TITANIC CONNECTIONS

Titanic's Stern Section: An Overview

Located 1,970 feet (590m approx) due South of the Titanic’s bow, lay the mangled remains of the Titanic’s stern section. This area of the ship, the last part of the great vessel to vanish beneath the North Atlantic surface, was a honeycomb of compartments that included crew spaces, 2nd & 3rd class quarters, cargo storage, engineering areas, refrigeration, kitchens, as well as having several large areas for the ventilation of her engineering spaces as well.
 
It is for this exact reason (its design) that the stern section lies so mangled on the seafloor today… These great open areas, many of them containing air pockets, were dramatically, and catastrophically blasted apart by pressure as the great liners sank to the ocean’s depths.
 
The stern section has been covered occasionally in previous Wreck Thursday posts, but it is my hope to ‘Return’ to the Stern in the next series of posts and see if we can’t pick out any details that have otherwise gone unnoticed…
 
Lets begin this ‘Return’ with an overview of the entire Stern Section…
Post by: Matthew Smathers
 
Information & Images Courtesy Of:
Encyclopedia Titanica,
Daniel Klistorner,
NOAA,
Vasilije Ristovic,
Father Browne Collection,
Roy Mengot,
Titanic: The Ship Magnificent,
Bruce Beveridge,
Ken Marschall,
Mark Draper,
Cyril Codus,
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute,
Rms Titanic Inc.
Storied Treasures Collection,

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