Cam Houseman
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its a good question. for some reason, some people don't feel/don't want to explore more of the interior of the ship
Submersible access to the Squash Court
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CM1971
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It may be down to limitations with the ROVs at the time.its a good question. for some reason, some people don't feel/don't want to explore more of the interior of the ship
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jrboi
Josiah
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But now technology is more advance then ever, ROVs are smaller and more powerfully in almost anyway. yes the ship is more deteriorated than when Cameron went into the interior for the last time, but with these smaller ROVs, anything is almost possible
Cam Houseman
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I agree! But people actually have to want to, interest seems to have died down in the Titanic a little, besides the "Titanic will be gone by 2030" news
Cam Houseman
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I actually think this is a peek of the Squash Court
This could be remnants of the bars
there is a big dip here
Finally, the bot in the footage made a turn towards aft, which would make these things viewable
So, I think it IS the Squash Court, just viewed from F-Deck, and you can't see the floor
A friend gave me a picture of Olympic's today
Mike Bull2019
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Nope. The remains of the court were beyond where these images were taken.
Cam Houseman
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but how do you know that for sure? They sure weren't looking down towards the mail room stairs, and not to starboard, where the hallway is
Mike Bull2019
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For one thing, if anything had been even tentatively identified as actually being the Court itself, people like Ken Marschall would have said as much, but they did not, because it wasn't.
Cam Houseman
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They say in the video,
and I quote, ( have the documentary downloaded to my computer)
"We're still trying to get into the Boiler Rooms, this time via the Squash Court."
[music plays, love the music here]
"So we're coming down from E-Deck, this is F-Deck here [gestures to deckplans map] These stairs here, are the Squash and Racquet court. "
[pause]
[Jim Cameron] "I think the Squash Court is a little squashed from what I can see! [both laughing, nice pun Jim]
[Jim Cameron] "They don't call it a squash court for nothing boy, I'll tell ya. But this is right where the ship is..is..buckled. The whole ship is buckled right here."
[Mr. Robinson explains the 15 degree slant of the forward well deck and forecastle]
Why would Jim and Tony Robinson say talk about the Squash Court if they weren't there?
Why would Ken say something, he wasn't even in this part of the program. Or Mr. lynch (who is really nice by the way, I've talked to him) and Parks, too (same for Parks)
they don't even say where they are in the program sometimes, like earlier they were in the Third Class open space but didn't even say so, so we're lucky they even said they're in the Squash Court
Mike Bull2019
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...and there we go again, basing all our research on in-the-moment dialogue from a documentary, rather than cold hard evidence as reviewed later by the foremost experts.
Cam Houseman
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Yes, shame on me for basing my conclusion on the words of the people who were there.
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jrboi
Josiah
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well to be fair you have to the go down the stairs from d deck then TURN right and follow the hallway which isn't that much and then you'll probably see the bars or glass, or what's left of it and so looking into the court through the viewing port would be useless since it would be pitch black but if we had a really powerful light or maybe even two ROVs maybe we would see something but generally to actually get into the court they would need to go through the narrow path down the stairs and then hopefully the door would be actually open because if not your in big trouble, but nevertheless you could question, why didn't anyone else wanna go down after they got tangled but obviously it was because of time restrictions, but that's not the only way you can reach that spot, simply going down the 3rd cargo hatch till you reach around g deck and then going through the 1st class baggage door on the left and going up the stairs you have probably the easiest access to it but, we will probably never know or try out my way lol, anyways play nice guys and don't argue over a simple theory
Cam Houseman
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Hi JrBoi, been a while!
my thinking was following that the walls had maybe eroded partially, like the upper decks, so the ROV and the pilots in the submersible could see, what I think is, the grating for the viewing platform. I can be wrong!
Take care
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jrboi
Josiah
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Thank you!Hi JrBoi, been a while!
my thinking was following that the walls had maybe eroded partially, like the upper decks, so the ROV and the pilots in the submersible could see, what I think is, the grating for the viewing platform. I can be wrong!
Take care
With all the time its been at the bottom you might be right to be fair at least in now in 2021 since I was only 1 or 2 years old when that documentary was made (if were thinking about the same documentary since I'm thinking about the 2005 documentary)
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Duncan S. Mackenzie
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There isn't much historical significance to the squash court, but personally I would love to see inside and I suspect many others would, as well. The same is true of the Turkish baths, but those images of them in the wreck were stunning (although I will admit there won't be colourful tiles in the squash court, but still . . .).
