Walter Lord‚ author of the documentary-style non-fiction account A Night to Remember‚ about the sinking of the RMS Titanic. The RMS Titanic was the world’s largest passenger ship when it entered service‚ measuring 882 feet in length. The state-of-the-art Titanic came equipped with 16 watertight compartments. Though shipbuilders believed that the ship could not flood‚ they predicted that it could remain afloat even if a few of the watertight compartments flooded. Within the walls‚ there were watertight
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you were on a sinking ship what would you do? Would you be able to think in a hurry? This is what people on the RMS Lusitania and RMS Titanic had to go through. They were both lead to devastation. The RMS Lusitania was an amazing boat that was built on June 7‚ 1906. It was owned by the company Cunard Line‚ and its captain was William Turner. The Lusitania was a Royal Mail Steamer (RMS) that sailed on May 1st‚ 1915‚ and had a nickname‚ “The Floating Palace”. To england from New York‚ The Lusitania
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Kaitlyn Smith Beyond the Classroom The Titanic RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15‚1912 after colliding with an iceberg during it’s maiden voyage from Southampton‚ UK to New York City‚ USA. While watching this movie I discovered two things about it. One characteristic about the movie that was good was in the beginning it talked a lot about the titanic and showed the men exploring its ruins. Another thing I enjoyed about the movie was
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The Titanic Proposition: To inform the audience about the ship known as the Titanic. Introduction: 1. The two leaped from the boat into the icy depths of the Atlantic Ocean… a. By now‚ I’m sure many of you realize what I’m talking about. b. It’s the movie Titanic. 2. While the movie is good for entertainment purposes‚ it does not go into the details of the actual ship. 3. Personally‚ I think the actual story of the Titanic is just as interesting as the movie Preview:
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The Titanic The Titanic was built by the White Star Line. The owners of the company thought that if ocean liners were big and luxurious enough more people would travel with them. The Titanic was designed to be the largest in a series of three ships made by the White Star line. It was 268 metres long‚ 28 metres wide‚ and weighed 45 000 tons. It produced enough power to travel at a speed of 24 knots (about 40km per hour). The bulk of the ship was divided into compartments. They were separated
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Project Paper This year I did my project on the titanic‚ the lost ship wreck at sea. I chose my project because the titanic is very interesting to me‚ a ship that was supposed to be unsinkable actually sunk. When people thought the titanic was unsinkable the only reason they thought that was because of what the person in charge of the whole project said it was. But the white star line never actually claimed that the titanic was unsinkable. People still believed that she was unsinkable
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The movie Titanic‚ directed by James Cameron‚ was a fictional story based on the true ship‚ Titanic. Cameron’s movie was based on a love story; however‚ the focus of this paper will be on some of the differences between the two classes aboard the Titanic. This movie clearly portrayed how differently the first and second-class people were treated during the time of the Titanic. This can be related to many other times in American history when groups were segregated as well. The movie began
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References: Ballard‚ R. (1988). Exploring the Titanic. Toronto‚ Ontario: Madison Press Books. Kramer‚ P. (1998). Women first: ‘Titanic’ (1997)‚ action adventure films and Hollywood’s female audience Lord‚ W. (1955). A night to remember. New York‚ New York: Henry Holt and Company. Lynch‚ D. (1992). Titanic: An illustrated history. New York‚ New York: Hyperion. Marsh‚ E. (1997). James Cameron’s Titanic. New York‚ New York: Harper Perennial. Thresh‚ P. (1992). Titanic: The truth behind the disaster. New York
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Maddie Dock Mr. Chapman English Honors 7 November 2013 Titanic Many characters in the Titanic movie were based on real characters and depicted as such. Some of the passengers on the Titanic were incredibly famous figures in history and included some of the major players in the construction of the vessel. Captain Edward John Smith was the leading captain of the ship and was in the movie as well as actually existed in real life. Another real character who actually existed and appeared in the film
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1. There were 6 ice warnings received by Titanic on the day of the collision. They were all ignored by the wireless operator who was preoccupied with transmitting passenger messages. 2. An iceberg exposes only 1/10th of its mass above water. With the other 9/10ths of its mass below water‚ it makes them impossible to budge. Even with a force of a ship like the Titanic. 3. There were 6 ice warnings received by Titanic on the day of the collision. They were all ignored by the wireless operator who
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