On the morning of April 15th, 1912, 1,503 people died. Amongst these 1,503 people was a 31-year-old Swedish man by the name of Johan Henrik Johannesson Kvillner. This man, like many others, died in one of the most well-known tragedies in the history of mankind: the shocking sinking of the great R.M.S. Titanic, a ship deemed “unsinkable”. The Titanic struck an iceberg after being warned of an ice field in the direction that they were travelling. Therefore, Kvillner went down with the ship, presumably like a gentleman, after being denied access to one of the lifeboats According to the article “R.M.S. Titanic” by Hanson W. Baldwin, at 9:00 A.M. on April 12th, as the Titanic was sailing smoothly across the Atlantic, a message came in from the Caronia, a steamship. “...Westbound steamers report bergs growlers and field ice…”. This was the first of a series of messages spanning two days that warned the Titanic of an ice field to the west. All of the messages were disregarded. In the night of April 14th, the Titanic stampeded into the ice field. One of the lookouts, Fredrick Fleet, called out “Iceberg! Right ahead!” But by this point, it was too late. As Baldwin described it “...the iceberg’s jagged claw had ripped a three-hundred-foot slash in the bottom of the great Titanic.” …show more content…
He got engaged to a woman by the name of Signe Kjellberg and lived in Vastergotland, Sweden, working as an engineer at a hydroelectric power station. In the meantime, Kvillner worked hard to pay for his studies, and earned a scholarship to study iron constructions in the U.S. In an article written by Kvillner by Leif Snellman, he described that Kvillner “...was, in 1912, one of the youngest engineers on the power line building bureau.” Likewise, he boarded the Titanic at Southampton to continue his studies abroad in the United
And still does happen because it is now a law. It is called the captains law and the law is that the captain must be the last person alive on the ship before it sinks. Captain of the ship, Edward Smith, sank with the titanic. It has been said that the captains law is if the ship is sinking then the captain of the ship must save everyone on the ship or die trying. That is exactly what captain Edward Smith did on the titanic. He is very known for staying with the ship while it sank. His actions inspired me to be brave and
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 Titanic is one of the most famous ships known around the world as the once "unsinkable ship". April 15, 1912 the Titanic sank into the Atlantic Ocean on it's one and only voyage. The 825 ton ship can be found 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland 12,600 feet below the Atlantic.
Do you know who’s to blame for the Titanic? The Titanic was the largest ship, at the time, and it was also told to be “unsinkable.” The Titanic belonged to The White Star Cross line, along with her sisters, Olympic and Britannic. The Titanic hit the iceberg April 14 and went down April 15th. J.Bruce Ismay is at fault for the sinking of the Titanic. Ismay is at fault because he owned the Titanic, he left the ship, he declined 48 lifeboats.
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.
Mr Johan Henrik Johannesson Kvillner died in the sinking of the Titanic, his body was found #165. According to Baldwin, who wrote “R.M.S. Titanic”, approximately over 400 people died in the sinking of the Titanic. By keeping count of how many lives were lost, does it ever come to one’s mind how many lives could have been saved. Kvilner was #165 meaning that there was 164 people men, women, and children who died before him and over 300 after him. Meaning that the sinking of the ship was not only caused by an iceberg collision, but also by the arrogance and unawareness of the crewmember causing many lives to be taken for example, Mr. Johan Henrik Johannesson Kvillner.
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
"Come see the unsinkable ship!” the townspeople cried out. They were, of course, talking about the White Star Line’s newest vessel, the Titanic. At eight hundred eighty-three feet long and ninety-two feet wide, the Titanic’s first voyage was packed full, starboard to port, with two thousand, two hundred, twenty-eight people on board. There were three hundred thirty-seven people in first class, two hundred eighty-five in second class, seven hundred twenty-one people in third class, and eight hundred eighty-five crew members. Even without the people, the Titanic weighed 46,328 tons. The vessel was one hundred and four feet in height and had twenty lifeboats. The architect, Thomas Andrews, was aboard the ship during its first and last catastrophic trans-Atlantic voyage.
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
The RMS Titanic is a passenger liner that sunk in the North Atlantic in 1912 after hitting an iceberg. About 1,500 of the estimated 2,224 passengers died. The ship sailed full speed despite ice warnings, preventing it from stopping or steering away from the berg. Watertight compartments flooded, causing Titanic to go under. These details are supported by accounts and physical evidence, and therefore, widely accepted as truth. However, there's a few alternative conspiracy and architectural theories.
The sinking of the Titanic was one of the biggest disasters in human history, which led to a public outrage due to extreme loss of life. There were a lot of special hearings about the causes of disaster, lack of lifeboats, conduct of officers on board, and the treatment of third-class passengers. In 1985, the discovery of wreckage site allowed scientists to carry out expeditions to the ship to do forensic study on this engineering tragedy. As a result, scientists performed visual and sonar imaging, recovered samples of hull steel and rivets to do their investigation on the Titanic. Furthermore, the properties of metallic rivet samples were analyzed to determine if they met specifications set at the time of her construction [21]. The report
The Titanic cost 1,500,000 and 17,000 men worked for three years to build her. The Titanic was 882 feet long and 92 feet wide, with eight decks. The ship had four giant smokestacks and a massive rudder. Its three propellers were the size of enormous windmills. They were driven by three huge engines. The engines were driven by steam produced in 29 huge boilers. The boilers were powered by 159 coal-burning furnaces.
quantities of field ice today”. The Titanic was traveling 22.5 knots while cruising through iceberg laden
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
On that night April 14: 11:40 p.m. The lookouts spot an iceberg with their bare eyes straight ahead and they veered to the left to hope to miss the iceberg. Little did the passengers know that they hit the iceberg but up front there was a loud SKREECH! Down in the coal bunker the man was right there when the side of the boat busted open and after a while five compartments had filled but the ship could only float with four compartments filled that meant that they had only 2 hours to to get everyone off the boat. After the Titanic sank there was hundreds of people got locked in and some lived and got rescued while Captain Smith went down with the ship.