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.…
If RMS Titanic did not sink, it would still make history for being one of the largest cruise liners to sail the oceans.…
The White Star Line was owner of the Titanic, which was the largest and most luxurious ship in the world at the time. On April 10th, 1912, the Titanic left from Southampton, England with 2,227 passengers aboard bound for New York City. On April 14th, the ship struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank about 2 ½ hours later. Passengers, mostly women and children, were loaded into lifeboats, however only 705 passengers survived as many lifeboats left partially full.…
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.…
flip and sink a 728 foot freighter? I will talk about before the ship sank, during the sinking, and after the sinking and the affects on the sinking. In will tell you how it sank and why it sank as well.…
The sinking was completely caused by the negligence of the crew and the captain. The captain was given more than plenty warnings of icebergs being located in the direction of where the boat was going. One of the first warnings was at 9:00 a.m., it states “ Captain, Titanic- Westbound steamers report bergs growlers and field ice 42 degrees N. from 49 degrees to 51 degrees W. 12th April.”, the location was provided…
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.…
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…
Couple hours later (11:40 p.m.) Frederick Fleet spotted an iceberg ahead. The iceberg struck the Titanic on the starboard (right) side of her bow. 14 feet of water were poured in and risen in the front prat of the ship. Everyone started getting nervous and scared mainly because they thought they were all going to die.…
compartment into another. When the iceberg ripped a hole in the side of the ship, the compartments began to fill with water. As five of the compartments filled with water, enough air was pushed out of the ship to lower the front end (the bow) deep into the sea. Water continued to pour over the top of the compartments that where filled with water into those that were still full of air. 5 compartments were filled. The more the Titanic sank, the more water poured into the air- filled compartments and the heavier the vessel became. Eventually, air was forced out of the hull so that the whole ship became heavier than the water around it and consequently the Titanic sank. This is one of the main reasons why the titanic sank, (oblivious to the fact that it crashed into an iceberg.) Although crashing against the iceberg made a gash in the ship, the speed of the ship was too fast to be traveling in dangerous waters. The ship was traveling at about 21 knots. According to http://www.historyonthenet.com/Titanic/blame.htm…
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.…
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…
The Titanic was one of the worst cruise ship disasters know in the world. The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on 15 April 1912. Over 1500 passengers died as a result of the Titanic sinking. To understand why the Titanic sank, one has to apply the three accidents theories to the disaster and then determine what theory applies the most.…
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