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“Why did the Titanic sink?”
The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, because it struck an iceberg, buckling the starboard side and opening six of the ship's sixteen compartments to the sea. This exceeded the design limit of four compartments, causing uncontrollable flooding.
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The collision caused the Titanic to take on approximately 400 tons of water per minute, sinking it in about two hours and forty minutes. The ship's design was unable to withstand flooding beyond four compartments, resulting in a fatal outcome.
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