Article Summary: The Sinking Of The Titanic

The Titanic‘s construction began on March 31, 1909. On May 31, 1911, the ginormous ship has sailed. As on the night of April 14, 11:40 PM, lookouts spotted a large iceberg dead ahead. As the ship and the iceberg move towards each other, BOOM! The Titanic and the iceberg crashed like two middle schoolers in a hallway bumping into each other. A big total of 1,517 men, women, and children died along with the Titanic. Most killed themselves after the Titanic’s sinkage, and a total of 328 bodies were found. But who was to blame of the sinkage?

The Titanic tragedy was not a very happy event, but I am here to share my opinion on the causes of the sinking of it.

All of these events could have been avoided if just one person on the ship would have just stopped and told the caption that going forward in such conditions may mean they never make it back. All in all, the Titanic was a true show of humanity’s general disregard for anything but their own livelihood and image when in a disaster. Yes, there were passengers who sacrificed their lives for others and crew members who most likely felt uneasy after hearing the warnings from the intercom; but there was also 1,503 lives lost that could’ve been

“She brushed the berg so gently that many on board didn’t notice it, but so lethally that she was instantly doomed (Lord).” The Titanic sent out her first distressed call at 12:15 a.m. (Lord). At 12:45, she began to fire rockets (Lord). At 1:10 when the first lifeboat pulled away, the water was up to the ship’s portholes (Lord). Fifty-five minutes later, at 2:05, the last lifeboat had left and there were 1,600 people stuck on the sloping decks (Lord). At 2:17, the Titanic majestically stood on end (Lord). It was at 2:20, on April 15, 1912, when the Titanic, the unsinkable ship had slipped beneath the sea (Lord). The sinking of the Titanic was known as the most famous disasters at sea (“Edward J. Smith”

The Titanic is different from the other ships because, they thought that the Titanic was unsinkable. “It’s another ice burg warning…the captain had seemed quite unconcerned” on 106 and 107 so they aren’t worried that they will not hit the ice burg and sink because those people don’t think it can sink. “There was much talk among the passengers about the Titanic being unsinkable.” On 105 so they aren’t worried that the boat will sink. “Nicknamed the Unsinkable ship” on page 102 it even says unsinkable

The sinking of the Titanic is one most well-known shipwreck in modern day history and it's still being written and told about even a century later. The causation of the sinking has been debated heavily since the crash in 1912 and many so-called experts of the titanic disagree with another on this issue. There has been new development when the ship was discovered in 1985 and examined by experts. Leading people that the sinking was caused by three major turning points. The first being the failures of White Star Line who manufacture the ship starting in 1909. The second being the crew of the ship that had some very serve flaws in the plan of action leading up to the disaster. Lastly the passengers who had enough time to prepare before the

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.

“Knowing how the men in the water died is not the same thing as knowing why they

As the passengers were loading onto the ship, it began swaying from side to side. They were all oblivious to the imminent danger until things went wrong all at once. Dishes slipped off shelves, a piano slid across the floor, and a refrigerator fell over with a resounding crash that was heard throughout the ship. The passengers then realized that they were in danger, and they attempted to escape while in a state of panic. “Those that had gathered on the port side of the Eastland were the ones that were pretty much doomed to death. When the ship rolled into the river it rolled to the port side. All those people within seconds found themselves in the bottom of the ship being buried by hundreds of other people” (Eastland). While they did get help rather quickly, many of the passengers were already overboard and struggling to keep themselves above water. Many people either drowned immediately, or they suffocated in the middle of a myriad of bodies in the water. “The ship was only a few feet from the wharf, where a large crowd of horrified spectators watched, and it was in only 20 feet of water. That, however, was deep enough to drown 844 people who were trapped or trampled below decks”

This would have strengthened the bow stern and although we are uncertain whether this may have stopped the ship from sinking, it would have at least stopped the ship from sinking as fast as it did. However we learnt a lot from the failure of the Titanic and because of this failure the maritime industry has changed the testing criteria of things such as metal plates and rivets. Materials must now pass a series of tests such as the Charpy test and other rigorous tensile tests. Tensile tests conducted in different conditions to show whether the material can cope with a series of different environments. Improvements in design of ships have also come about as a result of the Titanic; double-sided hulls were added to ships to prevent minor hull punctures such as the tears on the Titanic from causing major damage. Furthermore with the development of the metal welding industry, the need for rivets in applications such

Passengers relied on science and industry to keep them afloat. When the crew went from room to room throwing life jackets at passengers and ordering them to put them on, this was considered as just a precaution. Some passengers asked to have tea ready for them when the return to their rooms. When people could see the Titanic was sinking, still there was no alarm.

The Titanic was a passenger ship, not a battleship, so it was not built to take on huge icebergs. It states in the article that nothing was wrong in the building of the Titanic, but anything is possible. Man’s error could have been a big factor with the sinking. The ship was built among time pressures, not because of cost, which put a huge strain on the shipyard. If the builders were given more time, then mayne the ship would have been stronger and could have withstanded more. Higher quality rivets and thicker hulls might have kept the Titanic afloat for much longer.

It was a disaster that stunned the world, for the ship was thought of as “unsinkable”. An eyewitness says, “I have been on the ocean most of my life, and I have never seen the water as smooth as it was that night”. Many passengers were involved, as were the crew of the ship, when the Titanic hit an iceberg that was around 50 to 100 feet high, and 200 to 400 feet long. The Titanic hit the iceberg in the North Atlantic ocean on April 14, 1912. The ship had completely sank into the North Atlantic ocean at about 2:20 AM on April 15, 1912. When the Titanic design was approved, the Titanic began taking test runs, A little while later the Titanic started its voyage, About three or four days later iceberg warnings were sent out, an iceberg had hit

In the early 1900s ocean liners were a lucrative business. Carrying passengers across the vast ocean was the most efficient way to travel. White Star Lines had to find a way to lure passengers away from their competitor, Cunard Lines (Encyclopedia Britannica). They decided to build bigger ocean liners, which focused on comfort, as opposed to speed. The Titanic’s hull was designed to withstand a breech in four of its watertight compartments; this made many believe that the ship was unsinkable. Sadly, for those on the ship, this couldn’t be further

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