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| Granddaughter of Titanic Second Officer: Titanic was sunk by a steering error |
| 2010-09-23 |
 A steering and because the captain decided to continue sailing rather than to stop the ship.It's also my personal understanding that the Titanic's rudder was too small, the rivets had too much slag in them which made them brittle, and because the ships owners wanted a grand staircase inside the ship rather than go with the designers' plans that were more compartmentalized. Dang. |
| Posted by:gorb |
| #2 True enuff, as a large number of 19th Century and early 20th SAILING SHIPS = MASTED SHIPS were still plying the seas when the Titanic sank. Perhaps its more correct to argue that the TITANIC was a State-of-the-Art design whose strengths + weaknesses weren't properly understood. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-09-23 23:39 |
| #1 proof? Pshaw! There's books to be sold, and PR tours on network and local news to be made! p.s.: I have no doubt some corners may have been cut and post-damage errors made. Ships are made and run by humans |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-09-23 18:46 |