Construction Of Titanic Research Paper

The construction of the Titanic is believed to be one of the major contributions to the sinking of the unsinkable ship. This is as although the primary reason for the sinking was due to a iceberg it is also believed that another cause is the faulty construction of the Titanic. The construction commenced on the 31st March 1909 and the construction took up to 26 months in which 8 workers were killed and a further 246 were injured [Titanicfacts.net, 2016]. This process cost £1.5 million as the materials used to make this ship unsinkable had to be the strong enough to withstand the pressure of the water and secure enough to not rust when it came in contact with water as if it were to rust then this would cause gaps to form, this will in turn lead to water getting into the electric working of it

The boilers were powered by coal powered steam as in the 1900’s this was the main source for high power and because of the enormity of the ship it required the highest amount of power available. The ship had 24 double ended Scotch class boilers as well as 5 single ended boilers which were in separated into 6 boiler rooms. When initially deciding what the appropriate amount of funnels was the designer of the Titanic, Thomas Andrew’s suggested 3 funnel however the white star line believed that 4 funnels would be appropriate as three of them could be functional and the fourth funnel could be an aesthetic. The purpose of propellers was to ensure that the ship moved across the water at 22 knots but as they also had to be careful that when the ship touched water their would be no vibration soo as to ruin the passengers journey. The Hull had over 3 million rivets so as to connect the iron plates as during this time they were believed to be the most securest bolts available although we know that the rivets was one of the causes of the sinking of the Titanic.[Ultimatetitanic.com, 2012].