They didn't have radar back then, so they had spot things with the good old eyeball Mk. 1. There was a thick fog that night and the watchers in the front mast reportedly did not bring their binocular with them. By the time they saw the iceberg, there was not enough time to maneuver off the coalition course.
Yeah I've read up on it already before this post just joking in general considering all the precautions they could of taken they didn't knowing the map.
Nighttime, no moon, and a mirror flat sea. The only way to see the iceberg would be to notice the stars disappearing on the horizon, and by that time they would only be a few hundred feet away, which is nowhere near enough room to steer around it in an ocean liner. They likly could have avoided sinking by hitting it head on, and therefore only flooding a couple of bulkheads at the front, but in trying to avoid it it ripped a gash along six bulkheads (if I remember correctly), and the flooding was too severe
Here's my question to that whole thing, you're telling me no one saw that freaking thing? What were they all having a sex orgy two rooms down?
I get that they were going fast but seriously? In an iceberg known area.
Not really certain about how maneuvering one liner works before, but I'm gonna bet that they aren't fast enough to divert it to another route.
Feel free for correction, nothing bad with learning anyway.
It was an inside job.
ice can't break steel hulls
They didn't have radar back then, so they had spot things with the good old eyeball Mk. 1. There was a thick fog that night and the watchers in the front mast reportedly did not bring their binocular with them. By the time they saw the iceberg, there was not enough time to maneuver off the coalition course.
Yeah I've read up on it already before this post just joking in general considering all the precautions they could of taken they didn't knowing the map.
Nighttime, no moon, and a mirror flat sea. The only way to see the iceberg would be to notice the stars disappearing on the horizon, and by that time they would only be a few hundred feet away, which is nowhere near enough room to steer around it in an ocean liner. They likly could have avoided sinking by hitting it head on, and therefore only flooding a couple of bulkheads at the front, but in trying to avoid it it ripped a gash along six bulkheads (if I remember correctly), and the flooding was too severe
Edit: just saw your second post.... Lol