Question

When the Titanic struck the iceberg, some of the watertight compartments ripped open and filled with water. Although the compartments had been designed to prevent the ship from flooding, they unexpectedly did not seal off incoming water. The compartments were not capped at the top, and water continued to enter them as the ship angled down into the water. Other researchers suggest that the rivets (metal fasteners) and the seams of the watertight compartments did not hold together as well as expected. What does this paragraph imply?

Answer 1

that the ship was not made unsinkable and that the rivets were not good enough to hold the water pressure

Answer 2

I think that the paragraph suggests that the Titanic tragedy could have been avoided if the safety procedures had been done correctly. It states that there were watertight compartments designed for the only purpose of preventing the ship from flooding, when they were tested with a real flood they failed. As a consequence, the ship sank down and a lot of people died.

Maybe if these watertight compartments had been tested before, in a simulation, engineers would have found out that they were not usefull. They could have improved them, making the Titanic safer.