Ismay:
[Andrews enters room with crew behind him; he lays out architectural drawings on table, with Ismay behind him]
Most unfortunate, captain!
Thomas Andrews:
[perspiring and trembling]
Water... fourteen feet above the keel in ten minutes. In the forepeak, in all three holds and in the boiler room six.
Ismay:
When can we get underway, damnit!
Thomas Andrews:
That's five compartments! She can stay afloat with the first four compartments breached, but not five!
[tersely to Smith]
Thomas Andrews:
Not five. As she goes down by the head, the water will spill over the tops of the bulkheads at E deck from one to the next. Back and back. There's no stopping it.
Smith:
The pumps... if we opened the doors...
Thomas Andrews:
[interrupting]
The pumps buy you time, but minutes only. From this moment, no matter what we do, Titanic will founder.
Ismay:
[incredulously]
But this ship can't sink!
Thomas Andrews:
She's made of iron, sir! I assure you, she can... and she will. It is a mathematical certainty.
Smith:
How much time?
Thomas Andrews:
An hour... two at most.
Smith:
And how many aboard, Mr. Murdoch?
1st Officer William Murdoch:
2,200 souls on board, sir.
Smith:
[turning to Ismay]
Well, I believe you may get your headlines, Mr. Ismay.
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