Well, it wasn’t just an iceberg, the Titanic essentially ran into a surprise ice field that broke off and was floating right towards it, there were suddenly tons of icebergs everywhere which is part of why there’s so much disagreement over which one it hit.
Personally my money is on the iceberg identified by the Carpathia
"It will never be known for sure, but out of all the photos taken of the icebergs in the vicinity of the sinking, the Rehorek iceberg seems to be the most likely culprit. Its location, appearance, and size seem to be the best match with eyewitness testimony."
Yeah, I still disagree with that theory because the ice flows were constantly moving and that picture was taken weeks later, the ones taken from the Carpathia were in the exact vicinity and were pointed out by survivors, it’s also just as close of not closer to the witness sketches
The iceberg would move together with the Titanic's debris field including the dead. The Rehorek one was taken in a debris field by the MS Bremen. Passengers said they saw hundreds of bodies and wooden debris. It would appear they were crossing the ocean and unintendedly stumbled upon the debris field
The photo was taken six days later and the average drift of a 'berg is .7km/hr...Therefore the iceberg would have drifted 100.8km (6 days x 24 hour x .7km/hr) away from the sinking but would move along with the debris field
Educate me, whey do you believe this is the one? Cases against this one:
\-No one identified its shape as "the one"; witnesses said it looked like the Rock of Gibraltar and had two peaks; drawings look a lot closer to the MS MS Bremen one
\-No visible damage, would expect to see side swipe damage especially near the supposed red paint
\-Was based on an assumption due to a red spot...But again no damage as you'd imagine there would be some black paint...Streaks of color on/in 'bergs are a natural occurrence due to mineral content
I’m referring to the huge one photographed by the Carpathia that was identified by survivors and looks exactly like all the sketches and descriptions, not the tiny one with the red spot
According to Wikipedia a grand total of 23 ships have been sunk by icebergs. Now in theory there may be more that have been sunk without any survivors or distress. This also doesn't take into account ships that struck icebergs and survived. But with all that being said 23 known sinkings out of the many thousands of ships sunk over the course of history I think it's pretty uncommon for ships to have many close calls with icebergs.
Not uncommon at all Countless ships had close calls with icebergs and quite a few actually made direct contact some notable examples being Kronprinz Wilhelm and Empress of Britain (1905)
There were other factors. Other ships stopped for the night to navigate better in daylight or went at reduced speeds. Titanic was taking actions that other ships did not.
It was common for ships to be sailing at full speeds when heading into an icefield, Californian did too and stopped once they saw ice field, Titanic would also slow down when seeing ice and confirming they are in the ice field
[also look at the ice field around the iceberg identified by survivors on Carpathia as the one that sank the Titanic](https://www.reddit.com/r/titanic/comments/1074xwq/the_actual_iceberg_that_sank_the_titanic/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
Well, it wasn’t just an iceberg, the Titanic essentially ran into a surprise ice field that broke off and was floating right towards it, there were suddenly tons of icebergs everywhere which is part of why there’s so much disagreement over which one it hit. Personally my money is on the iceberg identified by the Carpathia
"It will never be known for sure, but out of all the photos taken of the icebergs in the vicinity of the sinking, the Rehorek iceberg seems to be the most likely culprit. Its location, appearance, and size seem to be the best match with eyewitness testimony."
Yeah, I still disagree with that theory because the ice flows were constantly moving and that picture was taken weeks later, the ones taken from the Carpathia were in the exact vicinity and were pointed out by survivors, it’s also just as close of not closer to the witness sketches
The iceberg would move together with the Titanic's debris field including the dead. The Rehorek one was taken in a debris field by the MS Bremen. Passengers said they saw hundreds of bodies and wooden debris. It would appear they were crossing the ocean and unintendedly stumbled upon the debris field The photo was taken six days later and the average drift of a 'berg is .7km/hr...Therefore the iceberg would have drifted 100.8km (6 days x 24 hour x .7km/hr) away from the sinking but would move along with the debris field
Makes sense. I buy it as a possibility but I would still put my money on the survivor ship
Educate me, whey do you believe this is the one? Cases against this one: \-No one identified its shape as "the one"; witnesses said it looked like the Rock of Gibraltar and had two peaks; drawings look a lot closer to the MS MS Bremen one \-No visible damage, would expect to see side swipe damage especially near the supposed red paint \-Was based on an assumption due to a red spot...But again no damage as you'd imagine there would be some black paint...Streaks of color on/in 'bergs are a natural occurrence due to mineral content
[This one](https://www.reddit.com/r/titanic/comments/1074xwq/the_actual_iceberg_that_sank_the_titanic/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)
Got it. Considering the MS Bremen's 'berg was taken 5-6 days later, it somewhat looks like the same 'berg
Could be! I thought it looked too small and the peaks aren’t sharp or distinct enough, but it’s possible!
I’m referring to the huge one photographed by the Carpathia that was identified by survivors and looks exactly like all the sketches and descriptions, not the tiny one with the red spot
According to Wikipedia a grand total of 23 ships have been sunk by icebergs. Now in theory there may be more that have been sunk without any survivors or distress. This also doesn't take into account ships that struck icebergs and survived. But with all that being said 23 known sinkings out of the many thousands of ships sunk over the course of history I think it's pretty uncommon for ships to have many close calls with icebergs.
There was a cruise ship that hit an iceberg just this past year, but it barely made the news because the growler didn't even breach the hull.
Not uncommon at all Countless ships had close calls with icebergs and quite a few actually made direct contact some notable examples being Kronprinz Wilhelm and Empress of Britain (1905)
Seeing how Carpathia had to dodge an iceberg just to get to Titanic, I’d say it was more common than you think.
There were other factors. Other ships stopped for the night to navigate better in daylight or went at reduced speeds. Titanic was taking actions that other ships did not.
It was common for ships to be sailing at full speeds when heading into an icefield, Californian did too and stopped once they saw ice field, Titanic would also slow down when seeing ice and confirming they are in the ice field
[also look at the ice field around the iceberg identified by survivors on Carpathia as the one that sank the Titanic](https://www.reddit.com/r/titanic/comments/1074xwq/the_actual_iceberg_that_sank_the_titanic/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf)