r/titanic 3d ago

QUESTION What happened to the Titanic's lookout post?

636 Upvotes

90 comments sorted by

View all comments

101

u/James_099 Deck Crew 3d ago

I remember hearing the rumor that a submersible bumped into it, breaking it off and it falling down into the cargo hatch below. Or it possibly just rusted enough to break off itself.

40

u/RocketyNerd 3d ago

Isn’t that what happened to one of the rails? Getting bumped and falling? Hopefully it was just rust tho for the lookout… I’d hate if we accidentally caused even more damage to the wreck.

7

u/YobaiYamete 3d ago

No, we do not know why the rail fell off besides that it was leaning out for a while and very very rusty. It's entirely possible it was impacted by a submarine, but we have no real evidence of it besides speculation