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Five compartments were breached and even a few feet of a sixth.

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Q: When the titanic hit the iceberg how many compartments did it breach?
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The iceberg reptured how many of the Titanic's watertight compartments?

6 watertight compartments


The iceberg ruptered how many of the Titanic's watertight comepartments?

5 compartments were ruptered by the iceberg, which is one more that the Titanic could stand


How many of these compartments could be filled in titanic?

4. When it struck the iceberg, 6 filled.


How many watertight compartments were ruptured when the titanic hit the iceberg?

5 water tight compartments were ruptured. Making the gash a total of 300 feet long.


Was the titanic the ship that would never sink?

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


How many of the 16 compartments were affected by the crash of the Titanic iceberg?

The first 6 compartments were breached but pumps were able to slow the flooding of boiler room 5.


The iceberg ruptured how many of the Titanics watertight compartments?

The iceberg ruptured how many of the Titanics watertight compartments


How many compartments of the Titanic were filled with water?

RMS Titanic's first five compartments filled with water following a brush-by collision with an iceberg. The ship probably could have floated with as many as four compartments flooded, but with the loss of the fifth, the ship's head (or bow) was pulled down to a point where the rising water was able to spill over the tops of the following bulkheads one after the other, dooming the ship.


The iceberg rupted how many of the Titanic's watertight compartments?

I believe it was 5, but if only 4 had filled up, the ship would not have sunk.


Why did the builders of titanic believe it was unsinkable?

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,


How many compartments where discovered to be flooded after they hit the iceberg?

five or six compartments :)


How many compartments did the titanic have?

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