SS Vaterland strikes iceberg on maiden voyage May 1914

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If SS Vaterland [the world's largest ship at the time] struck an iceberg in May 1914 on its way to New York and on its maiden voyage and sank with heavy loss of life [more than 500-1000 dead], and assuming the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the path to WW1 still break out [besides the Empress of Ireland's sinking] as in otl [real life], with WW1 to start on 28 July 1914 despite the disaster, what happens if an iceberg claimed the world's largest ship to the seabed for this 2nd time?
 

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http://www.thegreatoceanliners.com/vaterland.html

If SS Vaterland [the world's largest ship at the time] struck an iceberg in May 1914 on its way to New York and on its maiden voyage and sank with heavy loss of life [more than 500-1000 dead], and assuming the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand and the path to WW1 still break out [besides the Empress of Ireland's sinking] as in otl [real life], with WW1 to start on 28 July 1914 despite the disaster, what happens if an iceberg claimed the world's largest ship to the seabed for this 2nd time?
Well, I doubt it would honestly. Vaterland had a double hull and far better watertight subdivision than Titanic had. The odds of an iceberg sinking her are somewhere between slim and none. It's not a coincidence that no large vessels have struck icebergs since Titanic.

Also, even if she did, there won't be a huge loss of life. Unlike Titanic, Vaterland carried enough boats for everyone on board.
 
Then, could a lack of usable lifeboats due to overloading, damage, a quick sinking, negligence or capsizing reduce survivors that there would be 500+ dead after this hypothetical scenario?
 
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