did the titanic really sink by an iceberg
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Sinking of the RMS Titanic Titanic received six warnings of sea ice on 14 April but was travelling near her maximum speed when her crew sighted the iceberg. Unable to turn quickly enough, the ship suffered a glancing blow that buckled her starboard (right) side and opened five of her sixteen compartments to the sea.
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More than 150 International Peace Conferences over the years RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK, to New York City, US.he wreck of Titanic remains on the seabed, split in two and gradually disintegrating at a depth of 12,415 feet (3,784 m). Since her discovery in 1985, thousands of artefacts have been recovered and put on display at museums around the world.
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When did the Titanic sink? <br /> On 4/14/1912 <br /> <br /> The Titanic struck an iceberg late on the 14th April 1912 and sank in the early hours of the 15th April 1912 <br /> Titanic struck an iceberg at approximately 11:40pm on Sunday evening, April 14, 1912.
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How did the Titanic sink? Computer calculations, help reveal the detailed stages: When the Titanic struck the iceberg, six of its 16 watertight compartments were damaged. The ship started taking on water in the bow through openings about 20 feet below the water line.
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Iceberg Study Sinks Old Theories About the Titanicâs Loss Old Coast Guard records are throwing cold water on a longstanding explanation for the loss of the Titanic: the suggestion that the fateful journey took place in waters bristling with icebergs, making 1912 an unlucky year to sail the North Atlantic.
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-    (see related links) The Titanic sank on 12 April, 1912  WRONG! Timeline was as follows:    April 14, 1912  11:30 PM The Titanic is cruising at 22 1/2 knots, 38 feet per second  11:40 PM The lookout spots an iceberg 50 yards ahead, jutting 60 feet out of the water.he primary factor was the ship's collision at the speed of 21 knots* (24 miles an hour) with a massive iceberg late on the night of April 14, 1912. It took 2 hours and 40 min … utes for the entire ship to sink. The Titanic became completely submerged about 2:45 AM on the morning of April 15, 1912.
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- On its first trip across the Atlantic Ocean, a passenger ship called the Titanic struck a huge iceberg. The ship sank on April 15, 1912, killing more than 1,500 people. It was one of the most famous disasters of the 20th century.
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- The Titanic didn't sink! JP Morgan swapped the almost identical ships, the Olympic and Titanic, out. On the Olympic's maiden voyage, Captain Smith of the titanic wrecked the damn thing. So, they increased the insurance policy with Lloyds of London, swapped the ships out, and sailed the Olympic as the Titanic...KNOWING it was going down.
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Why did the Titanic sink? Image: Shutterstock. It wasn’t a single factor that sent Titanic to the bottom of the ocean, it was a chain of them. One hundred years ago, the ship that had been called ‘virtually unsinkable’ struck an iceberg and sank within three hours, taking many of her passengers and crew with her. History is clear enough on this point, but a mystery follows- how did the Titanic strike the iceberg in the first place?
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- From 2010: NBC's Kerry Sanders reports on an expedition to map the wreckage of the Titanic. Follow @b0yle. The unsinkable Titanic was sunk by an iceberg, but there are other reasons why the tragedy that occurred 100 years ago this month was as tragic as it was.
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- Follow @b0yle. The unsinkable Titanic was sunk by an iceberg, but there are other reasons why the tragedy that occurred 100 years ago this month was as tragic as it was.
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Sinking of the Titanic The Sinking of the Titanic is one of the best known disasters ever. When the 'practically unsinkable' liner hit an iceberg after a failed port-around maneuver, she sank in 2.5 hours, taking over 1500 souls with her.
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- It would have cracked the iceberg open! It also would have  completely destroyed the bow of the ship causing a much more fast  sinking.    Uh...not quite. Icebergs ar … e solid ice, and though the weight of  Titanic was considerable (46,000 tons), it was maybe a fifth of the  weight of the iceberg.
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How did the Titanic sink? Timeline of events Timeline of events. At 11.40pm on Sunday 14 April 1912, almost 100 years ago, the Titanic was just four days into its first voyage when it struck an iceberg. But how long did it take for the ocean liner to sink?
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The Science behind the Iceberg that sank the Titanic The Science behind the Iceberg that sank the Titanic. The tragedy of the unsinkable Titanic - lost in the cold water of the Atlantic - became part of history and pop culture, but the story of the main culprit that caused the disaster is mostly forgotten and only vague descriptions and some photos exists of the supposed iceberg(s).
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'I can prove it was not Titanic that sank' But on April 15, 1912, it hit an iceberg and sank in the icy waters of the North Atlantic, with the loss of 1,517 lives However, according to Mr Gardiner, 64, the ship that sank was not Titanic at all – it was Olympic, her sister ship, in what was planned as one of the world’s greatest insurance frauds.
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What Year Did The Titanic Sink What Year Did The Titanic Sink. The Titanic sank in 1912, at approximately 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912, to be more precise. On a maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City, the Titanic hit an iceberg at approximately 11:30 p.m. on April 14, 1912. From a 300-foot gash, water spilled into five “watertight” compartments in the Titanic’s hull, causing the bow to sink into the sea.
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Sinking of the RMS Titanic History & Culture. The world was shocked when the Titanic hit an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912, and sunk just a few hours later at 2:20 am on April 15, 1912. The unsinkable ship RMS Titanic sank on its maiden voyage, losing at least 1,517 lives (some accounts say even more), making it one of the deadliest maritime disasters in history.
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Was the captain of the Titanic drunk on the night the ship struck an iceberg? Letter written by survivor claims skipper was in saloon bar before liner sank The accepted reason that the Titanic sank is that the ship struck an iceberg at 11.40pm on April 14, 2012. The impact ripped a hole in the liner's hull and sent water flooding into its first five watertight compartments-one more than the ship was designed to survive.he accepted reason that the Titanic sank is that the ship struck an iceberg at 11.40pm on April 14, 2012. The impact ripped a hole in the liner's hull and sent water flooding into its first five watertight compartments-one more than the ship was designed to survive.
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Titanic Sinking Anniversary: 17 Facts About Famed Ship And Its Tragic Ending 8. The iceberg that sank the Titanic had been floating around the north Atlantic for about 3,000 years and came from a glacier in Greenland. 9. Titanic's wreckage was discovered more than 70 years after the ship sank, at a depth of 12,000 feet below the surface of the ocean and split into two pieces. 10. The wreckage was discovered during a 1985 expedition, about 13.2 miles from the ship’s last known location.
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- 1 The Titanic sank 2 hours and 40 minutes after hitting the iceberg.  It probably took Titanic about 15 minutes to sink to her final resting place on the ocean floor. That means that Titanic sank at a rate of 10 miles per hour (or 16 km per hour).
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'I can prove it was not Titanic that sank' “But tragically the planned staging of the sinking of Titanic, whereby other ships from the company would be on hand to rescue all the passengers and crew, went disastrously wrong and more than 1,500 souls perished.”. Mr Gardiner even refutes that the ship hit an iceberg; “The passengers described feeling a ‘shudder’.
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How did the Titanic sink? Timeline of events 11.40pm-Titanic hits iceberg. Within minutes of hitting the iceberg the boat begins to take on thousands of tonnes of sea water through holes in its hull. The man that designed the ship, Thomas Andrews, is on board and goes to look at the damage.
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- Not only a film, the title of which was taken from the RMS Titanic, operated by the White Star line. The RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank, on the morning of April 15, … 1912, with the loss of about 1500 lives.4 people found this useful.ot only a film, the title of which was taken from the RMS Titanic, operated by the White Star line. The RMS Titanic struck an iceberg and sank, on the morning of April 15, … 1912, with the loss of about 1500 lives. 4 people found this useful.
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- Of course it did, it was a Tyrannosaurus Rex too, his name was extinct. ;P No a dinosaur did not sink the Titanic it was an ICEBERG only an idiot would think a dinosaur sank … it. ANOTHER ANSWER: Obviously not.