It would be more like didn’t get to close one in the rush to make vessel watertight.
But a port hole open would not allow in enough water to get in that quick unless it was huge.
There is a gash in the side, is that caused by the falling mast?
Those that are lost probably in their Staterooms they could have been flung across the Stateroom and knocked out.
Most people were up and about, crew on watch, starting the breakfast prep. Other passengers on the rooms above water level with access to the outside.
All damage due to a waterspout. No idea the amount of water that contains but way and above the weight that the hull could withstand, the big saloon windows etc.
I doubt that any ship could withstand a waterspout without severe damage. If ship on the move it maybe could be avoided but anchored ?
In the end the design flawed, and so on through the builders and buyers.
It will be interesting to see the final reports in a few months time but will they be truthful?
There was a chap in our office in 1968-80 who said that he had been a Cape Horner when young. B1912 d 1981. His tails were good and inline with what I had read.
Allan C.
