deck-structures

Updated: May 31, 2025

Soon afterwards the great vessel swung slowly, stern in the air, the lights went out, and while some were flung into the water and others dived off, the great majority still clung to the rails, to the sides and roofs of deck-structures, lying prone on the deck. And in this position they were when, a few minutes later, the enormous vessel dived obliquely downwards.

Lawrence Beesley - The Loss of the S. S. Titanic : Its Story and Its Lessons