The Titanic: The Cause Of The Titanic

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.
Captain Smith had been warned repeatedly about icebergs in his path
yet, he didn’t alter the Titanic very well (Titanic Disasters 1). The Titanic got hit by an iceberg on April 14 and took out at least five compartments (Titanic Sinks 1). The Titanic only had 16 lifeboats and 4 collapsible boats, this was due to the thought of it being unsinkable. The warnings from the other ships soon became reality. the iceberg in the North Atlantic made it’s way to the Titanic and crashed into it. The iceberg had come from Greenland and made its way to the North Atlantic Ocean.
On April 15, the Titanic landed in a deep-sea grave instead of the Port of New York (“Titanic” 1). More than 1,500 people went down with the ship. 700+ people survived, which was a majority of women and children. Husbands were terrified of losing their lives, but wanted their families to survive the crash. Women and children were crying for their husbands and fathers being left and having to stay there. It was thought that the Titanic was unsinkable, therefore it affected many family and friends of those who had died.
According to researchers, the Titanic was not able to be fixed after the collision (Ward 68).
As soon as the engine stopped working it was clear that the Titanic was not able to work again. Numbers may vary on the amount of passengers and workers on the Titanic because the workers never truly made a list of the names of the passengers (Landou). The control workers could have been there when Fredrick Fleet called them to warn about the iceberg. The passengers and workers on the lifeboats didn’t fill them up as much as they could have. Many valuables were taken down with the Titanic on the morning it crashed (“Unsinkable”). The control room workers could have been on guard or at least have another person working the controls. If the Titanic wouldn’t have sunk, we would build ships the same and we wouldn’t over think about the possibilities, we would just put as much equipment as needed as we do
today.
When t news of the Titanic sinking was released it captured everyone’s attention all around the world. The passengers of The Titanic came from all around the world, North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and even Africa (How The Sinking Of The Titanic Changed The World 1). Safety at sea was greatly improved throughout the years following. The major disaster of the Titanic could have been prevented if the workers in the control room were at their post.