Titanic...The Sinking of the Unsinkable: The Terrible Truth Behind the Tragedy that Shocked the World by Dean King

Author:Dean King [King, Dean]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-02-27T04:30:00+00:00

Fig. 26. A tiller.

With steam ships, they used “Rudder Orders” which is like driving a car. When you want to go to the left, you steer to the left. This was very confusing because even though Titanic was a steam ship, they were still using the Tiller Orders that time. So when Murdoch gave the orders, Hichens misunderstood, and steered the wrong way.

However, Patten’s allegation that it was Hichens’ mistake that caused the disaster was not supported at the British and U.S. enquiries into the tragedy. The inquiries established that Sixth Officer James Moody was behind Hichens and supervised the quartermaster’s actions. Moody relayed to First Officer Murdoch that the order was carried out correctly.

The iceberg that hit Titanic was an enormous piece. Eyewitnesses stated that the iceberg rose 100 ft over the deck. While the ice did little damage to the deck, the crew could not see that below the waterline, the knife-like edge of the iceberg’s spur cut through her like a can opener, leaving a series of gashes and holes that ran through 250 ft of the hull. It also opened five watertight compartments to the sea, and thus water began flooding into the ship.

In Boiler Room 5 and 6 at the bowels of the ship, the stokers and trimmers knew that Titanic was doomed. The side of Boiler Room 6 was ripped open by the iceberg, and cold water rushed in. The water poured into Boiler Room 5, and the workers fled for their lives.

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