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skull_bearer) wrote2012-04-16 12:21 am
skull_bearer) wrote2012-04-16 12:21 am
On the 100 year anniversary of it's sinking:
Interesting tip-bit about the Titanic. Apparently, had the Titanic not tried to turn to avoid the iceberg (resulting in it being raked by the ice and flooded five of the ship's compartments) but had instead decided that no block of ice was going to tell the biggest ship afloat what to do and rammed it like a bro, it probably would have been better off.
The impact would probably have crumpled the front of the ship like aluminium, but it would most likely only have flooded two or three compartments. The Titanic was considered unsinkable becuase it could stay afload with four compartments flooded. It would have been completely crippled and probably only about to go in little circles, if at all, but it wouldn't have gone under.
The impact would probably have crumpled the front of the ship like aluminium, but it would most likely only have flooded two or three compartments. The Titanic was considered unsinkable becuase it could stay afload with four compartments flooded. It would have been completely crippled and probably only about to go in little circles, if at all, but it wouldn't have gone under.