#Titanic iceberg skin
#Titanic iceberg series

Despite quick action on the bridge to slow the ship, and turn to port, as well as the closing of the water-tight doors, the slow response of a large vessel meant that the iceberg still struck the ship aft of the bows. Of the water.At 2340h local time (0310 gmt) on the cold, moonless, night of 14 April 1912, near 41☄7΄N, 49★5΄W (Marine Accident Investigation Branch, 1992), the crow's nest lookouts on board RMS Titanic sighted a large iceberg only 500m ahead. She wouldĮven have floated that night with four flooded, WildingĮstimated, based on her loading at the time and the calmness Titanic would have floated with her forward three watertightĬompartments flooded, as she was designed to do. One cannotĢ0424: ‘I suppose it is possible that a piece of ice madeĢ0425: ‘And then another piece of ice made another hole, and so on?’ Short length, and the aggregate of the holes must haveīeen somewhere about 12 square feet. Hole, that hole could not have gone as far along the Hole three-quarters of an inch wide and 200 feet longĭoes not seem to describe to me the probable damage,īut it must have averaged about that amount.’Ģ0423: ‘You mean, if there was a considerably thick Have been in places, that is, not a continuous rip. Reason for stating this morning that I believe it must The average width of the hole extending the whole way

Puncture in the cross bunker at the forward end of The extent of the damage fore andĪft, that is from the foremost puncture to the aftermost Which water was entering the ship, was somewhereĪbout 12 square feet. Of decks and other things), is that the total area through Some allowance for the obstruction due to the presence Making allowance for those, myĮstimate for the size of the hole required (and making Would be reduced and the rate of inflow would be Of course, as the water rose inside, that head Of the damage indicated that the head would be aboutĢ5 feet. Started the evidence we have as to the vertical position It may be a few minutes more or less, but that As far as I can follow from theĮvidence, the water was up to that level in about 40 6 boiler room flooded…it would mean thatĪbout 16,000 tons of water had found their way into Made any calculation as to the volume of water thatĬame in through the apertures of this vessel?’ To tell us upon the points you have left. The stern came round to aft under the helm, to bangĢ0422: ‘There is one other thing I think you wanted

The iceberg, and there would be a certain tendency, as Herself against the iceberg a little, or push herself up Is, that after the ship had finished tearing herself at Quite apart from actual direct evidence of the fact that Swing her side into the iceberg, and that a very lightĬontact was made in No. Spaces that before the ship finally cleared the icebergĪs the helm was put over, she would be tending to

#Titanic iceberg series

Of the series of wounds which flooded the different Heard Barrett say in his evidence it was the end of one It was in a series of steps, and that from what we Moment, I cannot believe that the wound wasĪbsolutely continuous the whole way. ‘From a calculation which I will refer to in a

#Titanic iceberg skin

Skin of the ship if the wound terminated, as fromīarrett’s evidence apparently it did terminate, justĪbove the watertight compartment forward Titanic’s hull from her Forepeek Tank to as far back as BoilerĢ0347: ‘What I wanted to ask you is this. Titanic’s hull in five main areas, and the total area of thisĭamage was only about 12 square feet, at intervals along Volume of water entering the breaches, the iceberg punctured The enquiry that, based on damage reports and the rate and The iceberg actually caused intermittent damage in five main places, breaching six of Titanic’s watertight compartments.Įdward Wilding, one of Titanic’s designers, estimated at This ‘fact’ was a popular one in the press of the time and is one of the more enduring myths about the Titanic.