Finding the Titanic | Bob Ballard: An Explorer’s Life
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- World renowned explorer, Bob Ballard, describes what it was like hunting for the Titanic and explains that it was actually a cover story for a top-secret naval operation.
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Finding the Titanic | Bob Ballard: An Explorer’s Life
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I like that they showed their respect to those 1500 men, women and children from across the world who died horrifically, freezing and terrified in the dark. This isn't just a tourist attraction, it's a memorial.
100%
Agreed. Growing up I always thought it was haunted.
Wdf I like that ?? This is how humans r ..r u not
I was born in the 90s and grew up with the movie, I never thought about how or when the Titanic got discovered. Only now after the OceanGate incident that I realized how vast and dark the deep sea is. To see how these explorers found her with 80s technology, with blurred cameras and all that, is just out of this world.
Me too brooo
i was there
Ocean exploration is older than what most people think. And it has been done with very rudimentary technology. The first somewhat accurate mapping of the ocean floor topography was made by using ropes and counting the length it took until the weight at the end reached the floor. They did that several times in an area and created maps
Do you have the link to the full video
Same here😢
This is one of those historical events that will forever be remembered.
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@@alimustofa2418good choice of color and icon
No. It wont
Respect. Honestly been fond of people finding the impossible.
Not impossible when it's possible
@Ellie5621 No one knew exactly where she sank; the Titanic’s reported position turned out to be in error by 13-1/2 miles. Jack Grimm’s expeditions to find the Titanic failed, despite the fact that he had good equipment. Bad weather and bad luck prevented Grimm from succeeding.
@@Ellie5621 It only would have moved a mater of feet from where they gave the distress point at (had it been right). It didnt drink aimlessly, most reported it being as still as if it were being swallowed up by the ground.
Love the whole story of how they found it. Most people don’t know it’s discovery was a cover up to go find our two missing subs. Rest in peace to those aboard rms titanic as well as our sailors lost aboard thresher and scorpion!
The Titanics location was already known, it was discovered by the deep sea research vessel HMS Hecate in 1980
The word 'TITANIC' still gives me nightmares and goosebumps now even though it's been more than a hundred years!
Same
lol
Pretty sure it happened in 1997
Yea because you’re guy. Women think of a nice love story.
Why
"'It’s been 84 years, and I can still smell the fresh paint. The china had never been used. The sheets had never been slept in. Titanic was called the Ship of Dreams, and it was. It really was"' - Rose
I love this quote. Thank you for the nice memory
Nice words, James Cameron.
What great respect they showed. Initially joy of finding a lost piece of history, then the reality of a gravesite that had been unearthed in a sense. It's 2023, I think we're losing people of such great intelligence.
Bob Ballard is a legend
“She sinks in 20 minutes” that makes my heart ache beyond explanation.
Titanic then and Titan now. Heart goes to all those who lost their lives in both incidents.
Good job that they had the respect and sense to give the poor people a moment of silence
The discovery of the titanic regardless if it was a cover or not is so wholesome. Its so beautiful that not only did they get excited but they were able to shorten that excitement of discovery into a moment of silence and pay tribute and respects to the tragedy.
Not many have guts to do endeavors like this. Ballard had an immense will to do it and got it.
Lack of funding is not lack of guts. Where did he get the funding?
He was a reputed oceanographer and working in a secret project with the US Navy.
@@nflbleudollars4534 yeah, but getting the funding was not easy. It was a challenge and achievement as well. I don't see it as a bad thing that he was able to get what he needed especially since it was by persuasion. He wasn't the first as well. Christopher Columbus had to do the same thing.
@@nflbleudollars4534 He got the funding and equipment from the US navy, he was not looking for the Titanic but was employed by the navy to find two sunken nuclear subs in the area, he tripped across the Titanic purely by accident. The Titanic was located in 1980 by the deep sea research vessel HMS Hecate, Ballard did not discover the ship but the first to reach it thinking it was a submarine.
@@user-lr6nj4rm5k certainly was and Ballard has stated the same.
Bro tricked the government to get him to find the titanic
4:08, my heart pays homage
Love how they found it right before it sink so they gave the people who lost their lives respect with the moment of silence
… I’m not sure what you’re talking about. There was 73 years between the sinking and discovery of the Titanic.
What about daylight savings time? Was it really the same time?
@@sananton2821 I don't think they have daylight saving in the middle of the ocean.
@@a.walters123 maybe the former comment meant that when titanic discovered (the very first time them saw her on that computer) coincidently it was 2:00 am in the morning and titanic was sink about 2:20 at that time so it wasnt wrong to paid respect for those who lost their life.
I remember first hearing about a submarine finding the long lost Titanic,and I was amazed,and this video just remain of that.
Subs dont operate at 2 mile depth
I've never seen such insurmountable proof that someone failed- and then to watch them say "let's try watching the currents" and then winning.
hi
Never knew about the cover story and I've had interest in the Titanic since seeing A Night to Remember as a kid.
I can just only imagine being alive in that time and hearing the news that she had been found
I was 17 in 1985 when they found Titanic. It was a huge deal and everyone was excited!
I’ll never forget it-I was 15 years old and had been a Titanic buff since the age of 9. I remember the whole family being engrossed with the National Geographic article with Ballard’s photos when it was published shortly after he found the wreck. I didn’t think anyone would ever find it!
Everything important occurred right around midnight, that gave me chill as that’s also the time Titanic sunk, sounds like Titanic’s calling….
Here because of the miss submersible. It bewilders me that the wreckage is so deep that it is virtually like finding a needle in a haystack looking for this sub, BUT somehow 37 years ago, they were able to locate any kind of wreckage (nuclear sub or titanic wreck site) that deep on the ocean floor.
Well as the guy that found the subs and the titanic said. Dont look for big parts. Look for all small fragments and narrow the search down. Titan is very small. So even the fragments wont help to narrow it down. Thats what makes it a needle in the haystack.
Titanic / Titan. Is anyone really surprised this happened ? I'm not. Talk about tempting fate.
@@kasperpedersen1527Well they found it 500 yards from the Titanic so it wasn't that difficult.
@@rockhardsolid3394 yepp i was wrong. Really impressive that they found it so quickly.
Respect ! You did great job !
Everything important always happens at midnight
good documentary!
My heart will go on
Who else watching this after this Titan debacle 🥴
Interesting story and account of the disaster
Does anyone know this interesting Facts about Titanic? The Titanic's Owners Never Said the Ship Was "Unsinkable". Despite what James Cameron's iconic 1997 film may have you believe, but the owners never said that it could never sink. Historian Richard Howells said that "the population as a whole were unlikely to have thought of the Titanic as a unique, unsinkable ship before its maiden voyage."
I think that was said to heighten the dramatic effect and emphasize the tragedy , the entertaiment exaggeration, in reality everything failed at some point
What they meant is her design, she got 16 empty compartments to keep her afloat,
Kinda exaggeration of saying she is unsinkable
The newspapers had called her unsinkable. There’s documented testimony from some of the Surviving crew saying that there were passengers who were refusing to get into the lifeboats saying this ship is unsinkable.
Captain Smith famously said he couldn't imagine how ANY modern ship could sink
amazing! here's another one Leo DiCaprio was not in the original Titanic when it sank. Despite what the film made you believe
RIP to the 5 that lost there life’s going down to see this
Awesome 👍
I've always been extremely interested in the Titanic. I have never watched the film, nor was that how I discovered it existed. The history behind it has always been why I have loved to watch documentaries about it, even from a young age.
wow.i remember when it was on the news.that was such a cool story.here's a family story of my foster mom's mom. granny taylor was still in england.her oldest child n her husband were in canada.he had sent money to granny to buy tickets to canada. so granny n kids go to portsmouth to buy tickets. the shipping agent said ship to canada fully booked. you need to go on next ship.the ship fully booked was titanic. foster mom was born in canada.
Tragedi/ kisah pilu kapal Titanic yang terus di teliti. Terima kasih infonya NG.
I think that area of the water is like the Bermuda Triangle, maybe worse, it has taken so many people & vessels
What a great person you are! What a bravery👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏hats off to you sir 🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏
I love the respect you and your guys giving the men and women who perished on Titanic
Just signed up for a submarine trip down to see the Titanic. Can't wait to go!
😂😂😂 see u never
Good luck, cos you are gonna greet and meet the Titanic passengers! 😂😂
No dont go its unsave
Lol you got balls
i need to watch this whole documentary
Nice video.
That's crazy
Respect
Awesome
Video
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I love titanic
who is here after oceangate
Wow
Nice
What if mighty T broke apart under water instead of on surface? The stern still water tight would have been more bouyant when tried to be pulled down by bow. Breaking on surface would have been from weight, Being pulled underwater would break from bouyancy.
Current theories have a combination of both factors being what happened. The bow had lost all buoyancy and the stern was still buoyant so the ship was torn in two by the forces.
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I've never been this fast. What a great achievement...
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“Everything important occurs right around midnight”. If that ain’t the truth 👏🏼
History was definitely made that day, when they found Titanic
So Finding 2 US Nuclear submarines are the main objectives, finding Titanic was just a side quest, awesome
Anybody else here bc that submarine went missing?
Unfortunately they are all dead
Titanic is always nostalgia 😎
You cant label it nostalgia unless you lived when it was discovered or when it sank.
@@Grimstar-nj9rf that's like saying you cant be nostalgic for a song if you werent alive when it came out
@Nathan91 yeah so true. Glad you agree.
@@Grimstar-nj9rf I was disagreeing with you
@@NateS917 gottem xDDD
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Sadly i think the submersible may have met the same fate.
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Now the Titan submersible imploded right near the titanic. Rest in peace to the 5 souls.
It seems like they only really cared if the Soviet’s were there first
@brandonsalas3811 yes regarding the Scorpion and Thresher
@brandonsalas3811 not necessarily. However, the soviets may have been there prior to the U.S., unbeknownst to us.
Here trying to figure out where the subersimble might be
Titanic forever,.
You try to give the video more brightness it will be great if you do
Found it using the expanded lighter debri field. Smart
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I grew up reading about Dr. Ballard’s discovery of the Titanic. I can’t imagine what it felt lol to be at the exact spot where the ship went down and countless people lost their lives. I get chills just thinking about it. The Titanic is a graveyard and should be treated as such. It should not be a tourist attraction.
Ballard never discovered the Titanic, he was on a US military funded mission looking for two sunken submarines and came across the Titanic by accident, the ship was discovered in 1980 by the deep sea research vessel HMS Hecate
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Respect honestly admire those that find the impossible
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Anyone here after those 5 people perished submersible 2023
Tha magic word TITANIC
Good evening everyone
National geografic
Eagerly waiting for the finding of Flight MH370
Why is it not until decades later that secrets get revealed? 😕
Must be something about the word "secret" that's does it. I could be wrong though 🤷♂️
Bc there secret
Who’s here when the sub is on it’s last day 🙏🙏
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Who else is here after hearing a certain news? 😑
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Lost two submarines with nuclear reactors..... Ok
Never showed the part where they found the hull and as the camera began to rise they could see the whole ship
2023? Extremely similar Submarine disaster
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Motor Vessel TITANIC is titanic.
Finally, the truth came out.
Sorry I don't understand the video, what was the truth?
@@madladd8239 thanks, but did people really die?
@@brainsandbeauty2832 of course. 1600 souls
@@brainsandbeauty2832 It's important to clarify that the Titanic itself was not a cover story, of course. Everything happened pretty much as you've always heard. It was Robert Ballard's endeavor to find the Titanic that was a cover story. He was really looking for something else.
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Why did he not bring just one item up from the depths and claim salvage rights to the Titanic? Then the ship could have been left in peace instead of being torn apart for "relics" to be sold on the open market by the French. Instead he placed a plaque. I find it very troubling.
Well now they have cut out a pretty big piece of hull to preserve the titanic indefinitely.
Because he was being respectful. It is a grave after all
@@kasperpedersen1527the piece wasn't cut out. It was seperated during the breakup and found in the debris field.
@@gokulgopan4397 interesting. Was sure I’ve read/heard that it was cut out. Thank you for correcting me 🙂.
Every event in history and every event that is bound to happen is all written somewhere, it’s all meant to happen.
i dont like the fact that he says HE found it ... THEY found it
This feels like they just found it because they wanted to tell the story
You’d be surprised how many major accomplishments have been done for those exact reasons.
Excuse my ignorance in the English language: would anyone be able to briefly explain to me what the discovery is?
titanic? its clear
@@3.2mviews10 Okok, the title it's clear too... Thanks!
@@francesco6008 The prefix dis in english is like un, meaning reversal of some action. So discover is removing the cover of the titanic. Reveal the titanic. Make what was once hidden known.
@@jerryawesom5928 Yes, I had already learned that. But at the end of the video I thought that the discovery was the duration of the shipwreck instead it was the ship itself precisely because I was not sure I understood at the beginning ... and you confirmed it, thanks!
He said "pressure hulls," not "pressure holes."
It seems like they only really cared if the Soviet’s were there first
So you find the necklace huh??
I hate history subject but I love Titanic
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If these two submarines imploded then unfortunately that titanic vessel had to of imploded as well
The only time any item would implode is if its sealed.. that being said since the vast majority of the titanic was not 100% watertight, means that once it submerged it was able to equalize pressure
@@therustynut1081 I’m talking about the vessel that went down to look at the Titanic. Not the actual Titanic itself.
My bad. Nope the ROV was designed to withstand that pressure so it was 100% capable of surviving and did so
I think he is taking about Titan, not the rov that first found the Titanic
Had to HAVE imploded. Not had to of.
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Can they pull it up, then preserve it an history of titanic?
Nope. It will crumble the moment you raise even 1metre. It's been in salt water for almost 100+ years. Bacteria and other microorganisms already ate 70% of the Hull. Plus it's a grave site.
the iron is so rusted, it will desintegrate if lifted.
Bruh