Who Is To Blame The Titanic
The Titanic, built in 1911 was known as an ‘unsinkable’ liner. The liner was finished being built on the 31st of May, 1911. The Titanic was a British passenger liner and was the biggest ship in the world at the time. It held just over 2,200 people and when it struck an iceberg and sank, just over 1,500 people died. The Titanic sunk on the 15th April, 1912 in the North Atlantic Sea. It was 269 metres long and 28 metres wide. The Titanic had two sister ships, they were the HMHS Britannic and the RMS Olympic.
Inside the ship, were three classes, first, second and third. There were 689 passengers in first class, 674 passengers in second class and around 1,026 in third. Third class back in that time was for the passengers who could not afford …show more content…
Titanic sank during the night off the 14th of April and the morning of the 15th of April. The liner was four days into its maiden voyage when it struck an iceberg. The Titanic was travelling from Southampton to New York and was titled a legend even before it sailed. Titanic was said to be the safest ship built during this time and the builders were sure that it was ‘unsinkable’ that they provided the liner with only 20 lifeboats. These lifeboats could only hold half of the passengers on the liner. Each lifeboat held up to 60 people but they only carried an average of 35 people on each lifeboat due to panic amongst the passengers as the liner sank. Due to the lack of lifeboats on the vessel each passenger had been issued with a lifejacket. 74 percent of women survived, 52 percent of children survived and 20 percent of men survived. Most of the women and children were boarded first and then the men. Most of these people came from first class, second class with only a small amount coming from third class. Prior to striking the iceberg the Titanic received six messages from different ships warning them about the iceberg danger.
The distance of the bow in the wreckage of Titanic is eight-teen metres into the sea bed. This shows the speed of Titanic as it struck the sea bed. The wreck of the Titanic is now resting nearly four kilometres deep. People have researched the wreck and pieces of Titanic have been raised.
Inside the ship, were three classes, first, second and third. There were 689 passengers in first class, 674 passengers in second class and around 1,026 in third. Third class back in that time was for the passengers who could not afford …show more content…
Titanic sank during the night off the 14th of April and the morning of the 15th of April. The liner was four days into its maiden voyage when it struck an iceberg. The Titanic was travelling from Southampton to New York and was titled a legend even before it sailed. Titanic was said to be the safest ship built during this time and the builders were sure that it was ‘unsinkable’ that they provided the liner with only 20 lifeboats. These lifeboats could only hold half of the passengers on the liner. Each lifeboat held up to 60 people but they only carried an average of 35 people on each lifeboat due to panic amongst the passengers as the liner sank. Due to the lack of lifeboats on the vessel each passenger had been issued with a lifejacket. 74 percent of women survived, 52 percent of children survived and 20 percent of men survived. Most of the women and children were boarded first and then the men. Most of these people came from first class, second class with only a small amount coming from third class. Prior to striking the iceberg the Titanic received six messages from different ships warning them about the iceberg danger.
The distance of the bow in the wreckage of Titanic is eight-teen metres into the sea bed. This shows the speed of Titanic as it struck the sea bed. The wreck of the Titanic is now resting nearly four kilometres deep. People have researched the wreck and pieces of Titanic have been raised.