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Originally Posted by Hersbird
So old ships burned fuel oil to make steam
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Makes me wonder if the Titanic would've arrived at its destination successfully if bunker oil had been used instead of coal, considering the explosion and fire which caused the sheetmetal at some hull sections to lose its temper, and shred
like a piece of paper once it hit the iceberg, were caused by the usage of coal which was more brittle than usual and also had a higher amount of sulphur contamination. You know, coal, sulphur and some nitrogenated substract are the main components of gun powder (at least made at the ancient way).