At about 2:20 in the morning of April 15 1912 the RMS Titanic was in its death throes when something remarkable happened - the ship broke apart. Even then, as dozens of witnesses watched on from the safety of nearby lifeboats the final moments lived on under a shroud of secrecy. The official inquiries came to the conclusion that the ship had sunk intact - but then decades later in the 1980s the ship was found in two pieces. Revisiting the evidence reveals that more people saw the ship break up than those who did not. Why was their testimony rejected? What can the evidence from the wreck tell us about the ship's final minutes? Today we'll consider the facts and learn how - and why - the Titanic broke apart.

The stunning plans shown in this video are by Matthew DeWinkeleer and the Titanic Honor and Glory team and can be found here!
https://www.titanicdeckplan.com/

The fascinating US Dept. of Commerce report on Titanic's steel quality:
https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/G...


Interesting Sources for this video:
Encyclopedia Titanica
https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org...
titanicinquiry.org

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0:00 Introduction
3:00 Part 1: Survivor Testimony
11:00 Part 2: The Wreck's Remains
15:00 Part 3: Inside the Break Zone
22:31 Part 4: The Mechanics and Physics
30:00 Part 5: Other Examples
40:58 Part 6: Unravelling the Breakup

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