Titanic engines
Zortek
stopped after collision as seen in the movie, but were first ran full astern
(just slowing down when Titanic hit the berg, and NOT yet running full
astern), then stopped, then after few minutes ran half ahead and then half
astern for such few minutes. Then stopped at all. Did u know?
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>stopped after collision as seen in the movie, but were first ran full
astern
>(just slowing down when Titanic hit the berg, and NOT yet running full
>astern), then stopped, then after few minutes ran half ahead and then half
>astern for such few minutes. Then stopped at all. Did u know?
Some claim that the ship went on for a pretty long time before it finally
stopped. Jim Clary is one of them ("The Last True Story of Titanic") and he
has Beesleys testimony to "prove" it. Beesley really was an attentive man,
and he had no reason not telling the truth about the vibrations he felt in
his bathtub. Right?
Hans
CHRISTINE BULLOCK
I heard somewhere that after the engines had been run full astern,
that they were ran half ahead (although I didn't hear about them being run
half astern.) Forward motion INCREASES water intake, meaning that the ship
was taking on more water than it could have done so in theory, the sinking
could have been slowed down. I have also heard about other ships where a
captain has tried to beach a ship to stop it sinking but made situations
worse. HMHS Britannic, Titanic's sister ship hit a mine or torpedo in the
Mediterranian sea during WWI, the captain tried to beach her on the Greek
island of Kea but increased the water intake and killed 30 people in
lifeboats which struck the spinning propellor. She sank in just under one
hour.
I can't guarantee that this rumour is true but I've certainly heard it
somewhere.
Hope it helps
Ric
Zortek <zor...@rentec.net> wrote in message
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> "The night lives on" from W.Lord reports that Titanic engines weren't full
> stopped after collision as seen in the movie, but were first ran full
astern
> (just slowing down when Titanic hit the berg, and NOT yet running full
> astern), then stopped, then after few minutes ran half ahead and then half
> astern for such few minutes. Then stopped at all. Did u know?
>
Tom Pappas
>that they were ran half ahead (although I didn't hear about them being run
>half astern.) Forward motion INCREASES water intake, meaning that the ship
>was taking on more water than it could have done so in theory, the sinking
>could have been slowed down.
Immediately after the collision, Smith's concern was to get the ship stopped
in the water so he could make a damage assessment (and not hit another
iceberg). After the engines ran full astern for a while, per Murdoch's
order, the ship would have been moving aft. Smith ordered adjustments at
ahead half (probably overshot slightly), then astern half until he got her
dead in the water. At no time was the ingress of water significantly
aggravated by the ship's motion.
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