Topic: Titanic Trivia (Read 30353 times)

Al Bundy · « **Reply #50 on:** April 05, 2008, 20:58:03 »

Quote from: RMS Gigantic on April 05, 2008, 18:28:43

yes, that is the promenade A deck...

but I said to list 2!

Can you give a second difference?

hint: look at the (5 letters) house...

It is really hard to tell from the picture, that Titanic's wheelhouse roof was deck planked and Olympic was not,
so I will just mention the the window pattern on the Shelter deck (forward of the private promenade) due to the added cabins on the Titanic.

ash · « **Reply #51 on:** April 05, 2008, 21:10:13 »

I think its my question now

ash · « **Reply #52 on:** April 05, 2008, 21:15:52 »

here is my question:

How much did each link in the Titanics anchor chain weigh in pounds?

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #53 on:** April 05, 2008, 22:35:40 »

Quote from: Al Bundy on April 05, 2008, 20:52:49

Noone will argue with you about this, <snip>

i will

RMS Gigantic · « **Reply #54 on:** April 06, 2008, 00:36:12 »

Quote from: Al Bundy on April 05, 2008, 20:58:03

It is really hard to tell from the picture, that Titanic's wheelhouse roof was deck planked and Olympic was not,
so I will just mention the the window pattern on the Shelter deck (forward of the private promenade) due to the added cabins on the Titanic.

Actually, I was looking for the fact that Titanic's wheelhouse is noticably wider, and just slightly narrower than Olympic's!

As for the new question, I don't know about the chains, but the anchors themselves weighed 15.5 tons each!

Ship Sim · « **Reply #55 on:** April 06, 2008, 07:22:07 »

175 Pounds per chain.

ash · « **Reply #56 on:** April 06, 2008, 10:02:53 »

yea ur turn

fishlikelong · « **Reply #57 on:** April 06, 2008, 22:23:48 »

I got a question:

When the Titanic left port there was a fire blazing in Titanic's coal bunker. Which day into the voyage was it finally extinguished?

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #58 on:** April 06, 2008, 23:51:52 »

This is PURELY a guess. I think it's a trick question- with an answer that it never was (unless you count when it sank).

mvsmith · « **Reply #59 on:** April 07, 2008, 01:06:06 »

One of the wild theories was that it was the bunker fire that weakened her so that she sank after the collision. I believe the fire probably continued to smolder till after she reached the bottom.
Marty

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #60 on:** April 07, 2008, 01:35:58 »

One would have thought that any heat would have dissipated by the time the wreck hit the bottom. That water would have been cold.

Here's a Q for you. How LONG would it have taken to fall to the bottom.

mvsmith · « **Reply #61 on:** April 07, 2008, 03:53:09 »

Given the depthâ€”about 2.5 milesâ€”and the terminal velocity of objects like that in water, Iâ€™d estimate from 8 to 11 minutes.
Marty

Stu,
I think you are underestimating the heat capacity of a bunker of smoldering coal.

fishlikelong · « **Reply #62 on:** April 07, 2008, 10:58:21 »

It was actually extinguished on the Saturday 13th April....or so I read

RMS Gigantic · « **Reply #63 on:** April 07, 2008, 15:11:13 »

Time it took to hit the bottom...

Does that include the 2 hours and 40 minutes on the surface?

It was traveling at 20 knots going down to a spot 12,500 feet (about 2.5 miles) below the sea....

According to google calculator, that's 23.015589 mph....

Using the calculator again, it would take 0.102861771 hours, or just over 6 minutes for the BOW. The stern fell faster, as it fell almost vertical....

In all, I'd have to guess, oh, say, about 10 minutes of falling between the two pieces, giving the stern 4 minutes?

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #64 on:** April 07, 2008, 21:49:04 »

Quote from: mvsmith on April 07, 2008, 03:53:09

Given the depthâ€”about 2.5 milesâ€”and the terminal velocity of objects like that in water, Iâ€™d estimate from 8 to 11 minutes.
Marty

Stu,
I think you are underestimating the heat capacity of a bunker of smoldering coal.

I'd say that's a reasoable sort of figure. Although I was expecting an answer to the nearest 4 seconds, but it will have to do!

Sorry- misunderstanding. It may well have been hot/warm at the bottom, but I take smouldering as a word that implies that it is still burning (smoke but no flame) which clearly it can't do in the absence of oxygen... Unless it trapped an air pocket of course.

Do you happen to know what the water pressure is at that depth?

LucAtC · « **Reply #65 on:** April 07, 2008, 22:06:39 »

Hello Stu,
Under 3750 m seawater dty 1.025 would mean 384 bar? But only a specialist of oceanographic surveys would know the mean density...
Luc

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #66 on:** April 07, 2008, 22:11:08 »

5569 p.s.i. then! Wow, that's impressive.

I managed to cut my hand by letting it get too close to a 3500 p.s.i. pressure washer. And to think some marine life can live quite happily at that depth!

RMS Gigantic · « **Reply #67 on:** April 08, 2008, 03:34:48 »

Passengers pulled from the water during the sinking of the Royal Mail Streamer Titanic described the water as being like "a thousand knives being stuck into" them. In degrees fahrenheit (F), what tempurature was the water?

RMS Gigantic · « **Reply #68 on:** April 08, 2008, 03:35:57 »

Quote from: Stuart2007 on April 07, 2008, 21:49:04

I'd say that's a reasoable sort of figure. Although I was expecting an answer to the nearest 4 seconds, but it will have to do!

Sorry- misunderstanding. It may well have been hot/warm at the bottom, but I take smouldering as a word that implies that it is still burning (smoke but no flame) which clearly it can't do in the absence of oxygen... Unless it trapped an air pocket of course.

Do you happen to know what the water pressure is at that depth?

... how long WAS it to the nearest 4 seconds?

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #69 on:** April 08, 2008, 21:24:44 »

Quote from: RMS Gigantic on April 08, 2008, 03:34:48

Passengers pulled from the water during the sinking of the Royal Mail Streamer Titanic described the water as being like "a thousand knives being stuck into" them. In degrees fahrenheit (F), what tempurature was the water?

I doubt many of them interrupted their drowning and freezing to death to grab a thermometer.

"Sorry to bother you old boy, but before we die it would be awfully good of you to just check what the temperature is. I would do it myself, but I suspect I'm about to die from hypothermia."

"I think it's somewhere between cold and fu...glug...glug...glug"

trains · « **Reply #70 on:** April 08, 2008, 21:30:39 »

guys. this is a trivia. not a debate on Titanic. it's to test your skills at how much you know on the greatest ship in the world. can we get back to the trivia? thanks

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #71 on:** April 08, 2008, 21:38:40 »

Quote from: trains on April 08, 2008, 21:30:39

guys. this is a trivia. not a debate on Titanic. it's to test your skills at how much you know on the greatest ship in the world. can we get back to the trivia? thanks

'Titanic' and 'greatest ship in the world' are two mutually exclusive phrase... If you were right, then all ships would be replicas of Titanic...

OK, so you don't get upset- Which was the only wood found on Titanic that had not rotted away. (I give you a clue-it wasn't MDF from the bark of the MDF tree)

trains · « **Reply #72 on:** April 08, 2008, 21:46:07 »

not sure. did they talk about it in Titanic's Akiles Heel? can't remember.

Stuart2007 · « **Reply #73 on:** April 08, 2008, 21:51:35 »

Well, in that case... you're going to have to research it and find out to keep your honour.

You don't need to research Titanic- just wood- think about what SORT of wood it would be... then start researching.

trains · « **Reply #74 on:** April 08, 2008, 22:10:15 »

ARRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH! i knew it from history. i think the Egyptians used it for their boats. they were most advanced of their time. real smart. because of them, we know what we do today.

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