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Having inspected the damage with Captain Smith, Thomas Andrews explained the arithmetic: the bulkheads stopped short of the decks above, so as the bow settled water would spill over each one in turn. Titanic could survive four flooded compartments; six were open. He gave her an hour, perhaps two. The order followed to uncover the boats and rouse the passengers.

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  1. Story
  2. Having inspected the damage with Captain Smith, Thomas Andrews explained the arithmetic: the bulkheads stopped short of the decks above, so as the bow settled water would spill over each one in turn. Titanic could survive four flooded compartments; six were open. He gave her an hour, perhaps two. The order followed to uncover the boats and rouse the passengers.
  3. Knowledge
  4. RMS Titanic
  5. Captain Edward John Smith
  6. Thomas Andrews
  7. Andrews establishes the ship cannot float
  8. Connections
  9. RMS Titanic
  10. Thomas Andrews
  11. Captain Edward John Smith
  12. Harland and Wolff shipyard, Queen's Island, Belfast
  13. Cherbourg — transatlantic roadstead
  14. Queenstown (Cobh) — Roche's Point anchorage
  15. New York — Chelsea Piers (Piers 54 and 59)
  16. North Atlantic — Grand Banks approaches
  17. Titanic wreck site
  18. Captain Edward John Smith
  19. White Star Line (Oceanic Steam Navigation Company)
  20. Thomas Andrews
  21. Marconi wireless telegraphy at sea
  22. Titanic's lifeboat complement
  23. Olympic-class liner
  24. Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax
  25. Southampton — White Star Dock (Berth 44)
  26. RMS Carpathia
  27. British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry into the loss of the Titanic
  28. United States Senate inquiry into the loss of the Titanic
  29. Keel of yard number 401 laid at Harland and Wolff
  30. Titanic launched at Belfast
  31. Sea trials in Belfast Lough and delivery to White Star
  32. Maiden voyage departs Southampton
  33. Titanic anchors in Cherbourg roadstead
  34. Titanic sails from Cherbourg for Queenstown
  35. Titanic anchors off Roche's Point, Queenstown
  36. Titanic sails for New York — last sight of land
  37. Baltic's ice warning handed to Ismay and pocketed
  38. Mesaba reports heavy pack ice and bergs directly ahead
  39. Californian's ice message cut off — 'keep out, I am busy'
  40. Iceberg sighted and struck
  41. Andrews establishes the ship cannot float
  42. First distress call transmitted — CQD, later SOS
  43. First lifeboat lowered; first distress rocket fired
  44. Last boat launched from the davits
  45. Lights fail and the hull breaks in two
  46. Titanic founders
  47. Carpathia reaches the boats and begins the rescue
  48. Cable ship Mackay-Bennett sails from Halifax to recover the dead
  49. Wreck located by the Argo camera sled
  50. RMS Titanic
  51. Andrews establishes the ship cannot float
  52. Titanic founders
  53. RMS Titanic
  54. RMS Olympic
  55. Maiden voyage departs Southampton
  56. Iceberg sighted and struck
  57. Andrews establishes the ship cannot float
  58. Titanic founders
  59. Evidence
  60. Found the loss due to collision with an iceberg brought about by the excessive speed at which the ship was navigated; recorded the ship's particulars, the voyage timings, the ice messages received and the lifeboat complement; held that Titanic exceeded the Board of Trade requirement; found the Californian could have reached her; concluded (incorrectly) that the hull sank intact.
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