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R. M. S. Titanic Research Paper

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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

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