The Breakup of Titanic - A Progress Report from the Marine Forensics Panel (SD-7)
by Roy F. Mangot, UGS and Richard T. Woytowich, NYC College of Technology
 

Abstract
RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg and sank on the morning of April 15, 1912. Testimony at hearings on both sides of the Atlantic included conflicting stories of the ship’s breaking in two or sinking whole. The discovery of the wreck in 1985 confirmed that the ship did break near the surface. Recent evidence and analysis indicates that the initital point of hull failure was at or near the double bottom, and the ship effectively broke bottom up. Armed with new evidence from the wreck site and a more mature understanding of early 20th century hull design, the authors have developed a new reconstruction of the breakup that reconciles engineering analysis, survivor testimony, and physical evidence from the wreck site to a greater degree than any previous reconstruction.
 

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