Flooding of the Turkish bath complex (pipes, taps, grids/drains, etc)

[Ricky B]

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 word was used to describe this. And a crew member sealed the water-tight door in this area who witnessed this flooding as well as the Turkish bath stewardesses who had stayed in their cabins until notified to leave.

My question is, would there already have been flooding already apparent in the area (the bath's rooms) before the trickling down the stairs? If the water inside the ship was trying to reach the level of the water line outside of the ship, would it have been coming through the pipework of the Turkish baths? For instance, the grids/drains of the shampoo rooms and the taps/faucets of the cooling room, etc? Were all the lights off in these rooms? (Sorry, random question there!)

Also, if this is the case of water coming through the pipes, would the forward areas of the ship i.e. cabins and bathrooms/toilet facilities on d-deck and above, have flooded in the same way before the water approached/engulfed the surrounding corridors?

Many thanks

 

[Cam Houseman]

wondering how they flooded, pipes/drains? Since the WaterTight door was closed?

 

[Duck_Dur]

I would say the the water went in via the windows and they broke in or the water went up the pipes and over flowed per say into the rooms

 

[Zirnitra]

same question,once bow submerged would water spill over the sinks?would toilets also start pouring water on lowest deck? i was thinking that sanitary installations were isolated but if bow trim was growing would sewage system fail and cause water to spill out throught the sinks and toilets?

i did read somewhere on forums that water did actuallly go throught pipes after bow was submerged but there was no mentioning if it went throught sewage/sanitary system or throught ventilation shafts

as for flooding swimming pools and turkish bath ion wreck it preserved in good condition so i assume it had flooded not so fast/or too early..