Why did the Titanic list to its port side, not the starboard side, for much of the sinking? It was listing to the starboard side in the very early stages of the sinking, but it is known that it shifted its list to port. Does anyone know why? This seems odd as it hit the iceberg on the starboard side.
2007-12-28 04:39:06 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Boats & Boating
Water always seeks its own level.
The Titannic listed to the port side because the water found its own path to the lowest parts of the ship, which on the port side, were not sealed as thoroughly as on the starboard.
Therefore, the water collected on the port side earlier on during the disaster. .
2007-12-28 05:52:41 · answer #1 · answered by Bobby Jim 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
List To Port
2016-12-12 10:18:40 · answer #2 · answered by dextra 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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Why did the Titanic list to the port side?
Why did the Titanic list to its port side, not the starboard side, for much of the sinking? It was listing to the starboard side in the very early stages of the sinking, but it is known that it shifted its list to port. Does anyone know why? This seems odd as it hit the iceberg on the starboard...
2015-08-18 12:24:37 · answer #3 · answered by Mandy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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The Titanic sank by the bow with very little list. The heavy loss of life was primarily due to inadequate lifeboat capacity. Perhaps you have this sinking confused with the sinking of the Lusitania by torpedo three years later? The Lusitania took on an extreme starboard list as her coal bunkers absorbed sea water. This list prevented most of her port side lifeboats from being launched, a contributing factor in the heavy loss of life. The speed of her sinking (about 20 minutes) also trapped many aboard.
2016-04-10 10:48:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Initially after the collision, most people went to Port as it was the high side...everybody from starboard belowdecks headed for the Port side as well. Then the water would have equalised within the hull...she would level off then roll to port and not recover.
2007-12-28 11:45:00 · answer #5 · answered by Dave M 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You'd be better off asking that question in one of the many Titanic message boards out there, but I would surmise the list was caused by stuff in the holds and coal bunkers and engine rooms breaking loose and sliding towards the bow as the ship went lower in the water.
2016-03-14 23:34:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Once the water filled in to the level of the rupture, that side of the ship wouldn't fill higher on that side. Then the momentum of the water would fill the opposite side to the point where the rupture was the highest point above water. If you don't believe me, poke a hole in a coffee can and watch how it sinks.
2007-12-28 16:21:34 · answer #7 · answered by Campo 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋