Titanic Swimming Pool

[Qoice RaMar Sanders]

I was wondering if there are present day pictures of the Titanic's swimming pool or raquetball court.If there is could you please tell me where i can find it. THANKS!!!!!!

 

[Kyrila Scully]

If you mean by "present day photos" any photos of the swimming pool or raquetball court in the midst of the wreckage, no. Those areas were probably destroyed when the ship hit the bottom. Even if they weren't, they would be unreachable by camera.

 

[Sam Brannigan]

Hi Kyrila!

Why do you say "Those areas were probably destroyed when the ship hit the bottom."?

They were quite a bit forward from the scene of the break up, so they should be as they were in 1912 (apart from a few rusticles, a tad to much water in the pool and a court fit only for synchronised squash!)

They may have been destroyed if there was a completely catastrophic collapse of the bulkhead (the same one that separates Boiler rooms five and six - David Brown mentioned this possibility in "The Last Log..."), but I can't see how hitting the ocean floor would have wrecked them.

Hope you are well!

Regards

Sam

 

[Kyrila Scully]

Good point, Sam, but having seen too many car accidents, I took into consideration the pressure of the collision and the ocean and the speed at which it struck ground. I have no evidence of course, all surmising. But you raise a solid argument that the areas could have been so full of water prior to submersion that they could be intact.

All the best,
Kyrila

 

[Beverly J. Crowder]

I know that Jim Cameron was trying to get to the Turkish Bath and the Swimming Bath on F deck. He also tried to get to Scotland Rd on E deck. He couldn't get to Scotland Rd, and he got to a landing on F deck, but got silted out and couldn't get any further. He tried hard though, that's for sure, and he would have been the only one to get there.

Beverly

 

[Sam Brannigan]

I've just noticed that the squash court (I can't spell racqcquet!

) was in the compartment forward of the pool, so it could not have been damaged by a collapsing bulkhead.
However,previous expeditions have checked out the holds in this area and the wall structures seem to be reasonably intact. It would be reasonable to assume that the court would be relatively okay as well. It's a shame they can't access the court as it is tantalisingly close to area of expedition (Bunker Hatch No.3 backs on to it but there is no way of accessing it).

Regards

Sam

 

[Dave Hudson]

From what I understand, the Squash Court was somewhat ripped open by the gaping hole in the starbord side. Not sure though.

A few words before I die from lack of sleep.

David

PS-What exactly is a "silt out" and what causes them?

 

[Brandon Whited]

Hello,

Perhaps I'm wrong on this one, but wasn't there an expedition in 2000 which managed to access the swimming pool? I heard about this, I think, in "Ghosts of the Titanic." I recall it mentioning somewhere that the tiles still gleamed under the strobe lights.

David: I'm guessing that a "silt out" is when the sub makes contact with parts of the wreckage that is covered with a layer of silt, causing a "snow storm" of sediments.


Cheers,

~B.W.

 

[Beverly J. Crowder]

Yes BW, a "silt out" is exactly that, and being no current inside Titanic, the silt just kinda hangs there for awhile. You can't see squat and Jim Cameron complains that alot of his footage has a lot of "silt outs". Good reason to edit, yes?

David, did you ever get to view the feed on eartshp.tv my friend? Get some sleep.

Cheers,

Beverly

 

[Anthony Granata]

I was wondering if I could barge in on this conversation. I'm curious, because later on Cameron was able to get to the Turkish baths. On floor plans, the swimming pool is only down the hall, I'm surprised he didn't go a little further to try and see it.

 

[Ioannis Georgiou]

It was not possible! Cameron try it but the watertight door between the Turkish bath and the swimming bath is closed. As steward Wheat said during the British Inquiry that he closed it!

 

[Dillon Hutchinson]

I know this is an old as sin post, but I figured I'd chime in.

Further expedition has found that a closed watertight door just before the swimming pool prevents access to it.

 

[Alexander Dempsey]

They might finally gain access to the swimming pool since a new company won the salvage rights to take out the marconi wireless machine. They might want to cut the watertight door to the pool to gain access. The might do the same to the squash court. Hope this information helps even tho i am very late to this thread lol

 

[Cam Houseman]

Hi Kyrila!

Why do you say "Those areas were probably destroyed when the ship hit the bottom."?

They were quite a bit forward from the scene of the break up, so they should be as they were in 1912 (apart from a few rusticles, a tad to much water in the pool and a court fit only for synchronised squash!)

They may have been destroyed if there was a completely catastrophic collapse of the bulkhead (the same one that separates Boiler rooms five and six - David Brown mentioned this possibility in "The Last Log..."), but I can't see how hitting the ocean floor would have wrecked them.

Hope you are well!

Regards

Sam

the last log? whats that?

 

[Cam Houseman]

Hello,

Perhaps I'm wrong on this one, but wasn't there an expedition in 2000 which managed to access the swimming pool? I heard about this, I think, in "Ghosts of the Titanic." I recall it mentioning somewhere that the tiles still gleamed under the strobe lights.

David: I'm guessing that a "silt out" is when the sub makes contact with parts of the wreckage that is covered with a layer of silt, causing a "snow storm" of sediments.


Cheers, View attachment 27532

~B.W.

if this is true, I will never come out of my Titanic addiction

 

[Rancor]

They might finally gain access to the swimming pool since a new company won the salvage rights to take out the marconi wireless machine. They might want to cut the watertight door to the pool to gain access. The might do the same to the squash court. Hope this information helps even tho i am very late to this thread lol

Please correct me if I'm wrong but I don't see how removing the wireless would require access to the swimming pool?

 

[Cam Houseman]

seeing as how the swimming pool is 6 decks away from the Marconi Room.. would be nice to see it. Im lookin for ghosts of the titanic now to see if this has any merit

 

[Alexander Dempsey]

Please correct me if I'm wrong but I don't see how removing the wireless would require access to the swimming pool?

I meant that if they will cut open the roof and retrieve the Marconi Wireless machine, they might want to use the same technology to take photos of the pool and squash court. I hope this cleared up my post. I realize that i was not clear lol.

 

[Cam Houseman]

But could the bulkhead collapse of cut open?

 

[Alexander Dempsey]

But could the bulkhead collapse of cut open?

That I don't know. They seem to have held up over 100 years of rusting. If the bulkheads were fragile, I'm thinking that they would have already collapsed. But I'm not sure.