Published on Monday 2 April 2012 01:37
THE Titanic sank because it was badly built, a scientist has claimed.
Second-rate rivets that held the hull together were to blame for sending the legendary ship to the bottom of the Atlantic 100 years ago next month.
The steel and wrought-iron fasteners used to hold the metal plates together were not of consistent quality and had been inserted unevenly.
A review of existing evidence published in Physics World says this meant the part of the hull that hit the iceberg was much weaker than the main body of the huge vessel. (…)
via Titanic’s ‘poor build quality’ blamed for sinking – News – Scotsman.com.