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DANNTJ wrote: IF ONLY THEY PUT 10 COMPARTMENTS IN!!! WHY GOD WHY!!!lol The Titanic actually had 16 watertight compartments. The problem was, 1. The compartment bulkheads (walls) were not high enough, 2. They did not have real watertight tops to them. So, the ship filled up kind of like when you put water in an icecube tray. When one cube square fills with water, the water then spills over the next one. |
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Posted on: 2007/3/7 18:13
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