I'd like to say, I was really impressed listening to him. He had a really good way of communicating his answers and even things that would be so obvious to someone with his expertise he was able to get across in a way that wasn't condescending or like he was speaking down. For example, when he clarified the term "stern." The perfect kind of attitude to explain something. Really great to listen to.

Ok, who asked if the titanic was "real"? What has happened to this world? 😂😂😂

Jack Thayer is one of my favorite passengers. His account of the sinking is incredible, especially since I believe he was 17 at the time. His story is very sad, he was considered an adult in those times so he was not allowed on a lifeboat and he lost his father and his friend in the sinking. The way he described losing his father in a crowd as the last time he ever saw him was chilling. When him and his friend Milton Long (they had met aboard the ship but they were together for the entire night of the sinking) had finally decided to get off the ship, Milton slid down the side of the ship right before Jack jumped but he most likely got sucked under and Jack was able to get farther away from the ship and climb onto the overturned Collapsible B lifeboat with Officer Lightoller, Archibald Gracie, Harold Bride, and others and had to stay balanced for hours with all of the other men on the boat before being moved to Lifeboat 12 prior to being rescued. Years later he ended up losing his son in WWII and the next year, on the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, his mother died. All of these tragedies combined obviously took a huge toll on him and few months later he committed suicide. His life must have been so painful and his story is so tragic beginning at such a young age. I hope you are resting in peace, Jack Thayer ❤❤

When “spoilers” popped up when he says “no,because she did sink”.. I got a chuckle out of that 😂

Drives me crazy how people go on about the door in the movie. Even James Cameron said it was a panel and that yes, Jack would fit on it, but practicality would have killed both him and Rose as they would have both been submerged in water due to their weight. Also, the point of the movie was that Jack sacrificed his life for Rose, and his influence of meeting him onboard gave her the courage to live her life to the fullest. That’s why you see the portraits of her at the end. Jack was always meant to die, so Rose could live.

i grew up in edinburgh scotland. down the street from a lady who survived the sinking with her mother !!!!

I thought it was a headboard. It drives me NUTS when people say it was a door. And I always understood that Jack STAYED off the board on purpose, to save Rose. You can see him nod, confirming to himself that he has committed to that decision and sacrifice.

Take a drink every time he starts an answer with “Well …. “

8:24 When he talks about the "Greyhounds of the Atlantic" The Lusitania and the Mauritania, the picture they used for "Lusitania" is actually the Olympic. You can even clearly see "Olympic" Written on the bow.

Imagine being a lobster in a tank onboard the titanic about to be cooked then it sinks and youre free

0 degrees C is the freezing point of fresh water. Salt water freezes at a lower temperature-that's why the oceans freeze at the poles.

I'm an American living in the Republic of Ireland. Belfast, in Northern Ireland, has a wonderful Titanic museum. It is more than about the ship. Really touching.

This is not my friend, Mike Brady.

Anyone else super hyped for this because of an UNHEALTHY obsession with the Titanic and everything dealing with it as a child? (That still lingers well into adulthood but it’s easier to hide until the topic comes up)

If you have a look at the NYT report of the sinking and then go in a few pages more, you'll see an advertisement for tickets on the return trip to Southampton

35:46 I have a quite distant relevative who survived the sinking, he said they gave him cold coffee. He was one of the people who managed to get onto of collapsible B, which had washed overboard and had flipped over and around 27 men climbed aboard and that was near waist deep in water.

The women and children thing comes from the HMS Birkenhead. Otherwise known as the Birkenhead drill. It was later decided that separating families and leaving a bunch of widows and possibly orphans on their own might not be the best plan after all.

This will be pure gold for the youtube titanic community to react to. Oh boy....

It’s not about the door/wood paneling size for him to fit, it’s about buoyancy. Had he got on, they both would have been in the water. It’s like two full sized people on one wooden surf board that’s only 6 feet long. Tried it and failed with my brother. Mythbusters also tested it out. They both would have been in the freezing water.

I've never considered it before, but imagine being an officer like Murdoch, thinking you had done your duty for the most part and most of the women and children were off the ship, and then suddenly hundreds of people come up from third class after you've already launched most of the boats. Chilling.

I was raised in a city that has a lot of titanic victims buried, and of the tombstones says J Dawson. It gets a lot of flowers each year

I could listen to Tim Maltin talking about the Titanic for hours.

Very proud to say I am from Dalbeattie in Scotland, the hometown of Murdoch. In the town museum there is a large section dedicated to him. After the release of the film the Murdoch family objected to his portrayal as it damaged his character. Film execs came to Scotland, apologised and donated £5000 to the museum but James Cameron never actually apologised.

Fascinating insight dispelling many of the truths we have held in the since the sinking of the Titanic. Brilliant, thank you

Will never get over the 2 hour uni lecture about the titanic taught by a lecturer who knew nothing about the titanic. His recommended books were all coffee table books like "101 things about the titanic" etc. He asked why there werent enough lifeboats, i said one of the reasons was the regulations at the time. He just outright said no thats not it... 😶

Was The Titanic real? Was The Titanic unsinkable?. Two of the most bloody stupid questions that could’ve been asked

There were no locked metal gates between second and third class on the Titanic. It was against British Board of Trade rules to lock in passengers. That said, there were closed doors and unmarked crew passages that Third class could have gone through but did not know about. There were no directions to the boat deck, (a long trip through a maze from D, E and F decks to the boat deck), emergency exits were not marked, there were language barriers and there was no public address system. Third Class generally stayed where they were waiting for instructions from the crew which were slow in coming.

I really do appreciate this channel. Quality work.

The thing that always sticks in my mind about the Titanic is the fact that most people wouldn't have ever heard of it if she had not sunk. Other than the ships mentioned in this video, can you name a single other ship great from that time. There were definitely other ships.

Excited to see History Hit making content like this

My guy took his valuables to his grave after completing his commission. And they sell it for 1 mill, legit grave robbery.

Nother better than a teacher (or specialist) who can tell a compelling story.

8:23 that ain't lusitania, that's Olympic

Thank you so much. I learned a lot. Very interesting.

Absolutely fascinating and fantastic presentation, I learned more new things than I ecpected! Such energy too.

Starboard is to the right and port is to the left, and backing is ordered similarly, methinks. Excellent information and replaces much that I had wrong and adds even more truths I had not known.

Thoroughly enjoyed watching this 👍

References Olympic's collision and shows a picture of the damage done to Olympic, labels it as Britanic

The commentator referred to Jack Thayer several times. What he did not mention was that Jack Thayer did survive the sinking of the Titanic.

This was great.

This was wonderful!

That was excellent, thank you!

My great-grandfather, at the age of 17, was an apprentice painter and decorator on the Titanic.

Additional fun Titanic fact about Captain Turner ( of the Lustiania). As he was a respected Liner Captain, who was in New York anyway, he was requested to give evidence at a legal hearing assessing Insurance liabilities in the Titanic disaster. This was the day before he sailed on the doomed journey. One of the questions put to him was about the requirement of Captains to stay with the ship. He told the court that, should he ever be in that situation, he would be exiting the ship at the first opportunity. He kept his word.

I really enjoyed the nuanced answers and explanations. Everything i was taught and shown as a kid demonized the crew things like locking up 3rd class not launching all the life boats etc. Its nice to hear actually there was a lot of thought and care put into trying to do right by everyone as best they could in such a terrible situation

Thanks Tim 👍

Delightful, thank you.

Excellent account, very clear and easy to follow, thank you

What an absolutely FANTASTIC video! Very informative, very clear and free of fake news. Awesome!

Very interesting video, some info I didn't know, thank you

Practicably? I had to Google that word as I thought he made it up 😂🙄

Alexander Carlisle was the designer of the Olympic class. But left Harland and Wolff after disagreements with his brother in law, lord Pirrie. Andrews inherited the completion of the ships.

This was fantastic.

Great listen

Really impressive. There's nothing more intriguing and inspiring than an expert who is passionate and articulate in discussing their field.

7:54 actually bob ballard didn't discover the titanic in 2 pieces, he first discovered boilers on the sea floor, which would INDICATE the ship was in 2 pieces, then he found the bow, the stern wasn't discovered til 10 months later

I'd love to have this expert Tim back sometime! What a great explainer, teacher etc whilst being entertaining. I loved that he added more details.

The point about how some of the people in the water could have been warmed up again is tragic but even if the crew had known that they probably still wouldn't have been able to tell the difference between the ones who could and couldn't be revived. And just filling up with random people wouldn't have been a good tactic. They had to prioritise people who were still conscious and obviously saveable. Then again, it does put an extra sting in Jack’s fate. Maybe he was still alive as Rose watched him sink. 😮

The image with the big hole is not The Britannic. That was the Olympic.

Slight error at 3:21. That's the RMS Olympic. Another error at 7:47. Jack Thayer didn't draw those. He told someone, Skidmore, on Carpathia what he saw, and Skidmore drew it. Jack Thayer did not agree with the bow slipping upwards in the drawing. Yet another error at 8:22. That's the RMS Olympic on the left where it says RMS Lusitania. Error again at 13:41. Smashing into the iceberg would have caused ALOT of damage. She is going 21 knots.

I thought the story of Captain Smith saving a baby had been dismissed as a myth.

I'm way too superstitious. I feel like calling a ship "unsinkable" is a mockery to the Gods of the ocean!

We needed oceanlinerdesigns to do this

Very informative

Hindsight and context can cause such a turmoil in people, no matter what topic is being discussed. This is the first time I've seen and heard someone actually take both into the account and delivering a sobering and realistic depiction of how and why the Titanic sinking was amplifyed by the societal, economical and cultural norms of the time. Mr.Tim Moulton portrayed quite a different story than what is widely accepted as the story of the Titanic. I hope this gets views from millions upon millions of people.

I went to the Titanic grave site in Halifax Nova Scotia, there is indeed a grave marked J Dawson, I poured out some coffee for him

Amazing.

A few corrections; you showed a pic of the Olympic after her collision with the Hawke, but label it as "Britannic", Titanic's rooms weren't 'switched around' she literally had two parlour suites constructed upfront on her B deck, whereas this area was an open promenade on Olympic, thereby increasing Titanic's gross tonnage considerably over Olympic's, the picture labeled "Lusitania" is actually the Olympic, the propeller picture shown is of the Olympic, not Titanic and the difference in speed between the Mauretania class and Olympic class wasn't because of propeller count but because of the power plants in both ship classes - the Mauretania class had high-pressure Parsons turbine engines and the Olympic class ships settled for the slower but tried and true dual-reciprocating engines, though they were coupled with a low-pressure Parsons turbine which was powered by runoff steam from the two main engines and drove the centre prop. Titanic was NOT racing Olympic - they were simply keeping track of the ships' performance. She wasn't going faster - Titanic's service speed was 21 knots, not 22, as was Olympic's. She was only doing 21 when she struck the iceberg. She sank in 2hrs 40mins, not 2hrs 20mins. While the point about binoculars not helping that evening is correct, there's another reason, the coldwater mirage that evening. It's a myth that Titanic ran around on the iceberg - there is no grounding damage anywhere on the shell plating and we've already identified the iceberg damage under the mud thanks to sonar imaging - it's just 6 small slits in the steel plating along the hull flank at the starboard bow. The ice field was North of Titanic, not ahead of her. Alexander Carlisle designed Titanic (and Olympic), Thomas Andrews just oversaw the finishing of the project. Again, she took 2hrs 40mins to sink, not 2hrs 20mins. The confusion may be because the ship sank at 2:20AM.

I'm so proud to say I'm from Burnley which is the town tied to Wallace Hartley's birth town of Colne just down the road. His legacy is greatly celebrated in the town of Colne with memorials and even a Wetherspoons named after him (Even though he wasn't a drinker!) 2 years ago, the town hosted a beautiful memorial service outside the titanic statue with a live orchestral band playing songs of the era and the greatest local historian Simon Entwistle telling us stories of Titanic and Wallace Hartley. If History Hit ever wanted to pop over, my door is opened to you for a brew and to talk about all this Wallace Hartley :D

David Blair was not fired by Smith. He was removed from the Titanic roster by White Star Line (quite a common practise) & placed on another ship. He continued to serve WSL, later even alongside Titanic's surviving officer Lightoller. And yes, there were indeed plenty of binoculars on Titanic that night, if they'd needed some, they'd gotten them easily.

I got choked up SEEING Wally’s violin. He got to PLAY it.

Titanic sank 2 hours and 40 minutes after hitting the iceberg. Hit iceberg at 11:40 PM, sank at 2:20 AM

Fascinating

Question: with the amount of icebergs in the water and the miles-long sheet of solid ice only 3 miles away from the Titanic, was it inevitable that they were going to hit something that night? What would have happened if they'd have hit the solid sheet of ice?

Great episode, thank you. I have a question: How many people died shortly after they were recused (pneumonia etc)?

Just saw a short doco on the Carpathia, which is an interesting part of the story.

Its such a chain of unfortunate incidents. So many points of split decision... what if...what if...

It's unlikely the Californian would have reached the Titanic in time to have any effect on the number of survivors. It took them almost 4 hours to get there the next morning, in daylight. Even if they had steamed as quickly as possible they likely wouldn't have arrived until just after the stern sank, and too late to rescue anyone in the water. The Californian incident did however highlight the need for 24-hour wireless operation and standardization of distress signals.

There was a J Dawson on Titanc - Joesph Dawson who worked in the engine room and went down with the ship.

Great video. However, when you show a picture of the 'Lusitania', that is actually a picture of one of the olympic lines. The actual olympic if I'm not mistaken.

Internet search seems to conclude it would take weeks if not months to go completely white from trauma. I looked it up as overnight seemed biologically impossible. One source claimed the captains relative claimed it took 6 months.

It was a wonderful historical coverage video about Titanic ship & that infamous tragedy..

Take a sip every time he says "Well..." 😂

When you come to Belfast, you notice straight away that this city built the Titanic. Cause it's 2024 and they still pride themselves on a 112 year old maiden voyage shipwreck.

There’s a few inaccurate statements here. The one that got me the most was the claim about Britannic being originally called Gigantic, it’s only believed by some people. However WSL denied this, and there are records dating back to 1911 where the ship was always called Britannic. There’s absolutely no evidence that the ship was going to be named Gigantic

3:31 hey you know that ship that’s famous for sinking , is it unsinkable? 😂😂. Great question

Titanic taught us that their is no such thing as unsinkable ship

Regarding some emptier lifeboats, it was said that some of the earlier ones were launched prematurely because few believed at the time that the ship would sink. Was there any truth to that claim?

Jack Thayer however did not make that drawing of the Titanic. Louis P. Skidmore drew the images based on Jack's description. IT even says this on the top of the picture that was published in the newspapers. Skidmore, was a journalist and was on the Carpathia traveling to do a news story. Wish the the video got this right.

I'm not dreaming, he actually answered the question asking if Titanic is real.

What a great film this is! 👏👏👏

Lightoller was amazing in his presence of mind. A real gutsy fellow with balls. He knew if he went back the boat would be swamped. He waited until people "thinned out". I couldnt have done that. What a decision to have to make at such a moment.

I'm gonna use this video as a heavy piece of wood itself against anyone who argues with me about the 'door' thing. It isn't a question of whether he could FIT, but rather if it would remain stable and safe for both of them if Jack did get on. The answer has obviously always been, at least to me, a big fat NO.

Belfast, Northern Ireland

The thumbnail makes him look like Michael Bonacini from Masterchef Canada

I would love to ask this gentleman the time just so I could hear him start the answer with: "Well..."

This was all I ever wanted to be as A kid, and deep down I still do

Isn'T the pic at 3:25 the Olympic? From the collision with the HMS Hawke?

At 14:19, he got his port and starboard reversed. Starboard is right, and port is left.

If my memory serves me correctly, Captain Smith was also in charge of Olympic when the ship collided with HMS Hawke and tore a gash in her hull & damaged a propeller shaft which, subsequently, delayed Titanic's departure date so Olympic, already in service, could be repaired and set back out to sea. Also, as far as I remember, going back to my school days, Titanic almost collided with the SS New York when leaving Southampton due to the huge wash & suction created by these huge Olympic class liners. I could be wrong!