Who's To Blame For The Titanic Research Paper

The Titanic: Who's to Blame? Thomas Andrews was the reason the Titanic sank on April 14, 1912. Because of Andrews being the ship's main naval architect, all the ship's poor design choices, such as the faulty rivets and riveters, were immediately blamed on him. Since the Titanic had such a large and elegant design, it took out space in the budget, as well as space in the ship for necessary materials such as quality rivets and riveters. Thomas Andrew’s is the most to blame for the hundreds of lives lost during the sinking of the Titanic because he designed the ships ocean liner and he was the Titanic's naval architect. Thomas Andrew’s is most responsible for the lives lost on the Titanic because he designed the ship's ocean liner. For instance,

The water then spread to the whole ship causing the passengers, as well as the crew, to panic and try and escape safely from the sinking ship. But, because of the inadequate number of lifeboats stored on the ship, 68% of the 2,240 total people on the ship that night passed away. Though Thomas Andrews was a large factor in the lives lost on the Titanic, he may not be the only one to blame, for instance, Bruce Ismay may be the sole cause of the deaths on the night of the Titanic's sinking. It might seem to some people that Thomas Andrews is not to blame at all for the sinking of the ship. Some people think that if the ship had an adequate amount of lifeboats on the ship that night, everyone would have survived. For example, “Andrews had argued for the ship having more lifeboats and for other safety measures”(Smithsonian Magazine). Andrew had always been buying more than the sixteen lifeboats Bruce Ismay wanted. According to The Smithsonian Magazine, Ismay stated, “They already had more than the legally required number of lifeboats (16) and the extra boats simply would clutter up the beautiful open expanse of the upper deck, where first-class passengers would want to stroll” (William Henry Flayhart From the Smithsonian