1. An Analysis of Flooding Aboard the RMS Titanic by Capt
An Analysis of Flooding Aboard the RMS Titanic by Capt. Charles Weeks, Jr. Titanic Symposium Maine Maritime Acedemy April 24, 2004

2. General Deck Plans Passenger and Crew Areas Color Coded
WT Bulkheads and Doors Indicated
Probably Location of Gates Indicated

3. Boat Deck Crew 1st Class 2nd Class 3rd Class Probable Gates
Watertight Bulkhead
Watertight Door

4. A Deck Crew 1st Class 2nd Class 3rd Class Probable Gates
Watertight Bulkhead
Watertight Door

5. B Deck Gate Buckley Climbed Over Ports Ports Port Ports Port Ports
Crew
1st Class
2nd Class
3rd Class
Probable Gates
Watertight Bulkhead
Watertight Door

6. C Deck Crew 1st Class 2nd Class 3rd Class Probable Gates
Watertight Bulkhead
Watertight Door

7. D Deck Crew 1st Class 2nd Class 3rd Class Probable Gates
Watertight Bulkhead
Watertight Door

8. Possible Location of Doors (Gates?)
E Deck
Bostwick Gate
(NARA Plans)
Escape Doors from Boilers Rms and Enginge Rms
Port
Port
Port
Port
Port
Port
Port
Ash
Port
Port
Port
Bostwick Gate Up
(NARA Plans)
First or Second Class
Ctd as Second
Possible Location of Doors (Gates?)
Between
First and Second Class
First or Second Class
Ctd as First
Crew
1st Class
2nd Class
3rd Class
Probable Gates
Watertight Bulkhead
Watertight Door

9. F Deck Crew 1st Class 2nd Class 3rd Class Probable Gates
Watertight Bulkhead
Watertight Door

10. G Deck Crew 1st Class 2nd Class 3rd Class Probable Gates
Watertight Bulkhead
Watertight Door

11. Orlop Deck Crew 1st Class 2nd Class 3rd Class Probable Gates
Watertight Bulkhead
Watertight Door

12. Tank Top All Watertight Doors Operated from Bridge slide # Crew
1st Class
2nd Class
3rd Class
Probable Gates
Watertight Bulkhead
Watertight Door

13. Testimony re Flooding American and British Inquiries

14. Inquiry Testimony Barrett 2340 (1868)

15. Inquiry Testimony Barrett 2340 (1917)

16. Wreck Commissioner’s Report 2340+

17. Inquiry Testimony Buley 2340+ (Day 7 USA)

18. Inquiry Testimony Hendrickson 2345 (4856-4866)

19. Inquiry Testimony Hendrickson, Sheirs 2340-2350 (4559)

20. Inquiry Testimony Barrett 2340+ 2350+ (Day 18 USA)

21. Inquiry Testimony Poingdestre 2340-2350 (2821-2)

22. Inquiry Testimony Barrett 2350 (1926)

23. Inquiry Testimony Beauchamp 2350+ (671+)

24. Wreck Commissioner’s Report Flooding in the First 10 Min.
Poingdestre
Hendrickson 859, , 4870, 4849

25. Wreck Commissioner’s Report 2350

26. Inquiry Testimony Boxhall 2350-2400 (15374, 15390)
0000

27. Inquiry Testimony Barrett 2350-0040 (1669, 2034, 2039, 2141)

28. Inquiry Testimony Barrett (1969, 2038, 2039, 2041)
2350
Rush of Water
Between Bulkheads

29. Inquiry Testimony Lee and Pitman
Lee 0000 (2455, 249, 24, 85) Pitman 0000 (14962, 14965)

30. Inquiry Testimony Pitman 0000 (14548-49)
WTDs Not Closed at This Time

31. Inquiry Testimony Johnson 0005 (3397)

32. Inquiry Testimony Poingdestre 0010-0025 (2872, 3178)
Bulkhead Gives Way Starboard to Port

33. Inquiry Testimony Poingdestre 0020 (2894-61)

34. Inquiry Testimony Barrett (1869, 1874)

35. Inquiry Testimony Dillon 0120 (3816), Caroll 0120 (4287-4263)
Still Dry. No Damage Aft of #4 Boiler Rm.
All WTDs Aft of Main ER Opened
0010 WTD Aft of #4 Boiler Rm. Opened

36. Inquiry Testimony 0135 Lee, Rowe, Jewell, and Lightoller
D Lowered
Lee (2541), Rowe ( ), Jewell (167), and Lightoller (14081, 14023)

37. The Sinking of RMS Titanic: Investigated by Modern Techniques by C
The Sinking of RMS Titanic: Investigated by Modern Techniques by C. Hackett, Senior Naval Architect, Harland and Wolff and J. G. Bedford, Retired Chief Naval Architect, Harland and Wolff © 1996 The Royal Institution of Naval Architects Presented to a joint meeting of The Royal Instiute of Naval Architects (RINA) and the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland (IESIS)

38. Hacket & Bedford 10 Min. Post Collision (2350)

39. Hacket & Bedford 20 Min. Post Collision (2400)

40. Hacket & Bedford 40 Min. Post Collision (0020)

41. Hacket & Bedford 60 Min. Post Collision (0040)

42. Hacket & Bedford 1Hr 25 Min. Post Collision (0120)

43. Hacket & Bedford 2Hrs 30 Min. Post Collision (0210)

44. Hacket & Bedford 10 Min. Post Collision (2350) Tank Top and Lower Orlop
Peak tank, cargo areas flood

45. Hacket & Bedford 10 Min. Post Collision (2350) Orlop Deck
1st & 2nd Class baggage area and mail room flood

46. Hacket & Bedford 20 Min. Post Collision (2400) Orlop Deck
Cargo areas flood

47. Hacket & Bedford 40 Min. Post Collision (0020) Orlop Deck
Boiler Rooms 5 & 6 flood

48. Hacket & Bedford 40 Min. Post Collision (0020) G Deck

49. Hacket & Bedford 40 Min. Post Collision (0020) F Deck

50. Hacket & Bedford 60 Min. Post Collision (0040) Orlop Deck
Chain locker and storage floods

51. Hacket & Bedford 60 Min. Post Collision (0040) G Deck
Chain locker, Storage Area, and Boiler Room 6 flood

52. Hacket & Bedford 60 Min. Post Collision (0040) F Deck
Chain locker, Storage Area, and Compartments 5 & 6 flood

53. Hacket & Bedford 60 Min. Post Collision (0040) E Deck

54. Hacket & Bedford 60 Min. Post Collision (0040) D Deck

55. Hacket & Bedford 2 hrs. 5 Min. Post Collision (0145) D Deck
1st Class Cabins flood

56. Hacket & Bedford 2 hrs. 5 Min. Post Collision (0145) C Deck

57. Hacket & Bedford Green 10 min. past collision
Orange 60 min. past collision
Blue 20 min. past collision
Pink 1 Hr. 25 min. past collision
Purple 40 min. past collision
Red 2 Hrs. 30 min. past collision

58. Titanic at 2:00 A.M. by Paul J. Quinn 1997

59. Quinn 2:00 a.m. p. 29
“…water washed against the formast.”

60. Bow and Forward Well Deck go under.
Quinn 2:00 a.m. p. 29
B Deck
Bow and Forward Well Deck go under.

61. Quinn 2:00 a.m. p. 35
0200
0100
Water not yet up to D Deck on Grand Staircase.
First Class areas along A, B, and C Decks virtually untouched.

62. Forward Promenage floods. Inside A, B, & C decks virtually untouched.
Quinn 2:00 a.m. p. 35
B Deck
Forward Promenage floods. Inside A, B, & C decks virtually untouched.

63. Quinn 2:00 a.m. p. 35
E Deck
Water reaches base of E Deck on Grand Staircase at 1:00
and stays there for an hour.

64. Quinn 2:00 a.m. p. 36
“By 2 a.m. a considerable amount of the bottom of the forward part of the ship had flooded -- away from the view of most of the passengers.”

65. Boiler Rms. 5 & 6 completely flooded, Boiler Rm. 4 partly submerged.
Quinn 2:00 a.m. p. 36
Tank Top
Boiler Rms. 5 & 6 completely flooded, Boiler Rm. 4 partly submerged.

66. Quinn 2:05 a.m. p. 37
0100
Forward railing on B deck was now dipping underwater.
On D Deck water creeps towards elevators.
On E Deck Scotland Road was underwater.

67. Quinn 2:05 a.m. p. 40
0100
0130
Doors between compartments slow flooding. Water appears at base of Grand Staircase a little after 1:00 but does not appear in Boiler Rm. 4 (below Grand Staircase) until around 1:30.

68. Water laps as the base of the Promenade Deck.
Quinn 2:05 a.m. p. 42
Water had easier access to E and F Decks than to boiler rooms below, creating a condition where water was resting on top of air.
Water laps as the base of the Promenade Deck.

69. Quinn 2:10 a.m. p. 55

70. Water advances to Reception Room.
Quinn 2:10 a.m. p. 55
D Deck
Water advances to Reception Room.

71. Quinn 2:10 a.m. p. 55
E Deck
Scotland Road flooding and water pours down 3rd class staircase to Dining Room on F Deck.

72. Water pours down staircases to 3rd class Dining Room.
Quinn 2:10 a.m. p. 55
F Deck
Water pours down staircases to 3rd class Dining Room.

73. Quinn 2:10 a.m. p. 56
Bow goes under, forward buoyance was lost, and redistribution of weight leads to a noticeable slanting motion which was noticed by passengers like Jack Thayer.

74. Quinn 2:10 a.m. p. 68, 71
Docking bridge and forward railing going under.
Grand Staircase flooded on E Deck, part of D Deck.

75. Quinn 2:15 a.m. p. 75
Water up to bridge, D Deck Reception Room.

76. Quinn 2:15 a.m. p. 83
Crow’s nest level with the water.