Sinking of the Titanic — Iceberg at 23:40 · 174
On 14 April the ship received multiple ice warnings, including from SS Californian and SS Mesaba. Captain Edward J. Smith kept a near-full speed of about 21–22 knots on a clear, moonless night. Lookouts in the crow’s nest had no binoculars. The iceberg was seen at about 23:40; the helm order came too late to clear it. 174 On 14 April the ship received multiple ice warnings, including from SS Californian and SS Mesaba. Captain Edward J. Smith kept a near-full speed of about 21–22 knots on a clear, moonless night. Lookouts in the crow’s nest had no binoculars. The iceberg was seen at about 23:40; the helm order came too late to clear it. Keep Sinking of the Titanic with “Iceberg at 23:40” and 14 from 1912. Californian, stopped in ice a few miles away, had shut down its wireless for the night after a single operator’s watch. Rockets from Titanic were seen and misread. Carpathia, under Captain Arthur Rostron, turned at full speed and took about 710 survivors from the boats after dawn on 15 April.
Watertight bulkheads rose only as high as E Deck. Naval architect Edward Wilding later told the British inquiry that a long side-grazing tear along plate seams could flood several compartments. The design assumed a head-on or limited-compartment breach, not a running wound along the starboard side.
On 14 April the ship received multiple ice warnings, including from SS Californian and SS Mesaba. Captain Edward J. Smith kept a near-full speed of about 21–22 knots on a clear, moonless night. Lookouts in the crow’s nest had no binoculars. The iceberg was seen at about 23:40; the helm order came too late to clear it.
Californian, stopped in ice a few miles away, had shut down its wireless for the night after a single operator’s watch. Rockets from Titanic were seen and misread. Carpathia, under Captain Arthur Rostron, turned at full speed and took about 710 survivors from the boats after dawn on 15 April.
Say the name, the year, then the figure. For Sinking of the Titanic, “Iceberg at 23:40” is the name of 14. Keep Sinking of the Titanic with “Iceberg at 23:40” and 14 from 1912. 141912
Figures to keep
- Year in the file
- 1912
- Figure that fixes it
- 14
- Case
- Sinking of the Titanic
- Line that was public
- Iceberg at 23:40
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