Titanic's funnels are a unique and instantly-recognisable part of the ship's aesthetic, but one of the enduring mysteries of the ship's sinking in 1912 relates to their fate. The funnels were designed to handle the worst the ocean could throw at them and yet during the sinking they collapsed and killed dozens of people in the water. What was the cause of this structural failure? How did the funnels work and what was the engineering behind their design? In this video we'll explore Titanic's funnels in depth and learn about how ships of Titanic's age like RMS Lusitania and SS Great Eastern used simple engineering principles for the greatest efficiency and why Titanic's funnels collapsed.

This is an expanded remake of the second ever scripted explanatory video I made for this channel. :)

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Oceanliner Designs explores the design, construction, engineering and operation of history’s greatest vessels– from Titanic to Queen Mary and from the Empress of Ireland to the Lusitania. Join maritime researcher and illustrator Michael Brady as he tells the stories behind some of history's most famous ocean liners and machines!

#titanic #sinking #history #design #collapse #disaster #story #ships #ship #documentary
0:00 Intro
01:24 Why Titanic Had 4 Funnels
05:50 Why Titanic's Funnels Were Yellow - Black
08:00 How Titanic's Funnels Worked
17:29 The Funnels Collapse
23:22 The Likely Cause