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If the Titanic hit the ice berg on the starboard side then how could it have turned hard a starboard if it was turning to the left?
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∙ 14y ago
In 1912, hard a' starboard meant turning the ship's STERN to starboard and the bow to port. Today this would be called hard a 'port. So the bow of the ship did indeed turn to the left, causing the iceberg strike on the starboard side.
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Could the Titanic have survived?
Yes. If the first officer had left the starboard engine going full ahead and reversed the port engine with the helm hard over then Titanic would have turned faster.
Why could the Titanic not turn quickly from sinking?
Titanic had good turning capability. She was only compromised because she only had about thirty seconds to do it.
How many people could be on the TiTaNiC?
Titanic had a capacity of 3,327, including the crew.
Who could travel on the Titanic?
Titanic was traveled on by many people of all three economic classes.
What are other ways the titanic could have sank?
i watched a titanic thing on tv called titanic the mission i seen the iceberg that it hit and behind it there was a line of them
Could the Titanic have survived?
Yes. If the first officer had left the starboard engine going full ahead and reversed the port engine with the helm hard over then Titanic would have turned faster.
Why did the tianic sink?
titanic sank because she hit the iceberg on her starboard side causing 5 compartments to flood. titanic could stay afloat with 4 compartments but not 5
What caused Titanic to happen?
An iceberg struck the starboard side of the Titanic on April 14th, around midnight. The iceberg flooded 5 watertight compartments, while she could only stay afloat with 4 flooded.
Why could the Titanic not turn quickly from sinking?
Titanic had good turning capability. She was only compromised because she only had about thirty seconds to do it.
Could the titanic survive if they hit the iceburg head on?
Yes, it is likely. The fact that the ship was turned starboard in a vain attempt to avoid the iceburg caused the metal on the side of the ship to be scraped deeply. This caused water to fill up far more compartments than would have likely filled up if the Titanic had hit the iceburg head on. The Titanic may have still sunk in this instance, we can never be sure, but far more time would have been allotted for the passengers of the Titanic in order for rescue to come.
What is an interesting fact of the Titanic?
An interesting fact of Titanic could be that she is the only major vessel to sink directly forward. Virtually every other sinking ship has listed to either port or starboard like the Andrea Doria, the Normandie, and in more recent memory, the Costa Concordia.
Why the Titanic snapped?
The Titanic snapped in half because when it's nose turned straight up to the sky, the front of the ship could know longer hold the back's weight and that's when it snapped.
How did the holocaust make a turning point in history?
I do not know how one could call it a turning point, as one would have to say what what it turned from and to. But it is one point in History that most things are compared to.
My BMW 318i is blowing warm air when the air con is turned on can anyone tell me whats wrong?
could be elctrical not turning on compreesor could just be out of freon
How could the people in the Titanic responded better?
The Titanic could of had more life boats
How far could the whistles be heard on the titanic?
we think the whistle on the titanic could be heard from 200 miles away
How do you put the word Titanic in a sentence?
As titanic means enormous, you could say... 'The fearsome dinosaur was titanic and scary.'
