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Yes they did, and for much the same reason -- both were holed nearer to the bow than to the stern (the Titanic's hull plates were buckled in the first five compartments; the Lusitania was torpedoed below the bridge, making a vast hole in the starboard side of the ship), and both ships' forward motion forced more water into the ship, so that the bows sank first and in each case, the stern rose high above the surface before the ship took its final plunge.

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