Why did Titanic's funnels fall during the sinking?

It is a topic that has been covered many times - but what really caused Titanic's funnels to fall? In this video I take a close look at how these 6-story tall behemoths fell during the sinking.

AMENDMENTS:
In this video I erroneously refer to Charles Lightoller as Titanic's First Officer. He was in fact replaced by William Murdoch in this capacity and re-designated as the Second Officer for the voyage.
I also refer to water pressure as increasing exponentially; this is incorrect, it increases linearly with depth.

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0:00 Introduction
0:58 A Brief History of Ship Funnels
1:58 How Did Titanic Funnels Work?
5:14 Why Did Titanic's Funnels Collapse?
9:15 Conclusion

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