The RMS Titanic was an Olympic-class ocean liner that set sail on April 10, 1912. It was billed the largest and fastest passenger liner of its time. Compared to previous ocean liners it was massive. It stood 175 ft. and was 882 ft. long. The name Titanic came from Greek mythology, and means gigantic. The Titanic had ten decks, eight of which were for passenger use. There were around 885 crew members on board. There were 2,224 passengers some of which were the most prominent and rich of the time. This makes the total on board 3,327 people. Four days into her voyage, she hit an iceberg. The collision caused holes that allowed five of the lower compartments to fill with water. It was two hours after the wreck that the ship began to sink. This wreckage of this tragedy has since been investigated by the British and American governments. …show more content…
The size of the Titanic made for a few glitches in design. No ship builder had ever attempted to build a ship of this size before. The rudders met requirements, but, the design was out of date. The designers did not think about designing them to allow the Titanic to better maneuver. The standard at the time was a triple screw engine configuration, however this caused the Titanic to be unable to turn while in reverse. This was due to the larger size of the ship. The bow of the ship was stronger and could have possibly with stood a head on collision. The Titanic was equipped with three engines, each one weighed 720 tons. They were heated by burning coal. There were not a sufficient amount of lifeboats on the ship. There were only enough lifeboats to carry half of those people on board. The lifeboats they did have were not boarded to full capacity. The lifeboats were able to carry sixty-five people. Unfortunately, there were only twenty-eight to thirty people on each boat. Many more lives could have been saved if the rich were willing to share a lifeboat with the
The Titanic was the biggest ship ever made in history until the night of April 14, 1912, was a night to remember. It struck an iceberg damaging the bottom of the ship, filling with water, allowing to break in half and the death of 1,500 people. Who is to blame for the death all these people? Edward J.Smith is responsible for the sinking of the Titanic and the death of the 1,500 people.
"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.
Thomas Andrews made several faults when designing the Titanic. Blueprints were not even made for the Titanic. He made sixteen watertight compartments and this was one of the reasons people thought it was unsinkable. But Thomas made compartments smaller than they needed to be, height wise, so that there was more room for the first class passengers. Since it was too small, the doors in the compartments were mostly open. Since they were left open five of the compartments flooded, the ship needed four flooded to stay afloat. So, the Titanic sank way faster then it should have ; or it would not have sunk at all. Historians say that, “The belief that the ship was unsinkable was, in part, due to
The story behind the Titanic is controversial, some people have seen the movie but they do not know the real facts behind it. This essay is going to talk about the main factors behind the Titanic’s failure, the design, the manufacturer, materials, the crew, survivors, cost of building the ship, the engine, as well as human errors, and the cause from different point of view. The ship's captain was Edward Smith. The Titanic was built in Belfast, Northern Ireland in the spring of 1909, for transatlantic passenger and mail services, it was recorded that 15,000 workers helped in the building of the Titanic, on 14/04/1912 it departed from Southampton, England, heading to New York across the Atlantic Ocean but it went through freezing weather conditions with many icebergs owing to human and mechanical errors, along it’s sail, the ship did not succeed in crossing the Atlantic Ocean
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
Ever since that day, many scientists, engineers, and physicists have tried to analyze the problems of the Titanic and the reasons why it sank. The Titanic worked like you would expect. Just like any other boat or ship, it floated because it weighed less than the amount of liquid it displaced. However, many factors contributed to the sinking of the Titanic. Rivets are very important to us.
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
When you hear Titanic, what comes to mind? For many it is the love story of Jack and Rose. For others, it is the tragedy, that actually occurred, where thousands of men, women, and children lost their lives. The submergence of the ship, the story of an actual passenger on board, and why that passenger did or did not survive is all something that will become knowledge of the reader today. The sinking of the Titanic is one of the most remembered events in history, and there are few people still alive to tell their story.
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 Unsinkable Ship That Sank On the day of April 12,1912, Titanic was thought to be the dream ship that could never be destroyed. Like today’s society, the passengers were enjoying the time of their lives and thought nothing could ever happen to them because everybody thinks it’s the “unsinkable” ship, or at least that’s what everyone knew it to be. White Star Line’s Titanic was called the “Ship of dreams”. As they loaded up, many passengers of different classes and sectors of society thought that, that was the ticket to their dreams. But as time pass by from enjoying too much, little do they know that the ship is sinking.
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
The Titanic was built to be unsinkable, with 16 watertight compartments to help keep it afloat. Many people called the R.M.S. Titanic “unsinkable”, because of how large it was. To many the Titanic, being the biggest ship, also meant it was the best. Publishers Weekly; 3/19/2012, Vol. 259 Issue 12, p30-32, 3p. The ship was advertised as “unsinkable as reasonably possible,” because of it’s numerous safety features. These features included automatic watertight doors, watertight bulkheads and compartments throughout the ship, the most powerful marconi at sea and the Titanic was so large, that it was thought that anything large enough to damage it would be seen in time. They were wrong. Courier Mail, The (Brisbane). 04/03/2012, p38-38. 1.
The Titanic set voyage on April 1912 to New York. The Titanic and its sister ships, Olympia and Britannic were said to be virtually unsinkable by a magazine article, not the White Star Line. The Titanic was the second ship to set sail on its maiden voyage out of the three sister ships. The Titanic had been built a lot differently than most of the ships back then. For example, a normal ship was built with three funnels but the Titanic had four. The fourth funnel did not serve the same purpose like the other three; its use was for steam to be released from the kitchen. Another example was that the Titanic was the biggest ship at the time. The ship had received ice warnings at least six different times from ships but Captain Smith had ignored
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?
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.