Sinking of the RMS Titanic believed that ice posed little risk; close calls were not uncommon, and even head-on collisions had not been disastrous. In 1907, , a German liner, had rammed an iceberg and suffered a crushed bow, but was still able to complete her voyage. That same year, "Titanic"s future captain, Edward Smith, declared in an interview that he could not "imagine any condition which would cause a ship to founder. Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that." As "Titanic" approached her fatal collision, most passengers had gone to bed and command of the bridge had passed from Second Officer Charles Lightoller to First
Wreck of the RMS Titanic because he saw "original anti-fouling paint on the ship's hull, which was still working even after 74 years on the seabed" when he visited the "Titanic" in 1986. The location of the wreck is a considerable distance from the location transmitted by the ship's wireless operators before she went down. The initial location was given as , from the wreck. A corrected location was later transmitted as , but this too was inaccurate, by . "Titanic" is in two main pieces south-east of Mistaken Point, Newfoundland. The bow is located at and the stern is about to the south at