Have you ever heard about the Titanic, or who was responsible for the sinking of the Titanic? The Titanic was one of the biggest known sea disaster ever. Today there are so many safety regulations on ships that it could happen again, but if it did mostly everybody will survive. My opinion is that Captain Smith is responsible for the sinking of the Titanic for many reasons, and that he felt nonchalance about many of them. Although there are people that think Jack Phillips was the person responsible for the sinking of the Titanic because he ignored multiple iceberg warnings. He wasn’t the captain that was with passengers drinking. Captain Smith should have been sober, and with crew. Maybe if Captain Smith was with the crew instead of with passengers drinking, he could have turned the ship sooner and wouldn’t have hit the iceberg. …show more content…
Captain Smith could have had a certain criteria on whether he was gonna continue on the path or not after one iceberg warning, but he should have done something after 7 warnings. On a ship one iceberg call is just a warning and you can stay on the path, but seven iceberg warning you should turn or find a place to stop for the night. Also being that he was with passengers and not his crew, he could have helped watch out for the iceberg that hit the Titanic. Captain Smith also didn’t tell anybody about the first couple of warnings he had gotten about the icebergs. So,w of the passengers that survived could feel resentment over Captain Smith because of his actions he had. This proves Captain Smith was the person responsible for the sinking of the
The captain was Franklin Buchanan and he had 300 men in the crew. Most of the men were soldiers recently assigned out of artillery regiments. And there were very few sailors in the South, so most were clueless on where to go or what to do. When everything was done and she began to move, it looked like the Merrimac was capable of doing what she was meant to do. The Northerners were warned about this ironclad “monster” and were waiting for this moment for a long time.
For a while they, felt that Smith was a no one and should just do what the government told him to do. Which is to be quiet forget everything that has ever happened, Smith did not want to forget he wanted to remember history. “The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. His heart sank as he thought of the enormous power arrayed against him, the ease with which any Party intellectual would overthrow him in debate, the subtle arguments which he would not be able to understand, much less answer. And yet he was in the right! They were wrong and he was right. The obvious, the silly, and the true had got to be defended. Truisms are true, hold on to that! The solid world exists, its laws do not change. Stones are hard, water is wet, objects unsupported fall towards the earth's centre. With the feeling that he was speaking to O'Brien, and also that he was setting forth an important
At some point William Bradford and John Smith crossed paths. William Bradford describes John Smith as a “man of able gifts” and “good preacher.” (Baym) He even goes on to state that Smith became a pastor at one point. This follows the promise John Smith made to stay with those that accompanied him. The captain not only stayed, but also became a man of the
of the event. It seems that the ships crew and the lower class passengers were
John had problems during the voyage: The harsh weather, the lack of water and the attacks of Native American tribes destroyed almost all the crew. Towards the end of 1607, Smith was taken hostage by the aborigines of the area, and taken to meet the chief Powhatan in Werowocomoco. Despite fearing for his life, Smith was finally released without any harm, later attributing his fate to the Amerindian chief's daughter, Pocahontas. Apparently, she would have defended Smith to avoid his execution.
It was very strange to see another human/carriage on the ice. It was a shock to the crew to see a single man on a sled dragged by dogs through the Northern Sea. Comparing to a well equipped ship, the sled looked like a deadly ride. As mentioned earlier, you could only see the endless ice surrounding them and they couldn?t believe that a single man would travel far from the Big Land. However, the man on the sled was a gigantic stature and most likely he was a strong and brave man.
According to the story “From Exploring the Titanic”, Captain Smith did not seem all that worried about the iceberg and brushed away most of the iceberg warnings. This caused the rest of the crew to also ignore the iceberg warnings, showing the poor communication between the crew. The article “Titanic Past and Present” also states that Smith didn’t make sure the navigation crew was aware of the ice warning and did not post the warning to the chart room. This shows that Smith was very relaxed about the iceberg and did not see it as a threat, and so by the time they realized it was a real danger, it was too late and was responsible for the sinking of the ship. In summary, because of the captain’s laid-back attitude towards the iceberg, the crew did not see it as a threat, so they did not pay attention when they were approaching the ice field, and only turned in time to avoid hitting it head-on, but it still scraped the side of the
"We are all going to die!" That is what 1500 people were thinking when the Titanic was going down, and they were right. The Titanic was the biggest ship in the world at the time. The Titanic hit an iceberg on April 14, 1912, and over 1500 lives were lost to the deep Atlantic. The person responsible was J. Bruce Ismay. Ismay left the ship with woman and children still on board when he could of saved other people, he ultimately decided for the Titanic to only have 20 lifeboats, and Ismay owned the company that made and designed the Titanic and all of its flaws.
Captain E. J. Smith had not slowed the ship's speed that night, although the ship's wireless operators had received several ice warnings. The ship was moving at more than 22 knots.
One of the most famous ideas, person, etc., God, was said he could not force this ship to fail. So, the man who painted the sky, presented Earth with oceans, and built mountains couldn’t sink a ship? If the people of the world had not been so gullible and intrigued to the false, could the ship have survived? It is something to be discussed, but theoretically, yes. If the general public had not pushed the idea of an invincible ship to the Captain of the Titanic, Captain Edward Smith, by default he would have been significantly more cautious when directing and handling the massive craft. The Titanic was revolutionary to modern luxury liners, but society had to ruin its magnificent potential. Overall the conflict between society and the Titanic was slightly indirect. The antagonists all thought they were up talking the ship, and describing it as if it were a messiah. But, the protagonist vessel really couldn’t meet the bar of these expectations. While the antagonists were not “mean” or “cruel” per say, they did contribute to the infamous sinking of the most famous ship of the 20th
ship, knowing full well that he boards to go to his death. This brings about
The Captain is quickly introduced into the novella as a young seaman, who was sporadically chosen to be the captain of a sailing vessel which is on its voyage home from off the coast of Asia, more closely illustrated as Vietnam and its Gulf of Siam. The young captain displays himself as an experienced sailor yet is filled with much self doubt as he is the second youngest man on the ship, and has limited leadership experience especially as the captain of a boat. The captains self doubt is easily manipulated, bye many individuals on the boat when he first obtains command. The captain's first sense of inexperience as a leader; and self doubt as a captain is shown when he decides to perform anchor watch for the first half of the night. "I felt painfully that I--a stranger--was doing something unusual when I directed him to let all hands turn in with out setting an anchor watch."(pg 652) The captain gi...
Lack of sufficient lifeboats could not prevent other difficulties that took place on the ship. Two problems that happened was a smoldering fire broke out in one of the ships coal bunkers and the breakdown of the Titanic's wireless system (Discovery.com). Edward J. Smith was the captain of the Titanic. Some might question his ability to command a voyage after fining out how Smith disregarded many ice warnings.
Thomas Andrews was the designer of the Titanic and its sister ships. His original designs of the ships was to have a double hull ship, 46 lifeboats and have the watertight bulkheads go all the way up to B deck. While he was on the ship inspecting it, he had written down notes to improve the ship. His designs were either vetoed or removed in the ship building process. One reason on why his original design were vetoed or removed because of money. If Andrews’s designs were not vetoed or removed, the Titanic would probably have been able to withstand the crash with iceberg and there would not be a design error. Since they had not followed the original design the ship was not a double hull ship, only had 20 life boats that did not suffice the amount of people on the ship and all the watertight bulkheads did not go all the way up to B deck. When the Titanic had hit the iceberg, water immediately started to flood the ship and would slowly pass the water line that was made after the original design. Once the water passed those water lines and started to fill into the other compartments the ship only had a few hours left to stay afloat. The water filled into the other water compartments like falling dominos and would continue until the ship was filled with water and break into two pieces. If the ship was, double hulled and the water line went all the way to B deck; the ship would either kept going or be able to stay
In 1842 a tragedy occurred when a ship struck an iceberg and more than thirty passengers piled onto a rescue boat that was meant to hold a maximum of seven people. As a storm became evident and water rushed into the lifeboat, it was clear that in order for anyone to survive the load would need to be lightened. The commanding captain suggested that some people would need to be thrown overboard in order for anyone to survive. There was a great argument on the boat between the captain and the passengers who opposed his decision. Some suggested that the weakest should be drowned, as miles of rowing the lifeboat would take toll on even the strongest. This reasoning would also make it absurd to draw names of who should be thrown over. Others suggested that if they all stayed onboard no one would be responsible for the deaths, although the captain argued he would be guilty if those who he could have saved perished in the process. Alternatively the captain decided that the weakest would be sacrificed in order to save the few left on the lifeboat. Days later the survivors were rescued and the captain was put on trial for his virtues.