collision damage

A friend of mine on another discussion group and I had been discussing the possibly of running aground the iceberg by the Titanic and that the damage would have been to the very bottom of the Titanic. I am more and more interested in the possibility that there are several factors that if this...

What was the damage to Olympic upon striking U-103? Thanks, Colin

I had read somewhere that the force exerted on the hull was similar to that which would be necessary to lift the Washington Monument up and down about 10 times. With that much force, it seems logical that even if the hull had been made of reinforce titanium sheathed in diamond, it still seems...

The view of certain credentialed naval architects is that the stern section exploded after reaching a depth of about 300 feet. In their view, the compressed air inside the wreck violently forced its way out, splaying the sides asunder and rolling back the poop deck like a sardine can. I think...

Greetings and a happy Turkey Day to all. Here's something that has bothered me for quite sometime. In the moments before Titanic broke in half during the final plunge, several witnesses testify that they heard a loud noise coming from the ship...a roaring sound accompanied by the sounds of...

Hey All, As you know, the square footage of water coming into the Titanic was 12ft X 12ft. (size of average house door) In the movie, a lot of water comes pouring into the cargo hold and boiler rooms. It looks a lot more than a doors amount of water. I hear something out of my window and im...

It seems to me that in addition to blasting nasty holes in the side of Lusitania, the force of the torpedo explosions detroyed at least one lifeboat, and blasted apart some of those boat deck cowl vents. What other damage occoured? A friend told me the force of the blast cracked at least one of...

Text Hello all, was jsut pondering the thought with a friend of mine, and beings we are both so ill-informed on the matter, i thought it would be best to leave it to the experts out here. But taking into account knows WSL faults leading to the accidents, what in your opinion would have been...

I recently read that the damage to the stern after the Titanic sank was caused by an implosion as the water pressure built up on descent followed by an explosion as the trapped air finally escaped from the ship. Surely the latter would have caused a large "bubble" to rapidly rise to the surface...

Introduction This is a spin-off of the thread in the Collision / Sinking Theories Topic message titled Abandoning Ship, which started out as sort of a damage control discussion, but has morphed into a discussion of damage and flooding (my fault). Since my post was getting pretty big, I...