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The shocking truth about the “culprit” that caused the Titanic to be in trouble


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The cause of the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 was determined to be an iceberg. According to experts, that iceberg is very large and about 100,000 years old.

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About 40 hours after departure, the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after hitting an iceberg. According to documents, this shipwreck killed 1,522 people out of a total of more than 2,000 passengers and crew on board. Photo: pinterest

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Regarding the tragedy of this terrible sinking of the Titanic, experts have spent a lot of time researching the main culprit that caused this ship to crash. Photo: pinterest

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Through examining the records and testimonies of the sailors and lucky survivors, experts know that the Titanic hit an iceberg at 10:20 a.m. on April 14, 1912 and sank to the seabed only. less than 3 hours later. Photo: pinterest

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A number of images of the icebergs in the vicinity of the Titanic taken before and after the horrific shipwreck have been published over the years. Photo: pinterest

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Among these, a photograph of an unusually shaped iceberg by Captain W. Wood Wood, commander of the SS Etonian, appears to coincide with sketches and eyewitness descriptions of the iceberg on which the Titanic was located. crashed. Photo: pinterest

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Captain W. Wood is very fond of photography and captured this huge iceberg. Not only that, he also noted that the coordinates of the iceberg almost coincided with the place where the Titanic collided with the iceberg 40 hours after departure. Photo: pinterest

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Mr. Wood wrote a caption in black ink on the photo accompanying the text: “The iceberg was taken by the captain of the SS Etonian at coordinates 41.50 degrees North and 49.50 degrees East at 4pm on April 12. 1912”. Photo: pinterest

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Some studies by experts show that the iceberg that the Titanic hit is about 15.24 – 30m high and about 61 – 122m long. Photo: pinterest

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The iceberg is estimated to weigh about 1.5 tons. Eyewitnesses saw only 10% of the iceberg’s mass because most of it was underwater. Photo: pinterest

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By 2016, research by experts showed that the iceberg was about 100,000 years old. It is thought to have originated from a glacier in Greenland. Photo: pinterest


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