Could Titanic Have Stayed Afloat?

With all of the ship's safety measures, the Titanic was thought to be unsinkable. ... The Titanic had 16 watertight compartments, and the ship could stay afloat with up to four of these compartments flooded. After hitting the iceberg, water began flooding the Titanic's forward six compartments.

Could the Titanic have survived?

Answer: That's wrong – it would probably have survived. When a ship hits an iceberg head on, all the force would be transferred back to the ship, so it wouldn't have ripped open, but crumpled round, so only 2-3 compartments would have been breached. It was built to survive with 4 compartments breached.

Could the stern have stayed afloat?

there is no way for stern to stay afloat since weight of engines caused trim and flow of water and since entire engine room was opened to sea it flooded instantly theoretically it could have stayed afloat if all eventual doors remained closed perhaps must some of them been opened and water had easy access to unflooded ...