ConnClark -
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Originally Posted by ConnClark
actually it was well designed. It was just pushed beyond its design limits.
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Mannnnn, where's my book report on
A Night To Remember ?!?!?!? My conclusion for then and now is that most disasters are a litany of ifs that come to tragic fruition ... if the too-small rudder was designed for the size of the ship it might have turned faster, if the gash had not reached into one water-tight compartment too many, if the Californian had responded to the signal flares it could have saved many of the passengers (
debatable), if the lifeboats were fully loaded then more lives could have been saved, if the iceberg had been seen sooner, if the iceberg had been seen *too late* then the ship might have rammed the berg and not compromised one too many of the water-tight compartments, if the ship was not going so fast, ...etc...
CarloSW2