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From: mazlack@ernie.Berkeley.EDU (Lawrence J. Mazlack)
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Subject: Re: The Gash??? on the Titanic???
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Date: Mon, 11-Aug-86 16:52:45 EDT
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>    I'm finding it hard to understand, didn't the Titanic have a double bottom??And if she only popped some rivots,then why couldn't the pumps keep ahead of
>the water??     Also, what about the doulbe bottom...The Titanic could float
>with the first 4 compartments flooded, but 6 compartments were "opened".

The "double hull" actually was a double bulk head that was only double to
a certain height (what, I don`t recall).  The top of the double was left
open.  So, when the ship tipped, the water sloshed over the top from a 
damaged compartment to an undamaged one.  Thus, the double hull was only
good if the ship didn`t loose normal orientation.

...Larry  mazlack@ernie.berkeley.edu