![]() ![]() Like you said, who knows why, it'll forever be a mystery, but I'd love to know what they were thinking. It moved again one more time, briefly, and then stopped. It might be that Ismay ordered Smith to keep moving, but that after a second damage report reached them, probably from Andrews, they decided it would be better to stop.Īll my life I always thought the Titanic hit the berg and then stopped for the last time, but apparently not. It suggested that he even went down to speak to one of the engineers - asking his own professional opinion on whether the ship could continue with the damage. I remember in this documentary the blame fell on Ismay. ![]() ![]() I remember watching a documentary with Bill Paxton narrating it. Isn't that strange? The inquiry was so detailed, with so many questions about what happened, so isn't it odd that the crew wouldn't get into WHY they started to move again for a few more minutes? It's almost as if they passed over this bit of information for some reason. Moving a mortally wounded ship for another 5 minutes is certainly worthy of more attention. This detail fascinates me because there is never any mention of this in any of the film versions (all of them), nor any reference to it in many books, and yet, it took place and seems significant to me. That would mean there's a chance they might've started moving again in order to clear the Titanic of the iceberg they hit, including maybe others in the vicinity.įorgive me for any ignorance on ships, I do not know how far it might've traveled in that time, so I am only speculating as to WHY they would start moving the ship again. The ice field map was full of icebergs and the Titanic sank in the middle of the field. I believe the orders below was to move slowly, and some speculated it was to see if the propellers were damaged, and some think Titanic was attempting to sail towards the light in the distance.Īnd I wonder, how far did it travel in those five minutes? If I recall the book Titanic Safety Speed and Sacrifice, there are reports that three icebergs were passed before the final one was hit. I'm curious, is there a previous conversation, or information regarding the Titanic moving again for about 5 minutes after it hit the iceberg. ![]()
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