New animal found by divers

[diehardbiker]

Oh yes, have seen them once or maybe twice. They are cool show. The mistake of Titanic leads to improvement on testing and researching. Before the Titanic's maiden voyage, there wasn't much of testing and preparenenss for any disaster. You noticed only 1/4 of lifeboat is on the Titanic, another stupid mistake on human because they thought that Titanic will never sink... Another oops.

It's a REALLY good thing that we now have stuff like computer modeling and wind tunnels to test these kinds of things out without having to spend money on expensive models to do that.

Have you ever watched the "Engineering Disasters" series on Modern Marvels (on the History Channel)? That is one fascinating show...you get to see a lot of other really stupid designs like that, and what happened as a result.

 

[Beowulf]

Lol, you got me researching rogue icebergs and the turning abilities of huge ships.
In the site
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic#Titanic.27s_rudder_and_turning ability
it says in part: "Perhaps more fatal to the design was its triple screw engine configuration, which had reciprocating steam engines driving its wing propellers, and a steam turbine driving its central propeller. The reciprocating engines were reversible, while the turbine was not. When First Officer Murdoch gave the order to reverse engines to avoid hitting the iceberg, he inadvertently handicapped the turning ability of the ship."

And I too wonder about the number of rogue icebergs roaming our oceans, but that is another subject entirely.

Sorry for going off topic, lol. Marine Biology is one of my passions.

 

[diehardbiker]

Yea, me too sorry for going off topic. It was started after discuss about the depth of the location and comparing to Titanic.

Lol, you got me researching rogue icebergs and the turning abilities of huge ships.
In the site
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic#Titanic.27s_rudder_and_turning ability
it says in part: "Perhaps more fatal to the design was its triple screw engine configuration, which had reciprocating steam engines driving its wing propellers, and a steam turbine driving its central propeller. The reciprocating engines were reversible, while the turbine was not. When First Officer Murdoch gave the order to reverse engines to avoid hitting the iceberg, he inadvertently handicapped the turning ability of the ship."

And I too wonder about the number of rogue icebergs roaming our oceans, but that is another subject entirely.

Sorry for going off topic, lol. Marine Biology is one of my passions.

 

[VamPyroX]

Wow, a blonde lobster interesting, I wonder what it would taste like, if it may taste just like the red lobster.... I've always wanted to be a diver, cause I would love to see how beautiful it is down in the ocean, and maybe find some golds?... ..

Hmm...

If a blonde ate a blonde lobster, would that make the blonde a cannibal?

By the way, interesting article!

 

[sr171soars]

Until the discovery of the Titanic, huge ship was never built again after Olympic, a sister of Titanic. That was a lesson learned back then when Titanic sank. No one bothers to build anything as big as Titanic. Now that they discovered Titanic's resting place and did research. This lead to a company that decided to build bigger ship than Titanic, and limits to areas near equator in fear of striking iceberg again.

Er...not true, not true at all. They made bigger ships since the Titanic like the QE2, aircraft carriers, mammoth oil tankers and others. Man isn't going to let a disaster like that stop him. After they figured out what happened to it, they took those lessons to heart and built better ships plus mandated that all ships have enough lifeboats for all passengers. The main problem with the Titanic was that its design never took into consideration how the metal sheets were riveted onto the structure and especially how the watertight compartments were designed. Out of that, came bigger and safer ships.

Another thing, they started an iceberg watch and forced shipping to into different routes (more southernly during the iceberg season) to avoid them. Icebergs tend to be a problem only in the spring when thawing occurs and they breakup and move south. They aren't a consideration once they hit the Gulf Stream (warmer water). That is why you haven't heard about any other ship sinking like the Titanic.

 

[diehardbiker]

Ahem, your correct. Interesting where did I find the info. Maybe I was reading wrong place. But thanks for correct with me.

Er...not true, not true at all. They made bigger ships since the Titanic like the QE2, aircraft carriers, mammoth oil tankers and others. Man isn't going to let a disaster like that stop him. After they figured out what happened to it, they took those lessons to heart and built better ships plus mandated that all ships have enough lifeboats for all passengers. The main problem with the Titanic was that its design never took into consideration how the metal sheets were riveted onto the structure and especially how the watertight compartments were designed. Out of that, came bigger and safer ships.

Another thing, they started an iceberg watch and forced shipping to into different routes (more southernly during the iceberg season) to avoid them. Icebergs tend to be a problem only in the spring when thawing occurs and they breakup and move south. They aren't a consideration once they hit the Gulf Stream (warmer water). That is why you haven't heard about any other ship sinking like the Titanic.

 

[GalaxyAngel]

Wha.... a ... fury yellow lobster???


wow look'n so beautiful but ain't going touch'em made me fear if wings flap and snap my nose off...

:Ohno:

off topic,
Yeah, caption is fault full reverse brake but couldn't keep catch it up too late hit..
Caption ordered them shut lock the gate below bottom the ship... People are screaming for want leaving the ship.. *scary for me being imagation*
I'm part of heriuim(sp) birth Father's history background related titantic.. which I got family tree from my 6th cousin. (Wollenzine-Vosper)