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the ice grazed the metal but the failure was due to the lack of strength in the iron bolts that held the bits of metal together. to save money they used iron instead of steel so immediatly the ship was doomed. the water tight bulk heads also had a huge impact as they were lowered weaking the entire ship. the bulk heads were lowered because of the demand for the ship being the grandest ship in the world so it had to have a huge sweeping staircase
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 7y agoAt first, it was thought that the collision had cut open the metal plates of the ships hull, Some researchers now believe that the rivets that joined the metal plates of the hull were made of a brittle metal that could shatter under impact, and that the collision caused the rivets to break, which would result in large plates falling away from each other- producing a HUGE hole in the hull.
The iceberg rammed into the side of the Titanic, thus creating a hole big and deep enough for the water to seep in and sink.
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∙ 12y agoIt for sure wasn't a huge gash like people thought. with sonar technology we have found out that is was faulty riveting and when the Titanic struck the iceberg the pressure caused some of the rivet heads to ''pop'' therefor allowing the steel plates to slide off the other plates they were riveted to. kinda like this. please excuse the text photo.
...--..-...----.-.--.....-./-------this is the damage
-----------------------/ -------this is he bottom of the hull
bare with me here. this is a diorama of the hull of the titanic. the damage was kind of a Morris code look. it bumped across the hull
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∙ 13y agoThe iceberg ripped a gash in the side of the ship across several of the watertight compartments.
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∙ 12y agothe bowe of the ship and it split it in half
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What type of ocean current caused the Titanic to sink?
An iceberg on the Altlantic Ocean Caused the fatal damage to the titanic.
How serious was the damage caused by the accident of titanic?
Because the Titanic made a sharp turn trying to avoid the iceberg the iceberg scraped a long gash in and through the ship's side, which caused massive flooding. It has been argued by some nautical specialists that if the ship's crew would not have noticed the iceberg it would have rammed it head-on, causing damage that might have been much easier to contain and which would not have led to the sinking of the ship.
Did the titanic really have a wound before it hit the iceberg?
No. The damage was done by the iceberg.
What did the titanic hit which eventually caused it to sink?
An iceberg
What is the cost of the damage of the sinking titanic?
Because. It got hit in the iceberg.
What type of ocean current caused the Titanic to sink?
An iceberg on the Altlantic Ocean Caused the fatal damage to the titanic.
How serious was the damage caused by the accident to the titanic?
Very, very serious. An iceberg hit it! Well, maybe.
How serious was the damage caused by the accident to titanic?
Very, very serious. An iceberg hit it! Well, maybe.
How serious was the damage caused by the accident of the Titanic?
Because the Titanic made a sharp turn trying to avoid the iceberg the iceberg scraped a long gash in and through the ship's side, which caused massive flooding. It has been argued by some nautical specialists that if the ship's crew would not have noticed the iceberg it would have rammed it head-on, causing damage that might have been much easier to contain and which would not have led to the sinking of the ship.
How serious was the damage caused by the accident of titanic?
Because the Titanic made a sharp turn trying to avoid the iceberg the iceberg scraped a long gash in and through the ship's side, which caused massive flooding. It has been argued by some nautical specialists that if the ship's crew would not have noticed the iceberg it would have rammed it head-on, causing damage that might have been much easier to contain and which would not have led to the sinking of the ship.
Did it sank because a dinousaur that lived in water?
No. It sank because it hit an iceberg which caused bigger damage than the designers had ever expected.
Did the titanic really have a wound before it hit the iceberg?
No. The damage was done by the iceberg.
What factors caused the titanic to sink?
An iceberg
What was the exact damage to the titanic when it hit iceberg?
It sunk.
What is thought to have caused a hole in the Titanic hull?
Iceberg.
What caused the ship to sink back in 1912?
An iceberg
What caused the sinking of the RMS Titanic?
It hit an iceberg.
