19 12 in the early morning of April 15, the Titanic unfortunately hit an iceberg on its maiden voyage to North America, and soon sank in the icy North Atlantic, resulting in nearly 2,000 passengers and crew being buried in the belly of fish. This shipwreck became the biggest disaster in the history of world navigation and shocked the world. For more than 90 years, the real cause of the sinking of Titanic has been the focus of people's exploration. "Titanic" data picture Previously, people always thought that the cause of this accident was hitting an iceberg. However, British researchers believe that things do not seem so simple. After research, they put forward a breakthrough conspiracy theory about the sinking of Titanic. According to British researchers Gardino and Newton, the cause of the incident occurred six months before the maiden voyage of the Titanic. 19 1 1 September11day, Titanic's sister ship "Olympic" collided with other ships when leaving Southampton for sea trial, and its side was seriously damaged. However, when White Star Shipping Company applied to the insurance company for compensation, the insurance company found that the responsible party of the collision accident was the "Olympic", so it refused to pay compensation. Repairing the "Olympic" is extremely expensive and will take several months. At that time, White Star Shipping Company had fallen into a serious economic crisis. In order to get rid of the predicament, the White Star Ship repackaged the "Olympic" and disguised it as the "Titanic" known as its maiden voyage in an attempt to defraud huge insurance money by arranging accidents. Of course, White Star Steamship Company dare not bet the lives of more than 2,000 passengers. They arranged a ship "California" in advance to dock in the area where icebergs appear in the Atlantic Ocean, waiting for the appearance of Titanic. In the event of a collision, the "California" will appear in time to remove all the passengers and crew on the Titanic. According to historical records, the ship "California" wandering in the Atlantic Ocean at that time didn't even carry a passenger except the crew and 3000 sweaters and blankets! Titanic (I) and Olympics are simply indistinguishable. Gardino and Newton said that everything would go according to plan. However, the "California" finally got the wrong position and distress signal of the "Titanic" and did not arrive at the crash site in time for rescue. As a result, nearly two thousand innocent passengers and crew were buried at the bottom of the sea. Gardino and Newton also listed several "unusual events" to prove that the Titanic was stolen. For example, the sudden change of course of the Titanic may be a signal that the Titanic is going to meet the California. JP Mo, president of White Star Steamship Company, planned to make the maiden voyage on Titanic, but suddenly canceled the trip before sailing. The most incredible thing is that among the more than 3,600 items salvaged from the wreckage of the Titanic, none of them are engraved with the mark of the Titanic! For more than 90 years, the real cause of the sinking of Titanic has been the focus of people's exploration. Generally speaking, the Titanic sank because it hit an iceberg. However, Robert Eisenhaifu, a researcher from Ohio State University, put forward a brand-new theory: the fuel storage room of Titanic, that is, a fire hidden in the coal bunker, was the chief culprit that caused this luxury ship to sleep at the bottom of the sea. Is that really the case? According to Eisenheifer's new theory, the Titanic will never sink even if it hits an iceberg head-on. Robert Eisenheifer, a researcher from Ohio State University, published a new theory. It was a very common problem on ships at that time that there were hidden fires in coal bunkers (the phenomenon of hidden fires in coal piles is still very common today). The solution is to increase the frequency of adding coal to ship boilers. On the one hand, it can quickly reduce the volume of coal pile, on the other hand, it can let the coal ignited by dark fire enter the boiler as soon as possible, so as to achieve the purpose of fire extinguishing and keep the safety of the whole coal bunker. According to historical records, on the day of the accident, there was no moon over the sea where the Titanic was located, and it was dark and the visibility was extremely poor. Moreover, the two watchmen didn't have binoculars (the ship forgot to bring them when leaving), which greatly affected their observation effect. In addition, the sea was calm at night, and there was no white foam floating around the Titanic, which also gave the watchers the illusion of safety. Eisenhaifu analyzed that when the lookout found the iceberg in front of him, the distance was only 400 meters. At that time, if the Titanic slowed down immediately, it would never sink even if it hit an iceberg head-on. Unfortunately, however, there was a fire accident hidden in the cabin at this time (the British maritime records clearly recorded that the Titanic had reported a fire on board, so the fire brigade had appeared in Southampton, England and Cherbourg, France, ready to put out the fire). The workers in the fuel storage room of Titanic still used the old method and kept adding coal to the boiler to put out the fire. Eisenhef said, "This practice is very speculative. Hidden fire in coal piles is a long-standing problem. When a hidden fire occurs, even if you know where it appears, it is still difficult to put it out. " With the increase of coal consumption, the amount of steam in the steam engine boiler increased greatly, which led to the sudden acceleration of the speed of Titanic. At this point, the crew had no time to slow down or avoid, and the Titanic went straight to the iceberg at high speed. The hard iceberg smashed six big holes in the hull, and the cold sea water surged in. Then the hull suddenly broke in two and sank to the bottom of the sea. The steel plate material used to build Titanic was of poor quality and mixed with a lot of sulfide, which was the reason why the hull broke when it hit. If Titanic were made of current steel, it would only be hit by a big iceberg and never sink.
According to the British "Independent" report, American researchers said that if the Northern Ireland Shipyards Harlan and Wolff, which built the Titanic, could strictly control the quality of rivets, the sinking speed of the Titanic might not be so fast, which might save more passengers' lives.
The author of "The Truth of Titanic Sinking" said that the shipyard was overwhelmed by building three new ships for White Star Shipping Company at the same time, and it was building Titanic, Olympia and Britannick at the same time. Unable to find the high-quality iron rivets it needed, it finally bought a batch of inferior iron rivets. For a long time, people have always believed that inferior rivets were the chief culprit of the sinking disaster of Titanic, and officials of Harlan and Wolff Shipyards have always denied this statement.
But both authors are experts in gold management. They said that they found new evidence from the archives of London and shipyards, and they also analyzed the rivets that appeared in the sunken ship. At the beginning of last century, other shipyards began to switch to all-steel rivets. Although the middle keel of Titanic used steel rivets, the bow and stern used iron rivets. After the Titanic collided with the iceberg, the iron rivet at the bow broke. It seems that the shipyard can't find all the needed type 4 rivets, so it finally uses some type 3 rivets, because this type of rivets has more impurities and its quality is considered to be lower than that of type 4 rivets.
In the book, Fokker and MacKay say that many of the 48 broken rivets taken from the sinking ship of Titanic contain impurities. They commissioned a blacksmith to make a batch of new type 3 and type 4 rivets with the same composition, and then scientists used these rivets to connect two one-inch thick steel plates-just like those on the Titanic hull. Finally, scientists began to exert pressure in the laboratory to bend these riveted steel plates. The results show that the type 3 rivet can only bear the pressure of 4000 kg, while the type 4 rivet can bear the pressure of 9000 kg.
The sinking of Titanic is considered as one of the most serious shipwrecks in the world. Previously, it was thought that the factors leading to this major shipwreck included the low seawater temperature, the small rudder of the ship, which made it difficult to avoid the iceberg, and the failure of another ship in the same sea area to receive the distress signal due to radio shutdown.