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This reminded me of an old physics book I read where author claimed that Titanic also lost rudder control and yawed because of full reverse.
by culebron21 3y ago
This reminded me of an old physics book I read where author claimed that Titanic also lost rudder control and yawed because of full reverse.
- qingcharles 3y agoTitanic was a “triple screw steamer,” meaning it had three propellers - port, center and starboard. The port and starboard propellers were capable of being reversed, while the center propeller could only propel forward. You can see this in the 1997 movie as they show the props when they throw the ship into reverse. The center prop (that only goes forward) is the one directly behind the rudder, so the theory is partly that they lost some steering advantage when they lost the center prop.