Main Menu
Recent News
Latest Articles
Random photos
Add Photo
qm45mx
Thompson Dry Dock Pumphouse
Beneath deck gangway
Belfast City Hall Remembers
City Hall Donegall Square South
Northern Ireland Bank
Invest Northern Ireland terrace
Alfred Street
The Gasworks
Titanic quarter 36
Belfast City 35
Cave hill 63
Cave hill 94
Ulster transport museum 51
10 FT Model 1/87 scale 1
10 FT Model 1/87 scale 14
10 FT Model 1/87 scale 21
Alfred Lowe letters
White Star Insignia
titanic model made in argentina
Titanic.com - Titanic News, Photos, Articles & Research | Forum Index
   Titanic historic
   the first funnel collapse

Browsing this Thread:   63 Anonymous Users

 

  Bottom    Previous Topic    Next Topic
  •  Rate Thread
      Rate this Thread
      Excellent
      Good
      Average
      Bad
      Terrible
Poster Thread Rated:  1 Votes
  •  Captain Dan
      Captain Dan
Re: the first funnel collapse
#1

Joined: 2007/3/27
From Maryland, United States
Posts: -1
Group:
Registered Users
Offline
Quote:

MGY Friend wrote:
Quote:
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.


Not only did it have sixteen, but I believe that the Olympic class liners were the only one's afloat with that many, and they went up higher than on other vessels as well. At that time, these vessels were the state of the art in safety and design. Only the Titanic's engines were conventional, but they were the state of the art in steam reciprocating engines of the day.

Daniel
Posted on: 2007/4/16 16:14
Create PDF from Post Print
Top
Subject Poster Date
     Re: the first funnel collapse Martyn 2006/11/8 21:31
       Re: the first funnel collapse MGY Friend 2006/11/9 14:29
         Re: the first funnel collapse Jordeh 2006/11/25 17:38
           Re: the first funnel collapse LeeAnderson 2006/11/25 23:37
             Re: the first funnel collapse Jordeh 2006/11/26 17:58
     Re: the first funnel collapse LeeAnderson 2006/11/27 5:54
       Re: the first funnel collapse MGY Friend 2006/11/27 14:49
         Re: the first funnel collapse rip1912 2006/11/29 16:13
           Re: the first funnel collapse MGY Friend 2006/11/29 16:18
             Re: the first funnel collapse redairborne22 2007/2/26 15:24
               Re: the first funnel collapse MGY Friend 2007/2/26 15:48
                 Re: the first funnel collapse Danny J 2007/2/26 20:28
                   Re: the first funnel collapse MGY Friend 2007/2/26 21:01
                     Re: the first funnel collapse skives 2007/3/1 20:41
             Re: the first funnel collapse Mac G 2007/4/15 5:17
     Re: the first funnel collapse csxman 2007/3/6 1:20
       Re: the first funnel collapse MGY Friend 2007/3/6 15:49
     Re: the first funnel collapse csxman 2007/3/6 19:59
       Re: the first funnel collapse redairborne22 2007/3/7 13:22
         Re: the first funnel collapse MGY Friend 2007/3/7 15:57
           Re: the first funnel collapse Danny J 2007/3/7 17:27
             Re: the first funnel collapse MGY Friend 2007/3/7 18:13
               Re: the first funnel collapse redairborne22 2007/3/7 21:19
                 Re: the first funnel collapse MGY Friend 2007/3/9 3:57
               Re: the first funnel collapse Captain Dan 2007/4/16 16:14
 Top   Previous Topic   Next Topic

 

 You cannot start a new topic.
 You can view topic.
 You cannot reply to posts.
 You cannot edit your posts.
 You cannot delete your posts.
 You cannot add new polls.
 You cannot vote in polls.
 You cannot attach files to posts.
 You cannot post without approval.



Copyright © 2006-2012 Titanic.com
Home Photos Advertise Link to us Flower Box