Lusitania's Sinking

The sinking of The Lusitania put enough public pressure on the president to become more involved in the war because of the loss of American Life. Let's start from the beginning World War one started on the 28th of July 1914 between two sides; The triple alliance and the triple entente. It came to an end on the 11th of November 1918. Difference in policies were to blame, although the immediate cause of World War one was the assassination of Austria’s Archduke Franz Ferdinand, who was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia’s. The war started mainly because of four aspects: Militarism, Alliances, Imperialism and Nationalism. This is because big armies become potential threats to other countries, other countries started forcing alliances in order to secure land. Imperialism was caused because building an

One thousand five hundred and three people died in the sinking of the Titanic, but was it avoidable? The behemoth of a ship was supposed to be unsinkable; however, due to the Captain’s negligence, the speed of the ship, and not listening to multiple warnings it was sunk. Miss Jessie Allis Mary Goodwin, a twelve year old girl, lost her life due to the tragic sinking of the Titanic. Unfortunately, she died because she was a third class passenger so she was sealed in by the watertight doors.

In Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania, Erik Larson tells a story of events surrounding the sinking of Lusitania. He argues that the ship would not have sunken if time management was different and Room 40 gave detailed directions and warnings to the ship. He claims that the ship sank for many reasons which led to significant consequences such as United States joining Britain for World War I.

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.

The Titanic was a ship that sunk during its maiden voyage in 1912. This big ship was on it’s way to New York when it struck an iceberg. It was believed to be “unsinkable” but that night it met it’s fate and sunk killing many passengers. As the story goes they say it’s the icebergs fault for the sinking of the ship. When in reality, the White Star Line was truly at fault for the sinking of the Titanic. They are responsible for this tragedy because they went full speed after ignoring six ice warnings. Not only that but they should've thought of the consequences when they decided to take off lifeboats for more room for luxury items. Then they weren’t prepared and never had any drills or safety procedures for if the ship were to sink.

On the 7 May 1915 at 14:30, then 240 metre long and 27 meter wide ship

The source is valuable for understanding how the sinking of the Lusitania caused violence within Liverpool. The source suggests that one reason why the riots occurred was due to public outrage. O’Mara states that that the ‘names of the drowned’ were ‘appalling’. This is supported by the fact that Liverpool was ‘Lusitania’s home port’. This would have caused locals to feel personally attacked by the sinking of the Lusitania. To add, the majority of those who were lost in the sinking were from the Merseyside. Over 150 of those who died were from the city of Liverpool, this would have added to the rage of the riots as the tight-knit community would have known people affected by the sinking, O’Mara goes on to talk of the ‘cries of the women whose

​“The war to end all wars” was what people called it. Others called it “The Great War”. Many people died in this war. And there was really no right or wrong in this war; meaning that I don’t think there really was a side that was wrong or right, and I’m going to explain why further in this essay. I think both sides were wrong in things, but in the end, Germany was the one that suffered the most because they were being forced to pay billions dollars in the war debts, and let the French control a rich mine for well over 15 years. But before that Germany and the Britain’s were at war with each other. And Germany sent out a warning to everyone saying that every ship crossing the war zone line (which was the

The movie Titanic, based on personal stories from the ship’s passengers, expresses the importance of safety precautions and the division of class as well as spreading awareness of the issue. The ship set sail in April of 1912 from Southampton in United Kingdom to New York City. When it sank, about 1,500 people died. Though the main characters in the movie were fictional, there were five characters that were based off of real people who were on the ship. Margaret Brown, Archibald Gracie, Captain Edward John Smith, Thomas Andrews and Joseph Bruce Ismay were those five. The captain of the ship was Edward John Smith, and his personal story is shown throughout the movie. Smiths’ attempts to save lives were not

This was announced through several United States newspapers, some on the same page that advertised the Lusitania trip. One of the United States trading partners at the time was Britain, and the submarine warfare interfered with trade and caused tension to rise. German submarines were known for watching ships movements, so the British Admiralty warned the Lusitania to be careful in the area lined out by the unrestricted submarine warfare. They suggested that at minimum, the liner should zigzag in order to confuse the Germans. May seventh, nineteen fifteen, the Lusitania is sunk by a German Submarine, ending the lives of over one thousand three hundred passengers and one hundred thirty Americans. The captain of the ocean liner had ignored the British Admiralty’s warnings and recommendations, leading up to the attack on the starboard side. The torpedo that hit the Lusitania was followed by a larger explosion, assumed to be the ship’s boilers. The ship sank less than twenty minutes later near the sothern coast of Ireland. This was one of the main reasons that the United States entered World War

Water was starting to cover the whole boat. They tried to get the life boats from one side of the boat to the other. In the process it killed some people when they were transferring the life boats from one side to the other (Preston 217-220). The crew was trying to get all the women and children in the life boats before the Lusitania sunk. At this point there was already a significant amount of people that already died and that was hurt. All this time that was passing and the Lusitania was steadily sinking. It was sinking very fast. Finally after all the panic and stress they had all the life boats filled with people away from the Lusitania (Preston 220-230). Many people died before the Lusitania even sunk. Some were hit by falling pieces of the boat. Other people fell off the Lusitania when it was sinking because of how horrible the conditions were. The Lusitania winded up being perpendicular in the water because of how fast it was sinking and breaking (Preston 231-232). After a while the Lusitania was almost completely under water. Most of the people that was in the water had got pulled under by the boats funnels when it was starting to

The Lusitania, being a ship, left a wake behind it. Being a very large ship, it had a very large wake. This could also signify the great amount of loss that occurred. A large wake is a symbol for large loss. Moreover, the technology of that time was not as great as it is now so no one knew what was lurking in the fathoms below the wake. Captains had no way to tell if there was a U-boat beneath them or

On May 7, 1915, World War 1 took a pivotal turn as German forces sunk the British ocean liner the Lusitania killing over 1,198 people, including 128 Americans. For many of the allied Entente forces and Americans, the sinking of the Lusitania was viewed as a clear unjust act of German aggression and a call to war; however, the Lusitania’s untimely demise was not an act of German aggression but rather a cunning joint British and American exploit to win the war. Both Britain and America desired for further American involvement in the war to ensure an Allied victory; however, to gain support for American involvement in the war a reason was needed. The Lusitania had been stocked with American munitions destined for Britain making it fair game under wartime law for German submarines. Following multiple

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