![]() However, as we all know, that fate intervened and the largest passenger liner to have ever been built succumbed to an icy death at the bottom of the ocean. Therefore, the iceberg that sank RMS Titanic in all likelihood did not even last until the outbreak of the First World War.Any other week, the Titanic would’ve not only completed its maiden journey but would’ve also turned around for its second. The iceberg, based on its trajectory would have eventually melted away as soon as it reached the warmer waters of the Gulf Stream, approximately two weeks after its collision with the Titanic. The average life expectancy of an iceberg in the North Atlantic is two to three at most from calving to melting. While this temperature is lethal for passengers who had to take open water to escape the sinking ship, it was far too warm to sustain icebergs for a long time. The temperature of the water the night RMS Titanic sank was just below freezing. The Titanic iceberg was an exception as most icebergs melt before reaching that far south. After drifting for at least for 12 to 36 months, the iceberg would have lost half its original size. Scientists believe that the iceberg had broken off from a bigger ice sheet around Qassimiut on Greenland’s southwest coast. Advertisement- What Happened To The Iceberg? Titanic sinking This photo courtesy of RR Auction shows a rare original 9.75 x 8 photo of a uniquely-shaped iceburg photographed by the captain of the Leyland Line steamer S. In case you missed: Is ‘Black Butler: Book of Atlantic’ Based On The ‘Titanic’? The ratio of an iceberg that ought to be above water generally is 5:1 which indicates that the iceberg could not have been more than 328 ft tall and approximately 50 to 60 ft of it was above water. On the way to the rescue the following day, RMS Carpathia spotted an iceberg that was about 200 ft tall. There are various reports on the size of the iceberg that sank the ship, according to the survivors it was about 50 to 100 feet tall and approximately 400 feet long. Bernice Palmer took a picture of the iceberg that was believed to have sunk the Titanic and was identified by her and the other survivors that boarded RMS Carpathia. The berg scraped along the starboard or right side of the hull. in the evening of Apat a speed of 20.5 knots (23.6 MPH). Another week or two, and the iceberg would have never been the one that made it to the pages of history books. The Titanic struck a North Atlantic iceberg at 11:40 p.m. Icebergs colliding with ships had been a phenomenon as long as there had been ships to collide with, but the iceberg that felled the largest passenger liner ever was counting its days till it melted into water. Advertisement- What Was The Size Of The Iceberg That Sank The Titanic? Picture of the iceberg clicked by Bernice Palmer
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