The Titanic was nicknamed the “unsinkable Titanic” before the ship set sail for the first time. It was a cruise ship, that cost people lots of money to vacation on. Many people really wanted to set sail on the Titanic. But, many could not afford it. That is until something tragic happened to the ship. The Titanic was indeed a major disaster, but also an accomplishment that resulted in a big learning experience for cruise ships.
The Titanic was built by a British owned company named “White Star Line”. They were always looking for different ways to build the best ships. The Titanic had a lot of really nice features, made by White Star Line, to make the Titanic one of the best cruise ships. They built in a heated pool for first class passengers,
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Aboard the Titanic there were not enough lifeboats. There were only twenty lifeboats on the Titanic. The lifeboats were not all exactly alike. Fourteen out of the twenty were wooden and about thirty feet long and could carry about sixty-five people each. There were also two smaller lifeboats that were also wooden called “emergency cutters” that had room for forty people. The last four lifeboats collapsed for easier storage. Each of those could hold around forty-seven people. If all the lifeboats were filled to their maximum, they could hold one thousand one hundred and seventy-eight people. With two thousand two hundred and eight people aboard, there was only room for about 53% of total people on the Titanic to be put in a …show more content…
The watchman saw the iceberg on April 14, 1912. When there was warning of an iceberg, the crew rang the warning bell three times.They immediately reversed the engines and the Titanic was turned sharply so the ship would not make direct impact with the iceberg, but could only scratch the side of the boat. The crew also called the bridge with a warning, and distress symbols were sent out to other ships. The Carpathia, a steamship, was the closest, but was still fifty-eight miles away. Hitting the iceberg straight on would likely result in severe injuries and possibly death. But, it was possible that with a head on collision the Titanic would be able to stay afloat long enough for rescue ships to arrive. The Titanic was moving at thirty-eight feet a second, so the ship had thirty-seven seconds before it would hit the iceberg. The captain did not have enough time to prevent the ship from colliding with the iceberg. The iceberg did scratch the side of the Titanic. At first the watchmen did not think the Titanic hit the iceberg, so they were very relieved. They were not aware that the iceberg’s spiky underwater spur had split open a three hundred foot gash below where the ship hit the water and that the Titanic had no chance. Some people aboard the Titanic had heard a long grinding sound at the time of the collision, but some passengers didn't even feel it. The Titanic hit the iceberg at around 11:40 P.M. on April 14, 1912. Before 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.
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 views.
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 theorist believe the ship never even sank -- regardless of the ships remains at the bottom of the ocean. Other conspiracy theorists believe the Titanic was actually switched with the RMS Olympic because of an insurance scam. Ever since that day, many scientists, engineers, and physicists have tried to analyze the problems of the Titanic; the reasons why it sank.
The ship, R.M.S Titanic, has been popular several different times in a little over 100 years. The first time in April 1912 when it first sailed for North America. This great ship was said to be unsinkable. Many errors led to the major tragedy of the Titanic, including the life boats were not all there or filled as much as they should have been, the ship tried to go full speed to break the iceberg, and the Californian ship did not respond the Carpathia had saved the rest.
In “R.M.S. Titanic,” by Hanson W. Baldwin says, “... the iceberg’s jagged claw had ripped a three-hundred-foot gash in the bottom of the great Titanic” (Baldwin, Page 5). This was the fundamental cause the “unsinkable” Titanic
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
We have all heard about the Titanic. Either we have watched the romance movie or done our research in a different way. No matter where we get our information from we know the biggest parts of the tragedy. The ship Titanic crashed into an iceberg on a cold April night on the Atlantic Ocean while sailing its first trip. But haven’t you ever wanted to know more details about? Maybe how the people who were on it and survived? How could the situation be prevented? Couldn’t they have saved more people? Well in the book “A Night to Remember” it has details on the Titanic you have probably never thought of knowing. While reading the first chapter some parts really caught my attention. One was when people felt the jolt from the collision with the ice berg people didn’t suspect what tragedy was to come. A girl named Marguerite Frolicher, who was accompanying her father on a business trip, woke up with a jump since she was half asleep she was thinking about ‘little white lake ferries’ landing sloppily which made her laugh and thought to herself “Isn’t it funny…we’re landing!”. They really did...
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
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
They were told “This is the Titanic, the unsinkable ship,” but what were they saying as the ship broke in two and began to sink. Did they all still believe that nothing could sink the magnificent Titanic? Or was the reality of the ship finally “sinking” in? These are questions today that people are still asking. The sinking of the Titanic was a tragic accident that still affects culture today.
That was the only meal the guys liked. And they had just finished eating when they approached somewhere near ballad around nighttime and the titanic hit an iceberg and the ship started to sink. They dropped all of their food and were running around to try to get on lifeboats. The Titanic's radio call sign was: MGY. The ship immediately started to fill with water. That is when everyone panicked! They had lifeboats on the ship and all of the ladies and the kids had to climb on too the lifeboats while the men stayed behind. Even though they only had 20 lifeboats 706 survived, that is including the crew. And if there were no lifeboats by the time you got up there you are basically wrecked. Because the water, itself, was about -2˚Fahrenheit and that is too cold to swim in which some people tried to including Jack Jill because he fell out of his
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
After the collision, six watertight compartments began filling with water. Soon, water spilled over the tops. Scientists have concluded that the watertight compartments contributed to the disaster by keeping the flood waters in the bow of the ship [Gannon, 1995].
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?