ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories: Offshore, Shipbuilding, and Marine Equipment
RMS Titanic: A Metallurgical Problem
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Published:2019
Abstract
On 14 April 1912, at 11:40 p.m., Greenland Time, the Royal Mail Ship Titanic on its maiden voyage was proceeding westward at 21.5 knots (40 km/h) when the lookouts on the foremast sighted a massive iceberg estimated to have weighed between 150,000 to 300,000 tons at a distance of 500 m ahead. Immediately, the ship’s engines were reversed and the ship was turned to port (left) in an attempt to avoid the iceberg. In about 40 sec, the ship struck the iceberg below the waterline on its starboard (right) side near the bow. The iceberg raked the hull of...
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Member Sign InH.P. Leighly, Jr., B.L. Bramfitt, S.J. Lawrence, RMS Titanic: A Metallurgical Problem, ASM Failure Analysis Case Histories: Offshore, Shipbuilding, and Marine Equipment, ASM International, 2019, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.fach.marine.c9001591
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