Causes: When the titanic sank to the bottom of the ocean; it was 70 years until the wreckage was found by an expedition that was run by a famous oceanographer. Course: The unsinkable ship was out at sea for 3 days and hit an iceberg and 2 ½ hours to sink everyone was not able to be saved. The lifeboats could have held around 1000 people but only 705 people were saved. 1,500 people died that night.
The Titanic, most definitely man’s greatest accomplishment, is made in Belfast, Ireland, where it is then set off into the open ocean, and set for Southampton, England. From there, on April 11, 1912, 2:00 p.m., the Titanic sets sail for New York. All seems well, and it looks for the first time, that man has built the “unsinkable ship.” However, the hopes, lives, ship and all are cut down by an iceberg and now rest at the bottom of the Atlantic. This horrendous fact was shown in both the book and the movie, “A Night to Remember,” along with many other facts and stories.
The Titanic received 6 iceberg warnings. Although they ignored the warnings, in the movie Titanic, the iceberg caused the ship to sink. The Titanic movie accurately showed the sinking of the Titanic because of how big the iceberg was, closing of the bulkhead doors and where the iceberg hit the ship. The iceberg was accurately portrayed in the movie with regard to height and length.
She set sail from New york at 1:30 PM on April 11 heading for Queenstown. During this voyage around 9:00 A.M a message from the steamer Caronia sputtered into the wireless shack” Captain, Titanic-Westbound steamers report bergs growlers and field ice 42 degrees N. from 49 degrees to 51 degrees W. 12th April. Around 11:40 PM the Titanic struck an iceberg it shook the entire ship from front the back and bottom to top. Some people didn't care they believed she was unsinkable those who believed that and chose to stay in their rooms and not go up top after this or within the hour died. As crew members had sealed off the lower decks so that lower class members couldn't go up top and fight for a lifeboat.
Two Things That Didn’t Sink The Titanic. That Wasn’t the Iceberg The two thing that could have been responsible for the Titanic to sink Wasn’t the Iceberg it was the Captain and the Water Compartments. The Captain was kind of the reason for the Titanic to sink because he wasn’t aware about the calles about the iceberg (PG.18), he was attending a Party (PG.19), he didn't steer the ship in time (PG.20), and he didn’t even respond to any of the calles from the other ship’s around the area (PG.18).
Nearly everyone knows that the Titanic sunk from collision with an iceberg, but very few know of the avoidable reasons that caused the tragedy. The Titanic was widely considered unsinkable; as a result the operators grew arrogant and did not heed the warnings of other ships. “The Californian had some message about three icebergs; he didn’t bother to take it down. ”(Baldwin 3) The Californian, another cruise ship, warned the Titanic about the icebergs, but the Titanic’s operator neither wrote it down nor mentioned it to the captain.
According to “A History In Numbers” by Dave Fowler, only 706 people aboard the Titanic survived the terrible accident, while the other 1,529 were taken down with the ship. Many people believed the iceberg was to blame for the sinking of the ship; however, the problems surrounding the ship began long before the ship set sail. “R.M.S Titanic” by Hanson W. Baldwin revealed that the crew was so confident in the ship’s inability to sink that they did not even pack enough lifeboats in case of an emergency. Furthermore, the captain and crew neglected to practice many safety drills that could have possibly saved many lives. The Titanic was doomed once the captain and crew set foot on the ship because of the arrogant aura they carried which resulted in the confusion and lack of resources that were obtainable during the sinking to many of the passengers including Master Harold Victor Goodwin and his family.
The Titanic’s maiden voyage was a disaster because the people didn’t prepare for things like this. Most ships go over a safety procedures, but the Titanic didn’t do such a thing. They only rescued wealthy people, which I felt was wrong. Some passengers jumped off the ship in desperation. Whoever drove the ship couldn’t have been paying attention.
On the night of april 14, 1912 the Titanic sank because of Captain Edwards. First, he didn't give the people in the crows nest binoculars. I found this reason on p. 16 in the Titanic book. This led them to be unaware of icebergs. Although they got iceberg warnings that they didn't listen to in the first place.
The watertight compartment design had a flaw that could possibly have been a big factor in The sinking of Titanic. The individual bulkheads were watertight, but water could spill from one bulkhead into the next. The second awful safety mistake that lead to the loss of so many lives was the number of lifeboats carried on Titanic. There were16 life boats, along with four Engelhardt collapsible boats and together they could only hold 1,178 people.
1- Introduction. It was the night between the 14th and the 15th of April 1912. The British ocean liner Titanic, described as " unsinkable " by the builders and the ship-owners, sank due to a collision with an iceberg in the Atlantic ocean , ending with a tragedy that cost the lives of 1517 people ( 2223 in total ) [1]. What went wrong ?
The Titanic chose the wrong decision, and hit the iceberg. Causing the ship to sink, VERY SLOWLY. People started getting out the lifeboats for women and children first!! As women and children all got inside the lifeboats, men were left. Alot of them werent able to get on
First of all, the titanic disaster killed many people, many of which had families. The death toll was around 1,503. Also, some of the survivors were treated very differently after they got back to land. For example, most of them were treated like heroes, however Bruce Ismay, the owner of the titanic, was treated like a coward for getting on a lifeboat. Lastly, there was the effect that
Titanic was deemed unsinkable because it had 15 watertight bulkheads and a double bottom. The problem with this though was that “the watertight compartment design contained a flaw that was a critical factor in Titanic’s sinking: While the individual bulkheads were indeed watertight, the walls separating the bulkheads extended only a few feet above the waterline, so water could pour from one compartment into another, especially if the ship began to list or pitch forward.” Many people say that the ship was doomed from the start. On April 10th 1912, The Titanic set sail for Cherbourg, France and then to Queenstown, Ireland.
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