Diary Of A Titanic Survivor

Most people thought that the Titanic was unsinkable, but they couldn’t have been any further from the truth. The Titanic’s maiden voyage in the early 1900s was cut short due to a collision with an iceberg. The Titanic was a tragic event that helped change sailing for years to come because of the massive casualties and the sinking of an unsinkable ship.

My favorite history experience has to do with the movie called “The Titanic.” Not just the movie but the actual event happening. I wish I could have been there and survived the experience to be able to tell the amazing, life changing story. The movie and the actual sinking of the ship affected me in many ways. I think it also affected the way we make our boats today. When I seen this movie and realized not only how much the world has changed since the titanic happened, but the way we think and how we build things differently.

Thursday 11th April 1912, We are on our way to New York. Captain Smith invited us to a captains brunch with many crumpets with tea. But today was very boring except for the gymnasium it was fun. It was very bright and warm with a lot of equipment. We went in the Titanic’s engine room to see how the ship worked, toured by all the first class men and their families. I will right to you tomorrow.

They day was finally here! The day I would go on the greatest ship in the world. The Titanic. My mother and I were going to America to try and start a new life. My father died from cancer a year ago, so we wanted a new start. Even though we were third class, I still was really grateful we had this opportunity to go on the Titanic. There were 840 rooms in the ship and 2,240 passengers (“Encyclopedia-Titanica”). “Come on Mom! We can’t be late,” I exclaimed, more excited than ever.

The sinking of the Titanic has become one of the most well-known disasters in history, because of the terrible loss of life and the demise of what everyone believed was an "unsinkable" ship. As is evident from reading this report the use of substandard rivets was the main cause of the failure of the Titanic. By substandard we mean that the type of rivets used was incorrect as well as the location of these rivets.

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

Passengers on board the Titanic are asleep. The day is April 15, 1912 the time is 12:30 am and the Titanic just hit an iceberg. Nobody knows this, but in two hours less than half of the people on board are going to live while the other half will perish in the deathly cold sea and the Titanic will descend to her grave at the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean. The people involved with Titanic got arrogant by not adding enough lifeboats, ignoring the iceberg warnings, and not leaving the ship until it was too late.

But no one knew then what tragedy lied ahead. Titanic now heading out to the North Atlantic sea towards New York. For four days passengers ate great meals,played card games,drank wine and raved about how beautiful the Titanic

the Titanic, and their cries continued for what seemed hours.” ~ Anna Turja, Titanic survivor.

“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

On April 14,1912 a great ship called the Titanic sank on its maiden voyage. That night there were many warnings of icebergs from other ships. There seems to be a conflict on whether or not the warnings reached the bridge. We may never know the answer to this question. The greatest tragedy of all may be that there were not

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.

In the piece Going down with the ship; 100 years after the Titanic 100 another disaster begs the question? Have the courtiers of the sea vanished? By H.D.S Greenway, two shipwrecks are talked about, the Titanic and the cost of the Concordia. The Titanic was a luxury cruise ship in 1912. The ship hit an iceberg on its first voyage, sinking and killing about 1500 passengers. The cost of Concordia sailed in 2012, 100 years later. This Ship capsized of the cost of Italy. The capsized ship caused about 30 deaths. Throughout the piece, the many differences and similarities between the ships are brought up. Greenway tries to show the difference in behavior during the 1912s and 2012.

Little over hundred years , an ocean liner struck a block of ice. The Titanic

For as long as people have been using wood to float on water, there have been maritime disasters. The most we can do is mourn for dead, be sensitive to the trauma of the survivors, and learn from these tragic experiences.