As the ship drifted away from the iceberg, Murdoch ordered Quartermaster Olliver to enter what had happened in the ship's log. The people that were awoken from a loud bang or thrown out of bed by the collision were third-class men, that were mostly concentrated at the bow of the ship. Many passengers and crew felt only a slight jolt/bump, some didn't feel anything at all, and many over on the starboard side and at the bow could hear the ship scraping along the iceberg. The engineers in the engine room were pretty much safe as the damage from the iceberg mostly concentrated at the forward end of the ship. Others climbed up emergency ladders and rushed out of the boiler rooms or to balconies above the flooding water. Hearing the warning bell, the firemen and engineers rushed through the freezing water to get through the watertight doors before they are sealed and closed off tight. Fearing the ship was flooding, Murdoch ordered Moody to "Close the Watertight Doors!" Before Moody could flip the switch, Murdoch said, "Ring the warning bell first." Moody responded to this by turning on the door alarm, and Murdoch flipped the switch that activated the watertight doors, and ten seconds later, the doors sealed off the watertight compartments. The ship had scraped along with it for 10 seconds. The starboard turn managed to get the Titanic off the iceberg, with the back end of the ship clearing the berg. Hichens responded and turned the wheel to starboard. On the bridge, Murdoch hearing the loud scraping under the water and seeing the small amounts of ice falling on the deck, turned back to Hichens and ordered "Hard to Port!" in order to prevent the propellers from hitting the iceberg. The iceberg shuddered so violently during the crash, it jerked some ice loose, some of which fell into the ocean, and some smaller pieces fell on the Titanic's Forward Well Deck. Chaos engulfed the boiler rooms and cargo holds as thousands of gallons of 28-degree water poured into the ship. The rivets were scraped off the steel plating, and the metal was bent allowing 7 tons of water to flood into 5 or 6 watertight compartments. ![]() The ship grazed along the side of the berg, ripping and snapping open a series of small and large deformations below the waterline, over 300 ft. Luckily, instead of slamming straight into the iceberg, the ship managed to turn away, but unfortunately, not fast enough.Īt around 11:40 PM, just 37 seconds after the iceberg was spotted by Murdoch and Fleet, the Titanic struck the iceberg on the starboard side. Murdoch, Moody, Hichens, and the Lookouts watched and waited to see if their work paid off. The ship's helm had been turned as far as possible, the rudder steering the ship away to port, away from the ice. In the engine room and boiler rooms, the engineers and firemen responded by shutting the dampers, lowering the steam, and stopping or reversing the engines, slowing down the now adrift ship. Around that time, Murdoch saw how fast the ship was going and ordered to Moody, "All Stop!" or “Full Speed Astern!” Together, Moody and Murdoch rang the engine telegraphs to either "STOP" or “FULL ASTERN”. Moody informed Murdoch what the lookouts had spotted. ![]() Sixth Officer Moody answered the telephone on the bridge as Hichens was steering and heard Fleet's infamous words. Around the same time, Murdoch ordered the ship to turn away from the ice, Fleet instantly rang the bell three times and telephoned the bridge. Seeing the silhouette of the berg, First Officer Murdoch immediately ordered Quartermaster Hichens to put the helm "Hard to Starboard!" Hichens responded, and turned the wheel to port. Then, 500 yards away, a large 55-60 feet iceberg appeared directly in Titanic's path. On April 14 th, 1912, at around 11:39 P.M., First Officer Murdoch and lookouts Frederick Fleet and Reginald Lee spotted something in the darkness. The Collision Version 1 (Frederick Fleet Testimony)
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