“Titanic” Disaster: Report of the Committee on Commerce, US Senate (1918) [pdf]

Re:“Titanic” Disaster: Report of the Committee on Commerce, ... by toinewx on Saturday September 17, 2022 @10:35AM (#32877855)

the report says

- the titanic did not beak in two parts

- there was no substantial suction

So the movie is inaccurate

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Re:“Titanic” Disaster: Report of the Committee on Commerce, ... by Comevius on Saturday September 17, 2022 @02:49PM (#32880196)

Some passengers got this wrong, but the Titanic did broke in two. It's hull girder couldn't tolerate much bending, as the water filled the front of the ship, it started to break after the stern was up 15 degrees. One passenger claims that he even heard when it first snapped. Many witnessed the ship breaking in two and sinking. Later we found the wreckage that also confirmed it.

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Re:“Titanic” Disaster: Report of the Committee on Commerce, ... by inglor_cz on Sunday September 18, 2022 @06:02AM (#32886098)

Please do not commit the mistake of believing a 100 year old paper over your own eyes or credible evidence.

The ship lies on the ocean floor until today, broken in two parts with almost half a mile separating them.

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Re:“Titanic” Disaster: Report of the Committee on Commerce, ... by scoopertrooper on Saturday September 17, 2022 @02:32PM (#32879993)

If so, then the video footage of the Titanic in two pieces on the ocean floor must also be inaccurate.

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Re:“Titanic” Disaster: Report of the Committee on Commerce, ... by adamj9431 on Saturday September 17, 2022 @11:17AM (#32878196)

The movie is right. Some survivors said it broke in half, many didn’t. It was thought it went down in one piece until the shipwreck was discovered in the 1980s.

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