Titanic mystery blown wide open as decision by passengers on board ‘doubled sinking speed’

But making this worse, many passengers then opened their portholes to see why the ship had come to a grinding halt.

According to Tim Maltin, a British author, historian and TV presenter who spent more than six years trawling through the first-hand account of those who survived the disaster, this was detrimental.

Speaking exclusively to Science Digest, he said: “When the disaster happened, there was about a tonne of water every second coming into Titanic.

“The other thing is, as the bow got lower and lower on the Titanic, many passengers opened their portholes to see why the ship had come to a stop and they never closed them when they went up to the deck.

“With every porthole that went under water, it doubled the size of damage to the Titanic.

Article source: https://www.express.co.uk/news/science/1630767/titanic-mystery-sinking-passengers-porthole-tim-maltin-southampton-new-york