Titanic was built with a steel hull, many watertight bulkheads, and huge pumps to deal with leaks. While the general public viewed such a ship as unsinkable, the builders and operators of the ship had no such foolish view. They knew that the ship had bulkheads that did not create fully sealed chambers, so that when water filled one it would spill over into the next.
Because the Titanic was built to be able to still stay afloat if 4 compartments were breached. But when the Titanichit an iceberg, 5 compartments were breached and the ship immediately began to gradually sink.
Older ships had a hull with vast open spaces. The Titanic's hull was comprised of many smaller compartments - each with its own water-tight door. In theory, the ship should have withstood up to four compartments being damaged. However - the damage caused by striking the ice-berg was much worse. If the ship had struck the iceberg 'head-on' it would have survived. Unfortunately, it struck the iceberg a glancing blow, as the ship was turning - tearing a long gash in its hull below the waterline, that was far too severe for the water-tight doors to cope with.
It was designed with a very extensive system of watertight compartmentments that could contain the water from any reasonable hull breach. Most other ships of the time had no compartments and simply flooded and sank when their hull was breached, if pumps could not remove the water faster than it entered.
Given this, it was very reasonable to assume the Titanic would be unsinkable, even if the engine room flooded and there was no power to run pumps to remove the water.
But there were two unanticipated problems:
Because of the water tight compartments in the bottom.
Yes people thought the Titanic was Unsinkable, even when the passengers were told it was sinking, some didn't believe.
That was from reviews unaffiliated with the ship's owners.
They suggested it but never actually said it.
The White Star Line advertised the Titanic as unsinkable when reality it was not.
Because they thought the Titanic was truly unsinkable.
it was a very big ship and people thought it was unsinkable it was a very big ship and people thought it was unsinkable
The story of Titanic being called unsinkable is a myth. It was only referred to as unsinkable after it sunk.
The builders of the Titanic never actually said that the Ship was 'unsinkable'. It was just people's interpretations of the articles written about it. Quite simply, any ship can sink really. There is no such thing as 'unsinkable' :) too many compartment's filled up with water, it was only able to have four compartment's full and no more.
That it was unsinkable.
They thought it was unsinkable.
The White Star Line advertised the Titanic as unsinkable when reality it was not.
unsinkable
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because people said it was unsinkable and did not think of the worst AAAAAAAAAAARGH!
Because people thought the titanic was unsinkable
the titanic was "unsinkable"
Andrew Donkin wrote the Unsinkable Titanic
Because they thought the Titanic was truly unsinkable.
The people who built it never claimed it was, it was the press & they said it was "nearly" unsinkable....but people took it as unsinkable & the safest ship in the world
People thought that Titanic was beautiful and such a luxurious ship. They also thought that Titanic would be unsinkable, even when the passengers were told that the ship was sinking, some didn't believe.