A few days ago
Anonymous

Did Titanic split in half?

Some eyewitnesses say that the Titanic sank intact, but I believe it split in half. Who says it split or sunk intact?

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A few days ago
Sir Marksalot

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In 1985, the wreck was discovered. Robert Ballard and his crew found that the ship did in fact break in two as it sank. It was theorized that as the Titanic sank, the stern rose out of the water. It supposedly rose so high that the unsupported weight caused the ship to break into two pieces, the split starting at the upper deck. … (This was portrayed in the movie TITANIC)
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A few days ago
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The surviving ship officers said the ship sank intact; the surviving passengers said it broke up first.

As it is, the ship rests on the ocean floor in at least two main pieces. Salvagers think it probably broke up when it headed for the ocean floor.

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5 years ago
Anonymous
The front part filled with water and snapped off. Some descriptions by passengers suggest it went down whole, but experts believe it was the trapped air that made the back end go straight up and bob in the water. There are many books about the subject and the Science channel has several excellent programs that show real images of the wreck.
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A few days ago
bikinybandit
Bob Ballard found the wreck of the old ship some years back, and on the ocean floor, it was in two main pieces. It broke in half, and each half ended up in different places.
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A few days ago
Anonymous
You might find this actual front page report from the April 16, 1912 New York Times pretty interesting, as it provides the details of the sinking as they were known at the time:

http://firstmention.com/titanic.aspx

It might not be the definitive answer you were looking for, but it’s still pretty fascinating, just the same.

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A few days ago
Mark F
The titanic did not break in half. It got a hole from an iceburg in the stern and sank from there.
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A few days ago
Aztec276
Originally they said it split in half, but apparently the belief now is that it split into three pieces.
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A few days ago
janice
It split but was it in half or in three?
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A few days ago
Dr Watson (UK)
Eye witnesses?! How old are you ?!

I don’t think it split in half.

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A few days ago
RKO4president
i think it sunk on impact
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