To: jalisco555
Also hope the quality of material in the hull is much better.
It was discovered in the Nineties that the steel used on Titanic had a high sulfur content. It wouldn't have even made for good rebar. The hull was already brittle enough without the freezing water temperature wrecking further havoc with it.
Had the steel been up to standard, Titanic might well have made it to port safely.
28 posted on
10/23/2018 7:26:01 AM PDT by
Ciaphas Cain
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To: Ciaphas Cain
As in most disasters it wasn’t just one thing. A whole series of things had to go wrong for that ship to sink.
43 posted on
10/23/2018 7:40:20 AM PDT by
jalisco555
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To: Ciaphas Cain
But. Her sister ship Olympic survived two collisions and WWI and remained in service until 1935. She was known as “old reliable” as she never had a machinery breakdown.
67 posted on
10/23/2018 8:53:54 AM PDT by
Jimmy Valentine
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To: Ciaphas Cain
It was discovered in the Nineties that the steel used on Titanic had a high sulfur content. It wouldn't have even made for good rebar.
Actually a piece of the hull was brought up and a chunk of it was sent to the Rolla School of Mines (in Missouri) for testing. They found that the rivets became very brittle when exposed to cold water which caused to pop and break when the ship hit the iceberg.
77 posted on
10/23/2018 1:45:50 PM PDT by
painter
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