Titanic sank because of the fact that the center screw can not change direction

Theories about how you can prevent the death of the Titanic - a lot. Some believe that it was necessary to ram the iceberg head on, rather than bypass, others - that it was not worth offend God boastful statements about the unsinkable ship ...

Creative, creativity, but most critics still err on the inadequate attention that is paid to the creators of Titanic security measures.

The true cause of the tragedy was the ridiculously simple: the center screw of the steering mechanism could not change direction.

On the Titanic had three screws. The two outer, which is driven by piston engines and central - controlled steam turbine.

In steam turbines than their reciprocating counterparts have considerable advantage: the combination of a smaller and more efficient. But there is a drawback - they can rotate in one direction only. Steam can not change direction, and hence the shaft driven by steam, will spin in one direction only.

Therefore, when the chief mate by the name of Murdoch tried to give "full back" to avoid a collision with an iceberg, external screws whirled in the opposite direction, while the center just stopped.

However, the central screw is directly in front of the steering pen. After his trip to the steering pen began to get less water, causing steer the boat was extremely difficult.

If the central screw, if necessary, could give back up and does not interfere to control the movement of the vessel (or if they do not back up), it is quite possible that the Titanic did not reserve to the iceberg, and the lives of 1514 people and eight dogs appeared I would be out of danger.

via factroom.ru