Titanic sank due to a collision with an iceberg that ruptured seams in the hull, opening more compartments to the sea than the ship was designed to survive. This section explores the facts, myths, and conjecture about how the ship sank, as well as some of the popular "what if" scenarios.

A primary reference here is "The Sinking of SS Titanic - Investigated by Modern Techniques" by C. Hackett, a senior naval architect at Harland & Wolff, and J.G. Bedford, a retired chief naval architect at H&W. Their paper was published for the Royal Institute of Naval Architects (RINA) in 1996. Other sources are listed that supplement their analysis.

Copyright 1997 Roy Mengot