(James O’Brien: I’ve no idea who is right… you both sound convincing. navy started the program in 1914 soon after an iceberg collision sank the Titanic to track icebergs off Newfoundlands coast and deliver up-to-date information to ships trying to. Stephenson says there's reason to doubt the long-accepted conclusion that the ship hit the iceberg. Although there are no exact measurements, its reported to have been anywhere from 50 to 100 feet tall and the length to be at 200 to 400 feet. The 1912 sinking of the Titanic has captivated the public imagination for over a century. The exact size of the iceberg will probably never be known but, according to early newspaper reports the height. The Coast Guard writes that its believed that the iceberg that hit the Titanic was massive. Less than three hours later, she lay at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, having taken with her more than 1,500 of the roughly 2,200 people on board. Ships that hit harbour walls are at an angle under the water, so that the boat hits the wall, long before the bow hits, forcing it upwards and stopping it sinking. Just before midnight on April 14, 1912, the ocean liner Titanic struck an iceberg. The reason it sunk was because it tried to go around and scraped five compartments.

It was built to survive with 4 compartments breached. The Titanic was a luxury British steamship that sank in the early hours of Apafter striking an iceberg, leading to the deaths of more than 1,500 passengers and crew. When a ship hits an iceberg head on, all the force would be transferred back to the ship, so it wouldn’t have ripped open, but crumpled round, so only 2-3 compartments would have been breached. The Titanic hit the iceberg due to a combination of factors, including poor visibility, the lack of adequate warning systems, and the speed at which the. Qualification: Former Merchant Navy SailorĪnswer: That’s wrong – it would probably have survived. One such photo showing an iceberg that, experts say, the massive Titanic ocean liner may have likely struck before sinking to the bottom of the Atlantic, is. (Wikipedia) It riveted the world more than a century ago, yet photographs depicting the iceberg that may have caused the greatest nautical disaster in history continue to fascinate. Secondly, the Titanic wasn’t build correctly, creating a structural flaw. The RMS Titanic departs Southampton on April 10, 1912. When you hit an iceberg, the ship below the water will hit the iceberg before the ship above the water line, so it would divert it off its course – it’s not like hitting a brick wall head-on. Qualification: Genius of Titanic proportionsĪnswer: There is no definitive answer, but it would probably have sunk anyway.

The iceberg that sank the titanic