The story of Titanic is very unique in that many places on the ship somehow define history. Visiting this section of the bow is certainly one of those areas!
Moving forward of the auxiliary anchor, we can observe several other bow structures. The first thing that comes into view are the huge links of the anchor chains, followed by a series of capstans and windlasses that were used to hold the ship while docking. Other structures in our video are the forward ship's railings with beautiful sea growth and the large ship's mast.
As we scan forward towards cargo hold number number two, the fallen mast can be seen lying across the bow of RMS Titanic. The outlet from the mast is where the crow's nest resides. The basket surrounding the crow's nest is gone and might have fallen below. This was the place where the fatal iceberg was first seen by Frederick Fleet who said the infamous word "Iceberg right ahead". Mr Fleet proceeded to ring the bell three times (you can see the bell stanchion in top right of outlet of the mast) and then telephoned the bridge. The large void to the left of the mast is a cargo hold and later you can see the mast with its metal crumbling and the cargo cranes and ship's winches lying on the deck of Titanic.
cool site - cool research. please keep it coming!
Posted by: Michelle Robinson | July 26, 2005 at 06:55 PM