If Titanic hit the Iceberg head on at speed, would it sink?

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@Novelty_Bobble

I wasn’t thinking of it riding up to a huge extent, I can certainly see that leading to a bad outcome (where bad=disastrous). In my mind I picture a wall of ice with the Titanic smashing straight into it and all the energy dissapating through the crumpling of the hull and superstructure. Then I think of the hull riding up just a little, perhaps 20 or 30 feet and wondering how that slightly more glancing impact changes that energy dissipation profile and improves the survivability

If the bow strikes the berg sufficiently straight-on, and crumples a lot as has been suggested, the ship might become somewhat embedded in the ice. Ice is pretty hard, but so is steel, and it gets all pointy when you crumple it. So, ultimately, the iceberg might actually help keep the ship afloat, because there is no reason to expect them to bounce apart.