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Could the Titanic have escaped its fate if it had collided with the iceberg head on?
MajorGemmy
It is believed that had the Titanic hit the iceberg head on that it would have avoided the sinking. There is also another theory that it would have made it if they had not reversed the engines which caused it to slow down and made the turn harder to make.
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How many of the Titanic's water tight compartements could fill with water before sinking?
4. Only 4 could be filled before sinking and 5 was filled when Titanic collided with the iceberg.
Could anyone have been done to avoid hitting the iceberg?
Several ships nearby sent out signals to tell them to change course to avoid the icebergs, but the Titanic did not listen and just kept on going until they collided with one.
Why did people think the titanic un - sink able?
People thought the titanic was 'unsinkable' because the ship had a double bottomed hull that was divided into 16 presumably watertight compartments. Four of these could be flooded without endangering the liner's bouyancy, so the titanic was considered unsinkable. When the ship collided with the iceberg however, five of the compartments flooded, and the boat couldn't hold the weight of the flooded hull (body of the boat), and this made it heavier and more likely to sink.
Could the titanic still be running if it hadn't hit the iceberg?
yes
What are other ways the titanic could have sank?
i watched a titanic thing on tv called titanic the mission i seen the iceberg that it hit and behind it there was a line of them
Who could have stopped the titanic?
Before she hit the iceberg? Well, Captain Smith could have, but he retired to his cabin
How many of these compartments could be filled in titanic?
4. When it struck the iceberg, 6 filled.
The iceberg ruptered how many of the Titanic's watertight comepartments?
5 compartments were ruptered by the iceberg, which is one more that the Titanic could stand
Did a giant squid attack the titanic?
No. The Titanic is much much much bigger than any possible squid could be. The Titanic sank because it hit an iceberg.
What caused Titanic to happen?
An iceberg struck the starboard side of the Titanic on April 14th, around midnight. The iceberg flooded 5 watertight compartments, while she could only stay afloat with 4 flooded.
What was the weight of the iceberg that the titanic hit?
The upper 10% of the the iceberg was determined to be about 96 feet above sea level but noone could say how wide it was.
Could the titanic of made it if it went straight trough the iceberg?
No. The iceberg was considerably larger and heavier than the Titanic- sort of a mountain of ice, mostly underwater. To attempt that would be like trying to fly an airplane through a concrete wall- a quick disaster.
