III.—Description of the Damage To the Ship and of its Gradual and Final Effect, with Observations Thereon.
The damage done to the ship was as follows:
EXTENT OF THE DAMAGE.
The collision with the iceberg, which took place at 11.40 p. m., caused damage to the bottom of the starboard side of the vessel at about 10 feet above the level of the keel, but there was no damage above this height. There was damage in—
The forepeak, No. 1 hold, No. 2 hold, No. 3 hold, No. 6 boiler room, No. 5 boiler room.
The damage extended over a length of about 300 feet.
TIME IN WHICH THE DAMAGE WAS DONE.
As the ship was moving at over 20 knots, she would have passed through 300 feet in less than 10 seconds, so that the damage was done in about this time.
THE FLOODING IN FIRST TEN MINUTES.
At first it is desirable to consider what happened in the first 10 minutes.