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From: hoffman@cheshire.columbia.edu (Edward Hoffman)
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Subject: Re: TITANIC breakup ?
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Date: Sat, 2-Aug-86 00:14:08 EDT
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Posted: Sat Aug  2 00:14:08 1986
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In article <150@gouldsd.UUCP> mjranum@gouldsd.UUCP (Marcus J. Ranum) writes:
>	I was under the impression that the TITANIC didn't break up. 

It seems clear from the wreckage that it did.  The two sections of the hull
are SO far apart (around 2000 feet, as I recall), that the breakup must have
occurred well before the ship hit bottom.  The fact that there was enough time
for the two halves to turn around so as to face in precisely opposite direc-
tions lends even more credence to this theory.



Edward Hoffman

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