Exhibition of design flops should suit British sense of humour, says its founder, but also shows failure is a part of learning
Exhibition of design flops should suit British sense of humour, says its founder, but also shows failure is a part of learning
Absolutely not? It only sank because of that. Had they compartmentalized all the way, we might have it as a museum floating somewhere. Sure it was built better than things at the time usually were, that does not make it good in absolute numbers. Especially when you look at how much regulations changed because of this. If they were adequate and this a freak accident, there would be no need to change so much.
The SOLAS regulations that came into effect were mainly around lifeboat provision.
One cannot build a liner with full compartmentalisation, and nothing in the two Enquiries said otherwise. Titanic wasn’t a warship. No other civilian ship - even today - has fully watertight compartments.
It didn’t sink because of its design. It sank because it was driven at 22.5 knots into an iceberg. If you want to know more, read the book I linked in my original reply to OP or visit Encyclopedia Titanica.