flooding

Cameron's dramatic scene where the hallway is flooding and stateroom doors are bursting outwards with furniture etc., is excellent. But, it seems like it's so much faster than the actual slow gradual sinking; does it seem likely it was enhanced for the film? Until the ship broke, it was slow...

Hello Titanic Community! There is something about C-Deck flooding that I have never quite understood, first I will summarize my question and then I'll explain what I thought about it. Question: - How did the corridors of the forward First Class Cabins in C-Deck flood (I mean those forward of...

Hendrickson testified that water was coming into the watertight tunnel, and when he went to report this he was told to get lamps, indicating that the lights had gone out in the boiler rooms at the time of his reporting. Barrett said that the lights went out after being ordered back to boiler...

The other thread titled "Grounding of the Titanic" reminded me of something that I have often wondered about. While there is no doubt that with the hull breach caused by the "main collision" extending to the forward part of BR5 would have definitely sunk the Titanic, did flooding of Boiler Room...

Could an improvised barrier have been rigged up on Titanic's E deck above the E bulkhead, and would it have delayed the flooding for long enough to save those left on board? I understand Captain Smith was trying to find the Carpenter after he had 'sounded the ship' with Andrews, could this have...

Hello everyone, I warn ahead of time that I overthink everything :/ Id also like to say ahead of time that I know I bring up A LOT and that I don't expect anyone to address everything I say, but if anyone has any insight on one question id be grateful for your input. I sincerely appreciate...

Hi, I am just wondering about the flooding of the Turkish bath area of the ship if anybody can help? I have read from excellent research, that water descended down the steps of the first class stairway leading to this complex from the first class E-deck corridor...'trickling' I believe the...

I am trying to get a mental picture of the flooding of the mail rooms of the Titanic, which happened quite early after the ship collided with the iceberg. The following is as I have understood it from various accounts. I would be grateful for any opinions and corrections. As I understand it...

Hi, During the rapid flooding of the Grand Staircase, how many passengers were in this area during this time? Cameron's film shows (obviously for dramatic affect) many passengers in this area fleeing from other nearby areas (such as the Forward A deck cabins), you wouldnt really stay or be...

Hi, I am just wondering the extent of how much the First Class Lounge on A deck flooded before the break-up. Surely the water reached up the corridor from the Grand Staircase and flooded the Reading and Writing room (as well as through this room's windows from the outside). If the Reading and...

Does anyone know how far aft the water would have travelled inside the ship during the evacuation, and if there were reports from survivors who were berthed in the aft section who witnessed water coming into their cabins and passageways further aft? e.g. I recall Miss J. Yarid was in steerage...

Hello, was there any report of staterooms flooding by passengers? if i'm correct the windows on Boat deck could be opened on a hinge and held in that position by a propbar (such as the officers quarters) the windows on A-Deck (e.g smoking room) could roll down like a car window by the use of a...

A "What If" scenario... It's aways been stated that Titanic could stay afloat with any 4 compartments and had the iceberg only breached the front 4, she would have floated and the only damage would be some lost Cargo and some very angry 3rd Class Passengers and Crew. However, would the weight...

Watched a documentary that said the hull started to bend as the stern lifted up. If the lower compartments were flooded, particularly near where she broke, would this reduce the bending and make the hull too rigid and cause her to break at the first moment the stern started to rise? At the UK...

For the last 20 minutes of the tragic disaster, and about the Morse code messages sent to nearby ships on April 15th 1912. The last few messages sent to the nearby ships were as follows: "CQD, SOS. MGY (titanic) to all stations. Engine room flooded up to the boilers" And: "CQD, SOS. MGY to all...

Hi, I was watching a live action documentary (somewhat inaccurate) called "What Sank Titanic?" that included the stories of Captain Edward Smith, Bruce Ismay, Thomas Andrews, Fredrick Barrett, Jack Thayer, Milton Long, the Baxters, Bertha Maine, a Steerage family, and an inspector. About...

This is probably a quickie, but around what time in the morning would water start spilling over into Boiler Room 5?

I have a theory that I would like to throw out there dealing with the flooding seen by Steward Johnstone. According to most publications, Johnstone saw the flooding of the mail room around the same time as Boxhall. Boxhall saw the flooding just before Steward Wheat, as Boxhall places it...

I was wondering, does anyone have a clue or an idea of the third class open space on D Deck sinking?

I am trying to get a mental picture of the flooding of the Titanic in the first 10 minutes or so after the collision. Based on survivor accounts at the time and modern working-out, I would like to know the order and approximate times in which the following events could have happened. If some one...