Hardy states that destiny is upon the two, and because of their destiny, no one is able to predict that they will meet. The stanza ten mentions that the paths, or destiny, of the Titanic and the iceberg would converge, hence the name of the poem. Hardy's use of personification is evident again. A depiction of the Titanic striking the iceberg. The Titanic and iceberg met immediately by the irresponsibility of the crew who were not alert of the presence of the iceberg in the water, even after repeated warnings.
Hardy ends the poem by stating the two have met.
Nature won this battle and the Titanic rests at the bottom of the sea as a testimony of Nature's victory. Signal flares are shot into the air as the Titanic sinks further into the frigid water. The speaker feels remorse not regarding the loss of human life, but the loss of the Titanic itself. Despite his feeling of loss, the speaker conveys the fate that the Titanic and the iceberg were destined to collide. The speaker in the poem presents this tone as of loss because he was one of the ship builders and he had spent a great deal of time in the craftsmanship of the glorious Titanic.