“They might have split up or they might have capsized...”
From a scan of the ship on the bottom, it was determined it broke in half, due to a huge wave picking the ship up that left one end hanging in the air.
There are a few books written on the subject of actual cause of the wreck...still have proponents for different theories...any which way...that good ship and true was a bone to be chewed..(stunningly good metaphor describing the beating the ship and crew took)