A Tragedy Unfolded

At the time, the ship was the biggest existence of the ship and the largest movable object ever built. Owned by the White Star Line, one of a number of shipping companies who transported people across the Atlantic, was designed to be the flagship of their fleet. Captained by Edward J. Smith, the Titanic was believed to be completely unsinkable. On April 10th, 1912, the Titanic set sail from Southampton on her maiden voyage across the Atlantic destined to New York. Aboard were 2,200 passengers and

The British luxury passenger ship, The Titanic, set sail on April 10, 1912, en route to New York City from Southampton (Lord ch 1). During her maiden voyage, midnight of April 15, 1912, she began to sink (ch 1). The Titanic had a collision with an iceberg that was around 100 feet tall (“Titanic: 40 Fascinating Facts” 3). Regardless to how greatly manufactured the Titanic was, and with beliefs that she was unsinkable, the miscalculation of human error proves that every possible outcome cannot be prevented, disasters can still occur regardless of careful planning.

On April 30, 1907, Bruce Ismay and William James Pirrie had an idea to build a ship, the Titanic. “Harland and Wolff of Belfast, Ireland built the ship,” (United States). Within a few days short of five years, the Titanic was then ready to set sail from Belfast to Southampton. There were 2,223 passengers on board making their way to a better life. The Titanic made it to Southampton the next day, and then set sail for New York. The Titanic gave many people a chance to start a new life in America, and it was known as “The Ship of Dreams”. The ship consisted of millionaires all the way down to immigrants. This dream ship was also said to be unsinkable, however, this story is something that literally went down in history. Many sources state that the cause of the Titanic’s demise on April 14, 1912, was due to a variety of causes such as, the way the rivets were placed, the airtight rooms were not airtight, there were not enough lifeboats for the number of passengers present, Captain Smith avoided iceberg warnings, and the weather that night was a major problem altogether. Each of these played a key role in the tragic downfall of the White Star Liner ship, the Titanic, but the rivets and construction of the ship were the main issues at fault.

April 15, 1912 the “unsinkable” Titanic had almost three hours before it was no longer afloat, but plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean. Blueprints, journal & logs, and tons of witnesses were thoroughly inspected over the past 100 years to help solve the question agonizing question, why. For the 100-year remembrance of the tragic event, Smithsonian Channel released a documentary, Titanic’s Final Mystery. Dedicated Titanic detective and historian, Tim Maltin releases his theory on how the “unsinkable” sank.

On the 12th day of April 1912 the R.M.S Titanic struck an iceberg to causing it to

The catastrophic sinking of the Titanic, over one hundred years ago, continues to drive scientists to search for answers. Was this simply an unfortunate maritime disaster, or did human error play a role in Titanic’s demise? Bruce Ismay, president of White Star Lines, had a dream. A dream, to build a magnificent luxury liner that would transport people across the Atlantic Ocean in style. With the help of the owner, John Pierpont, and ship designer Thomas Andrew Jr., the ship of dreams was soon a reality. However, Titanic’s maiden voyage on April 10, 1912, from Southampton, England to New York, made history in an inconceivable way. Sadly, over one thousand innocent people went to a watery grave in the middle of the cold, dark, Atlantic Ocean.

The Titanic was the largest ship in the world of its time. This ship was filled with people of all ages and social classes. On the night of April 15, 1912, the “unsinkable” RMS Titanic struck a monstrous iceberg and as a result, 1,500 people died. James Bruce Ismay is responsible for the passing of the civilians because he left the boat when he wasn’t supposed to, he owned the Titanic, and he was so cheap when designing the ship.

On the 15th of April 1912, an unspeakable tragedy happened when the Titanic was destroyed on the way to New York City. A large titanic ship was not made ice berg proof so when it drove straight into the ice berg it sunk to the bottom of the water in 1 hour and a half. The 2,200 passengers, who died alongside the ship, died of coldness and some died of no food. The ship never reached its destination in New York City.

The R.M.S. Titanic was a very large passenger liner that was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard, between 1909 and 1912. It was the largest ship of its time. It was built alongside the R.M.S. Olympic, which was almost identical to the Titanic. The main purpose of the Titanic was to transport people across the ocean, because planes were not very common.

After the completion of the Titanic, it was sent from Belfast to Southampton, England for its maiden voyage across the Atlantic. It set sail on April 10, 1912, with 2223 passengers (RMST) and 907 crew members (TT). Captain Edward J. Smith was the first and last man to steer the Titanic. He set the speed to 22 knots and the Titanic began her pivotal journey (AGS). There were many people from many different backgrounds who made that fateful voyage; among those people were thirteen couples had been on board for their honeymoon. There was also countless others who had traveled on the Titanic’s first journey, some of them survived the sinking while others weren’t that lucky. The story of how the Titanic began, and her first voyage will forever remain a large part of the history of transatlantic voyages.

The search brought up the film (surprise!) and Wikipedia pages that are not always trustworthy, no matter how much “good” information they may seem to contain. This is where it becomes important to narrow internet searches in order to get reputable information that one is looking for. I began to search information about the passengers and their life on board the ship, and the National Geographic website had a plethora of information on that topic alone. I found the film closely related to the activities each passenger partook in, from fine dining regards to first class passenger to card games for those in steerage (third class). Websites also were where I found a large amount of information of the “how” when it came to Titanic’s demise. I was shocked to find out that a ship built to carry 3,500 passengers across the ocean only had enough lifeboats to carry approximately 1,200 people. There were also no emergency drills for passengers or crew—a staple for ocean liners

Built in the year 1909, the RMS (Meaning “Royal Mail Ship”) Titanic was, by far, the largest ship of that time period. It was a whopping 882 feet and 9 inches long and 92 feet wide, which is, by comparison, about the size of sixty-eight full growth elephants in length and seven elephants in height. It was capable of holding about 3,550 people, though, luckily, only 2,220 passengers were aboard at the time of the collision. The ship was equipped with enough lifeboats to carry about half of the passengers on board, although the original plans would’ve held most or all.

Titanic was one of the largest ships of her day. She was hailed to be one of the greatest ships of her time. She was called, “The ship of dreams.” She was supposed to be unsinkable. The Titanic was made by Harland and Wolff in Belfast, Ireland. Harland and Wolff was a construction company for the White Star Line. Construction for the Titanic began in 1909 and took nearly three years to complete. On the night of April 14, 1912, the Titanic was on her maiden voyage to New York, carrying many passengers from the upper class of society, to the poorest of people, who could barely afford a ticket on the Titanic, coming to live in America, when suddenly she struck an iceberg! Around 1500 lives were lost that night, and around 705 survived the sinking. It was determined that the iceberg was the cause of her sinking, but, after much research scientists and historians have found that her sinking was more complicated then realized. However, it wasn’t just the iceberg that made the Titanic sink, she was doomed before she began her maiden voyage, the iceberg was only a small part of it.

When analyzing this disaster the first thing to consider is the engineer’s design of the Titanic. The Titanic was employing many new and innovative designs that were believed to make the Titanic the safest ship ever built at that time. The engineer’s of the vessel made claims that the Titanic was “unsinkable” and that “even in the worst possible accident at sea, the ship should have stayed afloat for two to three days.” One of the features that lead them to this claim was the 16 watertight compartments in the hull of the ship. The way they were designed allowed for up to four compartments to be breached and they ship would still carry

Disaster is seen by most as a circumstance or occasion that outcomes in misfortune and mishap. In cutting edge society, it isn 't uncommon to hear people name something as inconsequential as breaking their telephone screen a disaster. Be that as it may, disaster is more intricate. Aristotle rethinks catastrophe through the lense of dramatization as "the impersonation of an activity that is not kidding furthermore, as having greatness, finish in itself; in fitting and pleasurable language;... in a sensational as opposed to account shape; with occurrences exciting compassion and dread, wherewith to achieve a purge of these feelings." Through the eyes of Aristotle, a catastrophe incorporates occasions in a play that would bring about pathetic emotions towards the primary character, or shocking saint, to emerge inside the group of onlookers individuals. Not just ought to the gathering of people feel a feeling of pity, yet they ought to feel a feeling of dread amid the movement of the play for the deplorable saint since they can suspect the sad legend 's destruction before the anagnorisis.