A Tragedy Unfolded: The RMS Titanic

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 15, 1912 at 11:40 P.M. the Titanic collided with an iceberg and by 2:20 A.M. it was at the bottom of the ocean; over 1,500 people died. The massive loss of life was a shock to the world. The “unsinkable” ship had sunk. Despite the Titanic’s claims about being “unsinkable” and completely safe, many avoidable things led to the immense number of fatalities, such as the shortage of lifeboats, lowered bulkheads, and the lack of binoculars. Bruce Ismay, the designer of the Titanic and director of Whitestar line, often chose the comfort of his passengers over their safety. While Ismay was designing the Titanic he thought that the deck was too cluttered so he decided to keep only a third of the lifeboats needed to save all of the passengers

The “unsinkable” Titanic set sail at noon on April 10th of 1912. After several stops at different ports, it finally left Queenstown, Ireland around one o’clock heading to New York. Thousands of people from all over the world boarded this ship. Some were leaving

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.

The deluxe steamship, Titanic set sail from Southampton, United Kingdom on April 10, 1912. The Titanic was a luxurious ship that carried some of the wealthiest people of the world as well as emigrants searching for a new way of life, it was said to be a “floating palace.” The technology that was present on this ship was remarkable for the time period. It had high-tech capabilities and was one of the best accomplishments. As the palace was on its voyage to the Port of New York, it ran into a large iceberg. The impact was so large that the ship’s hull plates were forced inwards, allowing water to rush in. The ship slowly sank on April 15, 1912. The Titanic’s crash became the most iconic shipwrecks in history and grasped headline after headline. This paper has article reviews from James P. Delgado, David

Cole 1 ~Intro~ Did you know that the fourth smokestack on the Titanic was fake, and that is was made just for looks? Thomas Andrews, the Titanic’s architect, thought instead of having three smokestacks that having four would raise public interest. But when the Titanic was sinking, the fake smokestack fell on people and instantly killed them. The Titanic was made for luxury and had succeeded but all of the effort was wasted when all of the items became dead weight at the bottom of the sea. All the work and effort was lost when the Titanic struck the iceberg.

The sinking of the Titanic is one of the most famous maritime tragedies in the modern world. The Titanic sunk on April 15, 1912, while making her maiden voyage across the Atlantic. Even though the Titanic was deemed unsinkable by her builder, White Star line, she sank after striking an iceberg. This picture (NewYorkTimes.com) emphasizes the tragedy of the 1500 people that lost their life. While the loss of life was incredible, it could of have been prevented. There were only 20 lifeboats aboard the Titanic and this amount was not ample for the nearly 2,200 passengers aboard the ship. Another contributing factor to the loss of life was the lack of training on the operation of the life boats. (History1900s.about.com). Life boats were

Some passengers had switched their bookings from other ships to the Titanic just to have

“We could see groups of the almost fifteen hundred people still aboard, clinging in clusters or bunches, like swarming bees; only to fall in masses, pairs or singly, as the great after part of the ship, two-hundred and fifty feet of it rose into the sky, till it reached a sixty-five or seventy degree angle.” – John Thayer (www.eyewitnesshistory.com). The RMS Titanic, more commonly known as “The Titanic”, set sail across the Atlantic Ocean April 10, 1912 from Southampton, England to New York City, USA. The “unsinkable” Titanic was a luxury boat, with mostly first class seats. It was the most high class boat of its time with nothing but positive reviews from wealthy businesses. The sinking of the Titanic is proof that

Currently it’s 2018, 106 years since the disaster in 1912. A little while ago, we finished the unit on the Titanic and most of my questions were answered. Like exactly how many people were able to survive the tragedy or why did only a few lifeboats go back to find survivors? “706 survivors” and “the people onboard didn’t want to die” were the responses I got.

Many people died in the Titanic all because of arrogance; one which was Mr. Johan Henrik Johannesson Kvillner. The Titanic was thought to be,”unsinkable” to the public. People that were on the ship ranged from maids to ship workers to millionaires. At that time the class system put them where they were on the ship. Upper class had the upper levels of the ship, middle class had the middle rooms and floors of the ship, and lower class had the lowest floors on the ship.

The RMS Titanic got its name from Greek Mythology, meaning gigantic, and RMS is an acronym for Royal Mail Ship (“Home | National Museum of American History”). In 1907, The Titanic was built through White Star Line by Harland and Wolff Shipbuilders

It now lays 12,500 feet under water in the Atlantic Ocean, a constant reminder of the astonishing loss of life and how man’s ego and technology cannot conquer the natural elements. Documentary after documentary, after movie after TV show has been made about the Titanic and more than 143,619 books written and the disastrous loss of life remains undeniable. From a first glance, we see an unfortunate accident but, at a closer look, we begin to question why 68% of passengers died when modern ship building was so advanced? From poor design to lack of lifeboats, each flaw claimed passengers’ lives making it the most deadly peacetime maritime disaster in history. Historians and geographers have pieced together the story of the night 14th April 1912 to determine why so many people died.

Joseph Bruce Ismay, president of the ship building company White Star Line, along with Lord Pirrie, chairman of Harland & Wolff shipbuilders, joined together to begin the plans for the Titanic. Their goal was to give other Atlantic passenger boats some competition for business by building the largest ship to hit the water. The Titanic was completed in 1911, and it’s first voyage took place in 1912. Everyone was shocked

As a result of sending distress calls, many ships got calls for help and changed where they were going to come to the rescue. Finally, as ship comes, which was the RMS Carpathia and survivors boarded the Carpathia to safety. After all the survivors were aboard, the Carpathia and speeded to New York and got there on April 18th. Approximately only 705 people of about the 2,204 passengers survived. The Titanic was one of the most harrowing sinking of any other ship with the most casualties.