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Originally Posted by mapuc
Have some of our history been derailed ?
This is what I said to myself some weeks ago.
Was watching an episode of Blowing Up History and in this episode, which was about Titanic, the host said
- "Despite several dive to the wreck, they haven't found any hole
I thought what !? Titanic hit the iceberg and ripped a huge hole in the right or was it on the left side
Have this terrible story been derailed somehow ? If it's true what is the correct truth about Titanic's sinking and when did this iceberg came into the story.
Markus
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Not sure what they are on about, but no, the Iceberg did not carve a hole in the hull. That was known even at the time of the sinking. What the Iceberg did is shear rivets fron the hull plates which allowed water to flow unchecked between the plates into the first 5 compartments. From a cursory outside examinations from a submersible, it could easily appear that the hull was undamaged.