It is unclear whether Boxhall heard 'engine' or 'engines', according to some sources. It is possible that Murdoch himself would have done this. This is the primary evidence of the time of collision. The three senior officers went onto the starboard wing bridge to look aft. Seawater rises 14 feet above the keel at the bows.
Ship starts to list to starboard.
The Carpenter has already found water pouring into the six forward compartments. The shipbuilder Thomas Andrews was sent for, and together with Captain Smith inspected the damage. Approximately 24 feet above the keel. Smith is told by Andrews that the flooding of six compartments will infallibly sink the ship within one to one and a half hours. This is because the bulkheads and decks cannot contain the flooding, and that it will spill over the bulkheads into undamaged sections.