No problem now to convince people that it was small. The major problem that Titanic suffered was that it was struck by an iceberg and suffered 6 compartment flooding. This was significant. I don't believe many modern ships could withstand such damage. The Titanic was a two compartment ship but could remain afloat with four compartments forward flooded.
Objectives are to retrieve additional plate and rivets.
The rivets are becoming an important story in the flooding of Titanic. The slag stringers are oriented perpendicular to the tensile axis. This may have been a direct contributor to the type and distribution of damage to the hull in the iceberg encounter. This aspect is being currently investigated and the 1998 expedition could provide the definitive answers. Thank you, gentlemen.