NIST Reveals How Tiny Rivets Doomed a Titanic Vessel
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When the remains of RMS Titanic were discovered more than 3,800 meters (12,500 feet) beneath the surface of the North Atlantic i

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.sdf.org/post/130729

Another note, it likely could have survived hitting the iceberg had it not turned to avoid it (it had no chance of avoiding it but turning meant the rivets took the full load of the collision).

  • Late_Settler
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    1 year ago

    Doing some searching online it seems the claim normally made is that all steel rivets wouldn’t have prevented the sinking but could have slowed it enough to allow more passengers to be rescued.

    To provide a bit more context lower grade iron rivets were used because of supply shortages at the time. Higher quality steel rivets were still used for the midsection of the boat with iron rivets being used on the ends.