It sounds like you're interested in the sinking of the Titanic. I am and I've watched a number of documentaries on it, but it wasn't until I watched Titanic's Final Mystery that all of the events of that faithful night made sense. I really suggest you give that a watch.
Thanks for the link. I'll definitely look. The theme of the Titanic disaster is very multifaceted. I read that there were three possibilities even to save the Titanic itself after a collision without the possibility of mooring to an iceberg.
1. The captain had to stop the ship or back up. It is believed that the initial decision to go to Newfoundlen for urgent repairs resulted in a multiple increase in leakage due to increased pressure on the holes from the bow. As you know, 10 minutes after the collision, the captain gave the order to move north at low speed, and the movement continued for three kilometers for about 20 minutes.
2. Counterflooding. Theorists believe that the flooding of the two aft compartments may have prevented the ship from sinking.
3. Dumping cargo overboard. It is estimated that for this it was necessary to throw into the sea about 800 tons from the ship. Only anchors with chains weighed 200 tons, and there were about 7 thousand tons of coal on board the ship before sailing, with a daily consumption of 900 tons.
It is surprising that the 62-year-old experienced captain did nothing to save his ship. He was probably really drunk, as some passengers claim.
In Cameron's film, for some reason, the captain is shown as a completely cold-blooded sober person who steers the ship at full speed despite warnings about icebergs. Although he knows about the insufficient number of lifeboats and the absence of binoculars from sailors on watch on a moonless night. And even after the collision, the boats are half-filled, which leads to an increase in the number of dead by about 500 people.
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