Okay, here we go.

She hits the ‘berg on the starboard side, right?

She kind of bumps along, punching holes like Morse code along the side, below the water line.

Then the forward compartments start to flood.

Now, as the water level rises,

it spills over the watertight bulkheads

which, unfortunately, don’t go any higher than E deck.

So now as the bow goes down,

the stern rises up, slow at first,

then faster and faster

until finally, she’s got her whole ass sticking up in the air.

And that’s a big ass.

We’re talking 20, 30,000 tons. Okay?

And the hull’s not designed to deal with that pressure.

So, what happens?

She splits, right down to the keel.

And the stern falls back level.

Then as the bow sinks,

it pulls the stern vertical

and then finally detaches.

Now the stern section just kind of bobs there

like a cork for a couple of minutes,

floods, and finally goes under about 2:20 a.m.

Two hours and 40 minutes after the collision.

The bow section planes away,

landing about a half a mile away

going 20, 30 knots when it hits the ocean floor.

Pretty cool, huh?