suction

Apologies if this has been previously addressed; I did search and try to find previous threads on the topic. In Margaret Brown's account, she wrote that Hichens "dwelt on the dire fate awaiting us, narrating at great length the incidents that happened at Liverpool - how two large steamers, the...

Anyone? Are there any folks out there with technical knowledge of the hydrodynamics that would come into play regarding the Titanic when she sank? Did the fact that she broke apart allow for the lack of suction? What were the differences between the suction near the stem and the suction near...