The sinking...

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DariusAmurdarja

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of the RMS Titanic, what do you think was the worst place to be in that event?

In my opinion it would be to be still in a room somewhere in the stern of that giant vessel. It was like a labyrinth. As the angle did rise and the stern lifted higher and higher into the sky. You would have to try to hold yourself on something. The noise of falling things rushing through the ocean liner gets louder and louder + the noises the hull makes under that enormous stress. The lights flicker and shut down and you are in pitch black darkness, while the Titanic breaks in two. The stern falls back into normal position and is then pulled upwards like a skyscraper from the bow section which is still connected with the stern. It stays in that position for almost 2 minutes and then goes down slowly but faster and faster like an elevator. The stern is completly filled with air as it goes down. That means you are trapped in a part of the ship that rushs down into the abyss. You hear shattering glass, breaking rivets, bursting doors. After 40 seconds the stern reached a depth where the enormous pressure let it implode...

I don´t know whats worse, that death or to die at the surface in the cold water.
 
In the machine rooms.
It is believed the people working there had to stay in there till the very end.
As the angle rose, like you said, everything would have been tossed around in there. Now picture being hit right in the face by 800°C hot coals. Painful to a degree no human can imagine.
And if that wouldn't have succeeded in killing you, the other things you mentioned like pressure and cold would have got you.
Chance of surviving in the machine rooms?
0%
 
In the machine rooms.
It is believed the people working there had to stay in there till the very end.
As the angle rose, like you said, everything would have been tossed around in there. Now picture being hit right in the face by 800°C hot coals. Painful to a degree no human can imagine.
And if that wouldn't have succeeded in killing you, the other things you mentioned like pressure and cold would have got you.
Chance of surviving in the machine rooms?
0%
They had not to stay but did of free will. They gave Titanic 30 minutes more time, because the pumps managed to pump water out and electrcity was provided till the very end...true heros.
 
correct if Im wrong, weren't there alot of life boats that didnt get used?

Almost ;)
All the lifeboats where used, but many were not full.
So it wasn't the lifeboats not being used, it was rather the lifeboat capacity.
 
hmm.. I don't know why people would stay in the ships internals knowing the ship was sinking.
 
that ship didnt sink in a matter of minutes, at min 1 Id be looking for floatation devices
 
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