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Posted by no spam on August 18, 2007, 7:57 pm
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>> was the center tubine engine was non reversable and went dead at
>> reversal
>> causing a loss of thust over the normal sized (for the day) rudder.
>> She was a safe ship with more than the required life boats needed to
>> ferry
>> passingers to a rescue ship as was the emergency procedure back then.
>> The Olympic built before her served for many years before being
>> dismantled.
>> The Titanic was being sailed through an area with many reported iceburgs
>> at
>> near to full speed while many other ships were at full stop.
>> All arguments about what the crew did after the sighting of the burg are
>> hard to place blame as there was so little warning before she hit. It is
>> very doubtfull the engines had time to fully reverse.
>> It's too bad, but because of this we do have larger rudders and more
>> safety
>> devices and procedures on ships and possibly on land too.
>> Perhaps our electrical codes may have been rethought around that time
>> too.
>> Randy
>
> To say that she was a safe ship is laughable considering where she
> wound up.
>
Not really, a NASCAR car if a very safe car but many of them wind up torn to
pieces due to the drivers.
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