We seem to be endlessly drawn to the drama of the fateful voyage of the RMS Titanic as this largest and most luxurious ocean liner that the world of 1912 had seen to date represents a story of the changing world and culture of the early 1900’s.…
The commander chosen for this voyage was Edward John Smith, this will be his last passage before he resigns, unknowingly that his last day would be April 14, 1912 (. According to an article written by Goss (2016), a British-owned White Star Line had decided to build the Titanic, this took place in Ireland between the years 1902-1912. A documentary about how the Titanic: how It Really Sank (2016) pointed out, that in March 1912 the sister ship to Titanic, the Olympic has a crisis repair, making the last stages to the Titanic arrive at a stop. Its first trip is pushed back a month, mid April. During this time in the year is the point at which the most iceberg show up in delivery paths in the North Atlantic Ocean. Because of the crisis repairs…
The most common conversation amongst people was war and submarines. On the afternoon of May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off the south coast of Ireland. The first class passengers were eating lunch so they didn’t hear or feel anything due to being far away from the accident. Most second and third class passengers felt the aftermath of the torpedo. Everyone scattered after seeing water pour into the ship. The life jackets were stored in their rooms. Most people didn’t put the life jackets on correctly so, after hitting the water, they were useless. Only 6 out of the 22 lifeboats were used before the ship sunk. People in the lifeboats paddled around trying to find alive people in the massive chaos of debris. Almost 3 hours after the Lusitania sank, a sailboat, Julia, came to the scene of the Lusitania and took the passengers that were alive to the Irish Coast. Of the Lusitania’s 1,959 passengers and crew,only 764 survived; the total of deaths was 1,195. The 3 German stowaways brought the total to 1,198. Of 33 infants aboard, only 6 survived. Over 600 passengers were never found. Among the dead were 123…
On April 15, 1912, 1500 people died on board the RMS Titanic. Families were lost at sea, struggling to survive in the dark, murky waters of the Trans-Atlantic Ocean. However, one question remains… Who or what is responsible for the sinking of the ‘unsinkable ship’? The Titanic set sail on April 10, 1912 carrying 2200 passengers and 1300 crew. She hit an iceberg on April 14, 1912 at 11:45 p.m. At first the captain thought that the ship had merely scraped the iceberg. The damage was much worse... The iceberg scraped the hull so bad the rivets used to hold the ship together popped out. The gash in the hull let water come into the ship at 10 tons per second! Of the 2200 passengers, she carried on board, only 700 survived. Some people say that Thomas Andrews (the head designer of the Titanic) was responsible for the tragedy due to faulty ship design. Others say that J. Bruce Ismay is responsible for encouraging faulty ship design. Ismay is to blame because he should have told Thomas Andrews to make the supposed ‘water tight’ bulkheads higher. Ismay also should have added more lifeboats to save everyone on board in case of disaster. Out of all the culprits, Ismay is the most responsible because he had the final say in how the ship was made.…
The 100 year anniversary drew more attention to the disaster again in 2012. If a replica of the Titanic is built, the new ship will also sink. The Titanic sank because of several factors. These included poor construction of the water-tight compartments, speeding at night when ice was known to be present, not having proper lookout equipment and carrying too much heavy cargo. Also, improper distress signals were used which cause the nearest ships to stay away and not come to help.The passengers were separated into three classes and were not allowed to socialize with each other, which led to the majority of third class passengers being locked in lower decks of the ship and they could not escape. There were not enough life-boats on the ship for all of the passengers and the crew. After the Titanic went down, the life-boats did not return in time and several people froze to death. The events of that fateful night were re-told in stories by the survivors. The disaster was felt worldwide. The Titanic was re-discovered almost 75 years after it sank using new technologies. Artifacts from the ship have been studied and a new replica ship is being made and Titanic will sail again.First Class passengers were served 11 courses at dinner time and with each course drank a new glass of wine. Third class passengers were more laid back and enjoyed gathering in the large meeting room and playing instruments and dancing all night. The ship carried a lot of cargo including vehicles, paintings, trunks of clothing, and furniture. The Titanic also, “carried 44,000 pieces of cutlery, 29,000 glasses and 57,600 plates and bowls.” It cost $4,350 dollars to buy the most expensive first class ticket aboard the ship. This is equivalent to $69,600 dollars in today's money. In its day the Titanic cost $7.5 million dollars to build and in today’s money…
“Iceberg! Right ahead!” An officer heard, but decided to ignore it. The ship just struck an iceberg. In ten seconds, the iceberg had ripped a three-hundred foot slash into the bottom of the great, unsinkable Titanic. Everyone became aware of this and starts rushing towards the lifeboats. First, women and children, then the rich people, lastly, if you were able to sneak up on a boat, then you’ll live.…
In August, 1807, a steamboat designed by Robert Fulton successfully completed the first round trip voyage from New York to Albany and back (Steamboats, par 1). This voyage started an obsession for advancement in steam travel that reached across the Atlantic and into the minds of the British people. Their quest to always out-do their competitors eventually led to the creation of one of the most famous steamboats of all time. The Titanic was the most luxurious ship that had ever been built. It could not compete with the speed of other steamships, however, so the English decided to compensate by creating the largest and most elaborate ship the world had ever seen (Sinking, par 3). The Titanic was financed by an American company, International Mercantile Marine, which purchased White Star Lines, the British marine company responsible for building the Titanic. The ship, however, was built totally with British technology, registered as a British ship, and manned by British officers (Sinking, par 2). The Titanic launched its first voyage from Southampton, England on the evening of April 14, 1912 (Sinking, par 1). It was traveling to New York when it struck an iceberg and sank, killing fifteen hundred people. The superiority of the Titanic will always be overshadowed, however, by the memory of one of the greatest disasters of all…
On Thursday, April 4, 1912, the big day finally comes and Margie boards the beautiful majestic R.M.S Titanic ship. She is so taken and fascinated with all the luxuries around her, from A young…
Out of 2,201 people on the Titanic, only 706 survived. Miss Emily Badman was one of the few women who survived the Titanic. The Titanic did not have to sink. Although the Titanic sunk, it did not have to kill this many people. However, it hit an iceberg and put many people to death instantly.…
On April 15, 1912, the biggest and most unsinkable ship sank. The Titanic left England, heading to New York City on April 10, 1912 on its maiden voyage. The ship had over 2,227 passengers aboard. Days later, this beautiful masterpiece sank to the bottom of the ocean. Nearly 1,500 people died that day on the Titanic, after crashing into an iceberg.…
Fredrick Fleet was the workman on guard on the Titanic on April 14. Fleet, had warned the personnel on the ship’s control deck to look out for icebergs that night, yet nobody was at the control panel that fateful night (McPherson 6). The Titanic was thought to be unsinkable when it was built in 1911. “More than 2,200 people were now aboard the Titanic including 1,300 passengers” (Senan 16). The location the Titanic deported from was Great Britain and it was headed to New York. After three long days of sailing on the North Atlantic, they stopped in Ireland. A few days later, the ship crashed into an iceberg that had made it’s way into North Atlantic from Greenland (Fahey 4). Many people went back to their rooms to get their valuables from down below (Lord 60). Most historians say that they don’t know the exact number of passengers that were on the Titanic because, there was no accurate list of them. The Titanic was a major disaster but could have been prevented if workers were at their stations.…
There were only 16 wooden lifeboats and four collapsible boats carried, enough to accommodate 1,178 people, only one-third of Titanic's total capacity, but more than legally required. The White Star Line was was once one of the most successful and powerful shipping lines in the world. Founded in 1845 and today it is most famous for being the owner of the ill-fated RMS Titanic. This catastrophe has impacted sea navigations and The White Star Line is the reason why the RMS Titanic sank which resulted in the loss of many lives.…
April 14th the look out saw the giant iceberg (Imagine) and phoned the captain. The engines got reversed and the ship started to turn the iceberg just barely hit the Titanic leaving a 300 foot gash on the side of the boat, flooding six compartments. In a little over two hours, the Titanic filled with water. The Titanic's horrifying last moments, with its stern soaring high into the air before it cracked in two and disappeared, into the depth of the ocean, a popular memory. "The sounds of people drowning are something that I can not describe to you, and neither can anyone else.…
of lifeboats carried on the Titanic contributed to the loss of so many lives. There were only…
Many people died, because there wasn't enough lifeboats. Titanic only had twenty lifeboats. That is not enough for over 2,000 people. Each lifeboat could only hold 40 to 60 people. The Titanic…