Reasons For Thomas Andrews To Blame For The Titanic

Cohen Cummings

Mrs. Vidro

Language Arts

29 March 2023

An Avoidable Tragedy

Approximately 1,500 people died on the Titanic, a seemingly ‘unsinkable’ ship that fell to irony. Most people point the blame on the poor leadership of the captain. But, with evidence, there is no doubt that the architect of the ship, Thomas Andrews, was the primary factor and cause of why the Titanic sank. The materials of the ship were imperfect and caused the Titanic to burst open on impact with the iceberg. In addition, the bulkheads, the walls that keep water in a watertight space in case of flooding, were too short, causing the water to flood over the bulkheads and overflow the ship. Based on these reasons, Thomas Andrews was the definitive cause of the sinking of the Titanic, as the materials were imperfect, and the bulkheads were too short.

The first reason why Thomas Andrews is to blame for sinking the titanic was the imperfect quality of the rivets he used for the titanic, these rivets attach metal sheets that construct the hull. “Steel and Weak Iron” claims “-were found to

But this would still be a deadly decision. As “‘Watertight Compartments” proclaims again, “Passengers and crew needed to be able to move freely without hindrance.” Thomas Andrews made the bulkheads too short, so that the passengers could be as comfortable, and the ship be as accessible as possible. This is still deadly because if the captain did impact the iceberg directly, the water would have still overflowed outside of the crushed watertight compartments. Then, as the compartments were filling with water, some water would flow over the bulkheads and into another compartment, eventually causing the ship to sink from the weight of the water. This means that no matter what the captain did, the ship would have still been sunk by the bulkheads being too short and the water overflowing outside of the