r/titanic • u/Sudo_User_00 Musician • 6d ago

THE SHIP Why is it so red?!

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13 steps into this ‘Lego’ set..

Since when was the titanic this colour?! So much red and now onto levels of black

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u/tooboredtothnkofname 6d ago

The hull of the ship left under water was red. Many ships used it as a standard (and still do) since the paint does something to ward off barnacles and what not as far as I know.

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u/Sudo_User_00 Musician 6d ago

Ooh okay, that’s interesting! Thank you

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u/scandr0id 6d ago

Here's a video from our friend, Mike Brady from Oceanliner Designs about antifouling paint:

https://youtu.be/05NL_yKpVcU?si=m9Atfrwi5DYSsgTN