5 water tight compartments were ruptured. Making the gash a total of 300 feet long.
6 watertight compartments
5 compartments were ruptered by the iceberg, which is one more that the Titanic could stand
Because it was designed and built to be able to stay afloat with 4 watertight compartments breached, but the iceberg breached 5 compartments, which was one too many,
There are SIXTEEN watertight compartments on the titanic
Because the Titanic ‘s compartments were not capped at the top, water from the ruptured compartments filled each succeeding compartment, causing the bow to sink and the stern to be raised up to an almost vertical position above the water. Then the Titanic broke in half, and, at about 2:20 a.m. on April 15, stern and bow sank to the ocean floor.
6 watertight compartments
When the Titanic was hit, five of her compartments were ruptured along its starboard side.
The watertight compartments on the Titanic did not extend high enough to prevent water from spilling over the top when the ship hit the iceberg, causing the compartments to flood and leading to the sinking of the ship.
5 compartments were ruptered by the iceberg, which is one more that the Titanic could stand
It did
The Titanic was named The Unsinkable Ship because it was designed to stay afloat if a maximum of four watertight compartments were breached. But when the ship hit the iceberg, five compartments were breached
The Titanic was thought to be unsinkable because of the nine watertight compartments
The reason why Titanic was deemed as unsinkable was that it was built to stay afloat with 4 watertight compartments breached, but when the Titanic hit the iceberg, 5 compartments were breached, which was one too many
I believe it was 5, but if only 4 had filled up, the ship would not have sunk.
An iceberg struck the starboard side of the Titanic on April 14th, around midnight. The iceberg flooded 5 watertight compartments, while she could only stay afloat with 4 flooded.
Five. It could stay afloat with the first four flooded, but the fifth one was her death sentence.
The Titanic was called unsinkable because it was believed to have advanced safety features, such as watertight compartments and a double hull, that would prevent it from sinking if it hit an iceberg.