Why did the titanic hit the iceberg?

However, just before midnight on April 14, the ship hit an iceberg, and five of the Titanic‘s compartments were ruptured along its starboard side. read more

There's some disagreement over whether this was the only iceberg in the area, but it certainly seems likely that something had hit it, and the odds are good that that something was the Titanic. read more

You can argue that Titanic hit an iceberg because her lookouts failed to see it in time, and that it was difficult to spot and also (as some accounts have it) that there were no binoculars in the crow’s nest. Those are valid, but real causes are deeper. read more