I'd heard it was because poor quality steel was used to build it.
2006-12-23 11:18:09 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Hi Waz,
Well there are a number of things that led to this tragedy.
Yes, the steel used was not of a quality that we would expect for a ship of that size but it was the best available at the time with the technology that was available.
The rudder was too small for the size of the ship.
The bulk heads did not go all the way to the topdeck. This would not necessarily have stopped her sinking but would at least have given the rescue ships more time. How much is hard to say.
2006-12-26 01:17:17 · answer #1 · answered by LYN W 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well apart from navigation, a sad fact is the ship actually had no binoculars on board!! They had to rely on the lookouts eyesight without being able to see over a great distance. Sad but true.
When the ship was described as unsinkable, they only thought that come the worst that only one compartment would be breached - not multiple ones.
Another factor is that the watertight bulkheads stopped short of deck levels, so when the ship took on water in multiple compartments causing her to go down at the bows at a great angle, the water poured over into the next compartment and so on.
2006-12-24 11:53:10 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The question is did it sink there is a large number of people who believe the ship was swapped with its sister ship the Olympic who was in Belfast at the same time they swapped them as the Titanic was not ready for the initial voyage
2006-12-25 10:18:17 · answer #3 · answered by stephen b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When the iceberg put a hole in the side of the ship the pressure from the water that entered caused the rivets holding the plates together to pop resulting in massive flooding.
2006-12-25 16:52:26 · answer #4 · answered by The Old Professor 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is just no ONE reason the Titanic sank. It was just a bunch of simple events that when added up in the end, caused the sinking. there is no ONE person or thing to blaim for the sinking.
2006-12-26 19:05:34 · answer #5 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes poor quality steel and rivets,,too much carbon in the steel
2006-12-24 04:27:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
it sank because the owners said that THIS SHIP CANNOT SANK BY ANY MEANS . and finally the steel contained too much carbon in it .i believe if u over state some think u r surely to lose it
2006-12-24 04:45:22 · answer #7 · answered by bosco 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It hit a huge iceberg which is going to be a bad day for any vessel.
2006-12-24 17:23:12 · answer #8 · answered by kano7_1985 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
partially but its actually because of poor navigation by the captain which then lead to the ship crashing an iceberg,,,,,,,,,,,,,
2006-12-24 04:27:01 · answer #9 · answered by apocalypse7489 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
no GPS system so they crashed
2006-12-24 10:25:49 · answer #10 · answered by Dan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋