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  1. Titanic’s Boilers – A New Theory

    This implosion could buckle boiler ends inward, producing sounds similar to explosions. Evidence from Boiler Room 2 Unlike other parts of Titanic, boilers in Room 2 show damage indicative of …

  2. Cold Starting the Titanic

    Jan 1, 2018 · Boiler Room 2 was the furthest aft and would have been supplying steam until the end, the auxiliary seawater pump and air pump fed from the port outer pair of boilers, and the …

  3. Olympic & Titanic : The Propelling Machinery

    Oct 23, 2020 · The reciprocating engine room is placed immediately abaft the aftermost boiler room, and contains, in addition to the main engines, a large amount of auxiliary machinery.

  4. The possible role of fire in the sinking of the Titanic

    Figure 3 — Illustration of boiler room and coal bunker layout in the Titanic. Smouldering coal fire was located between boiler rooms #5 and #6.(Background Image: Bill Sauder)

  5. Did only 2 ft doom the Titanic? - Encyclopedia Titanica

    Jan 15, 2023 · Had Boiler Room 5 not been flooded, could the pipes in Boiler Room 6 had kept the flooding at bay enough to allow the carpenter to repair the damage and end up with …

  6. Electricity During Sinking | Encyclopedia Titanica Message Board

    Jun 26, 2000 · In fact, boiler room 4 didn't flood until about 2.00am, when the end was very near. Therefore, you had boiler rooms 1, 2 and 3, and all compartments further astern, all watertight …

  7. Boiler rooms during sinking - Encyclopedia Titanica

    Jul 28, 2008 · By 3rd boiler room I assume counting from forward going aft. That would be BR 4. (Boiler rooms, also called sections, were numbered 1 through 6 with No. 6 the most forward of …

  8. John Henry Hesketh : Titanic Victim

    He and leading stoker Frederick Barrett were suddenly hit by a jet of icy water and they ran aft and managed to clamber through the doorway of the tunnel into boiler-room 5 as the …

  9. Has the Boiler Room ever been explored? - Encyclopedia Titanica

    Oct 11, 2015 · I tried to research this but found nothing; just curious if the boiler room has every been explored under water? Or any attempts at it?

  10. Frederick Barrett : Titanic Survivor

    Returning to number 6 boiler room with engineer Jonathan Shepherd about 10 to 15 minutes after the collision, Barrett claimed that the water was already eight feet deep; upon his return to …