Why the TITANIC sank. What happened to Titanic’s survivors? When did the Titanic sink? 15 April 1912
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- The story of the TITANIC is one of history’s greatest tragedies and in today’s video from History Calling we’re going to look at this doomed ship’s entire life story, from construction, to sailing, to its collision with an iceberg and its sinking on 15 April 1912 and the eventual discovery of the wreck. Above all we’ll ask, why did the Titanic sink?
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We’ll start by looking at where the Titanic was built and I’ll show you actual footage of the dock in which it was constructed by the Harland and Wolff shipping company in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Owned by the White Star Line, we’ll learn about the design features of the ship which help to explain why the Titanic sank and why it had insufficient lifeboats. I’ll also talk to you about where the Titanic sank during its maiden voyage, the iceberg it hit, what happened to Titanic's survivors after they were left fighting for survival in the freezing Atlantic Ocean in the middle of the night and their eventual rescue by the ship Carpathia. I’ll explain how the Titanic was found in 1985 and what the Titanic wreck looks like. There will be footage of the memorials to the deceased which are in Northern Ireland and which show just how many people died on the Titanic. Finally, I’ll discuss the myth that the ship was reputed to be unsinkable and reveal some of the stories behind the names of the passengers, including the tales of famous personages such as millionaire John Jacob Astor, Thomas Andrews and Captain Edward Smith, all of whom went down with the ship. I’ll even read out some first-hand accounts of the disaster from survivors of the Titanic.
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Do you think artefacts should be removed from the Titanic, or should it be left untouched? Let me know below and remember to check out my Patreon at www.patreon.com/historycalling and my Amazon storefront at www.amazon.com/shop/historycalling
Oh, definitely left untouched. That ship is a graveyard, and taking artifacts is basically graverobbing
Yes, I wish they'd leave it alone too.
🌊leave it alone🛳🌊
I'm right there with you Nancy :-)
Absolutely leave it alone. It's a grave and memorial now, and for the history, there are plenty of other sources that detail that period.
The most senior officer to survive Titanic's sinking, Charles Lightoller, was an incredible person who lived a fascinating life before & after the sinking. His mother died just days after he was born & his father abandoned him when he was 10. At 13 he went to sea & at 15 the ship he was on was shipwrecked on a deserted island & he was a castaway until rescued by a ship that took him to Australia. He made it back to England but while serving off the coast of West Africa he contracted malaria & nearly died at 21. He left the sea for a while & joined the Klondike Gold Rush in Alaska in 1898 & when that didn't work out, he was a cowboy in Alberta Canada. He then returned to England by working his way there on cattle boats. After Titanic's sinking, he served in the Royal Navy during WWI- first aboard Titanic's sister ship Oceanic until it was torpedoed & ran aground (he was the last man to leave the ship). He was given his own command of a torpedo boat & when it was sunk, was commended for remaining on the ship until all who could be saved were. He then commanded the HMS Garry & was credited with sinking a German U-boat. He retired from service & wrote his autobiography in the 1930's which sold very well. He still continued to sail & in 1940 (during WWII), he used his personal small boat (together with his son & young "sea scout") to evacuate British soldiers escaping Nazi forces at Dunkirk (known as the Miracle of Dunkirk) . He rescued 127 soldiers in his small boat that only had the capacity for 21 people - evading German gunfire using techniques shared to him by another son who had been an RAF pilot (& had been killed in action months earlier). He was 66 years old at this time. Unknown to Lightoller, another of his sons was one of the soldiers awaiting evacuation (he was rescued by another ship). Following Dunkirk, Lightoller once again used his seafaring knowledge to serve his country, this time with the Small Vessels Pool, where he ferried arms & ammunition for the Royal Army Service Corps until the end of the war. A sufferer of chronic heart & lung disease he died during London's "Great Smog of 1952".
Thanks for sharing
Wow
Incredible. Wow. Thank you so much for this information.
He lived an amazing life to the fullest. Thanks for sharing Charles Lightoller with us.
What an crazy life
I have seen a multitude of Titanic videos.
The calm recitation of the wireless messages in this one is the first time I cried.
I cried too. I couldn't record it all at once.
I am sobbing like a child. So heartbreaking.
You should do a video about how the Carpathia managed to reach the Titanic survivors so quickly. The captain and it's crew really went above and beyond to do all they could.
That is something I would like to know, was it as far away as they claimed? Also how a ship headed from New York to the Straits of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean, and which surely would have been on a much more southerly course, was able to come to the aid of a vessel in an ice field. The performance of captain and crew was way above what might have been expected in the circumstances, almost too good to be true. These points have been raised before.
45+ minute long video🎉 ❤❤ thank you for all the work and time you've put in!
You're welcome. It was indeed a bruising experience putting it all together. I had to go on numerous field trips as well to get some of the footage you'll see.
Even though I’ve watched many documentaries about the Titanic sinking over the years, this was still an excellent retelling of the story.
It’s been decades since the disaster but I’m always struck by the terror and futility that the passengers and crew must have experienced. So many tales of bravery and sadness have been passed down the generations. It’s doubtless that many life saving lessons were learned from this disaster that remain with us to this day. I hope that history will always remember this tragedy with reverence and understanding. We owe the victims this much.
Thanks Jessica. I'm the same. I know the story, but I still cried a few times putting this together.
@@HistoryCalling it was the radio transcripts that got me. That can’t have been easy listening for you. It really brings home the emotions that they must have gone through.
I've seen many documentaries about Titanic, but your video had so much more information and detail than ANY documentary that I've seen. This was a wonderful episode and very well researched.
Thanks Stephanie. It certainly took a long time to make.
because it wrong and inaccurate
@@Dedicated2WendyWilliams
5 words. That's your criticism? Just 5 words. Pfffftt !!
Tragedy and egregious mistakes, steadfastness and heroism, family ties and monuments, all woven into a tapestry of images that capture our imagination a century later. THIS is why I love history! Thank you, HC! 👏👏
OH WOW! THANK YOU STEPHEN for such a generous super-thanks contribution. Yes, Titanic is one of those stories for the ages.
@@HistoryCalling My pleasure. When I was in grade school, I drew a picture of the sinking Titanic which wound up on the classroom wall. So you see, it's a subject close to my heart. When I saw the image on your intro video, I hoped you'd do this presentation. Naturally, it didn't disappoint. As to your question, I say leave the wreck untouched. 🙏🏼
You must have been quite the little artist. I don't remember any of my pictures getting a special place on the wall in school :-)
@@chrisbanks6659 😂😂Exposure to American politics brings it out of me but I'll leave it at that.
@@stephencarrillo5905 Hey Stephen - I liked to draw the Alamo. Think HC would do a video on that?
Such a painful story, but beautifully presented. It brought tears. Your personal link to the ship's history was poignant, and speaks to the deep connection between ship building and the people of Belfast. I think the artifacts should be left on board the ship. Though the wreck is deteriorating, who knows what techniques might be developed in the future to further understand historic sea disasters like this one? I visited Cobh a few years ago and saw memorials to both the Titanic and the Lusitania (which went down off what was then Queenstown). I have personal experience with the deadly effect of icy water. I tried to swim in a pond in New Hampshire one spring, and the intensely cold water paralyzed my diaphragm. My friends on land had no idea I could not breathe or make a sound to get help! Luckily, I was close enough to shore to get myself out before losing consciousness, but I will never forget. I'd have died in moments. Titanic passengers in those deep arctic waters had no chance at all.
Oh gosh, that sounds terrifying. I'm so glad you're ok. That would probably put me off water for life.
Well now, this is a surprising topic for History Calling to cover! A very interesting one, one I have been fascinated with since I was 10. I've been to the Titanic Museum too! Great building
It's something I've wanted to do since I started my channel (it even makes an appearance in the channel trailer I made back in 2020 if you ever see it), but it's taken me until now to get to it. With it being built here in Northern Ireland though and my slight family connection to it, I was always determined to make a video on it. Enjoy :-)
I know I’m incredibly late to this video and I don’t know if anyone will see this, but I’m commenting anyway. This was really well done and your reading of the telegraphs between the ships gave me actual goosebumps. I can’t even imagine how terrifying it must have been. I was able to visit the traveling Titanic exhibition with my dad when it came to Minnesota over 10 years ago. One very engaging aspect they had was every visitor was given a “ticket” of an actual passenger on the ship. As you went through the museum workers (dressed as the service staff) would explain what your ticket got you and how it compared to anyone else that was with you. At the end was a wall with everyone’s name and their ultimate fate. I happened to be assigned an older lady in first class while my dad was a younger man in second. My lady survived, while my dad’s passenger did not (we guessed that in advance). I’ve never been through an exhibit that operated like that before or since; it really made the whole event personal and more immersive than I expected.
Again, an excellent video! It definitely doesn’t feel as long as it really is because you managed to make it so riveting! I look forward to the next video, and all the ones in my backlog!
I've always been fascinated by the Titanic and never tire of seeing documentaries about it, so this was certainly a treat! I must say, though, that I teared up when you were reading the sent distress messages. The sense of urgency and desperation was palpable and hard to listen to. It almost felt as if it was happening right now and you just want somebody to come to their aid... Would love to know more (if there are any other possible angles) about the ship or its people. Thanks for all the effort you put into your videos, they're always fascinating! Greetings from Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪
Like u I am Irish. From Dublin my dad was 8 when the Titanic went down. He remembered it well &
Used to speak about it & the fact that at that time Titanic had never been found.
I have been to Cobh on several occasions and have seen the exhibition there which is very moving.
The whole story is so very sad. The people in 3rd class had no chance of getting out.
THANK YOU SO MUCH for your very kind donation to the channel Jo. Yes, I deliberately read the messages out more quickly than I usually do to try to replicate some of the urgency behind them. I wasn't sure people would pick up on what I was doing, so I'm delighted that you did. I teared up myself just reading them in the Titanic exhibition in Belfast last time I was there (they're printed up on the wall).
@@HistoryCalling You're very welcome! Your attention to detail is definitely noticeable in every video you make ☺I would absolutely love to go see the Titanic exhibition!
It's excellent (though expensive).
There's a Titanic movie from 1943, it's German and released during WWII. At the time it was one of the most expensive movies to create and was subsequently banned, it still exists but mostly forgotten. A documentary was made about this film, which is well worth seeking out.
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weird way to say it was a nazi propoganda film, made by nazis for nazis, and was banned bc of that fact
No artifacts should be removed. It is a gravesite, in my opinion. That was an excellent video and the work you did toward it was intense, fair and I’m sure emotional. Well done HC, well done!
Thanks Amy. Yes, I cried a couple of times putting it together. It was pretty draining.
Boy 46 minutes?? We are in for a treat! To bad it’s just a sad one :((
I once read that a survivor said that the worse was not the screaming- it was when they stopped-
It was absolutely BRUTAL putting it together. It's my longest video ever (excluding a Q&A I did once but that was really a podcast). Titanic has been on my to-do list literally since I started my channel though.
Excellent video, I can't imagine how terrifying it was for the people that went down with the ship into that freezing water. In warmer water they might've stood a chance if the rescue boats got there before the sharks.
Yes, I think they definitely would. If you look up Britannic's story (which I covered for some of my patrons this week), you can see how warmer waters helped.
I have always been fascinated about the Titanic. I got chills hearing you read the SOS calls. Great job as always @HistoryCalling.
Thanks Nicole. Yes, I tried to read them out a bit faster than usual to get across some of the panic behind them.
Seeing the 2004 footage sent chills down my spine! I was 6 years old and remember watching this on TV with my dad. At some point you could see a child's doll and it struck me that there was a little girl, just like me, who probably died there in the dark ocean. Utterly terrifying, but this was the first instance where I somwhat understood the people of the past were REAL humans and not just characters in a story.
The survivors may not be with us anymore but their hearts will go on.^_^
Nicely punned. I'm sure Celine Dion would approve :-)
They are so still with us as angels that is and so are the generous captain, crew, and passengers of the RMS Carpathia who worked so hard to reach the Titanic as quickly as possible and help her survivors recover.
Wonderful coverage, I've watched a few video essays about the sinking but your take is always wonderful for both the historic and human detail. Do you think you might ever cover the Mary Rose? The exhibition is absolutely amazing, I'd fully recommend a trip.
That's not a bad idea actually. :-)
@@HistoryCalling I'd imagine you could even get two videos out of it as the story of it's recovery is just as fascinating as the ship itself.
As many have already commented here - most of the details of Titanic's sinking were already known. But you do such an excellent and thorough job of retelling it! Thank you.
History calling you are my fave history TH-cam channel. I think you are better than my history teachers because we never learned about titanic until my sister told me
Yikes, that's a very famous piece of history to miss out on. Glad your sister was there to fill in the gaps.
This was so good Hc, hearing one of my favorite history lessons from one one of my favorite youtubers!! i know a bit about Titanic and i say you delivered this perfectly. it is amazing that you have a personal connection to the ship and are close enough to see the slipway in person. one of the many things on my bucket list! hats off to your presentation 🎩 🚢
Thank you. I must admit though that I'm sure my connection to the ship is nothing special here in Northern Ireland. I'll bet lots of people are descended from those who worked on her. The shipyard was such a big employer. Do come visit us though and see the slip. You'll be amazed at how narrow it is.
@@HistoryCalling oh yes it is probably much more common there! very scarce over here in the states. can’t wait to see it someday in person and feel that history 🙌🏻
Hearing the messages really told the story in a way I've not experienced in any other account. Thank you.
I love videos like this - you take a story everyone thinks they know, and provide the details and sources that make it freshly fascinating. I also find it interesting how witnesses reported different recollections of how the ship went down. It's another example of how eyewitness reports and testimony shouldn't necessarily be uncritically trusted, even if the person making them isn't trying to lie.
Exactly. I couldn't agree more. It's a fascinating instance of the fallibility of the human memory, especially under trauma conditions.
Titanic, such an interesting topic. Tragic. But fascinating.
Yes, it's particularly interesting to see all the steps which led to the sinking and all the things which could have been done differently to avoid it.
Great job with the video. Yesterday, I was watching this 10 hour video on the greatest Kings of England.
Thank you. 10 hours is quite the commitment! :-)
This felt like a fresh take on something that has been reported and discussed so many times - you really expressed the desperation and sadness of the incident, especially reading the transcript of those messages. I also appreciate you tying this story back to yourself and to the people of Belfast. Thank you for the wonderful video (and all of your other wonderful videos as well - your channel is one of my favorites!)
Beautifully told. Thank you for this extremely detailed story about the Titanic. I live in Nova Scotia, about 110 km from Halifax, and there's a lot of artifacts as well as graves of the bodies they found somewhere in the city right now.
I almost didn't watch this video because I have seen so many videos about Titanic, but I'm very glad that I did! You had a lot of information that I had not seen before.
A couple of years ago, I viewed a museum show of some of the Titanic artifacts. My ticket shared .. Miss Hanora Hegarty 18yrs from County Cork Ireland and her cousin Jeremiah Burke. She was traveling to the US to join an order of nuns. Both Perished. ... My Scots Grandmother left Glasgow 13 April ( aboard the Cameronia ) and arrived in New York on the 22nd. In 1915 My Grandmother and infant Mother missed their departure on the Lusitania . Both of their traveling companions perished , sadly. We all know the basic story of the Titanic but it is good to hear of it again. Thanks for covering it in you masterful way.
Gosh, I bet they were relieved they'd missed that boat. That's scary. I'm glad you enjoyed the Titanic video though.
I’ve read many books and seen several documentaries about the Titanic and this video is, by far, the most detailed of them all. The sinking of the Titanic is rather like the subject of Henry VIII in that there are so many videos and books about it and it feels like the subject has been overdone. Happily, I learned so many NEW facts about the ship, the people on board and its sinking in this video. Thanks so much for doing this. I can only imagine how your great great-grandfather must’ve felt upon hearing that the ship sunk. It would be extremely difficult to hear that the project you’d given your best efforts to ended in a terrible disaster on its maiden voyage. Even although he’d done a good job helping to build the Titanic he must’ve wondered who or what had caused the disaster besides the iceberg-poor or negligent seamanship, the design of the ship, the weather conditions, the materials used in building it and the quality workmanship of those who built the ship. Of course he wasn’t negligent, but those kinds of thoughts probably went through his mind. How very, very sad.😢
Like most, I've seen many movies and docs about the Titanic. None were as engrossing as your presentation. I admire your objective approach. History is engaging enough.
I have watched and read many things about Titanic, but I had never heard the actual wireless messages and it still has me in tears! Love that you mentioned when the sources had conflicting information as well! Excellent video very well done! Thank you!
I’ve always had a fascination about Titanic as long as I can remember. I must say that I found this was brilliantly captured. Thank you for posting. Well done 👍
one of my biggest obsessions, Titanic! can’t wait to watch this 🙌🏻😻
Thank you. :-)
when watching the movie....i was sobbing from the sinking for a while after we left the theater. the reality that so many people died and in such ways....all the people in the water.... thank you for a good reseached video.
I love your videos, many thanks.
My father was born in Belfast & his parents saw the Titanic depart . As long as I remember, we have had a painting of the Titanic in our front room in New Jersey. We were very proud as well.
This is a sad story. I saw the titanic exhibit in Houston and it was very good with artifacts. Thanks for covering. Most have been sad for the survivors on the life boats see it sink and just wait for help. Another great video.
Thanks Delia. Yes, it must have been terribly traumatic.
So...the SOS calls made me cry.
Same here. I couldn't record them all at once.
It's an epic tragedy -- so many lives needlessly lost, and a tremendous price to pay to improve maritime safety.
As a youngster in the very early 70's, I met Mary Lines Wellman (1895-1975). She was a town resident; both she and her mother were passengers on the Titanic who made it to the Carpathia. One Christmas season our Girl Scout troop was invited to Mrs. Wellman's home to say hello and sing carols for her. I can't imagine what she experienced that night, as a 16-year-old. She's buried just down the hill from my parents and sister, and the Titanic often crosses my mind when I pass her grave.
Gosh, I'm sure she had some stories to tell.
Another excellent piece from you, History Calling! Such a heart wrenching part of history that still incites much grief and anger. It was very emotional listening to the recitation of the distress calls. I could feel my anxiety mounting and stress building, so I can only imagine how distraught everyone aboard must’ve been. Such a horrific tragedy…
Absolutely superb as you always do HC, in my opinion nothing should have been removed it should be treated as a gravesite, many mistakes were made, but such courage was shown by many of the men and women on that fateful night, thank you as always HC.
Thanks Simon. Yes, I think so too.
Woohoo!! Big up the NI crew girlie, I live over in East Belfast and the H&W cranes are our skyline! A lot of the old men round here have some interesting memories of working in the shipyard as young men! Great vid!
You might have seen me wandering around back in March then, getting some of the images and footage for this. I must have been very close to you :-)
@@HistoryCalling definitely! haha probably good I missed you, if I ever met you Id be star struck! 😁 Brill to see some footage of so close to home!
Aww, thank you. You'd probably be very disappointed more than starstruck though. I'm very ordinary, I promise.
@@HistoryCalling Aye dead on!! 😜
A harrowing story, which you told so well. As for removing artefacts, I'm unsure. It could depend on where they end up: if it's in a museum, versus someone's private collection, that could be acceptable. Still ....
Thanks Sarah. Yes, I take your point. I'm for leaving them alone myself, but if they are going to be removed then a museum is certainly my preference.
Being unsunkable was from the press. Every engineer, ship builder or sailor knows that any ship will sink, if the whole is large enough, or there are enough of them.....
I agree. Nothing is infallible.
History Calling, I must say that you've really outdone yourself with the research, editing, photos and ... oh, yes ... history, overwhelming poignancy and gut-wrenching accounts of those on TITANIC. Oh. My. Such a super video. Thank you.
This is so painful to listen to. Such a ghastly tragedy.
I know. Those poor people must have been so frightened.
Of every horrible detail in this tragic and now totally immortal story, the worst thing has to be imagining 1,500 people freezing and drowning and screaming in the dark while you sit in a tiny boat and listen. What psychological trauma. I completely believe that the young 7yo survivor remembered it that vividly all her life.
The transcripts of the radio communications make it seem vivid and real all these years later, so thank you for that.
On a lighter note it was not necessary for you to go out in the rain and get "wet" so as to better empathize. LOL
Haha, thank you. That was just a bit unavoidable here in NI I'm afraid. :-)
Those distress calls are heartbreaking. May they all rest in peace.
Seeing the blank words of the distress signals, knowing how terrifying and frantic it must have been and what happened after, is so....chilling.
My grandparents lived in the area where so many of the crew came from and they remembered the news sweeping the streets. I also lived in Cobh. The Titanic had to anchor out in the harbour and the passengers were ferried out from a small pier. It's still there to this day but in a state of disrepair and has not been preserved. I have photos of it. Southampton had the most poignant memorial on the 100 year anniversary - a march of descendants carrying framed photos of those lost. It ended at the empty berth from where titanic left. They have a recording of Titanic's farewell horn blast. This was blasted from a loud speaker. All of the ships in port, plus the tugs all replied. It brought goosebumps.
Thank you for such an in-depth explanation to the Titanic. The Titanic Belfast is fascinating to visit, well worth the time and effort.
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I like this recent influx of Northern Ireland content uploaders, like History Calling and Despot Of Antrim. Our wee country :)
Jim Browning also! 👍
Haha, thank you. I haven't seen the others actually but then again I don't watch that much TH-cam for fun now unless I already happened to be subscribed to the channel. It's too much like work!
Very nice new show about Titanic and always give new info to the Tragedy. Thank you!😢😮
Funny story from the '97 film: an old co-worker of mine, a film director himself, was a member of the Titanic Historical Society and friend of Titanic artist Ken Marschall, and was invited to visit the set. They were shooting scenes (ultimately not used) in the "California" wireless room. He asked someone there if they were going to correct the error. "What error?" "The ship was the 'Californian' ", he replied, pointing to 'California' on a wall. The crew member looked at it with bulging eyes of horror, as they had already shot some of the sequence. Of course they knew better, it was just an error by the set builders and no one had noticed. He cursed and ran yelling for Cameron, who showed up an instant later, eyes bulging, cursing, and yelling for blood. Cameron was crazy about details and accuracy. My friend apologized, but they thanked him profusely as he was hustled away, out of the fallout. The SS Californian curse continued...
I was a young child when James Cameron's film came out, and it basically created this lifelong fascination with the Titanic for me. I'm not from that part of the world but lived in Europe for a year, and one of my favorite bits of travel I got to do during that year was a trip through Northern Ireland to see all of the Titanic sites! Is the dry dock it was finished and outfitted in (and the pump room) still accessed in the back of a coffee shop? It was in 2018, anyway. So excited to watch this!
It sure is, though I went in the evening when the centre was closed. You can just walk around the back of the building to the dock for free.
@@HistoryCalling hahah I got so lost trying to find my way to the entrance. And then I felt so ridiculous and American that I sat and ordered two coffees before asking the baristas where to go. This was such a lovely video! I would love to hear you discuss any other Northern Irish history on this channel!
Thanks for sharing your personal photos and videos. These are amazing things that I would probably never see. Bringing this to everyone is such a gift. Thank you!
Thanks Heather. Yes, I figured an international audience has probably never even heard of Comber, let alone been there and the murals aren't in Belfast City Centre, so probably not on the tourist trail either.
I'm also from Northern Ireland I never get bored about stories about the Titanic
I think Eva was the best person to ask about opinions regarding the sinking. She was a dignified and incredible person. I saw her story on TH-cam.
Ive never actually heard the sos calls read out. Ive read them. But to hear them makes it all so much more real and heart breaking.
Random, I'm a distant cousin to both Jack Thayer and Col. Archibald Gracie IV, who survived the sinking. Gracie is believed to have been the first survivor to die after the sinking.
Yes, I read about Gracie's story (and got some of the pictures you see here from his book). It was very sad that he survived this, only to die later in 1912.
@@HistoryCalling was kinda shocked when you read the dimensions. 90 feet wide. I've never heard or read that one. The length is everywhere. In every story. I've never seen the width. That's neat!
It really didn't feel terribly wide at all when I was standing in its cradle in Belfast. I was very surprised too.
Thanks HC, brilliant video of such a tragic event, with your trademark attention to detail. You really brought the human side of the story out.
I think the wreckage of the Titanic should be left in peace. Surely there’s nothing to be gained though there have always been greedy “grave robbers” throughout history.!
So thanks again for all your hard work in bringing this story to us. 👍🏻
Everytime I think of the men standing aside to let the women and children on the lifeboats, absolutely astounds me! What brave gentlemen they were and there is definitely a place in Heaven for them! ❤❤❤
O.o people were shot lol. They were held back at the end. The people you speak of thought it inconvenient or the ship would not sink. At the end they behaved like anyone else who values their lives.
I absolutely agree. It was amazing.
@@SeanRCope I am referring to what historical records say, not the movies regarding Titanic.
@@HistoryCalling Yes it truly was.
If Titanic sank now, it would be LGBTQ+ first.
I only really became interested in history long after leaving school but The Titanic was something that had always stuck with me from when we studied it. Fantastic video. Could also be interesting to find out more about the sister ships Olympic and Britannic. Both have interesting stories behind them.
Another triumph History Calling! Always look forward to Fridays!
Thanks Michael :-)
Very good youtube channel called 'historic travels' that provides a wealth of further information on the event - well worth checking out.
Thank you so much for this documentary, it has made alot of things clearer.
You're very welcome :-)
I’m way behind on my History Calling videos, but I wanted to mention that in June I visited Ireland including Belfast and was a bit blown away by the Titanic Experience. We were there about four days after it was announced that the summersible had imploded and killed all five aboard so Titanic had been in the news for a bit while we were making our way from Dublin around Ireland. It was my first time in Belfast and I really enjoyed the city. As to your question, while I understand the allure of the Titanic, I wish it could be left to rest in peace. I also want to say how much I enjoy your videos. The Plantagenets are mesmerizing.
I recommend reading the book Titanic: A Very Deceiving Night by Tim Maltin for possible explanation of the actions of the California as well.
Thanks Dory. Their actions are pretty inexplicable to me. Who could possibly think flares in the dead of night in the middle of the Atlantic weren't an ominous sign?!
Perfect timing.
My 7 year old grandson is enthralled with The Titanic.
This is all he talks about.
I cannot wait to let him watch this episode.
Wonderful. I do like to encourage the next generation of history lovers :-)
Wonderful report on the Titanic! I think removing artifacts from the Titanic is criminal and desecration of a grave. Have you every considered doing a video on the life of Charles Lightoller? He lead a very amazing life both before and after his service on the Titanic.
Thanks Bev. No, I hadn't considered that. Had this video done better I might have looked at him, but I'm afraid it's sunk (pun intended) :-(
@@HistoryCalling Oh no! Maybe people think they know everything there is to know about the Titanic, but you mentioned some things that I'd never heard before, and I watch pretty much everything that airs on the subject. Sorry!
Wow, this disaster really was a perfect storm of events and factors. Thanks so much for this interesting, lucid, and compassionate documentary.
Thank you for the best summary of the entire history of the Titanic I've ever seen
Very informative and well done. Thank you
Thanks Mary :-)
SOS isn’t an abbreviation, it’s used due to the sound it makes when you strike those letters in that sequence. 3 dots, 3 dashes, 3 dots. It’s the most distinguishable sequence in Morse code. 😁
I've always read that it was short for save our souls, but I don't mind being corrected. It's the only morse code I know as a matter of fact.
@@pliktl yes, that is one of the phrases that Sailors coined to remember the sequence. Save our ship or save our souls. But it’s not just coincidence that the letters S and O are the only two letters in Morse Code that feature continuous dots or dashes in a repetitive sequence. This was taught to us in the US Navy.
@@HistoryCalling And I didn’t mean to “correct you” per se, I just wanted to share a little known fact. I’m sorry if I came off rude!
@@HistoryCallingOver the decades, I’ve come across both accounts confidently stating that it stands for “save our souls” and accounts confidently stating that that’s a common misconception and it doesn’t stand for anything. I don’t know which is true. 😄
This is excellent, and in light of recent events your final point is even more weighted
Thank you. Yes, the recent Titan tragedy was just awful. It's so sad that Titanic is, in a way, still claiming lives even now.
Remember also Fr. Thomas Byles, Fr. Josef Peruschitz and Fr. Juozas Montvila who refused places on a lifeboat in order to stay and comfort and administer sacraments to terrified passengers.
Thank you for an excellent video: very well-balanced and well-researched.
Such an interesting video, and astonishingly long as well. I especially liked the pictures from around Belfast you used. Thank you very much for your work! As to your question, I am torn. On one hand having artifacts from the Titanic in museums makes this catastrophe more approachable, more relateable. On the other hand while I am glas the wreck has been found and we have these images, there have been people who went down with the ship, making this something of a graveyard. I think these people should be respected, similarly how the sinking of the Estonia was handled. The wreck of the Estonia may not be approached, as far as I have read, because of the immense death toll of people who are still unaccounted for and whose remains remain with the wreck.
Thanks Diana. Yes, this was brutally long. Like yourself, I'd rather leave the Titanic artefacts alone now.
Although not a particular Titanic enthusiast, I did see a fair share of documentaries and the movie (who hasn't ?). Yours is definitely the most human, thanks for that.
This is just so heartbreaking. Realizing all the operators on those ships failed them. They told them they were sinking and to come straight away. What in the world could that have meant otherwise? It's like they just didn't want to deal with it, and just hoped someone else would help. Heartbreaking.
Thank you for another wonderful video!
You mention the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. I just wanted to mention that the museum has an excellent exhibition on the Titanic. Every time I am in Halifax, I make a point of going.
❤ I've heard the titanic story many times but your rendition is the best. Such a sad story. You did a great job in the telling of it. I believe they should just leave the ship alone.
Really enjoyed the footage of the memorials & the shipyard as well as hearing your family connection.
Thanks Phaedra. I was lucky the weather was nice the evening I went up to the docks.
You made me cry. But I appreciate the hard work you put into this.
Sorry! If it makes you feel better, I welled up a few times whilst making this one too.
Tiny contribution to a Portsmouth visit
THANK YOU SO MUCH for your very kind donation to the channel LizBetNene. I hope you enjoyed hearing about Titanic (if enjoy is the right word for a tragedy) and I would indeed like to go to Portsmouth at some point :-)
I don't know how anyone, knowing the outcome could hear those messages and not struggle with tears. All those ships coming or at least responding but almost all would just be too late.
I have read several books about the Titanic and you overall assessments are correct. In some of the lieterature I have read, they also mentioned the quality of the rivets used as a contributing factor and that the captain although repsected was not up to the task. Also mentioned that the big mistake was trying to turn the ship and causing the fatal gash that led to its sinking. If Titanic had hit the iceberd head on, it probably would not have sunk. Also I completely agree with Robert Ballard as to the numerous treasure hunters taking memetos from the Titanic and exhibiting it at great profits. This is gravesite and as such should be respected and all items returned to the surviving families or returned to the Titanic. Thank you for a most interesting presentation.
Thanks Lucia. Yes, I read the same points you make above though sadly didn't have space to get everything in in what was already a super long video. Glad you enjoyed it :-)
This was very interesting and one of the best coverages I’ve heard. Thank you.
Touching and poignant retelling of an oft told tale, HC. Thank you for including the wireless messages. The repeated "CQD, SOS, CQD, SOS" is harrowing. The "old man" phrase is heartbreaking and unbearable; you get the sense of Jack Phillips as a young man using popular slang of the day. As good as the 1997 movie was, how much more powerful would it have been if they had overlayed the actual frantic messages of Phillips during the sinking and perhaps made his story the primary subject matter instead of introducing a modern and completely fictional love story to appeal to contemporary audiences? Kudos to you for bringing us the humanity of the loss, especially your great-great grandfather's grief.
Thank you for sharing ❤️ This was highly interesting. The anniversary of the sinking was a few weeks ago.
R.I.P to all those poor souls 😢🌹
Oooohhh. This is one of my favorite historical topics. I was interested in it before the movie came out, and after that I became obsessed. I read every book I could find and watched the movie everyday for about six months. It annoyed my family so much that my little brother hid the VHS while I was gone 😂
AWESOME mural there in Belfast!
I’m so familiar with Titanic’s history but hearing you read out some of the wireless messages has me choking up a bit. 😢
Great summation! Very good
Excellent video from start to finish. Thank you. Thank you for reading the wireless messages, I have never heard all of those before and hearing them was absolutely heart wrenching. I think Titanic should be treated as a cemetery and left alone.
This was really interesting. I enjoy all of your videos but have always been fascinated by the Titanic.
I watch most of your videos history calling my fave videos are the Tudor videos
Excellent video! I was hoping you'd make a video about the Titanic, if I'm not mistaken I believe you had a picture of the ship as the cover photo for the channel at one point so I was thinking there'd be a connection later on. Rest in peace to all those lost and effected by this tragedy. 🚢🌹🕊
I did indeed. It's a snapshot from the trailer for the channel. I used the same clip in here. :-) Yes, most of the stuff in the trailer is stuff I've intended to do, though I still haven't gotten to some of it yet.