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Thread #53976 Message #834855
Posted By: Little Hawk
25-Nov-02 - 05:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: Interesting theory about Titanic sinking
Subject: RE: BS: Interesting theory about Titanic sinking
The counterflooding would have been well worth a try, and even if the ship had sunk anyway it might have saved some lives in the case of the two collapsible lifeboats, which could probably have been launched safely under those conditions (sinking on a level keel).
It would not have made nearly so dramatic an end, however, as sinking by the bow did. Not good for the movies...