On the Decks of the Titanic, A Night to Remember, Written by Walter Lord

on its maiden voyage in 1912 the British ocean liner titanic sank after ramming an iceberg in the north atlantic ocean. the nearest ship the California did not get the SOS message because the radio operator had gone to bed and turned off his radio. the titanics captain Edward j smith knew that there were only enough lifeboats for half the 2100 people on board in the panic even those were not filled. seventeen year old jack Thayer from Philadelphia was not lucky enough to get into a lifeboat but as the titanic slid into the water, he dived from its deck into the ice waters coming upon an overturned lifeboat he hung on until the carpathian came to his rescue at dawn more than 1500 other people were not so

“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”

An iceberg with a height greater than 60 feet collided with the Titanic at 11:39 PM (Brewster & Coulter, 1998). A 300-foot opening was scraped into the side of the Titanic by an iceberg, opening nearly six of its compartments to water in just over a minute and a half (Eaton & Haas, 1986). Although multiple older systems of ship communication were in use at the time, the Titanic used a new type of media called Morse Code (Sciullo, 2012). The Titanic sent out the distress signal, CQD, shortly after hitting the iceberg and then added the newer signal, SOS, when things started to get desperate (Brewster & Coulter, 1998). At 12:25 AM, many of the passengers chose to stay on the ship because they believed it was unsinkable, as a result result, earlier lifeboats were filled to only half capacity (Deitz, 2012). However, the lifeboats had not started to become filled to capacity until 1:15 in the morning (Brewster & Coulter, 1998). More passengers could have been saved if they had filled all of the lifeboats. Unfortunately, the disaster didn’t end

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

On April 14th, 1912, the Titanic set sail and crashed into an iceberg. About 705 passengers were rescued but 1500 died that night by freezing in the waters or sinking with the ship.

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 April 2,1912 the RMS Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage from Belfast, Ireland to Southampton. The Titanic was 4 days into its exploration when the collision of the iceberg occurred. As the Titanic set sail on it’s maiden voyage, some interior work still needed to be completed. Some areas of the ship had no heating while the others areas where to hot. A team of about 9 harland & wolff employees, including the ship's designer, Thomas Andrews, sailed as members of a guarantee group, to make sure any problems with the ship were attended to. They as well perished in the sinking of the

The RMS (Royal Mail Ship) Titanic was the middle child in a series of three ships: the Olympic, the Titanic, and the Britannic. These unprecedentedly large ships were built in Belfast, Ireland, in the shipyard of Harold and Wolff for the White Star Line company. The Titanic and her sister ships were built 269.1 meters long, 28.2 meters wide, 53 meters from the keel to the top of the funnels, and weighing in at a whopping 46,000 tons (Felkins, Leighly Jr., Jankovic, 1998). On April 2, 1912, The Titanic finally sets sail to Southampton, England, where it was to start its maiden voyage to New York. Finally, on April 12, 1912, Titanic commenced its infamous voyage. Just four days into the journey, tragedy had struck. Despite receiving multiple warnings of dangerous ice sections and icebergs throughout the day, the Titanic continues on its course through the frigid Atlantic waters without diversion. The captain of the ship, Smith, goes to bed around 9:20. However, at 11:40 on April the 12th, the Titanic strikes the iceberg on

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.

On the nigh of April 14, 1912 the world was struck with disaster as the RMS Titanic collided with an iceberg and sunk into the sea. Traveling from Southampton, England to New York City, New York, the ship was thought to be unsinkable with no chance of disaster striking. However, the voyage ended not in New York, but the more than 1500 deaths, the most deadly peacetime maritime disaster in history. This meant that only 31.6% of the people aboard the ship survived, 492 passengers and 214 crewmembers.

On the night that everything went wrong, the Titanic received many ice warnings from other ships that were nearby. None of the crew members took those warnings seriously because the ship was supposedly indestructible. The crew quickly realized how serious the warnings were when they saw a huge, dark shape in the distance. They tried to steer away from the iceberg, but it was too late. The iceberg brushed along the side of the Titanic, and the ship came to a stop. Many people on board didn’t even realize the ship had hit anything, but many noticed the unsettling quietness after the engines stopped (Ballard

We have all heard the story of the seemingly indestructible cruise ship that set sail on April 10, 1912. At the time, this 882 foot vessel was the largest man-made, moving object on Earth. The world was shocked to hear that this “unsinkable” ship had come to abrupt halt after colliding with an enormous iceberg in the North Atlantic. (introduce)“Titanic” by David Slavitt and “Convergence of the Twain” by Thomas Hardy use tone and theme in different ways to challenge the traditional views of the legend of The Titanic.

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

An American writer named Morgan Robertson once wrote a book called The Wreck of the Titan. The book was about an “unsinkable” ship called the Titan that set sail from England to New York with many rich and famous passengers on board. On its journey, the Titan hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sunk. Many lives were lost because there were not enough lifeboats. So, what is so strange about this? Well, The Wreck of the Titan was written 14 years before the Titanic sank.

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