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>Yes. She was designed to withstand flooding of three compartments, so
>if only the foremost three were damaged/crushed in a collision, she
>might have survived. It would depend on the speed at impact, as
>Momentum (Mass x Velocity) has to be dissipated in the energy of
>deforming a mass of steel.
>
>It would be a brave Master (or OOW) who kept the rudder amidships to
>deliberately hit an iceberg head on (one can imagine the Court of
>Inquiry questions). Such an impact would have killed many of the
>firemen who were berthed right forward.
>
>Ian Buxton
>
Thanks much for the (as usual) most informed comment. Heaven knows I was not
second guessing anyone on the Titanic’s bridge. Neither was my old bud that
made the observation. The observation was more in the mold of “There but for
the grace of God….” or, good grief the Titanic had lousy luck. Mistakes
made too of course. As our highschool football coach used to tell our
players: “When you lose 63-0 it takes a team effort.”
Eric Bergerud, 531 Kains Ave, Albany CA 94706, 510-525-0930