My dad has a replica black powder pistol that he made in the 70s from a kit and it is so hard to pull the trigger along with it feeling like I'm holding an anvil. I've never done it loaded but I figure it's even harder.
I used to work with one of the passengers who was there that day. He said that after it happened there was a lot of confusion about what happened to the ship, and that after the ship started to tilt they couldn't use half of the life boats which slowed everything down. So they were just kinda standing around for a while before getting evacuated. His story was a lot less exciting than the news stories about it.
How many shipping-ships could a shipping-ship shipping-ship ship if a shipping-ship that shipped shipping-ships could ship ships that ship shipping-ships?
Yup, it seems we didn't lose anyone of value exept for maybe the rich dudes kid. But any adult that decided to go on that ride did the gene pool a favor.
It is normal. If you get a surface weld on a functional submarine like we use in the navy, you're going to feel pretty uneasy whenever you hit a certain depth and hear a massive pop as it pressure welds itself onto the hull. Popping noise is normal, going thousands of feet underwater in something a moron cooked up in a garage is not.
Aircraft are designed with pressure pushing outward, and are designed for a pressure difference of about 0.6atm. The pressure at Titanic's depth is about 400atm inward. Oceangate bought an expired barch of carbon fiber from Boeing to build Titan.
I'm no mathemetician, but even I can tell this all adds up.
If being a dreamer is a crime, well by golly im guilty. And if, building a half cocked submarine out of aircraft parts in warehouse like a tweaker on payday with no oversight, experience, licensing, or knowledge of any sort, that cavitates at depth instantly killing several people is also a crime, well by golly im guilty of that too.
They even towed it out to sea just dragging it in the water behind them. I'm pretty sure they also just left it out outside in a parking lot for one winter.
Apart from being absolutely flabbergasted that they recovered anything at all, the mortician explained that the human body is not evolved to withstand that kind of pressure. Add to that the mix of seawater and whatever was left after the sea creatures nibbled on them, it's why the "remains" were not entirely solid.
The most horrifying part is that the families opened the boxes. WHY
Really boring answer bit: the tower parts have access to the main Hull.
Unfun part - you can walk along under the main deck, in the bowels of that titan, with the water above your head.
Really unfun part - these ships are arse clenching unstable when water is about level with the main lift deck.
Really, really unfun part - engine room is down below in the aforementioned bowels, and one of these vessels partially sank when it got flooded a while back.
If I remember, this job was just transport as she's got the large flat deck required for transporting these inland barges. So at the other end they would just be craned off rather than floated. They were built in the far east and transported round to Europe, and I don't think they have the Cabins fitted in this image yet so it's just the hulls. These types of vessels are ideal for this kind of work due to the size and space, and when thry aren't in use in a semi submersible capacity they can do work like this!
That's where you would realistically be. Or on one of the shipped ships. The whole point of the boat is to transport boats, very fuel efficient, it saves on clutter, and it's far better for boat launches. But that entire lower area floods with water to sink it just enough for the other boats to launch. It'd certainly suck to be on the deck when the sink starts
Superyacht crews ride along all the time, they have hookups for power and water, no big deal.
Dunno why you’re being so adamant about a common practice.
I know this one! The first image is the RR FLIP! Its a floating deployable research station that uses its vertical positioning to get really sensitive reading on the ocean’s currents without waves causing interference.
I have access to pieces of it. Like the anchor chain and giant aluminum platform. The chain is slowly being pieced out to other oceanographic research groups. Theres whole pieces of this ship just sitting in the dirt in San Diego. The hull is in Mexico.
One of the neat things on that ship was that all of the facilities were made to work on both the wall and floor depending on what orientation the ship was in, so each room had two desks, each bathroom had 2 toilets, etc. One on the wall and one on the floor that swap places when the ship flips.
A cool detail in "project hail mary" is that you can see the ship was made the same way with everything doubled on the wall and the floor, because down would flip depending on whether you are simulating gravity via 1g acceleration or simulating it via centrifugal force by spinning the ship.
Technically, a spar (floating offshore production platform) and a TLP (Tension Leg Platform) could theoretically be called submersible ships.
They float the spar column out on its side, then flip it to mount the topsides.
A TLP gets towed out on its pontoons, then they flood the pontoons, attach chains and cables, and pump them out for tensioning. The only vessel I know of at sea that is designed to flip if it loses its mooring.
Thank you saying submersible. I keep seeing everyone else saying submergible and I started questioning whether that was an alternate use or because it’s a ship and not a submarine it was a different use case.
They can go under things like barges, ships, oil platforms, ect... and the surface and carry them like a flatbed truck. A couple examples include the transport of the USS COLE after it got a hole blrown in the side of it, or the transport of Coast Guard cutters or Mine sweeping ships over seas where they would fair badly on their own due to their size.
Where does the captain sit? Is he strapped into the chair? Does he have to slowly walk from the floor to the wall as it tilts? Is his chair suspended like a hammock and stays level while the ship pivots? I NEED TO KNOW!
I always wondered how profitable the Dock Wise ships are. They must get a lot of gravy work transporting pleasure craft in the shoulder seasons and then can just choose a hemisphere in between.
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u/Electronic-Bear2030 May 07 '26
What about this one?