Top 10 Titanic Technical Links
A selection of technical articles on the Titanic, looking at its design and why it sank.
- Titanic Research & Modeling Association – A great source of information on all technical aspects of the ship, including drawings, design details and scale models.
- Engine-Order Telegraphs – Details of the onboard communication between the bridge and engine room.
- Wireless and the Titanic
- Cold water caused the steel to be brittle – Weldreality
- Metallurgical Failure – The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
- Causes and Effects of the Rapid Sinking
of the Titanic by Vicki Bassett - In Weak Rivets, a Possible Key to Titanic’s Doom – New York Times
- Watertight Compartments
- Modifications to the sister ship the Olympic
- Titanic: The Mission – Channel 4 Engineering reality TV, remaking parts of the Titanic
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Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
Enjoy your blog. I find it inspirational as well as interesting. As to the titantic QC well as a reterimed construction inspector I would say that in most cases flash will win over in the quality of construction. I don’t like to think of the times I have heard forget about it just make it look good.
David, many thanks for your kind comments. I think the Titanic failures were both technical (metal quality, rivet issues, lack of lifeboats) and procedural (incorrect location reported, radio swamped by passenger messages, questionable evacuation)