I've heard mention that because of that, they would have been better hitting it head on.
Liam. ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Jones To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 7:11 PM Subject: Re: [canals-list] Re: Titanic had iron rivets joining steel plates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > To my understanding Titanic was going too fast for the conditions, and > very little will survive impact with ice at speed. Additionally (as > was the custom at the time) the watertight bulkheads did not go up to > the deckhead in the engine spaces. Not a rivet / steel problem. ISTR that the rudder was also on the small side. It also amazes me that the ship did actually turn considering it had three screws all going full astern. Ron Jones Process Safety & Development Specialist Don't repeat history, unreported chemical lab/plant near misses at http://www.crhf.org.uk Only two things are certain: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not certain about the universe. ~ Albert Einstein [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
