because it is
Starboard (right) side
Titanic struck the iceberg on her starboard side.
It hit the right front side of the Titanic.
The iceberg scraped against the hull plates making the steel rivets holding it together loosen water poured into the ship making it slowly sink. Starboard.
On any ship, the left side is Port, and the right side is Starboard.
starboard side
starboard = right port = left
port starboard is the right side
Left is Port.Right is Starboard.
The starboard side was damaged in the collision.
No. She was struck on the starboard side.
Titanic was struck along 258 feet on her starboard side.