"Liam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I've heard mention that because of that, they would have been better hitting >it head on.
Me too. A head-on collision would have broken open only the fore-most "watertight" compartment, which, even if full of water, would apparently not have caused the ship to sink. "George Pearson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Majestic wasn't a sister of Titanic. However, Britannic was, which >> was sunk in 1916 by a German submarine. > >The sources I've checked indicate Britannic was sunk by a German mine. There is considerable doubt about what caused the sinking. Some think it was a torpedo, some a submarine-launched mine, etc. See: http://www.titanic-titanic.com/britannic.shtml The following suggests the real cause may have been structural failure http://www.titanicandco.com/britannic.html There are plenty more. Adrian . Adrian Stott 07956-299966
