How high was Britannic's stern during the sinking

[MATTHEW JOSEPH COOPER]

How high did Britannic's stern rise out of the water when It was sinking.

 

[Michael H. Standart]

No way to know really. We know it came out high enough for a boat to be sucked into a still spinning propellor (Talk about Excedrin Headache #666!) but I doubt it would have come up much higher since by then, the bow was already in contact with the bottom.

 

[MATTHEW JOSEPH COOPER]

John A. Fleming said she went perpendicular could It be possible that the water was deep that day than It is now.

 

[Michael H. Standart]

>>John A. Fleming said she went perpendicular <<

He was wrong.

>>could It be possible that the water was deep that day than It is now.<<

No. The depth of the water in this area is well known and was known back then. To get the sort of shift in depth you're thinking of would take a supermassive earthquake the likes of which hasn't been seen on this planet at any time in recorded history.

UN-recorded may be another matter entirely, but that goes way too far back to be of any relevance here.

 

[MATTHEW JOSEPH COOPER]

I think Hospital Ship Britannic website had a sinking timeline that showed it coming in the air really high.

 

[Ioannis Georgiou]

She could have not come very high in the air. The ship was a little over 882 feet long and the water about 400 feet deep. Her stem was touching the seabed while her stern was still out on the water.
Also she was rolling to starboard, the stern settled back and sunk under water.

 

[Michael H. Standart]

>>I think Hospital Ship Britannic website had a sinking timeline that showed it coming in the air really high.<<

You think? You don't know?

Be that as it may, what Ioannis speaks to is the depth of the water in the location where the Britannic sank. There's simply no possible way that she could have gone perpendicular.

 

[MATTHEW JOSEPH COOPER]

I remember now Fifth Officer Fielding estimates the stern rising some 150 feet into the air. 9:06 am


http://titanic.wikia.com/wiki/HMHS_Britannic

Don't worry I believe you that she did not go perpendicular.

 

[Grant Carman]

Just a suggestion Matthew.

Wiki sites are notorious for not being completely accurate. Any site that can be edited by a reader must be taken with a grain of salt.

 

[MATTHEW JOSEPH COOPER]

Yes I know that but that I believe was on Hospital Ship Britannic.com website which mentions her stern rising 105 feet in the air.

 

[Shel Cooper]

Maybe 25 degrees at the absolute most. 400 ft deep, 900 ft long ship. The bow hit the bottom and the stern settled. Lusitania sank pretty much the same way.