So you think you know why the Titanic sank

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

The Titanic sank because it got a hole in it and subsequently filled with water.

[TiMSport]

I heard it was Jewish space lasers that took it down.

[Efthreeoh]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

The Titanic sank because it got a hole in it and subsequently filled with water.

Yup, that's what happened in the movie...

[Captain Blood]

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Originally Posted by M5Rick

It did hit an iceberg but the ship may have survived if it wasn't for one thing..

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There was no iceberg involved. It's all a lie.

I heard somewhere, I can't remember where, that the Titanic sailed off the edge of the Flat Earth.

Copycat……

[Captain Blood]

Originally Posted by TiMSport

I heard it was Jewish space lasers that took it down.

Funny!

[King Rudi]

Originally Posted by TiMSport

I heard it was Jewish space lasers that took it down.

"Funny, they don't look Jewish."

- Mel Brooks

It sank because of loose lips. It happens all the time.

[Humdizzle]

Originally Posted by 3.0L

The Titanic sank because it got a hole in it and subsequently filled with water.

[M5Rick]

Up to four of Titanic's sixteen w/tight compartments could flood without the ship sinking but there was a design flaw..

[M5Rick]

In conclusion then the ship may have survived the iceberg hit with minimal damage if the hull metal was not weakened by the out of control coal fire which raged for 3 weeks. Expert says it may have weakened the strike area by as much as 75%.

[Littlebear]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

In conclusion then the ship may have survived the iceberg hit with minimal damage if the hull metal was not weakened by the out of control coal fire which raged for 3 weeks. Expert says it may have weakened the strike area by as much as 75%.

But are there other experts who say, "Pshaw!"?

[DenverSteve]

It doesn't matter what anyone says - it sank. Gravity was the culprit.

[M5Rick]

Diagram of the main slit which is longer in the metal weakened boiler area than the other shorter ones.

[The Libertine]

Regardless, an ice berg would remain the proximate cause of the sinking.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by The Libertine

Regardless, an ice berg would remain the proximate cause of the sinking.

Secondary factors were that the ship was proceeding too fast at 22 knots (26mph) and no one on watch had binoculars which would have given enough early warning time but they were locked away in a small cabinet with no key and no one thought of breaking it open.

[The Libertine]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Secondary factors were that the ship was proceeding too fast at 22 knots (26mph) and no one on watch had binoculars which would have given enough early warning time but they were locked away in a small cabinet with no key and no one thought of breaking it open.

And would perhaps be of little to no consequence, but for the ice berg.

[CamasM3e93]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

It did hit an iceberg but the ship may have survived if it wasn't for one thing..

Everybody knows the titanic sank because the diesel motor had a rod bearing failure and threw a rod right through the hull. The root cause is debatable, either inadequate lubrication from the so obviously too thick 10w60, or a stacking of manufacturers' clearances on the motor parts that caused a critical too-narrow of bearing clearance.

[upstatedoc]

Whoop, let me go grab my tinfoil hat…

[Tambohamilton]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

Secondary factors were that the ship was proceeding too fast at 22 knots (26mph) and no one on watch had binoculars which would have given enough early warning time but they were locked away in a small cabinet with no key and no one thought of breaking it open.

That and the mirage which was likely cloaking anything the ship was headed towards.

Maybe they should have sailed directly at the berg and hit it square on? Would have damaged fewer compartments that way...

I agree though that it probably had shell oil instead of liqui moly, and that's almost certainly what caused the catastrophic failure of the hull

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by CamasM3e93

Everybody knows the titanic sank because the diesel motor had a rod bearing failure and threw a rod right through the hull. The root cause is debatable, either inadequate lubrication from the so obviously too thick 10w60, or a stacking of manufacturers' clearances on the motor parts that caused a critical too-narrow of bearing clearance.

Ha!

[Captain Blood]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

It did hit an iceberg but the ship may have survived if it wasn't for one thing..

The reason it sank was because they used the OEM pos plastic charge pipe. If they had installed an aluminum charge pipe, they wouldn't have had any problems.

[M5Rick]

Originally Posted by The Libertine

And would perhaps be of little to no consequence, but for the ice berg.

..or perhaps not, early warning would have meant no iceberg.

[The Libertine]

Originally Posted by M5Rick

..or perhaps not, early warning would have meant no iceberg.

Moot point on a moonless night which made it very difficult - if not impossible, to see any water hazards let alone enable ambient conditions to permit for an early warning.