Lone Striker Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 What sort of "tourist" does this ? And why ? titanic wreck A submersible watercraft that takes tourists to view the wreck of the Titanic has gone missing in the Atlantic, it has been reported. A search and rescue mission has been launched according to the BBC. Tours to the wreck of the Titanic which was discovered in 1985 can cost up to $250,000. The shipwreck is located at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, 370 miles off the coast of Canada. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highlandjambo3 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Any icebergs in the area at the time 🤷♂️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk_Till_Dawn Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 the religion of peace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
been here before Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: What sort of "tourist" does this ? And why ? titanic wreck A submersible watercraft that takes tourists to view the wreck of the Titanic has gone missing in the Atlantic, it has been reported. A search and rescue mission has been launched according to the BBC. Tours to the wreck of the Titanic which was discovered in 1985 can cost up to $250,000. The shipwreck is located at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, 370 miles off the coast of Canada. Same folk that walk round graveyards, visit old battlefields, go to Gracelands, visit the Texas book depository or that sort of thing I imagine. Why not? Edited June 19, 2023 by been here before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaddysBar Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 I’d love to do that (not on the sun that goes missing obvs😀). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Kaiser Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 4 days of air supply. No toilet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Dusk_Till_Dawn said: the religion of peace Eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarah O Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Lone Striker said: What sort of "tourist" does this ? And why ? titanic wreck A submersible watercraft that takes tourists to view the wreck of the Titanic has gone missing in the Atlantic, it has been reported. A search and rescue mission has been launched according to the BBC. Tours to the wreck of the Titanic which was discovered in 1985 can cost up to $250,000. The shipwreck is located at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, 370 miles off the coast of Canada. That would be an excellent trip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Who wouldn't? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy Jambo Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 I probably wouldn't, to be fair, seen enough pictures of it without having to risk my life. I wouldn't get on a Helicopter either, mind you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taffin Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 11 minutes ago, hughesie27 said: Who wouldn't? Probably anyone with submechanophobia, or claustrophobia (assuming the dive vessel isn't that big). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 If I was on it and something went wrong I’d rather it just folded in. Instead of sitting waiting for your air to run out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 1 hour ago, highlandjambo3 said: Any icebergs in the area at the time 🤷♂️ Anti semite! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooperstar Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Lone Striker said: What sort of "tourist" does this ? And why ? titanic wreck A submersible watercraft that takes tourists to view the wreck of the Titanic has gone missing in the Atlantic, it has been reported. A search and rescue mission has been launched according to the BBC. Tours to the wreck of the Titanic which was discovered in 1985 can cost up to $250,000. The shipwreck is located at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, 370 miles off the coast of Canada. A rich one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrysmithsgloves Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 4 minutes ago, Sooperstar said: A rich suffocating one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 27 minutes ago, hughesie27 said: Who wouldn't? Me, **** that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk_Till_Dawn Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 20 minutes ago, Greedy Jambo said: I probably wouldn't, to be fair, seen enough pictures of it without having to risk my life. I wouldn't get on a Helicopter either, mind you. helicopters are absolute pieces of shit which crash all the time. I’m with you bro Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 https://www.google.com/search?q=hamish+harding&oq=hamish+harding&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqEAgAEAAYgwEY4wIYsQMYgAQyEAgAEAAYgwEY4wIYsQMYgAQyDQgBEC4YgwEYsQMYgAQyBggCEAAYAzINCAMQABiDARixAxiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQABiABDIICAcQABgWGB4yCAgIEAAYFhgeMggICRAAGBYYHjIICAoQABgWGB4yCAgLEAAYFhge0gEIMjk3OWowajioAgCwAgA&client=ms-android-samsung-ss&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8&chrome_dse_attribution=1 This guy one of those on board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy Jambo Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Just now, Dusk_Till_Dawn said: helicopters are absolute pieces of shit which crash all the time. I’m with you bro There's no fail safe either, if something goes wrong, you're done for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dusk_Till_Dawn Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 1 minute ago, hughesie27 said: https://www.google.com/search?q=hamish+harding&oq=hamish+harding&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUqEAgAEAAYgwEY4wIYsQMYgAQyEAgAEAAYgwEY4wIYsQMYgAQyDQgBEC4YgwEYsQMYgAQyBggCEAAYAzINCAMQABiDARixAxiABDIHCAQQABiABDIHCAUQABiABDIHCAYQABiABDIICAcQABgWGB4yCAgIEAAYFhgeMggICRAAGBYYHjIICAoQABgWGB4yCAgLEAAYFhge0gEIMjk3OWowajioAgCwAgA&client=ms-android-samsung-ss&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-8&chrome_dse_attribution=1 This guy one of those on board. Imagine how much you’d soil yourself when the penny dropped that you were in trouble 😱 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Will there be rich tourists in the future going to explore where the original tourist sub sank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughesie27 Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Sky News just now saying that the Sub will naturally float and is weighted down. Those weights will automatically jettison if its in danger. So chances are they'll reach the surface at least and presumably be able to open the hatch when they do for air? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 47 minutes ago, Dusk_Till_Dawn said: helicopters are absolute pieces of shit which crash all the time. I’m with you bro To be fair, they mostly only crash once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Dastardly Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 55 minutes ago, Greedy Jambo said: There's no fail safe either, if something goes wrong, you're done for. Ejector seats? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greedy Jambo Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 1 minute ago, Dick Dastardly said: Ejector seats? Aye, i'd be fine flying a jet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dawnrazor Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 19 minutes ago, JKB Member C said: To be fair, they mostly only crash once. 😄👏 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boof Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 23 minutes ago, Dick Dastardly said: Ejector seats? As long as they wheech you sideyways and not straight up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kila Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 33 minutes ago, Boof said: As long as they wheech you sideyways and not straight up! I think on at least one type of military helicopter the rotors get jettisoned before the ejector seat gets launched. Still a lot that could go wrong though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyNic Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 ***** with too much money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 I was on a mini submarine on Grand Cayman that took us out to the end of the reef and you could look down into the darkened depths. It made me feel a tad uncomfortable. 🥸 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted June 19, 2023 Author Share Posted June 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Taffin said: Probably anyone with submechanophobia, or claustrophobia (assuming the dive vessel isn't that big). Indeed. Its 22 feet long, and there's 5 folk on board. Enough emergency life-support air to last 96 hours apparently. Given the likely depth & ocean currents, its not looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueRiver Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 Poor *******s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maple Leaf Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Taffin said: Probably anyone with submechanophobia, or claustrophobia (assuming the dive vessel isn't that big). There's a WWII American submarine docked in San Francisco as a tourist attraction, the USS Pampanito. It looks very large, but I found it claustrophobic inside. There is absolutely zero chance you'd get me into that tiny Titanic contraption, where you're locked inside for 8 hours or so. Submariners are clearly a special breed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tazio Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, Maple Leaf said: There's a WWII American submarine docked in San Francisco as a tourist attraction, the USS Pampanito. It looks very large, but I found it claustrophobic inside. There is absolutely zero chance you'd get me into that tiny Titanic contraption, where you're locked inside for 8 hours or so. Submariners are clearly a special breed. A mate joined the navy and fancied being a submariner. He got so far into the training and then gave up when he realised he didn’t have the mindset to spend weeks and weeks underwater. Even the higher wage wasn’t enough to lure him and he ended up in destroyers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueRiver Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 20 minutes ago, Maple Leaf said: There's a WWII American submarine docked in San Francisco as a tourist attraction, the USS Pampanito. It looks very large, but I found it claustrophobic inside. There is absolutely zero chance you'd get me into that tiny Titanic contraption, where you're locked inside for 8 hours or so. Submariners are clearly a special breed. I thought about this a lot watching those little subs that took James Cameron etc to the bottom of the Mariana trench or to see the Titanic. I don't think you could pay me enough. Which is weird considering I'd (in my mind just now sat in my lovely living room) would be totally comfortable with the idea of space travel and ultimately what's the difference between a small command module and a sub? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTT Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 **** that. I couldn't think of anything worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taffin Posted June 19, 2023 Share Posted June 19, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Lone Striker said: Indeed. Its 22 feet long, and there's 5 folk on board. Enough emergency life-support air to last 96 hours apparently. Given the likely depth & ocean currents, its not looking good. 56 minutes ago, Maple Leaf said: There's a WWII American submarine docked in San Francisco as a tourist attraction, the USS Pampanito. It looks very large, but I found it claustrophobic inside. There is absolutely zero chance you'd get me into that tiny Titanic contraption, where you're locked inside for 8 hours or so. Submariners are clearly a special breed. Interestingly it's the first one for me, rather than the claustrophobia. Gives me the absolute heebie-jeebies. If it was just to look at the sea bed etc I'd be up for it. I'd love to explore wrecks and the like but it just turns my stomach. Edited June 19, 2023 by Taffin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bindy Badgy Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 10 hours ago, hughesie27 said: Sky News just now saying that the Sub will naturally float and is weighted down. Those weights will automatically jettison if its in danger. So chances are they'll reach the surface at least and presumably be able to open the hatch when they do for air? Apparently, the hatch can't be opened from the inside. Source for this is someone on Reddit, which is obviously a shit source! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Australis Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Report saying you are locked in from the outside by a couple of huge bolts. With no chance of escape apart from outside help. Nightmare stuff, hope they are found and rescued quickly.🤞 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 You can't escape into the water and just ascend to safety if it's at the bottom. It's almost 3,000 meters. That's 300 atmospheres / 300 bar pressure. Instantaneous death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Victorian Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Correction. Almost 4,000 meters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooperstar Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 57 minutes ago, Victorian said: You can't escape into the water and just ascend to safety if it's at the bottom. It's almost 3,000 meters. That's 300 atmospheres / 300 bar pressure. Instantaneous death. I think the suggestion was that the actual submariney thing would automatically float to the top if in distress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooperstar Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 My guess is that it has suffered some kind of catastrophic event and will never be found. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henrysmithsgloves Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 8 hours ago, OTT said: **** that. I couldn't think of anything worse. Stuck in a sub with Hibs supporters 😳 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Potter Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 13 hours ago, hughesie27 said: Who wouldn't? Me, ive enough problems getting on a plane, heres hoping they get rescued. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
¼½¾ Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 38 minutes ago, henrysmithsgloves said: Stuck in a sub with Hibs supporters 😳 A Hibs Class sub. Substandard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iantjambo Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 Hope they manage to survive. However, if something goes wrong at that depth then they’re probably ******. I’m sure there will be a few inheritors that are waiting with baited breath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Findlay Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 You want to know how limited space is on submarines? Then visit the Submarine museum at Gosport in Hants. They have the original Holland I there, and you get a tour around Hms Alliance a British WWII submarine. Learn about hot pitting. That's where when a submariner went on watch, the guy coming off watch sleeps in the just vacated bunk. Was the practise until the UK paid off all its O and P class diesel submarines. All submariners had to pass the tank exercise to qualify as a submariner. This was a 100ft tank at Hms Dolphin, Gosport that you had to ascend without stopping as it simulated escaping from a submarine in trouble. This is now at Faslane as Dolphin was closed due to defence cuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Real Maroonblood Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 31 minutes ago, Harry Potter said: Me, ive enough problems getting on a plane, heres hoping they get rescued. I used to be the same but for some reason it doesn’t bother me now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted June 20, 2023 Share Posted June 20, 2023 As well as my Cayman island submarine I toured a submarine in the late 60s when I went to Rosyth an a trip with the BB. You really have to be made of stern stuff to live and work on one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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