How Many People Died On The Titanic
How many people died on the Titanic?
The Royal Mail Steamer (RMS) Titanic built by the White Star Company in the UK and owned by American tycoon, J.P Morgan met its fate while on its maiden voyage to New York when it struck an iceberg and sank two hours later in the early morning of April 15, 1912, in the Northern Atlantic. A total of 2224 people boarded this ship during its sail and a sum of 1514 people perished with it. The name Titanic, a Greek methodology means gigantic and it took a total of 3000 men to build it for two years.
Ship
Construction of the Titanic commenced on March 31, 1909, at Queens Island in Belfast Harbor. The ship was 882 feet long and 92.5 at its widest point with its hull held together by approximately three million steel and iron rivets. This ship had two anchors on the sides and one more in the middle which weighed about 16 tons and was the largest anchor ever made by hand up to that time. Construction was a dangerous task, the workers did not wear safety gear and by the end of construction about 246 people had injuries, and nine died, one of …show more content…
At this time, they only saw the tip of the iceberg but were unaware of its massive size underneath. Unfortunately, in an attempt to reverse the ship, the very motion plunged the ship forward which caused the iceberg to dent the side of the hull consequently water sipped into the ship. The ship had received many warnings from other ships about floating ice, however, Titanic continued on at high speed with a schedule to keep. Although, at that time, ships speeding and floating ice was not uncommon. This ship had five watertight compartments, however, these compartments had openings at the top which allowed water to flood in from one to the other. Had only four of the compartments flooded, the ship would have remained afloat, unfortunately, all of the five
The Royal Mail Steamer (RMS) Titanic built by the White Star Company in the UK and owned by American tycoon, J.P Morgan met its fate while on its maiden voyage to New York when it struck an iceberg and sank two hours later in the early morning of April 15, 1912, in the Northern Atlantic. A total of 2224 people boarded this ship during its sail and a sum of 1514 people perished with it. The name Titanic, a Greek methodology means gigantic and it took a total of 3000 men to build it for two years.
Ship
Construction of the Titanic commenced on March 31, 1909, at Queens Island in Belfast Harbor. The ship was 882 feet long and 92.5 at its widest point with its hull held together by approximately three million steel and iron rivets. This ship had two anchors on the sides and one more in the middle which weighed about 16 tons and was the largest anchor ever made by hand up to that time. Construction was a dangerous task, the workers did not wear safety gear and by the end of construction about 246 people had injuries, and nine died, one of …show more content…
At this time, they only saw the tip of the iceberg but were unaware of its massive size underneath. Unfortunately, in an attempt to reverse the ship, the very motion plunged the ship forward which caused the iceberg to dent the side of the hull consequently water sipped into the ship. The ship had received many warnings from other ships about floating ice, however, Titanic continued on at high speed with a schedule to keep. Although, at that time, ships speeding and floating ice was not uncommon. This ship had five watertight compartments, however, these compartments had openings at the top which allowed water to flood in from one to the other. Had only four of the compartments flooded, the ship would have remained afloat, unfortunately, all of the five