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Actually, 2 hours and 40 minutes was a rather short time for such a large vessel to take on enough water to sink.
- Because it was the biggest ship in the world!.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 12y agobecause of all the air inside the boat. This air made it float for a long time until a lot more of the boat was under the water, then all the air was leaving the boat, therefore it took a long time.
My guess is that the water wasn't coming into the ship very quickly, causing the ship to displace the sea water at the same rate. This caused the gravitational force to slowly become stronger than the buoyant force, therefore causing the boat to go down slowly.
She sank slowly because of the way
The watertight bulkheads filled with water. Titanic could stay afloat with 4 compartments filled with water. When Titanic hit the ice burg the first six were flooding (pumps kept water out of boiler room 5 for a while). As her bow began to sink the bulkheads were keeping the water out but the 5th compartment flooding meant that Titanic's bow went low enough for water to spill over the tops of the bulkheads at E deck. Once this happened Titanic sank much faster as water filled a bulkhead and spilled into the next until she finally sank.
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∙ 6y agoIt took very long for Titanic to be discovered for two major reasons.
a) Fourth Officer Boxhall gave Captain Smith a position that was wrong by thirteen miles.
2) The wreck is 2 1/2 miles underwater, which can be accessed by only a few craft in the world.
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∙ 10y agoBecause it had 16 watertight compartments (so in the case of a collision it would stay afloat). It was designed so that it would stay afloat it 4 compartments were flooded. As it was, 5 were. As the ship tipped, water spilled over from compartment to compartment so that at the end of about 2 hours of the ship slowly tipping over, it suddenly sank. Basically, it took so long before only a few compartments were flooded and the holes in the hull were only about 1.2m^2 in size.
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∙ 11y agoIt took so long as the depth that the ship was resting excluded a search as submersibles could not dive to this depth. In the end Ballards submersible was re-enforced with titanium.
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∙ 13y agoMany things. Weather conditions, icebergs (of course), and the amount of distance in between the ships when the distress call was sent.
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Why did Carpatia take so long to get to the titanic?
Carpathia was 58 miles from Titanic when she received her distress signal.
Why did the rescue boats take so long to get to the titanic?
Carpathia, the only rescue boat, was 58 miles from Titanic when she received her distress signal.
How long is Titanic?
Titanic was so big that it was that side of a 4 foot ball place
Did they take the Titanic out of the ocean yet?
No. There are no plans to do so.
How long was the titanic in centermetres?
The Titanic's length is 269 meters.
How long did it take to evacuate the Titanic?
The titanic was never totally evaluated, so there is no number for how long it took to evacuate it.
Why did Carpatia take so long to get to the titanic?
Carpathia was 58 miles from Titanic when she received her distress signal.
Why did the rescue boats take so long to get to the titanic?
Carpathia, the only rescue boat, was 58 miles from Titanic when she received her distress signal.
How long is Titanic?
Titanic was so big that it was that side of a 4 foot ball place
Did they take the Titanic out of the ocean yet?
No. There are no plans to do so.
How long was the titanic in centermetres?
The Titanic's length is 269 meters.
When did the Titanic sink and how long did it take?
It sunk on April 15, 1912. It completely sunk on 2:20 a.m..Titanic sank in 1912 and she sunk two hours and twenty minutes after her collision with the berg.
How long did it take to be rescued from the titanic?
I'm nott so sure. Sorry :( butt if it helpz I need to know this ? Too. Mabz it doesn't helpp ....
How did you find out that meteors existed?
People have been seeing meteors as long as people can remember, so there is not a particular time they can be said to have been discovered or a person who can be said to have discovered them.People have been seeing meteors as long as people can remember, so there is not a particular time they can be said to have been discovered or a person who can be said to have discovered them.People have been seeing meteors as long as people can remember, so there is not a particular time they can be said to have been discovered or a person who can be said to have discovered them.People have been seeing meteors as long as people can remember, so there is not a particular time they can be said to have been discovered or a person who can be said to have discovered them.People have been seeing meteors as long as people can remember, so there is not a particular time they can be said to have been discovered or a person who can be said to have discovered them.People have been seeing meteors as long as people can remember, so there is not a particular time they can be said to have been discovered or a person who can be said to have discovered them.People have been seeing meteors as long as people can remember, so there is not a particular time they can be said to have been discovered or a person who can be said to have discovered them.People have been seeing meteors as long as people can remember, so there is not a particular time they can be said to have been discovered or a person who can be said to have discovered them.People have been seeing meteors as long as people can remember, so there is not a particular time they can be said to have been discovered or a person who can be said to have discovered them.People have been seeing meteors as long as people can remember, so there is not a particular time they can be said to have been discovered or a person who can be said to have discovered them.People have been seeing meteors as long as people can remember, so there is not a particular time they can be said to have been discovered or a person who can be said to have discovered them.
How long did the suvivors of the titanic have to wait in the the lifeboats?
It took 4 hours for the Carpathia to reach the Titanic, so they arrived 2 hours after the Titanicsank.
For how many years did the titanic lie on the bottom of the ocean?
The wreck was discovered on August 31, 1985, so it had been underwater for 73 years.
Why didn't they build a second Titanic?
Actually they built 3 Olympic-class liners. There were 3 ships of the same design known as the Olympic class. The 1st was Olympic, the 2nd was Titanic and the 3rd was Britannic. It does take a long time to build ships like this but the Olympicc and Titanic were built side by side with Olympic started three months before Titanic so that the shipbuilders could move from one ship to the other as soon as they finished one stage. The completion of Britannic was delayed by the sinking of Titanic, so that safety modifications could take place. It was the largest of the three, two feet wider than the Titanic.
