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    If the rivets had been steel i could have stopped the water from flooding in five compartments and the Titanic would have slowed sinking with enough time for the Carpathia to get there and help. When you think about the Titanic you’d think that it wouldn’t just be the rivets right? Well‚ many people made mistakes too. Like Philip who told the Californa to leave him alone when they

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    ’t have been sunk during WWI‚ the Lusitania was an ocean liner that had 1‚959 passengers‚ and ait was carrying a bunch of war supplies to the UK.The fourth problem this tunnel will solve is economy struggles that the two governments may have inthe future. All of the money earned will go to the governments of the US and the UK.Location & DistanceThis tunnel is going from one continent to another continent. The location that the stations will be arePlymouth‚ England and Winthrop‚ Massachusetts. Plymouth

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    Lusitania Disaster vs Thomas Aquinas Disaster PSYC 431: Psychology of Disasters Tamey Greene Jonathan Avenido July 31‚ 2016 Lusitania was one of the largest ships to have set sail on the River Clyde. The New York Times stated that the impressive ship was unsinkable‚ powerful‚ and the most fastest ship in the world. When War World 1started in 1914‚ when required Lusitania and her sister ships‚ Mauritania and Aquitania‚ were used for war duties by the British. Lusitania was allowed to

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    RMS Titanic was a passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1‚517 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in history. She was the largest ship afloat at the time of her maiden voyage. One of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line‚ she was built between 1909–11 by the Harland and Wolff shipyard

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    Reasons behind the Sinking of the Titanic With the loss of 1‚517 lives on a fateful night on 14-15 April 1912‚ according to Stanford (2010)‚ the Titanic has certainly become one of the world’s greatest disasters. This essay will discuss how the most advanced ship of the century ended up at the bottom of the North Atlantic. The essay will open with a description of the famous titanic event that revealed many reasons behind its sinking. The essay will then focus on the main factors that lead to

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    Many bad things have happened in this world but this crisis is scary‚horrifying and more. This crisis is when the titanic sank. it took place at 2:20 a.m. on April 15‚ 1912‚ in the British ocean.Titanic sinks into the North Atlantic Ocean about 400 miles south of Newfoundland‚ Canada. The massive ship‚ which carried 2‚200 passengers and crew‚ had struck an iceberg two and half hours before. Even though the ship was called the “unsinkable” that information was not all true. The Titanic has many

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    Some of the survivors wrote stories about the beginning of their trip to America all the way to the sinking of the Titanic. People have even written poems about the disaster. Over one hundred songs about the titanic were published a year after the sinking. The Titanic’s History has been fabricated over and over for the past 100 years. Historians‚ movie producers and writers wrote about the sinking of the

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    used on the exact day of the sinking. He whom used it was none other than the mad scientist‚ Anton Von Woldenberg. Anton Von Woldenberg was the person who used the machine‚ but he was not the person who had constructed it. In the ship‚ Anton was planning out his new invention that he would start building when the ship finished its voyage‚ but as we all know‚ that did not happen. Moments later‚ his heart skipped a beat when all the passengers were told of the sinking. “Run! Get to the boats!” People

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    Through World War II there were many naval ships that were sunk. One of the major naval ships that sunk was the U.S.S. Indianapolis. This ship was an important factor in winning the war but she tragically sunk during her mission. Of the one thousand one hundred and ninety-six men aboard‚ only three hundred and seventeen survived (Field). The “Indy” was written down as the worst naval disaster in history. The U.S.S Indianapolis was built in Camden‚ New Jersey. It was launched and commissioned in

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    Extended Essay Aftermath of the sinking of the Titanic Research Question: To what extent was there evidence of class difference in the treatment of internment of Titanic victims following this 1912 disaster? IB Candidate: Joshua Cannon Supervisor: Eric Oglesby September 27‚ 2012 Word Count: 3991 Abstract Research Question: To what extent was there evidence of class difference in the treatment of internment of Titanic victims following this 1912 disaster? In this essay‚ I felt

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