The Titanic (otherwise known as the unsinkable ship) sank on April 14, 1912. Originally evidence led to the conclusion that the sinking was caused by hitting an iceberg at approximately 11:40 pm. After about one-hundred years people began asking, was it an iceberg that caused the titanic to sink? While the ship truly did collide with an iceberg the crash wasn't the main reason for the sinking of the ship. The iceberg did have a small role in the sinking, as well as multiple other small things, but the main cause for the ship’s descent was a fire that began before the ship first took off on April 10th.
The unsinkable ship was essentially doomed from the start. The path to failure started when the RMS Titanic was being built. The hull
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Just a day prior to the ship sinking there was a practice evacuation scheduled to happen. The drill was put in place just in case something were to happen to the ship. The crew decided to cancel this drill, which ended up costing hundreds of people’s lives. To add on to the poor planning the crew in charge of looking out for icebergs didn't have any binoculars, making it hard for them to see a good distance in front of the ship. And when Captain Edward J. Smith was warned about possible icebergs up ahead he paid little attention and kept on going. The weather was also brutal for sailing. The captain of the Californian, Stanley P. Lord (captain of a ship in close proximity to the Titanic when it sank) later indicated that the water temperature the might of the 14th, and most of the next day was below the freezing point of fresh water. This also allowed for more ice chunks and icebergs to form (yes even the one the Titanic collided with). Lastly a crew member took a wrong turn at a fatal time. Similar to how the Santa Maria (Columbus’ ship) sank by hitting a coral reef in 1492. The Santa Maria had been in control of an inexperienced cabin boy when he took a wrong turn and crashed the ship into a coral reef. A while later most of the ship had sunk, while what wood that was able to be salvaged was turned into a fort. The …show more content…
Workers had tried numerous attempts at putting out the fire, but none had worked. The owners decided to still have people board the ship and set sail in hopes the fire would smolder until they were able to reach the final destination. No passengers on the ship, in fact many of the crew had no idea that there was a fire on the ship during the journey. The fire was said to have raged at over one-thousand degrees, and that inevitable explosions would have resulted from the massive fire. It was because of the fire that the ship traveled at such high speeds, which would eventually make it easier for the ship to come in contact with the iceberg, given that it was harder for the ship to turn away, or for the iceberg to be spotted from a far enough distance. This devastating fire stayed alive in buner six throughout the entire journey and is what’s truly at fault for ending hundreds of lives. This fire heavily weakened the already weak structure of the ship, and when the ship scraped along the iceberg, the ship was punctured where the fire had already wreaked havoc. It is very possibly that if the fire had not occurred, the ship would have never sank. It is very likely that the ship would’ve been able to stay afloat had the fire not
Soon after the Titanic took off, it sunk. It took 3 hours to sink and there were only enough lifeboats for less than half of the people on the ship. The Titanic sunk in the Atlantic Ocean on April 14th and 15th, 1912.
This British ocean liner was one of the biggest cruise ships ever made. The ship began its maiden voyage in the early morning of April 10, 1912 from Southampton, England to New York City. Mainly the ships 2,200 passengers were of deathly upper-class families looking for a good time in the city, while a smaller amount was people going to the city to find work. Many thought that when they board the ship, they were in for the trip of a lifetime. Well, that trip soon ended in tragedy. The Titanic sank early in the morning on the 15th when the ship hit an iceberg. Captain Edward J. Smith had the ship sailing full speed ahead despite the concerns about several icebergs. The ship received multiple warnings about dangerous ice fields in the North over the telegraph. General Corfield who was in charge of warning the captain of any obstacles along the way, said he failed to pass the warning along by senior radio operator, Jack Phillips. The “unsinkable” was actually built with very sinkable cheap material. It was built with low-grade iron rivets instead of the more expensive higher-grade material rivets. These small details easily could have been avoided (history.com
Unfortunately there was very many important people on the ship. Many of the people on the titanic died in the freezing cold water.There was thre...
The Titanic: Why Would it Sink The Titanic claimed to be the ship of its time; one that would never sink. However, what the Titanic claimed to be was not the case because on April 15, 1912 the Titanic hit an iceberg, broke in half, and sunk to the bottom of the ocean. There has been debate ever since that fateful day as to how this happened to the Titanic. Some conspiracy theorists believe the ship never even sank -- regardless of whether the ship remains at the bottom of the ocean. Other conspiracy theorists believe the Titanic was actually switched to the RMS Olympic because of an insurance scam.
Imagine you’re peacefully sailing along on a giant cruise liner in the middle of the ocean. But suddenly, you feel a shaking and the boat starts to tip. But how could this be? This boat is supposed to be unsinkable. People run to the far side of the boat, trying to avoid impending doom. Panic sets in aboard the Titanic. There are many theories of the cause of this loss of life, but I believe that the primary cause of catastrophic loss of life on the Titanic was the poor communication between crew members because a critical iceberg warning was never delivered to the captain, the Titanic was traveling at full speed in an ice field, and the captain of the ship was very relaxed about the iceberg, making it not seem like a threat.
The RMS Titanic; A Tragedy Based on Class. In April, 1912, the so called "unsinkable" Titanic set sail to New York. The great ship was as big as five city blocks, and weighed thousands and thousands of tons. Everyone who was everyone grabbed a room on the luxurious ship for the trip of a lifetime. On April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic struck an iceberg an sank into the icy depths of the North Atlantic.
The first reason that Ismay is responsible for the sinking of the Titanic is because, Ismay left the ship with women and children still on board. An article about J. Bruce Ismay and the Titanic says, " After the disaster Ismay was savaged by both American and British press for deserting the ship while woman and children were still on board." The article also says, “ Ismay told another story. He said he helped load eight lifeboats then when the deck looked clear jumped into an open spot. We obviously know there were 1500 people on the ship so it was by no means empty.” So if you were a child trying to get on a lifeboat what would you do? You probably would run around trying to find a life boat that was left still on the Titanic. Then
... middle of paper ... ...& Co. (2009). The 'Standard' of the 'Standard'. The Ship Magnificent, Vol. 2. Conclusion Due to The Titanic's incident engineers have improved on the building of ships with the aid of modern technology and durable materials which is able to withstand hard pressures exerted on it, and it has also enabled them to build bigger ships which has the capacity of caring large number of people, as well as more number of survival boats, and emergency radio communicators, computer and satellite to enable the captain or crew members to get help when faced in trouble in bad waters, etc.
The water temperature that night was below freezing. The wrought iron rivets that fastened the hull plates to the Titanic's main structure also failed because of brittle fracture during the collision with the iceberg. Low water temperatures contributed to this failure [Garzke and others, 1994].
The Carpathia was twisting through the ice field to the rescue; other ships were “coming hard” the Californian was dead to the opportunity. No one heard about the Titanic’s ship sinking for about two hours. Carpathia first saw the green light from boat 2, the Carpathia picked up the first lifeboat at 4:10. Seven people died that the Carpathia tried to save
Damage beyond the hull was also witnessed that allowed for the influx of water. Whenever the forepeak tank was damaged, “six watertight compartments flooded with water, causing the ship to sink faster than it should have,” (Bassett). The Titanic, being the largest ship at this time, should have stayed afloat for two to three days after striking the iceberg. Within three hours, the Titanic sank, which never should have
On April 15, 1912, the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean at 2:20 a.m. after striking an iceberg, with the loss of more than 1, 500 passengers and crew. Thomas Andrews knew the ship’s flaws when he designed her nevertheless, Captain Smith knew of the collision between the ship and the iceberg. However, left all faith in the “Unsinkable Titanic.”
Ultimately, with a ship at sea, it is the captain who is responsible for everything. A board of inquiry can place some blame for contributing factors on others, but still, it is the captain who holds ultimate responsibility. The captain can not share the responsibility. The major malfunction of the Titanic was speed, they were simply going too fast for the conditions. Had they slowed, they might have been able to steer clear.
As the water flooded into the first five compartments, the water would pass the water line. Once it passed the water line, the water would start to flood into the rest of the compartments like falling dominos. Since one-half of the ship kept flooding in with water, the water would slowly start to break the ship in half. Once one-half of the ship went under the other half that was floating above the water would snap and break off. Thus separating the Titanic into two pieces laying at the sea floor. The Titanic would ultimately sink on April 15, 1912. With the ship sinking, there are three factors on why the Titanic sank. The three factors are human error, corporate negligence, and design error. The three factors are equally responsible on why the ship sank.
The Titanic, one of the biggest well known tragedies in history. The horrific accident was a catastrophe that impacted the world. Devastating news that this colossal ship everyone thought was indestructible had sunk from a collision with an iceberg. But the question is, could the terrible tragedy have been stopped? Why did the Titanic give so easily following the hit?