How did a piece of ice cut through the solid steel hull of the Titanic?

Question

How did a piece of ice cut through the solid steel hull of the Titanic?

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Answer 1

The iceberg was an immoveable object for their mass and speed, but their mass and speed was to high to deflect using the strength of the steel, so it didn’t cut, it rended the steel apart, at the rivets and pulled it form the hull plates and it lost structural integrity. The visible iceberg was twice as high as the ship, but thats only 10% of the mass of the iceberg and doesn’t include the water being displaced