titanic crockery

[tali122]

watched a programme on the titanic on c4 yesterday, the ship hit the sea bed with the equivalent of a nuclear explosion so i was puzzled as to why crockery of all things was found unbroken, how could this be? - given the enormously incredible violent physical forces exerted on a ship shaken and twisted in all directions?

[Mattk]

i guess the pressures would have helped

[bubblebubble]

they just dont make things to last these days......

[gary baldy]

I saw the programme and the crockery was tin pots and pans etc. not china. Tony Robinson pointed it out.

[stanleyman]

I think the witness was exaggerating or telling porkie pies! A collision with the seabed would have a completely different effect to an explosion. Most of this damage would have been done while it was sinking and improperly supported at the surface. The resistance of the water would slow its descent and the crockery and other things would be secured against rough weather.

[Mattk]

it was proper crockery and they were indeed held in place

[theleeroy55]

Tony put it there

[joko]

the kitchens would have been completely flooded by the time it hit the sea bed so the forces wouldn't have been like an explosion on land. some of the crockery would have just lifted up, eddied around a bit and then slowly sunk back down again. some may also have been securely packed up to stop it sliding around the shelves etc

[Dkeyse]

Can someone please tell me why Titanic has been spelt with a small 't' not only in the question from tali122, but by answerbank at top of page?