How Long Did It Take for the ‘Titanic’ to Sink?
On April 14, 1912 RMS Titanic It collided with an iceberg, resulting in one of the most devastating civil disasters of the 20th century. But the date usually cited for the shipwreck is April 15. That’s because, like everyone who’s seen a James Cameron movie Titanic (1997) already know that the ship did not immediately sink to its icy fate The whole process Took a good two hours and change.
The ship meets the iceberg
Right side of Titanic Brushed against the iceberg’s 11:40 pm On the night of April 14, causing enough damage that at least five watertight compartments in the hull began filling with water. After a short investigation, the ship’s chief designer, Thomas Andrews, decided that they would not be able to stay afloat, and by midnight, the crew began preparing lifeboats.
The scene over the next two hours gradually changed It escalated into chaos While passengers were roused from their berths and loaded – women and children first – into a fleet of lifeboats that clearly could not accommodate everyone. At about 2 a.m., the ship’s bow banked so far below the surface that her stern was partly above the water, and at 2:17 a.m., wireless operator Jack Phillips sent a final distress call.
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Under the surface
Over the next three minutes or so, the lights would be out, and the downward bow track would force the stern to separate from the ship. It is generally believed that the bow began to sink, and the stern moved to a vertical position before it also sank.
By 2:20 AM, Titanic has disappeared. As for how long it took for the ship to actually reach the bottom of the ocean, that depends on who you ask. In his book Discovery of the TitanicRobert Ballard, the oceanographer who discovered the wreck, estimated that the landing probably took only six minutes, although he explained that “there are simply too many variables involved” to be sure.
Where did he do? Titanic pelvis?
the Titanic Sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean ca 370 miles Southeastern Newfoundland. Its difficult location was no mystery, after all, ships had appeared to rescue survivors in the area. But the technology for locating lost shipwrecks was not very advanced in 1912, and it would take another 73 years before Ballard and his team could discover lost shipwrecks. Found The ship is 13,000 feet below the surface.
A version of this story was published in 2022; Updated for 2025.
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