That was my original assumption but then I decided to see where the bulkheads were in comparison to the deformation. After reviewing the plans, I counted port holes and compared it to the photo and it was withing boiler room 6. That gave me the idea to overlay the photo over the plans to see if it lines up. But for I did the overlay, I read up on the damage and I believe it was Barrett who said the gash went two feet into boiler room 5. So when I overlaid the photo the deformation does barely go into no. 5. I agree it could be from the impact with the bottom but considering Edward Wilding's report states, "Frederick Barrett who said that water came through the side of the ship about 2 feet above the stokehold plates in Boiler Room No. 6 and in the forward bunker space of Boiler Room No. 5. The stokehold plates, the flooring that the firemen and trimmers walked on within the stokeholds, was a little over 2 feet above the ship’s tank top, the top of Titanic’s double bottom. The tank top itself was 5 feet above the keel, which in turn, was about 34 feet below the load waterline. So if we take 5 feet for the tank top, add 2 more feet for the stokehold plates, and then add 2 feet above that for where the water was seen coming into the ship, we find that the damage seen was 9 feet above the keel. Nine feet above a keel that itself was about 34 feet below the waterline means that the openings in the ship’s hull were 25 feet below the surface of the sea." So I think the damage could be related to the iceberg because it matches the description provided by the witness and from the engineer's report. Thanks for your reply and they are discovering new information with the first comprehensive survey of the wreck site so maybe someone with more knowledge than me can explan it.