Hard a-starboard - Encyclopedia Titanica
Titanic cleared the portion of the iceberg above the water. As the ship moved past the iceberg, Fleet thought it was a "narrow shave." Unfortunately, the underwater portion of the berg contacted the ship’s bottom. On Titanic’s bridge, Murdoch must have been hoping that the ship would slip by. When contact with the iceberg was made, he was ...
The Iceberg — Resurfaced? | Encyclopedia Titanica
Iceberg That May Have Sunk Titanic. Seen by the Cable Ship Mackay-Bennett and Photographed by Her Purser The accompanying photographs, taken by the purser of the cable ship Mackay-Bennett, show two views of the iceberg which probably sank the White Star liner Titanic, with the loss of 1,503 lives of those aboard her on her maiden voyage. The ...
TITANIC'S CAPTAIN WARNED OF HUGE FIELD OF ICEBERGS
The Titanic sank in latitude 41.43 north and longitude 50.14 west. On April 13, two days before the Titanic sank, the steamship Caronia eastbound, finished the following message: “Westbound steamers report icebergs, growlers (huge chunks of ice) and field ice in latitude 42.00 north and longitude 49.00 to 51.00 west on April 12”
Iceberg Right Ahead - Encyclopedia Titanica
Based on the observations of Fleet, Lee, Olliver, Scarrott, and Rowe, we know the iceberg that Titanic struck was only a Medium sized iceberg that reached a height of about 70-75 ft, a little higher than Titanic’s boat deck. But we also know that the region that Titanic entered had icebergs that ranged in various sizes, from Growler to Large.
Six Seconds to Disaster: The Death of Titanic
The 37-second time to turn before Titanic hit the iceberg was based on evidence given by Robert Hitchens, the Quartermaster who was steering Titanic at the time. Hitchens informed the US Inquiry that the ship’s head had altered 2 points to the left between the time he was given the emergency turn order and the moment the ship hit the ice.
On Titanic's Bridge - Encyclopedia Titanica
Titanic researcher Sam Halpern points out 16 that although the iceberg was “right ahead”, the sketch that Lookout Frederick Lee later drew put the iceberg slightly off to starboard rather than exactly in line with the ship. Thus in the limited time he had, Murdoch might have considered whether the ship would clear it, albeit very closely ...
The Grounding of Titanic - Encyclopedia Titanica
The resultant flooding would have caused loss of the Titanic's transverse stability soon after the first hour and the ship would have capsized.Sam feels that the relatively small damage to the floor of BR4 could have been caused by a small spur in the iceberg that was not involved in …
The Iceberg that Sank the Titanic? - Encyclopedia Titanica
2020年6月17日 · While it cannot be proven that the iceberg is the same one that caused the Titanic disaster, it bears striking similarities to sketches drawn by lookout Frederick Fleet, the lookout on duty who first spotted the iceberg, and Joseph Scarrott, an able-bodied seaman.
Titanic's Final Manoeuvre - Encyclopedia Titanica
It can only be deduced that Titanic did not collide with an iceberg, but, in fact, transited a strip of heavy pack ice, which in all probability was infested with multi-year ice and growlers. Under the influence of the surface (Gulf Stream) current Titanic remained on a westerly heading until she submerged at 2.20 a.m.
An account of the Titanic disaster by a survivor
"Everybody was in good spirits and everything throughout the ship was going smoothly. All of a sudden she crashed into an iceberg, which shook the giant liner from stem to stern. The shock of the collision as not so great as one would expect considering the size of the iceberg and the speed the ship was going, which was about 22 knots an hour."