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Report Into the Loss of the SS Titanic A Centennial Reappraisal

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Routes Across the Atlantic Titanic, Carpathia, Californian, Mount Temple

The Location of the Wreck 41° 43.5'N,  49° 56.8'W

What the Wreck Site Shows

Titanic Could Not Have Turned Two Compass Points (22½°) Before Stricking the Iceberg

30 Seconds Lost?

50 to 55 Seconds Elapsed From the 3-bell Warning to When the Ship Struck the Iceberg

What Standby Quartermaster Olliver Saw

The Collision Sequence as it Most Likely Happened

Collision Sequence Animation 2.5 second increments

There Was No 300-Foot Gash

The Damage Was a Series of Opened Seams Across Five Major Watertight Compartments

She Took in 13,500 Tons of Sea Water in the First 45 Minutes

A Gradual Loss of Longitudinal Stability Titanic was NOT a weakly built ship

Titanic Had 2,208 People on Board When She Left Queenstown 1,496 Were Lost and 712 Were Saved

Women and Children First?

The Rescue Ship Carpathia

Carpathia Races to the Rescue

The Lifeboats Arrive at Carpathia Average Lifeboat Occupancy Was Only 40 Per Boat

The Californian Affair

Stone's Mysterious Tramp

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Where Was the SS Californian?

Caught in the "Arctic Current"

Courses Made Good of SS Californian and SS Titanic

Swinging Around While Drifting Southward

The Arrival of the SS Mount Temple

Mount Temple  – The Yellow Funneled Steamer

Californian, Carpathia and Mount Temple Between 6:00 and 6:30 A.M.

The Aftermath of the Disaster Changes to Olympic and Britannic

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