Could The Titanic Have Been Prevented

On April 10, 1912 Titanic, the most luxurious ocean liner of it’s time set sail on its maiden voyage. In just 5 days later the “unsinkable” ship sunk to the bottom of the Atlantic. This heartbreaking incident ruined many lives. It ruined the lives of the families of the passengers . Also for the company of the ship and many industries. There were many wealthy people on the ship that died and there industries were ruined and they had to stop running them. The titanic set sail on April 10th 1912. It was the so called “unsinkable” ship, but sadly after 5 short days the Titanic hit and hit and iceberg and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. The sinking had killed 2,224. The Titanic could have been avoided in many ways, it was a horrific
The collision between the ship and the iceberg could have been avoided. The crew may have panic and cost the ship everything. “ ‘Now a new and controversial account has emerged. Lady Louise Patten, the granddaughter of the most senior surviving officer on the Titanic, Charles Lightoller, claims that the ship had time to miss the iceberg – but the helmsman, Quartermaster Robert Hichens, panicked and turned in the wrong direction. According to Patten, this was down to confusion about the two steering systems in operation at the time: rudder orders for steamships, and tiller orders for sailing ships.” (Titanic's last hours, 2). There are even some survivor who believe that this whole thing could have never happen. “‘Late on the 14th it was planned the vessel would put more speed on but none the next day. So we know the ship was going faster than she needed.” (Gardiner Robin, p. 16) . The ship may have been going faster thus the crew may of not had any control. There are some other possibly other reasons for the Titanic’s
There are theories that The White Star Line, which was the company of the Titanic, had another boat called the Olympic and that really was the Titanic. The theory is that they switched boats before the voyage and put the Titanic logo on the Olympic so that they would lose all of their money that they invested in the olympic, and so when it sank they could collect insurance money. “ A man named James Fencen who worked on the ship said on his deathbed ‘ the Titanic didn’t sink that day the Olympic did.’ He survived the sinking of the ship and once him and the rest of the crew that survived stepped on land people from the government were there. James and his coworkers said ‘ We know what you did, we heard the rumors, we know we were on the Olympic.’ The government people said ‘If you say one word about this we will throw you in jail forever. ’ “ (Shane Dawson)People heard rumors in the town about the ships being switched and when the government was confronted they panicked. They told them to never say anything again, because they knew that the switch was true. The survivors of the Titanic can remember the true story of how it