“We are in collision with berg. Sinking head down. 41.46° N, 50.41° W. Come soon as possible.” At 11:20 P.M. the “Unsinkable” ship sent this wireless distress message to the Olympic. But the Olympic did not get there in time. If the Titanic did not sink so fast then the Olympic and other ships could have gotten there in time to save all of the passengers. If the Titanic was built better then that would not be a problem. The Harland and Wolff Shipyard Company is to blame for the sinking of the Titanic and the high number of casualties because the wrong materials were used, the layout and design were poor, and they were too confident with their ship that safety was not a concern.
One reason the Harland and Wolff Shipyard Company is to blame
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That could only contain about 1,200 people. That was just over half of the 2,200 people on board. The text says,”Although there was room on deck for twice as many lifeboats, the Titanic carried lifeboats for just over half of the passengers and crew members on board. The designer of the Titanic had allowed room on deck for two rows of lifeboats, but the second row was removed before the voyage had begun to make the deck more aesthetically pleasing.” This evidence confirms that more lifeboats could have been held on the Titanic, and there would have been enough to hold all of the passengers. The number of casualties was a lot higher because a lot of people could not even get on lifeboats. If they did not remove the second row of lifeboats a lot more people would have …show more content…
Some people disagree and say that the Harland and Wolff Shipyard Company is not to blame. In the text it says,”Titanic was built from the best known steel of the day…” But that is wrong, because in a news article from CBC News it says,”Studies of the steel that made up the hull and rivets of the Titanic have shown that the ship was made with lower-grade metals that were more brittle in cold waters, suggesting that lives might have been saved had the vessel had been constructed with better material.” They used lower-grade metals that were not as strong or expensive. If the Harland and Wolff Shipyard Company had used stronger materials, that were not as fragile, then more lives would have been saved
(Ultimate Titanic, page 1)(CBC News, page 1).
The Harland and Wolff Shipyard Company is to blame for the sinking of the Titanic and the high number of casualties because the wrong materials were used, the layout and design were poor, and they were too confident with their ship that safety was not a concern. If they had thought more about the design and safety of their ship, this tragedy would not have ended the same and a lot more lives would have been
"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.
Have you wondered who might be responsible for the sinking of the Titanic. Edward Smith was 62 years old when he was the captain of the Titanic. The TItanic was his last ship, so he wasn’t curious. Edward Smith is responsible for the sinking of the Titanic because he ignored 3 distinct warnings, waited 15-20 minutes to send a distress call, and he wasn’t alert.
When people think profits come before safety, they will look at the Titanic and see how selfish and ignorant they are to think that way. As a side note, when the human body with an acceptable mass falls off of the tip of the Titanic from the vertical position of when it sinks and hits the back propeller at the perfect angle with a great force will force the body upon impact to flip multiple times into the ocean -- which is comparable to a majestic ballerina act -- and will provide a good laugh.
My belief is that all agencies are responsible for this accident (Local, State, and Federal). The Mining Company, the Government and overall leadership is responsible for not protecting the mine workers’ safety. The Miners had concerns and voice out, begging for safe working conditions.
The Titanic did not include all the lifeboats they actually had, because the lifeboats took away the attractiveness from the boat. They had 16 boats actually on the ship that saved some people from the sinking ship. There were about 660 people in the boats 1,500 were still on the sinking ship Titanic. There were only 2 lifeboats had a light. The Titanic has carried boats enough for 1,178 people, only one third of her capacity. Sixteen boats and four collapsible
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.
Thomas Andrews is responsible for the sinking of titanic since He knew There was a flaw in the design but He ignored it. There are numerous to blame but what about Thomas Andrews, and finally why not blame anyone else, so
The tragic history of the Titanic, the sinking of the “unsinkable” giant of a ship shocked the entire world and contributed to important shifts in the mass consciousness of the people who lived at that period and assessed the achievements of new technologies and their role. However, one would have been hardly able to predict in 1912 that this tragedy, no matter how significant and meaningful, would leave such a deep imprint on the history of human civilization. The continuing interest in the fate of the great vessel has taken the form of various narrations and given rise to numerous myths enveloping the true history and, in this way, often obscuring the facts related to the tragedy. In recent years, this interest has been emphasized by the dramatic discovery of the wreck and examination of its remains. The recovery of artifacts from the Titanic and the exploration of the site where it had sank stimulated new speculations on different issues of the failure to rescue the Titanic and the role of different factors contributing to the disaster. These issues have been traditionally in the focus of discussions that caused controversies and ambiguous interpretations of various facts. They also often overshadowed other parts of the disaster story that were confirmed by statistical data and revealed the impact of social realities. The social stratification of passengers that reflected the social realities of the period and its class interests determined the chances of survival, with most of those perished in the Titanic disaster having been lower class individuals.
Life is unpredictable at times and anything can happen at any moment . But its up to you to make sure whatever your doing does not cause harm to you, your family, or the people around you. The reason these disasters are considered man-made disasters is because of poor judgement, poor research, or poor construction. In the first passage the Titanic is the is the largest ship in the world which means extra precaution is needed when the ship is on water. The ship's staff failed to provide that which caused the ship to sink on April 14th by striking an iceberg.
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.
If there had been no compartments, the incoming water would have spread out, and the Titanic would have likely remained afloat for another six hours.
White Star Line an industry leader wanted to build the most luxurious passenger ships in the world, and they did exactly that. April 10th, 1912, 2,206 people set sail on the largest boat ever made at the time, the RMS Titanic. Setting sail from Southampton, England after several stops in Cherbourg, France and Cobh, the ending destination was supposed to be New York. Sadly the Titanic never made it to New York nor did all 2,208 passengers. The Titanic hit an iceberg at about 11:30 p.m. on April 14th. This colossal iceberg slashed a 300-foot gash below the ship’s waterline. More than 1,500 people lost their lives on the Titanic, taking roughly 3 hours to sink. There was enough life vest of all those on the Titanic, but there weren’t enough lifeboats.
“64 - the number of lifeboats the Titanic ship could have been capable of carrying (a total well over the ships maximum capacity of 3,547 people). 48 - the number of lifeboats originally planned for Titanic by the chief designer Alexander Carlisle, 3 on each davit; however this number was eventually reduced for cosmetic reasons, to make the decks look less cluttered. ” Little man Stands Up… and Then Falls Back
Little to there knowledge it wasn't the weight of the ship they had to worry about. It was traveling across the Atlantic Ocean in the dark with many icebergs. The builders of the ship took extra precautions in securing the safety and welfare of its passengers. It exceeded the legal requirement for safety boats, which were sixteen. The Titanic, carrying twenty lifeboats, still didn't have enough for all 2,227 passengers.