First Officer William Murdoch is sadly another victim of Hollywood dramatization. In reality, he helped as many people as possible onto the lifeboats and heroically went down with the ship. May he and all the other victims rest in peace.
They did show that he was helping people. What his hometown didn’t like was the idea that he shot himself which nobody has any evidence if he did or didn’t
@@simonthompson2963 No officer would ever have work again and for the rest of their life would be dragged through courts. Take a hit instead of trying to avoid is not something that would be acceptable to anyone. That's not how they are trained and I would suggest they shouldn't be. They could have survive (this) ice berg, if they were little luckier. The decisions made in seconds/minutes are scrutinized decades later, with massive benefit of hind sight. The systematic changes made later to the shipping lines (e.g. 24 hour manned radio stations) were the real solution to the problems indicated by the sinking.
When a movie has the audience at the edge of their seat even when they know the inevitable is going to occur, you know they built up the suspense incredibly.
you gotta have respect for those down in the engines that would’ve frantically been doing everything they could despite having no idea what was going on
True.. and its very heartbreaking that they those brave souls didnt get enough recognition when they selflessly did their duty serving titanic until the very last.
I think The moment they were give the order "Full astern" they already knew what was going on, something big enough to seriously damage the ship was right in front of them, and the ship was just about to hit It.
@@Bruno-G Exactly. Going from full ahead to full astern is a standard emergency manoeuvre known as a 'crash stop' and there's no doubt the engineers would have known this.
The Performence from Ewan Stewart is hertbreaking in that scene, you can feel the tension, the chaos, the desperation in every second. A perfect Scene, everyone in this did an amazing job.
@@Samuel-gc6jswho's 'they'??🤣 The engines weren't reversed in reality. This is for the cinema goers, and it made for great drama song that engine reverse..
@@tvs339 I think it's well accepted that Murdoch ordered the ship to move Full Astern...which would be reverse lol. It was an attempt to dramatically slow the ship down by trying to draw its momentum backwards instead of dead, but the loss of speed and putting the rudder into reverse meant the rudder couldn't turn as well either. The ship was effectively, as they say in the movie, "too big to turn a damn". If they didn't reverse the engines, Titanic may have missed the spur of the iceberg by mere feet, or enough to have minimised damage to the hull.
@@chickenheelnakano the estimated time between spotting the berg and impact was around 35 seconds. Do you really believe that is sufficient time to: report it to the bridge, bridge make a decision and rreport it to the engine room, the engine room to give instructions to reverse the engines, the engines - enormous pieces of machinery turning at 18rpm - to be slowed to a halt and then wound up to a reverse speed that would affect the trajectory of the ship??
You know this movie is immortal and still holds up to this day when people ALWAYS think there’s a chance the ship can miss the iceberg, even though they’ve seen this scene HUNDREDS of times.
@@kiebr8766I don’t get it, with atleast 1m 30s, the titanic seemed to only turn slightly. With efforts from the whole crew to attempt to avoid hitting the berg, hard-a-starboard, reverse engine and such, I don’t get how all the efforts didn’t equate to success.
I love how Joseph Bell (the officer in the engine room) does a double take on the engine order telegraph. They've just been speeding up faster and faster in the first half of the film, then from full speed ahead to full reverse. They can't see what's ahead from down there, but that order would have been alarming.
Yeah.. raw power doing everything it can to avoid it's 2.5 mile fall to a watery grave where they will seize to ever function again up until they decay. Such a sad ending for a beautiful piece of machinery and the lives lost.
@@braudzilla08 I agree, however if you think about it there's a lot more left of Titanic now than there is of Olympic, which served out it's entire career successfully (even sinking a U-boat in WWI) but is now not in existence having been completely scrapped. Whereas Titanic does still exist and will for a long time to come (albeit decaying in pieces at the bottom of the sea).
Saw a documentary on the making of the titanic and the recruitment process for the engine staff, the knowledge these boys held was incredible and I'm delighted the movie shows how well drilled they were.
I have always said that this movie suddenly switches from a mediocre romance movie to one of the greatest horror movies of all time the moment the iceberg is spotted.
It is literally a whiplash effect. From an evolving love story to sheer adrenaline watching these men do their very best to save the vessel and all the lives on board
💔😪 exactly 26 years have passed since TITANIC was first released, 2024 is just a few months away, and this scene still hits me hard… every time I watch it, it feels like the ship is gonna narrowly escape…
i don't care what anyone says, forget jack and rose. this is probably the best scene in the entire movie. i get goosebumps every time i watch it, it's thrilling, even if you already know what's gonna happen. the waiting, the anticipation, the tension. wow!
This is one of them scenes where, because of basic historical knowledge, you know the inevitable will happen. You KNOW the Titanic is going to hit the iceberg. Yet the scene is filmed in a way that you're on the edge of your seat dying to see if it does hit the iceberg or not. Credit to James Cameron. Amazing directing.
Major credit to Ewan Stewart, this entire scene and the part where he tells captain smith “I tried to port round her but she hit” is some of the best acting I’ve ever seen. He’s ghost white, sweating and has that look of “I’m in charge of this ship and we just rammed a fucking ice berg, I am so fucked right now”. I felt the anxiety he was going through this entire scene
I saw it on opening day back in 1997.... Amazing memories going to the cinema that day! It was a major surprise hit and tickets were actually very easy to get as a result.
@@raven4k998 no they would have slammed directly into the iceburg thing is, it is highly likely even with that much damage at the bow it would have not breached as many water tight compartments allowing other vessels to come and save passengers.
- Iceberg, right ahead - Thank you - You're welcome - Bye now - Yeah, see ya later - K then - Right, gotta go now - Oki doki - Well, have a nice evening - U2
It may sound weird, but the Chief Engineer Bell (the officer, who drops his soup) is one of my favorite figures. The actor played this short scene really good. The short look to the other man, after seeing the order "Full astern", before being fully alarmed and giving instant orders - and in the end, him taking over the wheel for the steam. Really well done. Also a special note for the horrified look on the face of Officer Murdoch at 00:35
One of the most captivating scenes in this movie for me has always been those huge engines moving faster and faster. You can feel the immense power generated.
@@ano_nymTriple expansion engines of a museum Liberty ship from WW2. They were made to look much bigger than they actually were with special effects and montage.
2:11 - 2:14 is probably the most underrated moment in this scene. The look of realisation on the helmsman's face as the ship hits the iceberg is spine-tingling.
In reality he would not have seen much. The helm room was always under blackout regulations back then. It was a dark room on the bridge without any outside stimulation other than orders.
@@goodshipkaraboudjan - I never suggested for a minute that the helmsman actually saw the iceberg. He just knew that the ship had hit something and was holding onto the helm because it was shaking.
I love that hero fighting, that cames one to the other moment, when everyone knows its serious and now everyone must give everything. Especially the workers in the boiling room
Yeah even though everyone pretended to hate this movie for the last twenty years, it's becoming more and more evident how much of a fucking classic it was and continues to be.
People hated this movie? I literally thought everyone loved it. I'm 13 so I wasn't even conceived when it was released but when I did finally watch it I was amazed. edit: i’m 16 now
Many of us watched it like 300 times in a row back then. Then we started getting sick of it and hating it lol. Plus we got extremelly annoyed by the main song. So we "hated" it, but now i can fully see the classic that it is
They actually build a massive titanic replica that was used to make a film i think the only thing they used green screen for was the background it self
Thats because you may be a kid and dont realise that 1990s were the best era of movie effects, it was a mix of CGI and the real thing. Then after that all turned into fake low quality CGI
@simon Not everyone took it seriously. The first class passengers were in denial and felt it was pointless having to go outside do to what they thought was a "lifeboat drill".
The crew in the engine did not see anything at all but they were still panicking because imagine out of nowhere in the middle of the ocean, you get the command "full astern".
I love the little detail that the engines crew boss takes over at 1:13 . Down there all of them don't know whats actually going on but he definitely knows that the engines aren't reversed in the middle of the ocean just for fun.
Yes, or maybe chief engineer Joseph Bell (his actual rank and name) just did that because he had more experience / was more robust and thought that the other guy was going too slow.
At the start of the film you see him turning the same wheel very gently and calmy then this scene its frantic and rushed....this film is amazing, 25 years and i still hope everytime they miss the iceberg
That man was cheif engineer Joseph Bell, he was responsible for all the engines, and he was on of the men who stayed to keep the ship afloat even though everyone knew the ship was gonna sink.
The most chilling part for me is at 00:25 . I simply cannot imagine the horror that must be going on in the Chief Engineer's mind as he reads the order "Full Astern", considering they were going full speed ahead up until that point. He didn't know what it was, but he knew something horrible was about to happen... At least, the deck officers knew what they were expecting and when to expect it.
He's just been ordered to do the ocean liner equivalent of an emergency stop. The bridge has just told him Titanic needs to go from cruising speed to breaking as hard as she can and there is no happy reason for the officers to have given him that order.
I’d really like to see a movie focusing on the ships that were around the Titanic when it was sinking especially the RMS Carpathia. It came across numerous icebergs when it was journeying to the Titanic as quickly as possible in order to help them and successfully dodged every single one of them. Just imagine how famous a movie like that would be.
the SS Californian will also be a interesting story. Given it was allegedly in a much closer vicinity than Carpathia was. search up "The titanic inquiry" documovie here on youtube. a very well put together short film about it
It made me sad because in 0:24 when they got the message they were making food for lunch or diner that was their last time cooking food if they did not survive when the titanic was sinking
They had 37 seconds to try to maneuver a ship 14 stories tall and 3 football fields long. Their efforts were ahead of their time and the task handed to them was an impossible one but they handled their duty bravely and heroically.
@Unprofessional Matters so if they stopped the engines why didnt they go backwards and then turn? This was they would have prevented the ship from hitting the iceberg (Excuse me if it’s a stupid question, i dont know how ships work)
@@Ryan-fc6di ships take a very long time to slow down and stop. It's no joke when I say that ships the size of Titanic take kilometers to stop from full speed ahead. There wasn't enough distance to do so.
@@Ryan-fc6di you see they release all the steam pressure, and shut the coal furnace. That will bring the ship's steam turbines to a stop. But it takes a long time to rebuild the steam pressure back up again. Even if they manage to engage reverse gear, the ship won't be going astern that quickly
This is a very good scene, showing the tension and the desperate manuevers made to avoid the iceberg, through it was too late when it was seen. The suspense, is very good too. One of the most realistic scenes of the movie.
A freezing cold night like that, the scenes after this cut show Murdoch sweating bullets when reporting the incident to Captain Smith. Great acting here too, you can see he's doing everything he possibly can to avert disaster.
The act of seriousness right after spotting iceberg till trying to evade it and unfortunately hitting the iceberg shows the level of acting performance these casts have done. It was a very serious scene and all the actors have done truly great to make it surreal.
The critical mistake was to put the engines into Full astern, due to the central propeller being turbine driven it was just stuck or free wheeling in the current. If Murdoch had just ordered hard to starboard. The rudder would have been much more effective and they could have missed the berg entirely.
1:35 Great acting. You can absolutely feel his terror and stress. His fate and the fate of 2200 others was being decided in these several crucial seconds.
I was like, 4 when I watched this movie. Got me into steamers Edit: Yes, before anyone panics, my eyes were covered by my parents during the "draw me like one of your french girls" who had to endure me watching this nearly once every day. Kudos to them for putting up with that for a while lmao
Those opening in seams were no more than the width of a human hand but being that far below the waterline, it was like a fire hydrant and the fact that each of the first five compartments suffered their own damage sealed Titanic’s fate. Had she rammed the Iceberg that would have destroyed the first 80 - 100 feet of the ship, killing at least 200 people but she would have survived.
Mike Brady explained why the "hard a-port" order was spot on. Because the way ships behave, once it starts turning, there's no stopping it unless you imput the exact opposite order, even at straight ahead. Think of it as a car on a very slippery surface. Once it starts turning, even if a very slight imput was made, all tires lose grip and it just keeps turning. The car is actually moving forward, but because it has no grip, it is turning on its axis. The only way to stop the rotation is to turn the wheel the opposite direction, then fight it until it continues straight ahead with no rotation. This same scenario could be applied here, although on a very large scale. If no hard a-port order was made, the iceberg could've scraped the ENTIRE ship, causing it to flood and sink in MINUTES. Almost immediately the ship would develop a very sharp list, over the course of a few seconds it would be obvious that it would capsize, minutes later off it goes to the bottom of the ocean.
It’s amazing to see that the crew in the engine and boiler rooms immediately knew what ‘full astern’ meant.. You can equally see the panic and fear on their faces as much as the crew on deck!
A cruise ship will generally never reverse or stall the engine once en route. A full astern after days of varying forward power levels and days from destination can only mean one thing. There is something unexpected and big right ahead. It could also have been another ship. No other situation would warrant the stress on the engine, propeller blades and driveshafts turning against the motion of the ship.
This scene is excellent, my favourite one from the movie. The panic is so clear and it really makes you think about what it must have been like on the real ship.
I begged - and I mean BEGGED - my mum to take me to to see this in theatres when it came out. From this moment until right after it sinks, I was GLUED to the screen. I was six, and to me, it was the most amazing film I'd ever seen. This is the movie that sparked my lifelong love of Titanic.
You've got to remember this was a excellent quality ship even for nowadays. If I called you and said a planes about to hit your house you wouldn't really belive it, but as soon as he puts the phone down the situation settles.
I can't quite get over this scene. Each time I watch Titanic, I'm always of the view that this will finally be the one time that the ship will evade the iceberg unscathed. In my opinion, Titanic will FOREVER be both the BEST and greatest movie ever made. #Titanic
Everyone played there part well in this iconic scene, but the person that plays Murdoch deserves a special mention. He really made it feel real with his urgency and look of horror on his face.
I liked Quatermaster Robert Hitchins, sure he was a bit of a dick but when he is first given “Hard To Starboard.” He turns slowly and then in the next scene he’s in he realises how fucked the ship is and the facial experession just says everything and I think you can even see him turning the wheel slightly faster
0:23 The utter disbelief and shock is almost funny in how realistic it is. Like "What in the blazes-OH SHIT!" and then they drop everything and go to action.
I am actually so fascinated with old mechanical engines that seeing the engines of titanic so accurately in this movie I cried a little. The way they portray the reversal of the engines, dear god, the sound of the steam feed valves changing direction was so..... epic at 1:00..........
Lol people all blame the captain but it wasn’t his fault I don’t believe because it was not all him that wanted the full speed he was a little pressured
This movie had such a big impact on me as a kid. I remember watching it first time on a sunday night in the TV, with my family. It was maybe 1999. The things happening to people and the overall sadness had a huge impact, still remember that feeling I had then up to this day. Could hardly sleep, the movie was the only thing I could think about. Next day in school we talked about it the whole day with other kids. Those were the times. Awesome movie.
It was such a cultural phenomenon. I was in 6th grade and kids talked about it every day for months. A lot of them admitted to sobbing during the movie, even boys. When we had our elementary school talent show in the spring, 30+ kids auditioned to sing "My Heart Will Go On" as a solo or duet, so the director put them all into one big group.
Oh same, these days whenever I watch it I cannot imagine what all those poor people must’ve gone through in the water and also on the ship, not to mention all those that worked on the ship and lost there lives. The feeling itself is hard to imagine, the last time I watched i panicked about the flexi hoses in the bathrooms and kitchen that I didn’t sleep all night until I checked on them in the morning! Check your flexi hoses people, any dark spots get them replaced.
Absolutely chilling seeing the moments before and after Titanic's fate was sealed. The crew trying desperately to maintain discipline and do their jobs while terrified, and crucial decisions having to be made immediately. Hitting the iceberg was THE moment the audience was waiting for, and this breathtaking scene did full justice to the sheer magnitude of what was happening.
1:40 - 1:50 I love it how the scene changes from they expecting not to hit, on top of the ship, while inside it the workers and engines are working at full to reduce the speed.
imagine being murdoch in that situation, you've got a entire ship and all you can do is turn the signals and hope that everyone in the engine room responds as fast as possible
R.i.p Bernard Hill (Actor for Captain Smith) 1944 - 2024 May 5th You had a Good life and seen Billions of times of people watching the movie, Fly high 🕊️
I love how Commanding Officer in the engine room immediately started calling out orders once he saw the Flight Deck(Command Room) calling for a switch from Ahead Full(Forward Full Power) to Astern Full(Reverse Full Power), his immediate response was due to the fact that such an action needed from the Flight Deck would only be necessary if a head-on collision was approaching. The engine obviously took too long to switch as realistically it would have taken 10 to 20 minutes before the ship even started moving backwards, in this film we seen the crew perform multiple different tasks to reverse the ship. The steering wheel was put on Hard Over(Wheel reached it's turning limit) They decrease the Steam Pressure from Full to Half(Slowing down the Forward Engine) Shutting the Dampers(Closing the furnace doors so all the Steam goes to the Engine) Holding(Prepare for Engine Switch) Activated Reversing Engine(Lever is pushed that stops the Pistons, than they started moving in reverse) Increase Steam Pressure from Half to Full(Speeding up the Reverse Engine) *Now the Engine is in Full Reverse* One problem is that it takes a while before the ship starts feeling the effects of the switch as it will still drift forward for a few metres. They basically switch from Drive to Reverse but it took about 50 people for it to be done. Cars only need the driver and the switch is done under 5 seconds.
I am not entirely sure if i understand this correct: This is what i know (from a book from 1996): The Ship had been on trials (of course) before it was officially allowed to take passengers on board. Among other things, a stop at full speed (which, basically, consists of whats happening in this scene just with all propellers: going from Full Ahead to Full Astern out of a sudden) was performed. If the authorities in charge would have not thought that the ship met the requirements (that, so to say, were measured in length of the ship rather than time to do it), no passenger would have been ever set a foot on that ship.
Wow! you clearly know your stuff. But could you explain what does "Engine in Full Reverse" mean? Can the ship, like a car, travel in reverse? Could Titanic really back away from the iceberg?
@@Arsaja Yes it could, like present time, boats are capable of reverse movement, the problem with the titanic is that it's too big to start moving backwards quick enough to not hit the iceberg, so the crew resorted to going around it.
it takes 2 turns on the wheel to turn the ship. Hard to Starboard , hold for 45 seconds to a minute, then Hard to Port. or vice versa. He held the 1st turn way too long, and steered the side of the ship right into the iceberg. It would of probably been impossible to time the 2 turns in such a manner , to steer away from iceberg. But had, he not waited till the ship hit the iceberg, then went hard to Port, the ship would of just glanced the side of the iceberg, and not steered the ship right side right into the iceberg. It would of been impossible to of timed the 2 moves on the wheel, unless the crew was trained for an emergency like that. I love the Titanic, it was beautiful.
every time I watch this scene, I have the silly hope "this time" they won't hit the iceberg
Same here !
I thought I was the only one lol
@@HansRo4ming actually no !
Ikr it just looks so close.
Yeah bro you read mind
Every time I watch this movie, the ship sinks.
😂😂😂
Not the better half...
@@jamesmckean3221 😂😂😂
No for u it will be all right
I know. You'd have thought they'd have learn't the first time.
First Officer William Murdoch is sadly another victim of Hollywood dramatization. In reality, he helped as many people as possible onto the lifeboats and heroically went down with the ship. May he and all the other victims rest in peace.
Titanic sank 2 hours and 40 minutes after the iceberg collision. From Joe. X
They did show that he was helping people. What his hometown didn’t like was the idea that he shot himself which nobody has any evidence if he did or didn’t
@@mohammedashian8094 he never did, he went down with the ship
@@beatlemaniac that’s what I said there was no evidence that he did that.
@@mohammedashian8094 my bad, I misread what you said, I'm sorry 😅
The chief engineers second glance at Full Astern shows how they were caught completely off guard at midnight
UA-cam has The Titanic so wrong it's impossible to fix it.
@@alexanderwalle3568 if they had hit it head on, they wouldn't have sunk.
@@simonthompson2963 No officer would ever have work again and for the rest of their life would be dragged through courts. Take a hit instead of trying to avoid is not something that would be acceptable to anyone. That's not how they are trained and I would suggest they shouldn't be. They could have survive (this) ice berg, if they were little luckier.
The decisions made in seconds/minutes are scrutinized decades later, with massive benefit of hind sight. The systematic changes made later to the shipping lines (e.g. 24 hour manned radio stations) were the real solution to the problems indicated by the sinking.
When a movie has the audience at the edge of their seat even when they know the inevitable is going to occur, you know they built up the suspense incredibly.
That’s what it would’ve been like in 1912. It was scary and everyone did all they could to avoid the iceberg.
@@Snowfang00andco had the lookouts had binoculars, had the radio messages been properly marked, she'd have avoided the iceberg.
@@Surfer041 there were a lot of mistakes leading up to the collision
Fleet was asked why neither he nor Bride had the glasses to hand.
@@Surfer041 Thanks for giving wrong information.
you gotta have respect for those down in the engines that would’ve frantically been doing everything they could despite having no idea what was going on
True.. and its very heartbreaking that they those brave souls didnt get enough recognition when they selflessly did their duty serving titanic until the very last.
I think The moment they were give the order "Full astern" they already knew what was going on, something big enough to seriously damage the ship was right in front of them, and the ship was just about to hit It.
I'm sure the chief engineer there knew what shit hit the fan. So sad the crew on deck got only what like 37 seconds.
@@Bruno-G Exactly. Going from full ahead to full astern is a standard emergency manoeuvre known as a 'crash stop' and there's no doubt the engineers would have known this.
@Arrow Quill Pokemon takes a long path to fully stop a vessel. For the titanic maybe 6-7 times minimum it’s own length.
The Performence from Ewan Stewart is hertbreaking in that scene, you can feel the tension, the chaos, the desperation in every second. A perfect Scene, everyone in this did an amazing job.
Frederick Fleet saw the iceberg from a lookout. From Joe. X
Actor who played Murdoch was fantastic , everytime I see this scene I am right there with him willing it to miss the iceberg .
But it was too close, really. From Joe. X
@joeandrews7329 they say if they didn't reverse the engines Titanic would have missed it
@@Samuel-gc6jswho's 'they'??🤣 The engines weren't reversed in reality. This is for the cinema goers, and it made for great drama song that engine reverse..
@@tvs339 I think it's well accepted that Murdoch ordered the ship to move Full Astern...which would be reverse lol. It was an attempt to dramatically slow the ship down by trying to draw its momentum backwards instead of dead, but the loss of speed and putting the rudder into reverse meant the rudder couldn't turn as well either. The ship was effectively, as they say in the movie, "too big to turn a damn". If they didn't reverse the engines, Titanic may have missed the spur of the iceberg by mere feet, or enough to have minimised damage to the hull.
@@chickenheelnakano the estimated time between spotting the berg and impact was around 35 seconds. Do you really believe that is sufficient time to: report it to the bridge, bridge make a decision and rreport it to the engine room, the engine room to give instructions to reverse the engines, the engines - enormous pieces of machinery turning at 18rpm - to be slowed to a halt and then wound up to a reverse speed that would affect the trajectory of the ship??
You know this movie is immortal and still holds up to this day when people ALWAYS think there’s a chance the ship can miss the iceberg, even though they’ve seen this scene HUNDREDS of times.
More like the story of the “unsinkable” RMS Titanic is inmortal.
Thats me. I used to think titanic could miss the iceberg. I knew what would happen but I still thought about that.
@@kiebr8766I don’t get it, with atleast 1m 30s, the titanic seemed to only turn slightly. With efforts from the whole crew to attempt to avoid hitting the berg, hard-a-starboard, reverse engine and such, I don’t get how all the efforts didn’t equate to success.
@@Coopdog0108 Titanic was small compared to the ships we have today, but she was still very huge. Just look up her weight, and you will see
@@Coopdog0108apparently the rudder was far too small for the ship which is why it took so long to turn.
Actually my favourite scene in the whole movie is when they reverse the engines. That's such a cool moment.
Same! Those big crankshafts
Also my favorite scene :3
Yes
I like this too - too bad it didnt happen really.
I love how Joseph Bell (the officer in the engine room) does a double take on the engine order telegraph. They've just been speeding up faster and faster in the first half of the film, then from full speed ahead to full reverse. They can't see what's ahead from down there, but that order would have been alarming.
The engine scenes are awesome, it’s small touches like that, that reminds you why this movie is such a masterpiece
I love how chaotic the scene was. Showing the desperate attempts of the titanic escaping impact.
I remember the captain. ❤
And despite that we knew the ship is going to hit anyway, it's remarkable how Cameron made the audience remain hopeful that it will not hit
That engine throttle to reverse scene in a full stop is simply breathtaking. The immensity of those pistons turning is incredible.
Yeah.. raw power doing everything it can to avoid it's 2.5 mile fall to a watery grave where they will seize to ever function again up until they decay. Such a sad ending for a beautiful piece of machinery and the lives lost.
@@braudzilla08 I agree, however if you think about it there's a lot more left of Titanic now than there is of Olympic, which served out it's entire career successfully (even sinking a U-boat in WWI) but is now not in existence having been completely scrapped. Whereas Titanic does still exist and will for a long time to come (albeit decaying in pieces at the bottom of the sea).
@@johnchapman6446 Britannic too
Saw a documentary on the making of the titanic and the recruitment process for the engine staff, the knowledge these boys held was incredible and I'm delighted the movie shows how well drilled they were.
Titanic’s reciprocating engines were bloody brilliant
The scene that change the whole rhythm of the movie, from a calm romance to a struggle to prevent a disaster
I have always said that this movie suddenly switches from a mediocre romance movie to one of the greatest horror movies of all time the moment the iceberg is spotted.
@@StarfieldRailway more thriller than horror
@@mattialonghin_mr.l857 nah not thriller it has a horror tone to it
Or as I say: when the movie actually begins.
It is literally a whiplash effect. From an evolving love story to sheer adrenaline watching these men do their very best to save the vessel and all the lives on board
Captures the chaos perfectly
The acting is brilliant
The camera work is flawless
Such a masterpiece of cinema 🎥
💔😪 exactly 26 years have passed since TITANIC was first released, 2024 is just a few months away, and this scene still hits me hard… every time I watch it, it feels like the ship is gonna narrowly escape…
The iceberg warning was too late. From Joe. X
This movie is a masterpiece.
Yeah. It was actually my first movie I saw in a cinema when it was released here in Namibia. I was like 😲😲😲😲😲during most of the movie.
I wish if i had seen this in cinema...
Wasn’t a great move. They hit the berg.
One of the first I saw as a lad. My parents had it on VHS.
Masterpiece like the Boeing 747 and the A380?
i don't care what anyone says, forget jack and rose. this is probably the best scene in the entire movie. i get goosebumps every time i watch it, it's thrilling, even if you already know what's gonna happen. the waiting, the anticipation, the tension. wow!
I agree this is the best scence in the intire movie I mean who cares about jack and rose of a officer with cool music and running around
Amazing scene
Does their love story fit that well into this really? I guess it's kind of a weird combo
@@BrainDancer yes. V true. It was unnecessary
@@Suniana085 it's weird when you think about it yeah
You know something is important when a British person spills their tea 😂😂
Today is April 14, 2024. And it is Sunday, just like 112 years ago, when the Titanic sank. May all who perished that fateful night rest in peace.
Except for the jackasses who hogged the life-boats.
@@alexanderwalle3568frrrr
I can't believe this movie is already 25 years old. Still remains iconic and impressive
Old =/= bad
Sometimes masterpieces become timeless classics.
@@nixxxon18 what do you mean old is bad? You don't say that to your parents 😏
@@HimeCookie Learn to read as I said the opposite, that old doesn't mean it has to be bad.
No they didnt bring something new (( except the modern techs )) they just copied the 1953 titanic
@@free-peace5555 yea that's what I mean, the modern CGI
This is one of them scenes where, because of basic historical knowledge, you know the inevitable will happen. You KNOW the Titanic is going to hit the iceberg. Yet the scene is filmed in a way that you're on the edge of your seat dying to see if it does hit the iceberg or not. Credit to James Cameron. Amazing directing.
Couldn't agree more!
Similar acclaim I give to Apollo 13's ending, which still gets me every time even when I knew the history.
Major credit to Ewan Stewart, this entire scene and the part where he tells captain smith “I tried to port round her but she hit” is some of the best acting I’ve ever seen. He’s ghost white, sweating and has that look of “I’m in charge of this ship and we just rammed a fucking ice berg, I am so fucked right now”. I felt the anxiety he was going through this entire scene
Ewan Stewart 's acting was really amazing
Life vac
The rotation of the engine and it's sound got my heart.❤❤⚓⚓
I saw it on opening day back in 1997.... Amazing memories going to the cinema that day!
It was a major surprise hit and tickets were actually very easy to get as a result.
The iceberg damage was terminal. From Joe. X
guess what else was a surprise hit........nevermind
No matter how many times I watch this and know what happens, I'm always praying that the ship avoids the iceberg. That's the power of this scene!
it might have missed to if they have remained all ahead full and simple went hard a starboard
@@raven4k998 no they would have slammed directly into the iceburg thing is, it is highly likely even with that much damage at the bow it would have not breached as many water tight compartments allowing other vessels to come and save passengers.
Gay
Me to I just got mas 😂like damn cmon
@@shayALise23 just keep breathing just keep breathing you'll be fine it's not like you will die🤣
- Iceberg, right ahead
- Thank you
- You're welcome
- Bye now
- Yeah, see ya later
- K then
- Right, gotta go now
- Oki doki
- Well, have a nice evening
- U2
You are so ironic ts,ts..
@@melanie5526 XDD
@@kuntakinde9047
Lol
Iceberg: oh, you're approaching me
Aahaahahaha
0:09 this is what I call organized chaos.
It may sound weird, but the Chief Engineer Bell (the officer, who drops his soup) is one of my favorite figures. The actor played this short scene really good. The short look to the other man, after seeing the order "Full astern", before being fully alarmed and giving instant orders - and in the end, him taking over the wheel for the steam. Really well done. Also a special note for the horrified look on the face of Officer Murdoch at 00:35
He realised that the iceberg was too close. From Joe. X
One of the most captivating scenes in this movie for me has always been those huge engines moving faster and faster. You can feel the immense power generated.
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They are real too, an actual engine from some other ship that's still working. I assumed they were faked until recently.
Nature is more impressive than shitty engineering.
ASMR
@@ano_nymTriple expansion engines of a museum Liberty ship from WW2. They were made to look much bigger than they actually were with special effects and montage.
2:11 - 2:14 is probably the most underrated moment in this scene. The look of realisation on the helmsman's face as the ship hits the iceberg is spine-tingling.
I thought the expression on the lookout crews face when they spot the ice berg was quite chilling as well
In reality he would not have seen much. The helm room was always under blackout regulations back then. It was a dark room on the bridge without any outside stimulation other than orders.
@@goodshipkaraboudjan - I never suggested for a minute that the helmsman actually saw the iceberg. He just knew that the ship had hit something and was holding onto the helm because it was shaking.
@@kwesiidun8512 my apologies for misunderstanding. You're right, a powerful moment.
He's more attractive than jack 😏
Iconic scene.
R.I.P. Bernard Hill (Captain E.J. Smith, although he's not present in this scene), who died on May 5th, 2024.
"Is there anyone there?"
"No, the phone picked itself up."
Bruh
@@radziugames8708 "Yuh?"
@@SJMJ91 thats funny
No this is Patrick
You are dumb...
Wow! What a scene! The guy who played Murdoch, stunning performance. You could feel his tension.
Yeah, the actor for Murdoch is SPECTACULAR
@@terrywhyte6281 😎👌
Ewan stewart also known here as 1st officer murdoch
I can feel in his fears,what a pure class
At 1:51 he's actually sweating.
I love that hero fighting, that cames one to the other moment, when everyone knows its serious and now everyone must give everything. Especially the workers in the boiling room
Whenever I see this scene, it gives me goosebumps. 😬
Yeah even though everyone pretended to hate this movie for the last twenty years, it's becoming more and more evident how much of a fucking classic it was and continues to be.
How can anyone hate this movie it's a masterpiece in my top 5 movies of all time
@@splashy6412 Contrarianism I guess
People hated this movie? I literally thought everyone loved it. I'm 13 so I wasn't even conceived when it was released but when I did finally watch it I was amazed.
edit: i’m 16 now
@@kingaegonii Some people got sick of its overpromotion and hated on it a little too much.
Many of us watched it like 300 times in a row back then. Then we started getting sick of it and hating it lol. Plus we got extremelly annoyed by the main song. So we "hated" it, but now i can fully see the classic that it is
Can't believe this movie came out in 1997. The cgi and cinematography still looks so good.
I don’t think cgi was involved in this movie. It was all practical effects and miniature models
They actually build a massive titanic replica that was used to make a film i think the only thing they used green screen for was the background it self
Thats because you may be a kid and dont realise that 1990s were the best era of movie effects, it was a mix of CGI and the real thing. Then after that all turned into fake low quality CGI
@@BJenno The underwater shot of the ship hitting the iceberg looks like CGI to me
@@BJenno they actually used a lot of cgi for the sailing and sinking parts but many other scenes don't have cgi
Goosebumps whenever i watch this scene. Perhsps because of the music also band the actors. Showing how tensed they are . It shows in the eyes.
I just loved how the team was running when they sayed “ice berg right ahead”
Mad respect to all the crews of the Titanic ship. May they rest in peace.
Exactly, you’re a good person👍👍👍👍
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Almost all of them worked incredibly hard to save as many lives as they could. And the vast majority gave their own lives in doing so.
I got goosebumps when they all got serious
Engage the reversing engine!
Who tf will not get serious and go panic when an iceberg will hit your ship
"Go, lads, go!" Same as me man
@@simon-di7xt certainly everyone will, I never said no tho😅
@simon
Not everyone took it seriously. The first class passengers were in denial and felt it was pointless having to go outside do to what they thought was a "lifeboat drill".
Titanic - one of the greatest movie ever made in this history of cinema. It's 27 year old movie NOW and still fresh.
The crew in the engine did not see anything at all but they were still panicking because imagine out of nowhere in the middle of the ocean, you get the command "full astern".
I love the little detail that the engines crew boss takes over at 1:13 . Down there all of them don't know whats actually going on but he definitely knows that the engines aren't reversed in the middle of the ocean just for fun.
Brilliant acting! This scene is so realistic.
Yes, or maybe chief engineer Joseph Bell (his actual rank and name) just did that because he had more experience / was more robust and thought that the other guy was going too slow.
At the start of the film you see him turning the same wheel very gently and calmy then this scene its frantic and rushed....this film is amazing, 25 years and i still hope everytime they miss the iceberg
That man was cheif engineer Joseph Bell, he was responsible for all the engines, and he was on of the men who stayed to keep the ship afloat even though everyone knew the ship was gonna sink.
I don't have any knowledge about ship. But if may ask, you said the engine reverse, but why the ship still go forth?
The most chilling part for me is at 00:25 . I simply cannot imagine the horror that must be going on in the Chief Engineer's mind as he reads the order "Full Astern", considering they were going full speed ahead up until that point. He didn't know what it was, but he knew something horrible was about to happen...
At least, the deck officers knew what they were expecting and when to expect it.
@Pluviophilius Especially his reaction at 0:27
He probably suspected that they were trying to avoid a collision because it would have been the equivalent of an emergency stop.
He has to do a ‘double take,’ it’s so unexpected!
He's just been ordered to do the ocean liner equivalent of an emergency stop.
The bridge has just told him Titanic needs to go from cruising speed to breaking as hard as she can and there is no happy reason for the officers to have given him that order.
@@JamesTobiasStewart What does full astern means?
I’d really like to see a movie focusing on the ships that were around the Titanic when it was sinking especially the RMS Carpathia. It came across numerous icebergs when it was journeying to the Titanic as quickly as possible in order to help them and successfully dodged every single one of them. Just imagine how famous a movie like that would be.
the SS Californian will also be a interesting story. Given it was allegedly in a much closer vicinity than Carpathia was. search up "The titanic inquiry" documovie here on youtube. a very well put together short film about it
It made me sad because in 0:24 when they got the message they were making food for lunch or diner that was their last time cooking food if they did not survive when the titanic was sinking
None of the Engineering Officers survived.
They had 37 seconds to try to maneuver a ship 14 stories tall and 3 football fields long. Their efforts were ahead of their time and the task handed to them was an impossible one but they handled their duty bravely and heroically.
And 23 knots
If only they had a searchlight...
"ICEBERG, RIGHT AHEAD!!!"
"Thank you."
You know, manners maketh man XD
@Unprofessional Matters you were there???
@Unprofessional Matters so if they stopped the engines why didnt they go backwards and then turn? This was they would have prevented the ship from hitting the iceberg
(Excuse me if it’s a stupid question, i dont know how ships work)
@@Ryan-fc6di ships take a very long time to slow down and stop. It's no joke when I say that ships the size of Titanic take kilometers to stop from full speed ahead. There wasn't enough distance to do so.
@@Ryan-fc6di you see they release all the steam pressure, and shut the coal furnace. That will bring the ship's steam turbines to a stop. But it takes a long time to rebuild the steam pressure back up again. Even if they manage to engage reverse gear, the ship won't be going astern that quickly
IK
This is a very good scene, showing the tension and the desperate manuevers made to avoid the iceberg, through it was too late when it was seen. The suspense, is very good too. One of the most realistic scenes of the movie.
A freezing cold night like that, the scenes after this cut show Murdoch sweating bullets when reporting the incident to Captain Smith. Great acting here too, you can see he's doing everything he possibly can to avert disaster.
0:16 When a British gentleman's cup of tea no longer matters, you know it's an emergency.
As a Brit this is true.
The Foley for that falling cup of tea is on point 👌
That’s when you know the shits hit the fan
Wonder how he must've felt when his cup of tea was being knocked out of his hands. And probably won't have a chance to grab his biscuits.
@@reijisan9852 Both men died that night too.
The act of seriousness right after spotting iceberg till trying to evade it and unfortunately hitting the iceberg shows the level of acting performance these casts have done. It was a very serious scene and all the actors have done truly great to make it surreal.
The actor for Murdoch especially.
@@rasikkom9605 Yes, great performance by ewan stewart
The critical mistake was to put the engines into Full astern, due to the central propeller being turbine driven it was just stuck or free wheeling in the current. If Murdoch had just ordered hard to starboard. The rudder would have been much more effective and they could have missed the berg entirely.
You know it occurs to me that the cast effectively had to become White Star Line officers for the film.
Officer: ICEBERG RIGHT AHEAD!
Phone guy: thank you.
Goosebumps! I like the camera switches!
1:35 Great acting. You can absolutely feel his terror and stress. His fate and the fate of 2200 others was being decided in these several crucial seconds.
I heard Murdoch was the only official allowing men inside the boats. Most surviving men there owe their lives to him.
how would they have known at time it was going to rip a gash along the side of the 'unsinkable' titanic
02:06
Imagine being Officer Murdoch and seeing that giant berg, knowing everyone’s life is in your hands.
@@abby9382 he was the one who let the men also be saved and didnt send empty lifeboats a great man!
SAD HE KILLED HIMSELF
No he didn’t but he died on the titanic but did not shot himself
@@abby9382 sure keep dreaming
@Louise Mcilwaine Then it must have been main officer Henry Wilde who did that
The engine shots are amazing.
Eccezionale! Veritabile capolavoro!!
I remember when I had first seen this scene when I was 8 I was mind blown. It was the most suspenseful cinematic scene I had ever seen.
I was nine
I was ten.
I was like, 4 when I watched this movie. Got me into steamers
Edit: Yes, before anyone panics, my eyes were covered by my parents during the "draw me like one of your french girls" who had to endure me watching this nearly once every day. Kudos to them for putting up with that for a while lmao
I was seven
I was ten
I love how fast the engine room goes into action when they get the signal.
"FULL STOP!!!!!"
I think it’s mostly that whatever reason they’re being told to full stop in the middle of the Atlantic, it’s probably not a good one
the signal is "FULL ASTERN"...
Those opening in seams were no more than the width of a human hand but being that far below the waterline, it was like a fire hydrant and the fact that each of the first five compartments suffered their own damage sealed Titanic’s fate. Had she rammed the Iceberg that would have destroyed the first 80 - 100 feet of the ship, killing at least 200 people but she would have survived.
Mike Brady explained why the "hard a-port" order was spot on. Because the way ships behave, once it starts turning, there's no stopping it unless you imput the exact opposite order, even at straight ahead.
Think of it as a car on a very slippery surface. Once it starts turning, even if a very slight imput was made, all tires lose grip and it just keeps turning. The car is actually moving forward, but because it has no grip, it is turning on its axis. The only way to stop the rotation is to turn the wheel the opposite direction, then fight it until it continues straight ahead with no rotation.
This same scenario could be applied here, although on a very large scale. If no hard a-port order was made, the iceberg could've scraped the ENTIRE ship, causing it to flood and sink in MINUTES. Almost immediately the ship would develop a very sharp list, over the course of a few seconds it would be obvious that it would capsize, minutes later off it goes to the bottom of the ocean.
The best part, in my opinion, is the performance of Evan Stewart as Murdoch. When he pleads for the ship to turn...great stuff.
And the terror on his face when the iceberg hit 😣
Why aren’t they turning !!!
completely tragic situation to be suddenly drown in a ship cabin... implosion is much better way to die
IS IT HARD OVA?!?!?!?
@@jannellediao7450I know! Even the sweat at the side of his face...
It’s amazing to see that the crew in the engine and boiler rooms immediately knew what ‘full astern’ meant.. You can equally see the panic and fear on their faces as much as the crew on deck!
A cruise ship will generally never reverse or stall the engine once en route. A full astern after days of varying forward power levels and days from destination can only mean one thing. There is something unexpected and big right ahead. It could also have been another ship.
No other situation would warrant the stress on the engine, propeller blades and driveshafts turning against the motion of the ship.
@@eaglevision993 *ocean liner
@AnikaHope-gd6xu and?
Of course, it's obvious that the order full astern in the middle of the ocean means there is very near a deadly obstacle just ahead the ship.
R.I.P Captain. Gloria stuart and now you. Wow. Life is so Precious
This scene has (should have) its own place in the history of cinema
*”IS THERE ANYONE THERE”*
“yes what do you see?”
*”ICEBERG RIGHT AHEAD”*
“thank you ☺️ ☕️”
Oh this is just gold..😅😅
"WE WILL FUCKING DIE"
"Thank you ☺️☕️"
Well, etiquette is a thing.
“Iceberg right ahead! 😰☕️”
*”HARD TO STARBOARD!”*
“Hard to starboard! 😨☕️”
Thats what I was saying these 5 seconds could have saved them !
This scene is excellent, my favourite one from the movie. The panic is so clear and it really makes you think about what it must have been like on the real ship.
I imagine sheer panic and terror. That water they fell into was 28 degrees.
Sim, o filme retrata perfeitamente. Quando assisto imagino que de fato foi assim que aconteceu
Also my favourite scene....I am from India
صحخث
One of the greatest scenes in movie history the mere chaos that happens here in seconds...
I begged - and I mean BEGGED - my mum to take me to to see this in theatres when it came out. From this moment until right after it sinks, I was GLUED to the screen. I was six, and to me, it was the most amazing film I'd ever seen. This is the movie that sparked my lifelong love of Titanic.
Ice berg right ahead!!!!
ThAnK YoU
BRITISH 100
You've got to remember this was a excellent quality ship even for nowadays. If I called you and said a planes about to hit your house you wouldn't really belive it, but as soon as he puts the phone down the situation settles.
Jp moody iceburg right ahead murdoch on the starboard starboard moody tries to get a word in after murdoch
What a sigma
I can't quite get over this scene. Each time I watch Titanic, I'm always of the view that this will finally be the one time that the ship will evade the iceberg unscathed. In my opinion, Titanic will FOREVER be both the BEST and greatest movie ever made. #Titanic
@@GoodMurn1n Meaning ?
Florian Schmitz yes because he was curious as to what you meant by that
Florian Schmitz what ever boomer means you are most certainly one of them
@@paulwilkinson4073 One of what ?
Imrhan Nephew boomer-or whatever it is that he is calling you
Everyone played there part well in this iconic scene, but the person that plays Murdoch deserves a special mention. He really made it feel real with his urgency and look of horror on his face.
1st officer murdoch*
*Their.
@@jonasemilaksnes I stand corrected. thank you
I liked Quatermaster Robert Hitchins, sure he was a bit of a dick but when he is first given “Hard To Starboard.” He turns slowly and then in the next scene he’s in he realises how fucked the ship is and the facial experession just says everything and I think you can even see him turning the wheel slightly faster
I love the offciers😊😊😊
Cameroon is such a master, every scene you appreciate his genius.
The fckn tension in this scene. An absolute masterclass in how to build tension in a movie.
2:32 The desperation in Murdoch's voice.
Epic scene! Actors played well!!
This whole sequence is masterfully done!!!
0:16
Waste of perfectly good tea.
Yep the best British tea anyone could find
0:27 more needless waste
It’s annoying lol
Generic person that is generic my mans just trying to have his tea lmao
Harley O’keefe yep
2:05 when you're trying not to wake your parents up in the middle of the night but you accidentally walk on the creaky step
jajajajajajajajajajajajajsjajajajajajajaja
😂
You have to say your last words before your mum comes and finds you
Yeah, my mother goes nuts if people wake her up, too. Father's a heavy sleeper, though.
this is by far my favorite part of the movie, not the ship hitting the iceberg but the mechanics of the engine room.
Shout out to the crew especially the men down below… they gave it their all. Rest all their souls… ♥️🕊️
My normal heartbeat: 80-90 beats per minute
My heartbeat while watching this: 1000 beats per minute
Same
@@gioelegiuffrida1843 my heart rate maximum goes up to 157
0:23
The utter disbelief and shock is almost funny in how realistic it is. Like "What in the blazes-OH SHIT!" and then they drop everything and go to action.
That is how you show a butt-pucker of biblical proportions.
I am actually so fascinated with old mechanical engines that seeing the engines of titanic so accurately in this movie I cried a little. The way they portray the reversal of the engines, dear god, the sound of the steam feed valves changing direction was so..... epic at 1:00..........
Imagine back in those days no mobile phones no technology it must of be so hard for them big respect for those workers 👏
Absolutely no one:
Me, has watched this movie 100000 times:
'OMG guys don't hit the iceberg! No! NOOOOO!!!!!'
Lol people all blame the captain but it wasn’t his fault I don’t believe because it was not all him that wanted the full speed he was a little pressured
Anyways if they rammed the berg full on the ship wouldn’t founder - crazy but true
You meant oh my goodness pls dont use gods name im vain only if u mean oh my goodness ^ ^
same lol
More than 20 times hahaha
This movie had such a big impact on me as a kid. I remember watching it first time on a sunday night in the TV, with my family. It was maybe 1999. The things happening to people and the overall sadness had a huge impact, still remember that feeling I had then up to this day. Could hardly sleep, the movie was the only thing I could think about. Next day in school we talked about it the whole day with other kids. Those were the times. Awesome movie.
IceBerg right ahead🤣
What a load of nonsense
It was such a cultural phenomenon. I was in 6th grade and kids talked about it every day for months. A lot of them admitted to sobbing during the movie, even boys. When we had our elementary school talent show in the spring, 30+ kids auditioned to sing "My Heart Will Go On" as a solo or duet, so the director put them all into one big group.
Oh same, these days whenever I watch it I cannot imagine what all those poor people must’ve gone through in the water and also on the ship, not to mention all those that worked on the ship and lost there lives. The feeling itself is hard to imagine, the last time I watched i panicked about the flexi hoses in the bathrooms and kitchen that I didn’t sleep all night until I checked on them in the morning!
Check your flexi hoses people, any dark spots get them replaced.
Me too.... I cried several times as a kid
Brilliantly done, it really makes you think they have a chance.
This movie gives me the chills
Absolutely chilling seeing the moments before and after Titanic's fate was sealed. The crew trying desperately to maintain discipline and do their jobs while terrified, and crucial decisions having to be made immediately. Hitting the iceberg was THE moment the audience was waiting for, and this breathtaking scene did full justice to the sheer magnitude of what was happening.
Crews loved the ship and their job , and also they tried their fullest to avoid the inevitable
1:40 - 1:50
I love it how the scene changes from they expecting not to hit, on top of the ship, while inside it the workers and engines are working at full to reduce the speed.
imagine being murdoch in that situation, you've got a entire ship and all you can do is turn the signals and hope that everyone in the engine room responds as fast as possible
R.i.p Bernard Hill (Actor for Captain Smith) 1944 - 2024 May 5th
You had a Good life and seen Billions of times of people watching the movie, Fly high 🕊️
The sound of the Titanic hitting the iceberg in this movie still sounds great even after 24 years.
I wasn’t alive when this movie was in theatres. But imagine hearing it in theatres. It would’ve been absolutely terrifying
I was in utero when my mom saw the Titanic at the movies, and even I can recall the sound. Shook me to the womb. 🤣🤣🤣
What a load of bollocks
I love how Commanding Officer in the engine room immediately started calling out orders once he saw the Flight Deck(Command Room) calling for a switch from Ahead Full(Forward Full Power) to Astern Full(Reverse Full Power), his immediate response was due to the fact that such an action needed from the Flight Deck would only be necessary if a head-on collision was approaching.
The engine obviously took too long to switch as realistically it would have taken 10 to 20 minutes before the ship even started moving backwards, in this film we seen the crew perform multiple different tasks to reverse the ship.
The steering wheel was put on Hard Over(Wheel reached it's turning limit)
They decrease the Steam Pressure from Full to Half(Slowing down the Forward Engine)
Shutting the Dampers(Closing the furnace doors so all the Steam goes to the Engine)
Holding(Prepare for Engine Switch)
Activated Reversing Engine(Lever is pushed that stops the Pistons, than they started moving in reverse)
Increase Steam Pressure from Half to Full(Speeding up the Reverse Engine)
*Now the Engine is in Full Reverse*
One problem is that it takes a while before the ship starts feeling the effects of the switch as it will still drift forward for a few metres. They basically switch from Drive to Reverse but it took about 50 people for it to be done. Cars only need the driver and the switch is done under 5 seconds.
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I probably would never of bothered reading this, but it obviously took a while. More likes are deservered right here
I am not entirely sure if i understand this correct:
This is what i know (from a book from 1996): The Ship had been on trials (of course) before it was officially allowed to take passengers on board. Among other things, a stop at full speed (which, basically, consists of whats happening in this scene just with all propellers: going from Full Ahead to Full Astern out of a sudden) was performed.
If the authorities in charge would have not thought that the ship met the requirements (that, so to say, were measured in length of the ship rather than time to do it), no passenger would have been ever set a foot on that ship.
Wow! you clearly know your stuff. But could you explain what does "Engine in Full Reverse" mean? Can the ship, like a car, travel in reverse? Could Titanic really back away from the iceberg?
@@Arsaja Yes it could, like present time, boats are capable of reverse movement, the problem with the titanic is that it's too big to start moving backwards quick enough to not hit the iceberg, so the crew resorted to going around it.
it takes 2 turns on the wheel to turn the ship. Hard to Starboard , hold for 45 seconds to a minute, then Hard to Port. or vice versa. He held the 1st turn way too long, and steered the side of the ship right into the iceberg. It would of probably been impossible to time the 2 turns in such a manner , to steer away from iceberg. But had, he not waited till the ship hit the iceberg, then went hard to Port, the ship would of just glanced the side of the iceberg, and not steered the ship right side right into the iceberg. It would of been impossible to of timed the 2 moves on the wheel, unless the crew was trained for an emergency like that. I love the Titanic, it was beautiful.
Such d@mn good quality from 97