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it took the titanic 24 hours to turn 90 degrees

This is preposterous, it took 37 seconds to turn 2 points and according to the British Inquiry into the loss of the Titanic she could turn 360 degrees in 412 seconds or almost 7 minutes.

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Titanic did turn to the port side somewhat but she had less than 40 seconds with no notice so it wasn't enough.

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They could've, but the iceberg appeared out of nowhere and they had to make an instant decision and what didn't help was that the ship was going at maximum speed

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Titanic simply didn't have enough time to turn. The possible window, according to some estimates, was 37 seconds.

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The ship had an undersized rudder

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