How cold the titanic sink?

Question

I mean it was considerd unsinkable!!!

Answer 1

The Titanic is a perfect example of man's tendency to think he's invincible and can conquer anything, even Mother Nature. At the time the Titanic was built, the builders thought that the ship was so technically advanced - and so big! - that it was virtually unsinkable. Events proved them wrong in a big way.

The reasons the ship sank are many....the obvious one is that it struck an iceberg which punched a hole in it, and it sank. But it's more complicated than that.

The builders used inferior quality steel, and when exposed to the frigid waters of the North Atlantic, the steel became very brittle. Rather than bend under the impact as they should have done, when the ship struck the iceberg the plates simply snapped.

Another reason is that the ship was constructed with rivets instead of welded steel plates. Every rivet hole is a structural weak point, as any steel worker or construction worker will tell you. Combine this with the cold and the inferior steel, and what you've got is a ship that will rip apart at the rivet line under impact, which is just what the Titanic did.

When the ship struck the iceberg, it didn't sustain a single hole as many people think; rather, the berg ripped a long gash down the side of the ship, compromising many more "watertight" compartments than the builders ever thought would be possible. On top of that, the watertight compartments did not run the entire height of the ship; rather, they only went up from the keel to about three or four decks. As the watertight compartments filled up, the water overflowed into the rest of the "non-watertight" ship much as was explained previously using the example of an ice cube tray. That's exactly how the ship filled up - on compartment overflowing into another.

Combine all of that with the fact that the ship was running at full speed - 24 knots - through a known and reported iceberg field, and that the ship was carrying enough lifeboats for only 900 people - less than half of the ship's capacity for passengers - and what you have is the greatest maritime disaster in history.

Answer 2

The Titanic was only said to be unsinkable in the early 1900's by the media. It was measured at 46,000 tons by the builders and tell me, do you think that can sink? The ship wasn't even actually found until 1985 by Robert Ballard. Actually some scientist have discovered that after hitting the ice burg it broke into three separate pieces and not two like in the James Cameron movie. It has also been discovered that the hit from the ice burg was so intense that it sank faster than ever thought. You can see the latest on the Titanic findings and the reasoning for the sinking of the largest ship ever launched (as of 1912) on the History Channel on February 26, 2006.

Answer 3

It was due to the rivets, if I remember correctly. The rivets they used to put the boat together were weak and when they hit the HUGE ice burg it hit a seam in the boats hull and broke the rivets, making a large hole for water to get inside and sink the boat.

In plan the boat would be considered "unsinkable", but once executed there were too many variables and too many people working on the craft to actually follow the plan perfectly. They could have never imagined the rivets being made out of bad materials before being placed in the hull. Nor could they imagined running into a HUGE ice burg.

Answer 4

All that is good, but the ultimate, last chance to avoid disaster cause was that the captain had them try to turn the ship to dodge the thing. If the Titanic had hit the iceberg head on, it would have crumpled the bow and thrown the rich folks out of their plush beds, and the ship would've limped into port. However, the turn merely exposed the side for the iceberg to slice open like a can opener. Yep, it was the captain's fault.

Answer 5

Additional info: Not only did the bulkheads fail in that they were not watertight and did not extend the entire height of the ship's hull, (thus allowing water to spill over and flood the entire hull,) the steel used to construct the ship was significantly more brittle and less durable than the steel available for commercial use these days. Under stress, it shattered, making any breaches far more severe, rather than denting or tearing.

Finally, the deliberate decision to abandon standard procedures for speed and navigation for that area of the ocean was asking for disaster.

The loss was made far worse by the lack of adequate flotation and lifeboats.

Of note, the Titanic's sister ship, the Britannic also sank.

Answer 6

Legend has it that the Titanic was transporting an ancient cursed Egyptian mummy. It was nicknamed "The Ship Wrecker". It had several owners, bringing terrible misfortune to each one, and was eventually transported aboard the Titanic. It extracted a final revenge on the "Unsinkable Ship."

Answer 7

It was built like an ice cube tray inside. As one of the chambers inside the belly of the ship filled up, engineers were unable to secure the watertight doors between chambers and the water spilled into the adjoining chamber until the became so heavy that one end began to sink, eventually dragging the entire thing under.

Answer 8

The steel used was inferior and it didnt have a double hull like most cruise ships today. The plating on the Titanic wasnt welded either, the hull plates were held together using rivets which weakened and became brittle in the cold north Atlantic waters.(largly due to the inferior steel used durring construction)

Answer 9

There's an old saying... "want to hear god laugh? Just tell him your plans!"

They used inferior steel in the Titanic, and it buckled and cracked in the cold water after striking the iceberg. And the flood bulkheads separating different parts of the ship were not high enough to contain the flooding to a small portion of the boat.

Answer 10

It hit an iceberg, but instead of just hitting it head on, it actually sidswiped it. This opened a huge hole along the side. This filled numerous chambers full of air that were designed to keep it afloat. Also, these chambers (which were not supposed to be connected) were not sealed well, and caused chambers around them to fill. Also, the steel used was very brittle, so in many places, it broke instead of bent.