collision damage

Hi, I was having a discussion in regard to how badly damaged is the Titanics lower bow, specifically the area that's obscured by the surrounding piled up mud? I was always under the assumption that the lower bow is heavily crushed back due to the forces exterted on it when it ploughed through...

After having reflected on the wreck, and on all information provided over my lifetime, I am moved to conclusions which heretofore may not have been emphasized collectively, albeit, individually, they may have been noted. I further must include the irony that, had the ship not been so strongly...

I am a bit confused about why Fourth Officer Boxhall reported that he found "no damage whatsoever" (qv) during his initial damage assessment tour below decks soon after the Titanic collided with the iceberg. His statements to the American Inquiry (excerpts): Senator SMITH. Where did you go...

Look! I was just browsing through Google, and I found this image showing how bad the damage from the iceberg was from the collision, and it had a man added next to the hole to give off an idea about how big the damage was. Well, I'll be damned. No wonder the Titanic sank. How are you supposed...

So one thing I was actually curious about when it comes to the disaster is the actual damage to the ship... throughout the sinking. I (and I'm sure plenty of you guys as well) have seen a butt ton of forensics as the two halves of the ship sank to the sea floor - but I'd like to know about the...

Hello, since the start of urgency after spotting the iceberg was very high, the engine room staff were called to put the engine in reverse, could the reverse procedure of been carried out so fast that damage occurred to the engines? For instance, before reversing, the valves for the Turbine...

I posted something about this in the Facebook group awhile ago and never got a response, so I am coming to the official forums. Essentially, I think most of us agree that had Titanic's crew done a better job at damage control, the ultimate sinking of the ship could have been delayed, if not...

Does anyone know what caused the large openings on the sides of the bow? Landing on the sea floor is one theory, but has any other wreck suffered that kind of damage by landing on the seabed? The impact I understand was so gentle that the contents inside were not greatly disturbed e.g...

Does anyone know how much damage may have been caused to the keel of the Titanic if she had grounded over a submerged shelf of the iceberg, perhaps resting much of her weight against it or part of it? The survivors described a grounding sensation and Lookout Lee said: "The ship seemed to heel...

Here is an experiment involving a steel drum partially filled with a few inches of heated water, compressed air and steam inside. When it reacts with cold water there is a violent implosion. Skip to 2:16 Could this break the Titanic in two? .

Curious to know if the Titanic suffered the same defects as the Olympic twenty years later when serious fractures were discovered inside the Olympic's engine room. At first they thought it was minor and the Olympic would only miss one voyage, but then they discovered it was very serious and...

Hello all, I am not trying to imply that Titanic received damage while in dry dock; my idea is that while Titanic was lifted by the berg during contact, it must have bent and distorted the hull in a similar fashion to an improperly "hoisted" (don't know the term) ship in dry dock. Has...

I was watching Secrets of the Dead the other night and the animation shows the Stockholm ramming into the Andrea Doria then moving toward the stern tearing as it goes. That means that at least 400 feet of the side of the Andrea Doria would have been torn off along with decks and the like. Almost...

When Costa Concordia hit a rock and sank recently, many people compared the event to the sinking of Titanic. I don’t think that the two events are all that similar, but I started wondering how Titanic would have fared if it had suffered the same damage that Costa Concordia did. I found some...

Visiting this site has brought up a number of questions for me that I am sure others here are much more capable of answering. Specifically I wonder what the state of damage control science was at the time of the sinking. For example, what type of emergency repairs could be conducted by a...

Let's say Thomas Andrews didn't think the damage was enough to sink the ship. Captain Smith then orders half ahead to try and limp into New York. What do you think would've happened then? I think that people would've gone back to bed and boiler rooms 5 and 6 would be evacuated. Then, the in...

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hi guys, I'm thinking if officers send out seamen or crew to repair the thought to be a hole that the ship recieved from the collision. The workers who try to weld the hole died from drowning or hypothermia. I don't know if it was only my dream or actually seen this in documentary or film...

Perhaps you can help me with these questions with regard to the damage to the Titanic. As far as I can tell there were six horizontal gashes totalling about 30 metres and about 1 m2 in area. In addition many of the panels separated due to failure of the rivets. Have I got this right and is this...

If any, what kind damage occurred to the ships double bottom? Was it simply Torn Open? or was it a series of holes punched here and there? or some buckled plates? or some other way? and besides that would the interior of the double bottom also be damaged and if so how?