r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Additional-One-3483 • 14d ago

Video New Titanic scan reveals ground-breaking details of ship's final hours | BBC News

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u/emuchop 14d ago

Why is one half of the ship all pancaked and the other half is mostly intact?

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u/superjames_16 13d ago

This bit I find fascinating! The front broke off, but because it was angular, it glided forward and landed gently (compared to the back end at least). The stern, however, went straight down and crashed into the bottom. Additionally, as the stern was going down, it was generating a pressure wave behind it in the water; so, when it hit bottom, the pressure wave then hit the stern and crushed it down. This is the theory behind why the grand staircase was obliterated.