Could the Titanic have been TIED to the iceberg that killed it as a stopgap bouyancy measure,buy time, w/the anchor chains(strongest lines)?
What would it have taken, what would they have had to do to get that close, bring the mooring cables along, how many and in what direction,,
It was 80% the mass of the ship, therefore 8% buoyant force/weight of the ship could have been transferred onto the berg and held afloat by it, as it died by the loss of 1 out of 16 compartments (6% average, and Smaller compartments at the front of the ship), that would have been sufficient to cancel out the problem, and again, the ultimate goal was to buy time for passengers to exit, and rescue ships to enter.
οικος, that would have been a problem, and as both the shoddy rivet design & the Titanic's shoddy steel would have both exacerbated it, but as the ship would now be holding still, and the bow; already damaged and little further harm can come to it, wouldn't make a difference if it did; is what would be tied to the berg.
Starrysky & fuzzy, answer's easy enough, Titanic could have, even without doing so in a fast, extreme enough way to be dangerous,, started turning in a CIRCLE as soon as it passed the berg and while allowing itself to coast to a stop; & though I don't know her turning radius at that speed, it would surely be enough to bring itself a lot closer while slowing down; and used it's own momentum to clean up it's mistake, RETURNING to the berg at the correct direction & speed
(If that is too much & there's overshoot, repeat as needed,if too little,there'd still be a great deal of progress returning to the berg, only a small distance would need to be traveled to make up the remainder, even in it's condition, Titanic could've made it) Ships being destroyed by iceberg collision was a common enough occurrence for the time that this should have been An Established Procedure by 1912, no need for improvisation or explanation, just say "Code _____" and go!
Tie it with Many chains, from many angles, to keep the load constant.
And use those two cargo crane arms at the bow to help!