Do you think you know everything about the sinking of the Titanic?

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First, it has been exactly 110 years since this shipwreck occurred. If you are a fan of this story and you think you already know all the details, continue on this post because you will surely get new information about it. titanic.

British passenger ship, almost 270 meters long and with 9 luxury floors, operated by White Star and built by the Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast.

On the fateful night of April 14, 1912, when the iceberg interrupted the trip that would be the first most impressive of the then newly built titanic, most of the passengers were already asleep.

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He titanic he was at 41 kilometers per hour, sailing in the icy waters of the North Atlantic.

It was when a huge iceberg was sighted, all possible maneuvers to free the titanic of the collision,

Unfortunately, to no avail, the impact happened after 1 minute, making real chaos.

According to the real-time animation, it took the ship exactly 2 hours and 40 minutes to sink after the collision.

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His remains were only located 73 years later, in September 1985, being divided into two parts. And separated 800 meters away, all 3,843 meters deep, already 650 kilometers from Canada.

He titanic it was reputed to be "unsinkable" due to the application of a concept intended to compartmentalize the ship, thus dividing it into several compartments.

¿Crees que sabes todo sobre el hundimiento del Titanic?
Do you think you know everything about the sinking of the Titanic?

So that each one was watertight, that is, if the water flooded one of the compartments, it would not be able to flood the next compartment.

However, the impact with the iceberg was so intense that this idea was insufficient, since the tear caused was made in the hull reaching up to half the length.

Causing the ship's structure to twist, and these compartment doors could not be closed.

Of course we cannot ignore human guilt, because in the case of titanic there was factor for experts.

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In addition to the intense pressure for the ship to reach a certain speed, even knowing that they would be in a region full of icebergs.

All this because there was an award established in 1839 with the name of "Blue Streamer". With this, he intended to recognize and offer publicity to those ships that were faster in transatlantic crossings.

What in this case, the titanic he was undoubtedly one of the strongest candidates to win this honor. Competing among the world's leading shipbuilding companies and nations.

According to the engineer, the first crossing has the best conditions to keep the hull and propeller clean, and new engines. With this, it becomes an excellent time to reach the highest possible speed.

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In other words, the titanic tried to do this, because like some survivor reports.

The ship's commander would have received word that the site had an iceberg, but he hesitated to slow down, of course with the intention of reaching his destination as soon as possible.

Thirteen couples were celebrating their honeymoon and there were nine dogs on board, only two survived.

Of the 2,240 passengers on board, this tragedy, which had everything to be a worldwide success, ended with approximately 1,500 deaths and several injuries.


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