On March 31, 1909 a titan was born. This titan was called the Titanic. The people who gazed upon this monster of a ship deemed it unsinkable, but as everyone knows it did sink. It may be surprising to learn that it wasn’t just the iceberg that caused the ship to sink. Many of the reasons behind the ship hitting the iceberg was thanks to the rich people aboard the ship. Miss Elizabeth Walton had a first hand account with this tragedy. The only reason she survived that horrible moment in history is because she was a very wealthy woman. The Titanic sank because the wealthy thought so highly of themselves that they forgot they were human just like all the poor people on the ship. The titan known as the Titanic set sail on April 10, 1912. The people that saw this magnificent beast deemed it unsinkable. Everyone thinks that the iceberg sank the Titanic. Which it did but it has a deeper meaning. The truth was the …show more content…
She was 29 years of age when we she was aboard the Titanic. According to Soldner, Findlay, and Gowan, “ She was born in St. Louis on October 1, 1882.’ “ She was engaged to a British physician, Dr. James B. Mennell….” Herself and her entire family was heading back home to get Miss Elisabeth’s belongings so she could move to England. They all were aboard the Titanic under the same ticket number, 24160. Miss Elisabeth stayed in cabin B-5 while her family stayed in B-3. These cabins were among the most expensive and luxurious. When the ship hit the iceberg she rushed down to the lifeboats with her family, but the were denied the privilege to get on the lifeboat. Until she showed the the ticket number she had. “ She escaped with her relatives in lifeboat 2…… under the command of the fourth officer,” according to Soldner, Findlay, and Gowan. As all the information above stated, she was a very wealthy woman, and that is the only reason she escaped 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.
At Fault for Sinking the Titanic In the early hours of April 15, 1912 the mighty RMS Titanic sank and took 1,503 victims with it. Many have argued what and who was at fault for the sinking, and it seems to me that all evidence points to the manufacturers were at fault for the sinking, specifically the engineer Thomas Andrews. Let's start off with the logic and evidence for the claim. Thomas Andrews made several faults when designing the Titanic. Blueprints were not even made for the Titanic.
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
April 14th, 1912, will go down in history as a day when disaster struck. It was the day the RMS Titanic hit an iceberg that after a mere four hours, caused it to sink to the bottom of the ocean, taking 1,500 people with it. But it wasn’t just one thing that caused this tragedy, and although there were many individuals and events that led to the sinking of the Titanic, the person most responsible for the sinking of this ship is Bruce Ismay. He chose not to put enough lifeboats on the Titanic, urged the captain to make the ship maintain speed while passing through ice fields, and allowed the use of cheap material and watertight compartments that didn’t reach high enough.
While some human errors can lead to accidental success, history has proven that human error comes down to lack of communication, not being observant, or not being cautious. Because when creating new technology such as NASA's Space Shuttle or the "unsinkable," the inventors fool themselves to believe that nothing can go wrong, when in most cases it's the complete opposite. Not listening to superiors and taking major warning signs into account, made them vulnerable to technological infallibility. Space Shuttle Challenger and the Titanic could have easily been avoided if people took warnings into account.
The Titanic Disaster The boat was said to be unsinkable, you believe the captain of course, so you are not worried about the boat sinking, but then on a freezing night you wake up to screaming, water up to your neese, you scream and push your way through the crowd of people but it's too late. This is how people on the Titanic in 1912 felt as the huge boat fille nd with water. The Titanic was one of the biggest luxury ocean liners at the time. The Titanic was said to be unsinkable… but it sank, what happened that night, why did the unsinkable sink?
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.
Often when we think about the Titanic the first thought that comes to the mind is the film “Titanic” which was produced in 1997, 85 years after the disaster struck. It starred Kate Winslett (Rose DeWitt Bukater), Leonardo DiCaprio (Jack Dawson) And Billy Zane (Cal Hokley) as the main characters. The film is about a love triangle between the three main characters. This movie was produced by James Cameron who put enormous amount of research about the shipwreck of the titanic in order to depict the turn of events in his film. Amongst the purposes of his research he wanted to accurately depict the ship wreck itself from the very instant the ship hit the iceberg to the very last part of the ship that was subdued into the water. Another very significant part of Cameron’s research was to understand the socio-economic status of the passengers which will be discussed in detail later. Although historians have criticized certain aspects Cameron’s film the accuracy in which he depicts certain aspects such as the socio-economics of the passengers can’t be ignored.
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...
“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.
On April 15, 1912, the RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean at 2:20 a.m. after striking an iceberg, with the loss of more than 1, 500 passengers and crew. Thomas Andrews knew the ship’s flaws when he designed her nevertheless, Captain Smith knew of the collision between the ship and the iceberg. However, left all faith in the “Unsinkable Titanic.”
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.
Drowning, screaming, Weeping, Send offs...These are some of the last words you heard from Jack Jill, Tyrone T. lll, Bob Blob and from others. The date was April 14-15 1912. The zone around North Atlantic Ocean. This was traumatic time/date. The Titanic had sunk and lots of people died 1,503 to be exact. But these people were rude, raw and blunt. And also the rude rich ones ended up dying. But not all of them died. It is kind of funny because the rude rich people were the ones that died. AKA people like Jack Jill and Bob Blob. The Titanic was on her maiden voyage, a return trip from Britain to America. The route was Southampton, England – Cherbourg, France – Queenstown, Ireland – New York, USA. The return route was going to be New York – Plymouth,
The community have given police officers beyond substantial amounts of power over civilians, to ensure the safety of society and the prevention of crime. These entail the power to arrest and detain people, obtain information, carry out searches on you, your possessions or your vehicle, seize things, and obtain identifying information, such as DNA and fingerprints ("Under arrest and police powers | Legal Aid WA", 2018)(us et al., 2018). With these reigns the police have a wide range of freedom to utilise their judgement in regards to which laws to enforce, when and against whom ("Misuse of police powers: Police officer involved domestic violence | Abuse of power | Diane Wetendorf Inc", 2018). While there are certain protocols that they need
The Titanic is known as one of the most remarkable films of the 20th century and won Best Picture of the Year in 1998. This film was based on a real event that made headlines all across the world including in the New York Times. This tragedy was not supposed to have happened. The ship was built to be indestructible. So the event was certainly unexpected and tragic. The New York Times ran a headline stating The phrase “TITANIC SINKS” was part of the headline for the Boston Daily Globe, the London Herald, the Baltimore American, the Globe (of Toronto), and, of course, The New York Times after the historic wreck of 1912 [Here’s what the article (sans headline) looked like in The New York Times, courtesy of the Times Machine. –D.A.]” (Amlen, p.1).