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Old 03-31-10, 11:19 PM   #2
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Not trying to burst your bubble or anything I'm just an uber Titanic nut.

But the idea that the Titanic went down very heavy at the bow till it reached anywhere between 50-65 degrees is unfortunately proven to be a gross over exaggeration. Back in 06 they found a football fields length (100 yards)section of the Keel (The "spine" of a ship). After having found this it was apparent that the damage done by the iceberg was far greater than we had realized up till this point in time. It had actually gutted the ship rather then slowly tearing into the side. Since so much of the ships spine had been cut away it is now believed that the ship broke apart around 25-35 degrees. After doing so the bow pulled the stern into a near 90 degree incline before the stress broke it the rest of the way free. The stern did in fact bob around on the surface "like a cork" for anywhere from 2-5 minutes according to witnesses then suddenly plunged into the Atlantic.
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