titanic sinking simulation - original version by clctitanic

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Spee

Servus Teddy,

für ein "worst case" war die "Titanic" keinesfalls ausgelegt, technisch war sie eher Durchschnitt. Sie entsprach den damaligen Ansichten, nicht den Möglichkeiten der Zeit. Schon 50 Jahre vorher war mehr Sicherheit möglich:

Great Eastern Rock incident

After a quick turnround, Great Eastern left on 17 August with 1,530 passengers on board and a substantial amount of freight which increased her draught to 30 ft (9.1 m). The ship encountered a gale but the captain maintained full speed and the ship arrived off Montauk Point, New York at midnight on 27 August.

Not wishing to enter New York Bay over Sandy Hook bar with the ship's deep draught, the captain decided to steam up Long Island Sound and moor at Flushing Bay. The pilot came on board at 1:30 am and the ship moved slowly ahead. At about 2:00 am 1 mile (2 km) east of Montauk, Long Island a rumble was heard and the ship heeled slightly. The pilot said she had probably rubbed against the "North east Ripps" (later renamed "Great Eastern Rock"). The captain sent an officer down to check for damage and he reported no leaks. The ship however had a list to port, but she made her way into New York the next day under her own steam. Nobody was hurt, indeed the passengers never even knew what had happened.

It was discovered that the rock had opened a gash in the ship's outer hull over 9 feet (2.7 m) wide and 83 feet (25 m) long, perhaps 60 times the area of the RMS Titanic's damage. The enormous size of Great Eastern precluded the use of any drydock repair facility in the US, and the brothers Henry and Edward S. Renwick devised a daring plan to build a watertight caisson to cover the gash, held in place by chains around the ship's hull. The brothers claimed that it would take two weeks to complete the repairs and said that they would only take payment if successful. However, the demands of the American Civil War caused delays in getting the iron plates required, and instead of two weeks the repairs took three months at a cost to the company of £70,000. The ship finally sailed from New York for Liverpool on 6 January 1863.[13]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern
Servus

Thomas

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Ingo

Zitat von: Spee am 11 Oktober 2011, 07:13:03
für ein "worst case" war die "Titanic" keinesfalls ausgelegt, technisch war sie eher Durchschnitt. Sie entsprach den damaligen Ansichten, nicht den Möglichkeiten der Zeit. Schon 50 Jahre vorher war mehr Sicherheit möglich:

Naja, technisch machbar ist vieles, wirtschaftlich sinnvoll einiges, aber am Ende wird immer die möglichst billige Lösung bevorzugt. Zumindest in der Privatwirtschaft. ;)

Die Great Eastern war zwar mit der Doppelhülle extrem fortschrittlich, aber aus kommerzieller Sicht ein absolutes Desaster.


Albatros

Mehr als 5000 geborgene Stücke aus der Titanic kommen im April in New York unter den Hammer, sie werden nur als gesamte Kollektion versteigert. Ihr Wert wird auf rund 190 Millionen Dollar geschätzt.

http://www.zeit.de/news/2012-01/06/schifffahrt-titanic-artefakte-werden-in-new-york-versteigert-06031202

:MG:

Manfred

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