![]() But when I saw it was an iceberg and that we were surrounded by ice as far as we could see through the fog, my fears for the safety of the passengers and the vessel grew.I am sure Captain Smith had a similar experience in practically the same locality when the Titanic went down."ĭespite their hair-raising experience, all passengers aboard the French liner survived, and the ship made its way to port. "At first I feared we had been in collision with another vessel as I hurried to the bridge. The next instant there was a panic among the passengers and they raced screaming and shouting to the decks."I thought we were doomed," said Captain Juham yesterday. Passengers were hurled headlong from their chairs and broken dishes and glass were scattered throughout the dining saloons. ![]() The result was devastating, if press accounts, such as the following from the New York Herald, can be believed: That accident occurred while passengers were enjoying dinner. The French passenger liner Niagara ran headlong into an iceberg on the evening of Thursday, April 11, 1912. Three days prior to Titanic's fatal accident, another ship ran into the same field of ice. ![]() Ship collisions with icebergs are usually not soft events. Overwhelming agreement of survivors was that the meeting of Titanic's 53,000 tons (displacement) of steel with probably hundreds of thousands of tons of ice was a soft event. Tables remained upright and drinks did not spill in the smoking rooms. No first-class passengers were pitched headlong down the famous Grand Staircase. There were no tales of people being flung from the upper bunks by the force of the crash. Equally significant are the details that are universally lacking from eyewitness descriptions. Many of the eyewitness descriptions of the impact contain common key elements: the event lasted only a few seconds, there was no strong jolt, a faint noise (sometimes described as a grinding of metal) emanated from the bottom of the ship. However, in this instance, we have more than a single random observation. Pearcey, 3 rd Class Pantry, F DeckĪnecdotal evidence of this nature is normally treated with deserved circumspection by forensic accident examiners. "There was just a small motion, but nothing to speak of…" I paid not attention to it until I heard the engines stop."Ĭ.E. "I was dreaming, and I work up when I heard a slight crash. My husband was asleep."Įmily Bosie Ryerson, Passenger, Cabin B-63 "At the time of the collision I was awake and heard the engines stop, but felt no jar. TITANIC ICEBERG UNDERWATER FULL"Well, I did not feel any direct impact, but it seemed as if the ship shook in the same manner as if the engines had been suddenly reversed to full speed astern, just the same sort of vibration, enough to wake anybody up if they were asleep.Not as if she hit anything straight on - just a trembling of the ship."Īble Seaman Joseph Scarrott, Forecastle Head Lightoller, Second Officer, Officer’s Quarters lasted a matter of a couple of seconds."Ĭ.H. There was a slight jar followed by this grinding sound.then thinking it over it was a feeling as if she may have hit something with her propellers.There was a slight jar followed by the grinding-a slight bumping.naturally, I thought it was from forward. "It is best described as a jar and a grinding sound. There was only a slight tremble or a distant noise: Aside from those located deep within the forward portion of the ship, no one felt a great impact, or heard a deafening roar. The majority of passengers slept through the most fateful seconds of their lives. The most significant aspect of Titanic's iceberg encounter was that most people on the ship did not realize anything particularly unusual or important had happened. A physical description of the iceberg is detailed in Appendix IV. ![]() The rationale for this assumption is detailed in Appendix II.ġ.2 Descriptions - A reference for Titanic’s structure and internal subdivision can be found in Appendix III. The definitions for nautical terminology of relevance to this discussion can be found in Appendix I.ġ.1 Assumptions - For purposes of this discussion, it is assumed that Titanic was turning towards the iceberg at the time of collision and that her reciprocating engines were stopped. The combination of direct impact damage suffered along the ship’s bottom and subsequent racking damage which parted plates along her starboard side allowed enough water into the hull so that the internal subdivision was overwhelmed. Gibbs & Cox, Inc., Suite 700, 1235 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, Virginiaġ.0 Purpose - The purpose of the paper is to set forth the argument that Titanic grounded on an underwater shelf of the iceberg, compromising her double bottom structure. The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers ![]()
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