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Post up facts and things that hardly anyone knows...... (for entertainment purposes only. NO need to fact check)

The Titanic was supposed to be unsinkable...... oooops.
 
5he people who built Titanic never said she was unsinkable. That was press clipping hyperbole.
And if the guy in charge on the bridge that night had done what he was SUPPOSED to do, the Titanic would be no more famous than any other liner, cause she would have MISSED the iceberg!
 
33 IMP said:
5he people who built Titanic never said she was unsinkable. That was press clipping hyperbole.
And if the guy in charge on the bridge that night had done what he was SUPPOSED to do, the Titanic would be no more famous than any other liner, cause she would have MISSED the iceberg!
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What was he supposed to do?
 
It has been said that had they hit it dead straight, they may have only breached 1 or 2 compartments and stayed afloat. As it happened, turning and grazing the edge of the iceberg caused several compartments to be compromised.
 
Kern Dog said:
It has been said that had they hit it dead straight, they may have only breached 1 or 2 compartments and stayed afloat. As it happened, turning and grazing the edge of the iceberg caused several compartments to be compromised.
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Well, I suppose that's a valid opinion, but was he SUPPOSED to aim for it, or try to avoid it? What was the textbook correct course of action, given that about 50 seconds passed between the lookout sounding the bell, and the collision?
 
Photon440 said:
Well, I suppose that's a valid opinion, but was he SUPPOSED to aim for it, or try to avoid it? What was the textbook correct course of action, given that about 50 seconds passed between the lookout sounding the bell, and the collision?
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  1. Total Reaction Time: Combining the initial turn time and the steering gear delay, the total reaction time for the Titanic’s steering system was estimated to be around 40-45 seconds.
Maxwell Smart....
"Missed it by that much"....
 
Photon440 said:
What was he supposed to do?
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Titanic was a three screw ship, with the rudder behind the center screw. ( contemporary opinion is that she was WAY under-ruddered). The two outboard engines were reciprocating, exhaust powering the center turbine engine.
What he SHOULD have done , according to the seamanship "bible" published in 1910, was reverse the port engine, full ahead on the starboard.(also applicable to a two-screw ship). It would have kept the turbine running, the center screw working, and the rudder effective.
INSTEAD, he "jammed on the brakes", full reversed both reciprocating engines, which SHUT OFF the center screw, and blocked the rudder from doing much of anything, and........ the ship didn't answer the helm, hit the iceberg and sank.
Oops.
Edit: actually "grazed" the iceberg, put a few small holes in the first five compartments, a couple more than she could have survived
A continuous big gash like most drawings of the Titanic, she would have gone down in ten minutes, not two and a half hours.
 
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