[gcruse]

"When questioned by a U.S. Senate inquiry panel, several
Titanic crew members and passengers testified that they heard
explosions deep in the bowels of the ship AFTER it had
hit the iceberg," says noted Titanic historian Daniel Cherry.

The key word here is 'after' hitting the iceberg.  Torpedoes
do not have delay timers.  But water hitting boilers goes
boom, and rapidly changing metal temperatures can
make things shrink and go boom.
 

[bribriagain]

"rapidly changing metal temperatures can make things shrink"

Amen brother.

[NorCoGOP]

But water hitting boilers goes boom, and rapidly changing metal temperatures can make things shrink and go boom.

Absolutely...just like the WWI vintage film showing a battleship roll over - when the water hit the boilers - BOOM - even worse than a magazine explosion.

I was always told that our gyro shop, conveniently sandwiched between two boiler rooms - would be the best place to be if the ship started to sink in icy waters - we'd be dead from the explosions before we died from exposure.

Just one of many "morale boosting" messages the Boiler Techs used to give us....

[AFreeBird]

True, cold water hitting steam boiler, very bad. And the number six boiler was below the forward funnel and just aft of the three forward holds.

[Lee'sGhost]

LOL! I think the key phrase here is “after hitting the iceberg.” In other words, it hit the damn iceberg. Wait, those are the same words.

Not poking fun at you, but the article.