Titanic was the largest ship in the world. It was about 900 feet long and weighted 46000 tons. On April 14, 1912, the titanic collided with the iceberg and sank in three hours. The colliding caused the damage which was nearly 300 feet of the hull, the collision allowed water to flood six of sixteen major watertight compartments. However, the sixteen watertight did not work very well. There were about 2200 passengers and crew on the ship, and more than 1500 died. There are many reasons caused this accident: mistake of the manufacturer, mistake of the crew on board and mistake of the lifeboat placed. For this project, we will discuss the mistakes of the manufacturer. Failure Theory and analysis When the Titanic collided with the iceberg, the …show more content…
The lower part of the Titanic is divided into sixteen main watertight compartments, and if part of the hull is pierced and leaking, it can be easily closed. After the collision with the iceberg, the hull portion of six of these sixteen compartments was destroyed. The sealed off compartments were completed immediately after the damage was achieved, but when the bow of the ship began to pitch forward from the weight of the water in that area of the ship, the water in some of the compartments began to spill over into adjacent compartments. Although these compartments were called watertight, but in fact they were only watertight horizontally; their tops were open and the walls extended only a few feet above the waterline [4]. If the transverse bulkheads had been a few feet higher, the water would have been better contained within the damaged compartments. Consequently, the sinking would have been slowed, possibly allowing enough time for nearby ships to help. However, because of the extensive flooding of the bow compartments and the subsequent flooding of the entire ship, the Titanic was gradually pulled below the waterline [Figure
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.
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...
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
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
Many of the current dilemmas of Theology are related to God’s Justice. Theodore Sider argues against a specific variant of the doctrine of Hell which questions God's Justice. The type of Hell Sider objects to is one bound in the Dichotomy of Heaven and Hell, due to the implication of its design. Sider further elaborates his position by speaking of the degrees of sins and what that entails in the ultimate calculation of who goes to Heaven and Hell. This takes aim at the criterion of Heaven and Hell and the dispensement of these states given that God is an active part in the process.
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 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 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?
The Titanic That Hit an Iceberg “...there are plenty of lifeboats in the vicinity, they’ll be with us any moment now”. -Violet Jessop The Titanic was a very tragic event and was really scary for everyone on the ship and in the lifeboats. The sinking of the Titanic was caused by hitting an iceberg, and the results were that the Titanic sunk and many people died.
Also, there was problems in how the Titanic was modeled and built. The position in where the bolts were put were too far down. The water level had risen faster due to the fact that it was built wrong. The fact that the Titanic split in two was tragic to most people because they believed it wasn´t capable of that. Allieyha believes that it was the builders of the Titanic and Captain Smith's fault due to the fact that the Titanic sank.
The Titanic, which was 882 feet in length was strong enough to carry just over 2,220 passengers, forty tons of potatoes, over 6,000 pounds of butter, two tons of coffee, 20,000 bottles of beer and stout, 15,000 bottles of mineral water and hundreds of stacks of mail. The Titanic was legally commissioned to carry mail by the British Monarch and the United States (Microsoft Encarta). With all this excess weight aboard, thoughts of the "Unsinkable" ship going down never crossed anyone's minds.