How do sunken ships like the titanic not get crushed under the pressure?

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I assume the metal and materials the boats are made of are strong but surely not to withstand the pressure of being 12,000 feet underwater? At the end of the day it’s not like the engineers had to consider holding up to that much pressure in their design right?

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Because pressure acts in all directions.

In the current submarine issue, there is water pressure pushing in on the walls, but relatively little pushing back out.
The titanic is filled with water, so the same water pressure is pushing everything at the same time in all directions.

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