Close the watertight doors!

[TitanicNerd]

So: I have heard a lot about this. When were the WT doors closed? Before or after the collision? I have heard before the collision, but why would they do that? And why did they do full astern?

 

[Mark Baber]

The subject of the closure of the watertight doors has been discussed here many times. This question should be addressed in one of the existing discussions, not in a new thread; this thread is therefore closed. Use the Search function to find an appropriate thread.