Tim Maltin

They had these lanes in the Atlantic with ships on them. They had an eastbound lane and a westbound lane, like railway tracks 60 miles apart. And they knew there was always going to be a ship coming along or a ship nearby. Plus they knew about radio. So lifeboats were not for, you know, chilling out on the ocean for a few days.

They had these lanes in the Atlantic with ships on them. They had an eastbound lane and a westbound lane, like railway tracks 60 miles apart. And they knew there was always going to be a ship coming along or a ship nearby. Plus they knew about radio. So lifeboats were not for, you know, chilling out on the ocean for a few days.

Lifeboats were for a short period of transshipment between a rescue vessel and a stricken vessel.

Lifeboats were for a short period of transshipment between a rescue vessel and a stricken vessel.

The Board of Trade didn't want unsafe ships that were going to sink piled high with lifeboats just to make people think they were safe. What the Board of Trade wanted was to incentivize well-subdivided and well-built ships like Titanic to be able to carry enough lifeboats to be able to ferry passengers from a stricken vessel to a nearby rescue vessel.

The Board of Trade didn't want unsafe ships that were going to sink piled high with lifeboats just to make people think they were safe. What the Board of Trade wanted was to incentivize well-subdivided and well-built ships like Titanic to be able to carry enough lifeboats to be able to ferry passengers from a stricken vessel to a nearby rescue vessel.

There was a fire on board Titanic in one of her bunkers. And in fact, they worked night and day to put the fire out between leaving Belfast and all the way through Southampton. It was raging all the way along her route across the North Atlantic. It was in fact not put out until the Saturday before the accident.

There was a fire on board Titanic in one of her bunkers. And in fact, they worked night and day to put the fire out between leaving Belfast and all the way through Southampton. It was raging all the way along her route across the North Atlantic. It was in fact not put out until the Saturday before the accident.

Coal fires are so hot that you can't just play a hose on them to put them out. So the only way to get rid of the coal fire is actually to rake out all the burning coal and throw it on the furnaces. So it would have been up to the trimmers to make sure that they got the coal out of the hot bunker as it were first, and then they cleaned it all out and sprayed it all off with coal water afterwards.

Coal fires are so hot that you can't just play a hose on them to put them out. So the only way to get rid of the coal fire is actually to rake out all the burning coal and throw it on the furnaces. So it would have been up to the trimmers to make sure that they got the coal out of the hot bunker as it were first, and then they cleaned it all out and sprayed it all off with coal water afterwards.

In the inquiry after the sinking, it was talked about the damage that the fire had caused to the bunker. And it was noticed that the plates had been bent by the heat of the fire and some of the paint had come off as well. And in fact, it was equivalent to about one bucket an hour. So if you take a typical bucket of water, it was filling one of those about every hour.

In the inquiry after the sinking, it was talked about the damage that the fire had caused to the bunker. And it was noticed that the plates had been bent by the heat of the fire and some of the paint had come off as well. And in fact, it was equivalent to about one bucket an hour. So if you take a typical bucket of water, it was filling one of those about every hour.

That was the size of the damage. So not significant. And equally, of course, as Titanic sank with every open porthole, it was doubling and tripling the damage to the vessel. And so this weeping of this wound, if you like, caused by the fire earlier was a drop in the ocean.

That was the size of the damage. So not significant. And equally, of course, as Titanic sank with every open porthole, it was doubling and tripling the damage to the vessel. And so this weeping of this wound, if you like, caused by the fire earlier was a drop in the ocean.

I think the White Star Line felt slightly hard done by that the Cunard Line had in fact secured government funding to build the Lusitania and the Mauritania. But in order to get around this problem of funding, Ismay actually went to one of the richest people in the world, J.P. Morgan, and he actually bankrolled the building of the Titanic and the Olympic.

I think the White Star Line felt slightly hard done by that the Cunard Line had in fact secured government funding to build the Lusitania and the Mauritania. But in order to get around this problem of funding, Ismay actually went to one of the richest people in the world, J.P. Morgan, and he actually bankrolled the building of the Titanic and the Olympic.

So in fact, in a way, Titanic was really an American ship. It was certainly financed by American money.

So in fact, in a way, Titanic was really an American ship. It was certainly financed by American money.

Ismay is often characterized as the villain of the piece, the baddie in the Titanic story. In fact, everyone is a mixture of good and bad, and that's the same for everyone on Titanic.

Ismay is often characterized as the villain of the piece, the baddie in the Titanic story. In fact, everyone is a mixture of good and bad, and that's the same for everyone on Titanic.