Was Titanic a single prop ship and if not could they have turned better with the prop(s) on one side forward and the ones on the other backing?
--- On Fri, 11/7/08, Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Adrian Stott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [canals-list] Re: Titanic had iron rivets joining steel plates To: [email protected] Date: Friday, November 7, 2008, 5:24 PM Bru <[EMAIL PROTECTED] org.uk> wrote: >Whilst with the benefit of hindsight it may not have been the best >maneouvre under the circumstances, when confronted with a bl**dy great >iceberg dead ahead it would be the obvious thing to do - hit the >brakes and turn away as hard as possible. I think that's what I've have done! (assuming putting it into reverse did not reduce its ability to turn, as discussed in other posts? But Mr Murdoch must have known that.) Adrian Adrian Stott 07956-299966 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
