Encyclopedia Titanica

Coal Bunker Fire

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Stories and Articles

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COALING/BUNKERING AN OCEAN LINER
FIRE DOWN BELOW
Titanicology
Samuel Halpern
It was known that a small fire was smoldering in one of Titanic’s coal bunkers at the time she departed Southampton on April 10. It was caused by spontaneous combustion.
THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF FIRE IN THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC
Titanica!
Egle Rackauskaite and Guillermo Rein
Structural response of a steel bulkhead subjected to localised heating
Bruce Beveridge, Mark Chirnside, Tad Fitch, Ioannis Georgiou, Steve Hall, J. Kent Layton, Bill Wormstedt
This article critically examines the claims regarding a coal bunker fire made in the 2017 television program “Titanic: The New Evidence.”
Titanic Commutator
Parks Stephenson
Parks Stephenson provides a detailed analysis of the coal bunker fire’s role in the Titanic disaster and its unexpected consequences.

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