... Google a recent finding of the estimate of repairs and how much worse is it than they thought.. but I can get you pictures yes im only 10 minutes away
@@everythingautomotiveeta5839 haha you dont have to do that, if you are in the area sure. Join the facebook group Encycopedia Titanica that is the best way to contact me privately. Thanks :)
There has been very little forensic study into how the ship sank beyond the usual conspiracies including exploding cargoes. High pressure steamline rupture seems more likely. How did the ship finally sink and why?
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A few weeks ago, my 5th grader learned about the sinking of the Lusitania in school. This morning I showed your video to her and to my third grade son. You had 100% of their attention, they asked good questions, and they discussed the events with great interest for a while afterwards. I wanted you to know that you have a real talent for making presentations that are both informative and engaging. Well done!
Thanks!!!! Glad I could help!!
Did he got that A?
Did he get an A++?
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@Luke Arber i was making a joke ;/
never go into the elevator when a ship is sinking
My thoughts exactly when he said the power went out
Ashamed that actually happened while water was flooding the submerged decks of the Costa Concordia, 9 passengers boarded the elevator and perished
@@TMCNJ same I was thinking how will people go out then
@@ScatteredCollector that happened because they were dumb going in a ELEVATOR I feel bad for those people I hope they lived but there a high chance they will be oof
@@starry932 They didn’t live. They’re bodies were found after the ship was put on an even keel
The stark contrast between Titanic and Lusitania is incredible, though the stories of the two ships are vastly different they have a number of similar stories of heroism and pitiful actions.
True, I didnt have time to go into as much detail as I wanted to but I can only do so much with a 16 minute video. I could make a 2 hour video about Lusitania lol
@@HistoricTravels Yes even then it's still a great amount of information about the ship, I could listen to someone talk about the history of Lusitania for hours and not get bored lol.
@@HistoricTravels well.. i am looking forward to the rest of the two hours :D BUT i have also a topic for titanic for you: Would the titanic have survived, if they flooded intentionally 2-3 backward compartments? (fantasy: having the possibility to put holes into the bottom..)
@@sharpisharp I'd be supportive of that theory, however I doubt it would work. Because flooding the back of the ship would result in flooding her engine room and so the power, the generators and everything would be flooded, which would be very bad, I fear.
@@HistoricTravels Lusitania, for all her sinking was such a great tragedy, at least got to have a substantial 8-year career. Even Britannic got over a year and five full voyages and was outbound on her sixth when she was lost.
This entire video is only one minute shorter than the actual sinking... Whoa...
Cool
Actully it sank in 18 minutes
So actully it’s 2
El mundo I derobin y pos legos No it's not the video is 16:51 long so it's 1 minute shorter
Ok
15:05 The reason she sank almost level during the final plunge is because i believe her bow hit the sea floor as it was only around 250/350 feet deep and she just settled back like the last part of Britannic's stern
Speaking of converting ships to warships, I hope you talk about how Olympic became a warship. It basically looks like if Titanic became a battleship.
I am going to do a whole video on olympic
I thought the Olympic was converted into a troop transport, and a merchant cruiser before the troop transport.
Yes yes it did but it mostly made into a warship 2 days before America joined the war (only merchant ship to sink a submarine anyway)
It rammed a submarine
OH BOY You said that, Imma Do this, HMS Titanic ._.
As I recall it, the 4th funnel on the Titanic, while not active as a funnel for smoke, was a ventilation shaft as much as anything. Also, people in those days judged a ship's power by the number of funnels it had.
one of the dives to Lusitania proved that she was carrying weaponry for England
And Germany did try to get ads published in America trying to warn people not to sail on her.
@@Scott11078 very true, Germany did declare that any vessels coming from America to Europe would be targeted regardless of weather they were carrying passengers or soldiers, the only ships on the ocean mostly free from u boats were the hospital ships and even then some were sunk by the Germans like Britannic
@@Scott11078 uh, he said that in the video..
@@spaghetti9845 Uh, I made the error of trying to multitask by watching the video and reading comments at the same time.
@@csdm1999 the Britannic was sunk unintentionally by a German mine
I know the 4th Titanic funnel was not used for the smoke from the boiler rooms, but I remember reading it was used to better ventilate the ship...
It was to get looks to make their ships look fast because the Lusitania in the Mauritania in the it was very fast
@@xxxtentacion11141 Nope. Not for looks. It was used to ventilate the ship, as said in the original comment.
It was a solution to both issues however it should be noted the Titanic wasn't an extremely special design it was a copy of the Olympic so the design was more intended for Olympic first and foremost over Titanic which was just supposed to be an Olympic 2 basically.
@@IIegacyy yep
It was used for ventilation but was not a necessary feature. More ventilation likely added to the luxury, though, so it helped achieve their goals.
While discussing the causes of the second explosion it's important to remember that torpedo hit the boiler room no. 1 directly. The cargo holds, the only place where the weapon could be stored, were far ahead of the damaged area, ahead of boiler room no. 1. And regarding the coal dust, that couldn't happen at least because the boiler room no. 1 which was, again, directly hit by the torpedo, was flooded almost instantly. I highly doubt that coal dust can ignite when it's totally wet and under water. The most plausible reason is the boiler explosion because, well, the ship was travelling at high speed, the boilers were heated to the level of providing full steam power to the engines and the contact with the cold water in boiler room no. 1 was literally instant when the torpedo hit. The most perfect conditions for the boilers to explode.
@@timothyreed8417 Didn't I give the full explanation in the text already?
@@timothyreed8417 I'll literally quote my text above if the text itself wasn't enough: "...the boilers were heated to the level of providing full steam power to the engines and the contact with the cold water in boiler room no. 1 was literally instant when the torpedo hit. The most perfect conditions for the boilers to explode.
" When hot boilers contact the cold water they tend to turn into powerful explosives, a thermal shock.
The only “hot”parts of the boilers, the fire boxes, were surrounded by water. The boilers are about 4/5ths full of water, the other space is steam. An “implosion” is a more likely happening. And i would think every surface in the fire room was covered with dry coal dust....
@@timothyreed8417 Read more about thermal shock please, the boilers exploding from contact with the cold water was a frequent case on steamships back then.
@@timothyreed8417 You do realize that the rate of flooding was so far different? For boiler room 6 boilers to flood, it took 20-25 minutes. Lusitania's boiler room 1 completely flooded instantly. Titanic's boiler room 6 was flooded by only 8 feet of water in the first 10 minutes of the sinking. Not to mention that there was also some work to extinguish fires in boiler room 6 while it was possible in the same first 10 minutes.
This reminds me of when I was 5 and pissed myself at school. The piss ran mainly down one leg, causing a significant list. To compound matters, the piss then started to run aft, soaking my ass. I tried sending out many distress calls to my classmates, (some of whom were within 10 feet) but they failed to respond. It was at this point that I knew I as in REAL trouble, and that within a few minutes, I would founder.
LMAO THATS SO FUNNY
So piggish of you. Doesn't belong here.
@@joeniedzielski8770 Give it a dislike then. 19 people liked it. Or should I say 19 people have a sense of humour.
lol
🤣 you're a fool!
Not going to lie, the Lusitania looks better with black funnels than Red and Black funnels.
Yeah it does
Facts tho
Yep
Cunard allways had red funnels even the queen Mary to had red on her funnel or smoke stake as well as the other 2
Uhh, nah. Not at all.
Refreshing to find a channel with facts instead of errors or downright lies of some bigger channels. Congrats on 5K.
Thanks and welcome
Sam, another great job! I remember as a high schooler (mid 1970s) reading the story of the Lusitania. That book mentioned that another difference between Cunard's ships and White Star's ships was that the Lusitania and Mauritania had longitudinal bulkheads in addition to transverse bulkheads. That would also explain why the list got progressively worse until the Lusitania's bow hit the seabed. That book also mentioned that when Captain Turner was dying of intestinal cancer many years later, he made a grim joke about how his transverse bulkheads were shot but his longitudinal bulkheads were still holding up! Best,
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you’re one of the best documentary hosts i’ve ever seen. so charismatic, knowledgeable, informative & comfortable in front of a camera. i’ve been binge watching your videos since coming across them on the titanic anniversary this year
The big problem with the secret weapons detonating theory, as you present it, is that the torpedo hit aft of the Lusitania's bridge and not in her forward holds where such contraband as you posit would be held. The area of the first and secondary explosions covers the No. 1 and 2 engine rooms and there are indeed coal bunkers that would be mostly empty by this point in the Voyage and coal dust could be shaken up and then within seconds, detonate to produce a much larger one. While survivors from those engine rooms did not report boiler explosions, the failure of a major steam line is likely given the quick loss of power and steering. Something that would not as likely have happened if contraband munitions in the holds had detonated.
Consider that most of the munitions that have been found at the wreck site were intact or still encased in the shipping crates. As pointed out above the torpedo strike was in the engineering spaces, not the cargo holds. This tends to support the steam explosion theory and explains better the sudden loss of power.
Could you do a video on the Olympic ramming U-103.
@Logan Jones. The U-boat ramming was hardly a disaster though. Arguably it saved Olympics life
@Logan Jones. Ah yes. Well, she did have quite a history. However that is to be expected and especially for a ship of her size. Granted much bigger have been built today, but they also have rotating propellers, bow thrusters and other things to help then maneuver in tight space. Olympic had no such thing.
Cunard linerd gets sunk by a U-boat
White Star liner sinks a U-boat
Guess who pulled ahead in their friendly competition
@William Cudmore he definitely could and I would watch it as well. The question is though how much content actually would be in the video, if it was only about that one collision.
Thank you for this interesting video. My father trained on stream locomotives as a premium apprentice engineer on the railways in the days of steam. As part of his training he also learnt to drive them, and to act as fireman on various locomotives. . He survived two explosions whilst working on steam railway engines, one when an oxyacetylene tank exploded killing a lot of folk near him, and once when a railway locomotive boiler exploded inside the workshop where he was. (He only survived that because he was welding inside an adjacent steam engine’s boiler when the other one exploded.) He went on to become a renowned mechanical engineer in his own field. He was always very interested in both Titanic and Lusitania and had books on both, and watched every programme he could about them. He only died a couple of years ago, but never had any doubt that the cause of the second explosion was the cold sea water hitting the hot boilers, and would argue that very persuasively.
Incidentally my fathers interest was sparked when he was a boy visiting his great uncle in Belfast - who was also an engineer, working on boilers at Harland and Wolff, and who was involved in building the Titanic.
Thank you, great story about your past.
This is why I love TH-cam… you find the most interesting channels and hours later your hooked and subscribed. Thanks for the great content!
Let's talk about when Titanic's rescue ship Carpathia sank. A documentary searched for Carpathia's wreckage
Thank you for covering the Lusitania disaster. I’m very fascinated and interested with titanic history. I always have been. But other shipwrecks deserve attention to. But the saddest part to me of any shipwreck isn’t the loss of a ship, it’s the loss of life😢😢😢
My great great aunt missed her voyage on the RMS Lusitania which ended up being the voyage in which she was sunk. My great great aunt on another side missed her trip on the Titanic. Pretty crazy lol.
@Zakairya Syed Insane right. My dad's side of the family is Canadian by way of Scotland, and my moms side came to the US from Ireland.
Thanks for sharing your most precious family history stories.😎👌👍
The fourth dummy funnel on the Olympic-class ships contained a lot of the ventilation. This made it possible for the upper decks to be cleaner, as opposed to all the vents on the Lusitania and Mauretania.
Love this topic!! The Britannic sank fast as well but less chaos less deaths. My theory for the lusitania the watertight door malfunctioned after the electrical system shut down allowing water to move to the stern very quickly which explained the leveling out as she sank. Crazy stuff for a ship that size.
It would be really nice if you could cover one of the more “forgotten” ship disasters to keep their legacy alive, Atlantic, Wilhelm Gustloff, ss la Bourgogne ect, but mainly you have an awesome channel and this video was amazing!
I am going to do a video on Gustloff in the very near future ;) and Thanks I am trying my best!
@@HistoricTravels SS Sultana, perhaps?
@@HistoricTravels i would love a video on the la bourgogne, almost nothing exists today on the disaster
Noice
Saw another channel do "Atlantic", forget their name but wow, that was 1 tragic story, I'd never heard of "Atlantic" before.
I've never waited on a premier before kinda cool.
Some other to cover some not well known, Empress of Ireland, Britannic, SS Noronic, SS Princess Alice, RMS Atlantic, SS La Bourgogne.
Empress of Ireland...yes.
Apart from Titanic honour and glory, this channel is the most accurate channel when it comes to Titanic. All other channels who sometimes cover the Titanic like bright side, the info graphic show, and a bunch of others always talk about really old maths like the week steel theory and the cold fire theory.
You can really tell that he cares about the Titanic and wants other people to know about it too.
The coal theory is pretty much fact
@@devonrussell1049 The fact that it saved the Titanic or the fact that it helps sink the Titanic. If you are saying help save the Titanic then yes I do think you are correct.
No I thin Titanic was a terrorist attack. Y the Germans i just before world war 1 to help fund and start the war I think they infiltrated white star line and Brian washed and bought out some high ranking people white star line actually got more money from the tragity than it cost to make the ship and I think the Germans got that money they started the coal fire to weaking the iron on purpose and brainwashed captian Smith and other officers into sinking the ship crashing into the iceberg on purpose and the fire and the iceberg where both on the same side strange uh but that's just my theroy
@@devonrussell1049 i not too sure bout that.
what about sinking ships after the start of 1910 and before ww1 began.did the germans did it
I just found out that my grandmother came over on the Lusitania.....on an earlier voyage and wanted to learn more about the ship. This was excellent. Thank you!
The contrast between Lusitania and Titanic is so vast. The Titanic sank in 2 hours and 40 minutes yet still had fewer survivors AND more deaths than the Lusitania which only took 18 minutes to go down.
Captain Smith of Titanic perished in the sinking whereas Captain Turner of Lusitania managed to survive (I don’t know how he was treated after)
The evacuation was very different. Because Titanic had time, survival rate was based on class, gender, and whether the passengers were children. Whereas on the Lusitania, it was chaos and survival rates were highest among the fittest of passengers and crew. In fact, unlike Titanic, first class pssengers fared the worst on Lusitania
You could go on forever with these topics, i’m literally obsessed with them
Only one thing! You haven't mentioned the sub zero water.
You also completely forgot there was a major world war going on at the time so it exactly wasn’t full of tourists heading to a war zone for holidays. So of course there was less to die. Only those that needed to travel. ‘Rolls eyes’
@@xr6lad No. There were almost 2000 people aboard Lusitania which is only 200 fewer than Titanic. Despite the slightly fewer passengers/crew, Lusitania still had more survivors (763) compared to Titanic (705) - this tells you a lot about the survival rate, especially given the time it took for each ship to sink
@@georgelefakis9269 Yeah the sea during Titanic’s sinking was much colder than that of Lusitania - even though the Lusitania sinking had very cold waters
@@govand7 I believe that survival may have been higher as a result of the Titanic tragedy. Because of the sinking 3 years prior, passengers were faster to muster & the crew were more prepared. Should Titanic have not sank, I doubt the survival rate would have been nearly the same as it was in reality.
After watching you for an entire day I realized how much I’ve fallen in love with your content. Never stop making these videos dude, your content makes my day brighter :) 👍
I believe the secondary explosion was a combination of coal dust and the boilers exploding due to unreleased high pressure in the system, while ship was at full speed. Watertight doors likely disabled due to the destruction behind the bridge. The lack of power is also supported by the second explosion being in the boilers.
It didn't lack power right they just lost control. She was still going with 18-20 mpg
A dive team this year found boiler room 1 and the boilers all seem to be intact. There's video and photos of them and the first two single ended boilers which are intact.
I know u prob get it alot but wanted to thank you for all these informative historical videos its helped me pin point details i never knew existed keep up the good work bud
First, great video! Just wanted to add a small piece of information that you may or may not have known. The reason why the Lusitania was a big factor on America entering the war was because there were 128 Americans onboard. The public outcry was very vocal and became extremely anti-German but Wilson didn’t want to risk America’s neutrality and decided that it was best to keep trying to pursue for peace. Keep up the good work!
Dude, you just gain a new follower. i was, since i got memory, an history lover and after the movie titanic that we all known i started to study that part of history too. And let me say it: you have a very professional and nice way to teach and shown things like this. good job!
2:32 This is so accurate! The sinking of the Titanic s actually what got me into history (no, not because of the movie). Now I mainly focus on the Middle Ages; crazy how things progress.
I mostly believe in the coal dust theory as this type of bunker explosion despite being rare can be extremely disastrous. The theory goes the initial explosion by the torpedo kicked up dust in the coal bunkers, which coal dust acts like gunpowder when suspended in mid-air, and mixed with the gas from the initial explosion, caused the dust to ignite (remember as well, Lusitania's coal bunkers run along the sides of her hull instead of being along the width like Titanic). This resulted in a secondary, more powerful explosion that caused more damage to her hull. A passenger liner's coal bunker exploding acts the same way as warship's magazine doing the same thing.
I can envision (unscientifically) the torpedo explosion atomizing lumps of coal into dust, rendering the wetting of the coal a moot point. Maybe?
Your presentation was excellent... thank you. I just read Erik Larsen's book and this was a great visual and succinct follow up lesson. Your visual models and film clips were very helpful in my understanding this terrible tragedy. I have subscribed!
4:25 "They were fighting pretty hard". This wins Understatement of the Year Award.
I always tought they found like empty/unloaded brass shells inside the wreck? So she might've been carrying munitions, guncotton and the likes. Maybe that was the source of the secondary explosion?
They did the Rockefellers bought this ammo boat of the British in Hope's the germans would sink it with civilians put on it to enter America into ww1 to bankrupt them and take control as a year earlier the federal reserve was created
No, they didn’t cause the explosion. They were non-explosive and marked as such. It most likely came from an explosion in the steam generating plant as the forward boiler rooms filled with steam and steam pressure dropped dramatically after the second explosion.
@@rogue_asami4522 go and watch when the find yhe wreckage of this boat the found ammo in the entire hull this boat was an ammo boat the Rockefellers bought put civilians on and wanted the Germans to sink it so that America would enter ww1 since they created the federal reserve a yr before ww1
@@adamzahariuk9496 Stop repeating the same bullshit conspiracy theories. Explosive experts have said the listed ammunition would not have been sufficient to cause an explosion like witness stated. They never found anything that wasnt on the manifest from 1915. Robert Ballard in 1993 did not find anything, but coal around the wreck.
@@DevilSurvivor69 the sinking of this boat made America enter ww1 it's not a conspiracy theory it's called critical thinking wich you and most people cant do the allies were the bad guys on ww1
Can I just say I really love your channel I love how you always talk about the titanic in the very very thorough but I remember you talking about titanic animation and that’s how I learned about the ship the Lusitania so I’m back for more
Also, theory for the funnels not collapsing. You say the ship begin to plunge after bridge was awash, well, could like all the water being bucketed down the uptake casing sort of, created a suction on the funnels, pinning them in place? Just an idea.
I only came across your Channel a few days ago. I have been watching multiple videos since. This one, being the first non-Titanic. They are all great. Well researched and you speak clearly and can hold my attention. Well done!! Keep going!!
Because I'm from Belfast Ireland, I know a few things about the Titanic. I discovered that the 4th chimney was used as air conditioning for the decks in the stern.
Fourth stack was for show and conformity, nothing else.
@@laurajoanides1063 it actually was used for ventilation
Only ventilation from the kitchen. But not for air conditioning. They wanted it for show and put it to use. I stand corrected.
@@francoismurrell4604 I responded and you are correct. I just forgot to tag you. Yes they decided to use for ventilation for the kitchens. I also mentioned I stand corrected. Thank you for catching that. 😊
Got my wife to start watching these with me. So informative. Great video as I'm a huge ship history buff. Thanks for all you do HT!
9:44 yes, that reason is true, but I’ve heard an believe that the reason no escort was went, was well, destroyers are a lot slower than 26 knots, Lusitanias speed. It would just slow her down, and make her an easier target.
Good video all the same.
One last thought. I believe the second explosion was caused when the sea water hit the starboard boilers in boiler room number 4. The reasoning is that the torpedo struck just abaft of the starboard bridge wing. That is not part of the hold, but the starboard coal bunker for boiler room number 4. Now, the boilers were stoked to peak pressure entering the war zone. So, the icy water and starboard list would have meant the starboard boiler was quickly flooded, and likely exploded. This is further evidenced by the back pressure blowing ventilator 3 to pieces and its wreckage destroying lifeboat number 3, and the abrupt loss of helm control that could only have happened with the catastrophic rupturing of the steam lines from the boiler.
Just letting you know i am enjoying your videos. I am a history lover.
Wow amazing story ,love the Lusitania class I must say,I have heard the tale many times and I have to say ,this is the best version of it
*"Last Voyage of the Lusitania"* had Bob Ballard explain that the second explosion was of a coal dust fireball explosion. You can check out the National Geographic film if you wanna.
Lusitania sink and boat and where captain
It was more than likely a boiler explosion, not coal dust. Wet coal doesnt burn.
@@ryanparker4996If the lumps of coal were atomized because of the torpedo explosion, maybe that might explain??
I love how you thank everyone for being here and subscribing etc. I can see we mean a lot to you!! I just love your videos. You make history more interesting than what I learned in school... I can listen to you for hours!! Best wishes as always, from me ☺️🤔🚢☘️🇮🇪💖
"1200 out of the 900 people passed away" wait hold up lmao
I'm not a math teacher, but....
I caught that too 😂
@Jack the Gestapo weird..
Pretty sure he meant to say NINETEEN HUNDRED people on board. But it was kind of startling for a second there.
See, think he made a little guff up there, but, given the amount of work put into the whole video, we can let that one pass. :-)
Just discovered your channel and have watched a few of your videos. I love your direct and simple approach to covering these topics. You have a good format to serve as a primer for people getting into these historical events and periods. Keep up the good work!
is it bad to point out a lil mistake I heard? 16:14 "1200 of the 900 people on board" Still knew what you meant tho but it was kind of funny. Awesome video still!
It’s important to point these things out - only helps our guy make better videos moving forward 🙂
I also was confused when he said the Lusitania had a long career, 1906-1950. Yet she sank in 1915. Maybe I heard him wrong?
@@steveengheben2185 what was the time stamp? I ddient catch that o e
@@escaladep sorry 3:57
@@steveengheben2185 I actually rememebr hearing that too but I did a double take when I watched it first, its just his accent. In I belive his 3000 sub live stream he addressed it.
I like history, and I like the way you tell it. Factual and with enthusiasm. Well done.
I found your channel when you had around 1k, I can't believe you are already at 5k! Congrats haha!
My theory on the secondary explosion:that it was the mechanism that made the propellers/rudder move which is why when they tried to stop the ship,it kept going
It’s insane how a ship that large went under in a little over 18 minutes. Those poor people were panicked.
just two minutes longer than this video.
Glad I got to see what my Grandfather saw in my lifetime.
True, though Hood went down in 2.
I know that passengers and crew could see the southwest coast of Ireland(County Cork) while the ship was sinking. There is a story of the lighthouse keeper at the Head of Kinsale with his children witnessing the sinking of the Lusitania and all the people in the water from his lighthouse residence. I don't know if he was able to help anyone. The lighthouse was built there to help guide ships and boats around then known rough waters around the south Irish coast into the St. George's Channel and the Irish Sea before docking at Liverpool.
The reason the Lusitania settled back in the water instead of rising out of the water like Titanic is that it’s bow actually hit the sea floor before the ship was fully sunk.
"And the two primary fighters of WW1 were England, United Kingdom and Germany..."
My first reaction to that statement was "dude, you just said 2 primary fighters but named 3 of them."
My 2nd reaction was, "oh wait...I'm an idiot."
Liked the video mate👍
Boy you da best I didn’t know what the Lusitania was until I saw horistic travels on my recommended THANK YOU MY GUY!
My grandma (my mom's mom, who was dead before I was born) came to America with her family as a 4 year old girl. She died in 1948 (my mom was 18 then) from leukemia. (Jan Griffiths).
oof bro
Thankyou for sharing your family history, it goes hand in hand with our forefathers in yesteryear.👍👍
Really like how you tell the story. Fascinating topic ... love all ocean liners
How many times Historic Travels said “It was basically chaos”
I'd like to see a video about what became of the Carpathia, the liner that picked up Titanic's survivors.
Its already on the list :)
On the lusitania only 6 lifeboats were Launch all from the starboard side is lifeboats 1,9,11,13,15 and 21 being launch safely only lifeboat 14 from the port side was launch but it capsized 6 times before it reach the water only 11 of it 60 occupants manage to stay on but it became full of water due to the lack of plugs under the boat lifeboat 16 split in half while it was lower lifeboat 10 capsize because it touch the hull of the ship lifeboat 18 smash inwards lifeboat 2 and a lot of collapsable boats were wash of the deck while the ship made is final plunge and lifeboat 5 fell from ship when the torpedo strike and lifeboat 17 capsize while lowering
I like these, there just the right length, well done and ships I've never really looked at. I hope to see more thank you.
Talk about the first Submarine used in combat: The Hunley
Yes the Genius of the Southern Inventors. The Hunley was the first Submarine and did successfully sink a ship but the Hunley didn't make it back. That's just one innovation. Secondly the South was the first to use Armour on Sailing Ship's. The Merrimack. Also the C.S.S. Shenandoah which sailed the World was the greatest Warship to sail the Ocean. It had Steam Power plus Wind Power. It sunk Merchant ships for a year after the Civil War. Another innovation was at Fredericksburg. Behind the Stone wall. On the back side of the sunken road the Confederates dug holes to put cannons in the holes being able to fire over the heads of their men point blank into the charging Union Troops. Lastly the Confederates at Cold Harbor dug the first Trenches on North America. Trenches aren't Earth Works or Brestworks. At Cold Harbor the Confederates killed around 9,000 Union Soldiers in a little over 20 minutes. Many Confederates stopped firing because they considered it murder. Most people consider Southerners dumo but they did so many first.
The main defensive element the ships had over the U-boats was the ships speed advantage. Unless the U-boat happened to be in the path of the liner, it was very difficult for the sub to get in a firing position. This remained the case in WWII with the convoy system.
Pretty sure it was confirmed that the ammunition is intact and it seems a boiler did explode!
I'm rewatching this, it's sad to see that the wreck is basically unrecognizable
Gave the vid a pre-premiere like. Don't let me down. :)
Love history, and love this series. Thanks so much for providing such interesting information and I look forward to watching more of these wonderful videos.
Since you've asked for feedback, I'd like to suggest that you use the same mic you use for your voice overs when you record your talking head bits. Your voice overs sound great, but the talking head bits sound distant - like you still using an on camera mic from several fee t away. It would make for better consistency and be a noticeable step up in the polish of your finished product. Otherwise, it really nice work your doing. Seems very well researched.
I think personally that second explosion was the boilers near the damage blowing up, love the vids keep the work up 🙂
I always forget that the European powers still considered war to be almost a sport at the time, and were very gentlemanly when issuing these kinds of warnings to transatlantic passengers in neutral waters
5k subs in such a short time. You deserve it buddy! Although I'll say that the fourth funnel on the Olympic class liners weren't actually a fake. It was used for ventilation throughout the ship, however it is true that it wasn't connected to the engine room in any kind. But for better airflow and ventilation on the inside of the ship, especially around in its kitchens the fourth funnel served an amazing purpose
2:21 "I'm not sure if you all heard of this ship or not, but the RMS Titanic"
No! Of course not! 🤣🤣🤣
He was saying it tongue in cheek. 😉
Yep. That's the joke. Congrats.
Love the videos! You are very knowledgeable. These are also very educational for people wanting to learn about those ships. Keep it up!
“Im not sure you heard of this the titanic” i cant💀-
My girlfriend is getting so annoyed with me for watching these videos she’s not as entertained as me lol. Keep up you hard work buddy I love it
I would like to see a video on the Edmund Fitzgerald. I know it's not an ocean going ship but it's a really interesting story imo
One thing about Titanic and her fourth funnel. Yes while it was done for looks it also provided ventilation for the engine rooms and it did vent smoke from the 1st class smoking room so it actually did serve a purpose other than for looks.
The Germans had good cause to fire upon Lusitania, even though the did not know it at the time. Lusitania was carrying contraband cargo, and legally a warship. The ship's manifest made no secret that it carried weapons in its hold, including 4,200 cases of Remington rifle cartridges and 1,250 cases of shrapnel shells and fuses. The passengers probably had no idea they were a legitimate target. A team led by County Waterford-based diver Eoin McGarry, on behalf of Lusitania's American owner, Gregg Bemis, has recovered live ammunition from the wreck. War spares no one.
I’m so glad you included the WARNING Germany gave to everyone beforehand. A lot of people like to leave that out. No condoning their actions AT ALL, but like come on, they told us what they were going to do.
Years ago (mid-2000's) I read that a dive team went to this site and found evidence of a large amount of munitions being stored. Not only proving the theory of the secondary explosion, but also making this ship a valid war target for the Germans.
There has been no evidence whatsoever of any munitions on board.
Except for German claims of only one torpedo there is no evidence that only one torpedo was used.
Nor has there been any evidence to discount a coal dust explosion.
The Titanic and Britanic was the start for my historical interrests so i can relate to you 100 procent there buddy. keep op the great work!
You should do a video about how coal was loaded into the Titanic
Your presentations are keeping this shellback, historical fiction writer and researcher up too, too, late viewing with fascination and appreciation for your research work. As with the Titanic the Lusitania is doing its best at burying the holes in silt just to keep their mysteries alive.
The secondary explosion. The the arrangement of the boilers and coal bins was markedly different in the Titanic vs Lusitania. The Lusitania coal bins lay between the boilers and the hull, where the Titanic coal bins parallel the watertight bulkheads adding to beam strength. Ballard found the Lusitania wreck a disappointing dive because she had collapsed like a pancake on her side. His opinion was because the coal bins ran almost the full length of both sides of and even beyond the boiler rooms. She was at the end of the run so the bins were near empty and filled mostly with coal dust. I favor the coal dust over the munitions theory because of where the secondary explosion was reported to be, that is aft of the torpedo explosion aft of the bridge. If you look at a longitudinal cross section of both ships note that the munitions would have been placed in the two holds before the bridge in the bow. The torpedo explosion aft of the bridge could have easily set off the coal dust but had had a cross ship coal bin just under the bridge between it and the forward cargo holds adding 2 to 3 bulkheads between it and the munitions aboard. [The Titanic had a cargo hold aft, which the Lusitania lacked.]
For the coal bin placements I refer viewers to external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftse1.explicit.bing.net%2Fth%3Fid%3DOIP.xJpXUHB5G9cCyrSzxOrRVwHaFO%26pid%3DApi&f=1&ipt=e08531a4b32536f22bd6aac456be4d44f41833d085748d0350397c8c67078456&ipo=images and www.rmslusitania.info/lusitania/deck-plans/hold-plan/ for comparison.
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You are growing quite fast ngl and like its nice for me to find a channel like you since I’m 13 and can’t afford many documentaries and stuff,
At your most recent stream (like a week ago) you had like 3.2k subs and now you're nearing 5K! Can we get a house-tour at 5,000 subscribers pleaseeee?
Great videos! The ship was built to military standards with the idea that in time of war the ship could be fitted out as an armed auxiliary cruiser, therefore the ship had lengthwise coal bunkers along the sides of the ship. The idea being that the coal bunkers would provide a certain degree of protection from enemy gunfire. It turned out that the Royal Navy declined the use of the ship because her coal consumption was too great to be practical for the intended use as a cruiser (her range and endurance was not suitable to extended cruising). Unfortunately the design of lateral coal bunkers and her high speed enabled an enormous amount of water to pour through the hole from the torpedo and flood all the bunkers on the starboard side of the ship, leading to her rapid sinking.
Queen Mary videos please! I stay in long Beach... need any pics reply and I'll shoot you my email or IG
Do you have any recent photos of the ship its been over a year from when I was in Long Beach. I wondered how the ship has been doing from the pandemic
@@HistoricTravels very barron.... let me make a drive out there and shoot some shots for you. No Christmas Halloween none of the usual giant festivals shit is reportedly in really bad shape... Google a recent finding of the estimate of repairs and how much worse is it than they thought.. but I can get you pictures yes im only 10 minutes away
@@everythingautomotiveeta5839 haha you dont have to do that, if you are in the area sure. Join the facebook group Encycopedia Titanica that is the best way to contact me privately. Thanks :)
@@HistoricTravels will do! And its not a problem! I stay off pch here in long Beach.. just a short drive
There has been very little forensic study into how the ship sank beyond the usual conspiracies including exploding cargoes. High pressure steamline rupture seems more likely. How did the ship finally sink and why?
Awesome Work Man Thaaaaanks!! Greetings from Helsinki Finland
You should make a video on the sinking of the Mikhail Lermontov! I grew up near where it was wrecked and I've always been fascinated by it
Wish my history classes where like this
First time viewer, watching this on Memorial Day 2023. Excellent video!