The following article appears in the journal JOM, 50 (1) (1998), pp. 12-18. Archaeotechnology The Royal Mail Ship Titanic: Did a Metallurgical Failure Cause a Night to Remember Katherine Felkins, H.P. Leighly, Jr., and A. Jankovic CONTENTS INTRODUCTION THE CONSTRUCTION THE VOYAGE THE SINKING THE STEEL Composition Metallography Tensile Testing Charpy Impact Tests Shear Fracture Percent ...

William Barnes claims to be the reincarnation of Titanic's designer, Thomas Andrews, come back set the record straight about why the ship went down.