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4. Only 4 could be filled before sinking and 5 was filled when Titanic collided with the iceberg.
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Titanic's master builder, Thomas Andrews, had taken courses in naval architecture and ensured that Titanic could stay afloat with up to four compartments flooded.
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Four. But they filled five.
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4. Only 4 could be filled before sinking and 5 was filled when Titanic collided with the iceberg.
5 compartments were flooded, which was one too many, for the Titanic was designed to stay afloat with only 4 compartments breached
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Titanic's master builder, Thomas Andrews, had taken courses in naval architecture and ensured that Titanic could stay afloat with up to four compartments flooded.
The Titanic sank after a collision with an iceberg opened a longer than expected crack in the hull below the water line, flooding too many of the water tight compartments for the ship to remain afloat. The shortage of lifeboats was part of the reason so many people died.
Among many other things, Titanic boasted a double-bottomed hull and watertight doors.