Reasons For The Sinking Of The Indianapolis

Captain Edward Smith stayed on the boat while it was sinking. He was an English naval reserve officer. He

died was because of sharks. Whenever the Indianapolis sank, the men were thrown into shark

While sailing on the Havana Harbor in Cuba, an unexpected explosion erupts sinking the 6,000 ton boat killing 260 men.

The USS Indianapolis sinking is a very historical event that was said to be incorrectly

Although, crews of the search ships worked through the night and rescued over 900 men from the cold, dark sea, it was less than half of the men on board prior to the attack. Over 1100 men were dead or missing, it was the largest loss of troops at sea in U.S. history.

Suddenly an incredible crack resonated throughout the ship, making everyone shudder. This sudden realisation of the imminent sinking sent everyone into panic. Many people made their way to the storage holds, grabbing as much gold as they could possibly carry. Others held their family in a soothing embrace, slowly lowering with the ship. Some jumped overboard, swimming away from the sinking boat, but quickly drowned in the freezing

A U-Boat is a German submarine that uses torpedoes to sink ships, they were very destructive and were used in unrestricted marine warfare. Captain Walter Schweiger was bringing the boat back home after 2 days in the water because the boat was running low on fuel and was down to only 3 torpedoes. On his way home Captain of the U-20 spotted the RMS Lusitania on May 7th of 1915. There was lots of fog, so the Lusitania wasn’t running full speed though it was the fastest liner of its time. Captain Schweiger of the U-20 followed the Lusitania for an hour before finally shooting a torpedo at it. The torpedo hit the Lusitania in the starboard right next to the bridge of the ship. Confusion arose among the passengers on board as the ship began to tilt and a fire started. There was something wrong with the dispenser for the boats, so he Lusitania began dropping boats into the water and people jumped down into them, causing them to sink. About 1,198 passengers died and around 138 were

Chicago is a world famous city, well known for its architecture, culture, and attractions. For all that it was thriving in the early 1900s, there were a few setbacks and unfortunate incidences, one of those being the Eastland Disaster of 1915. Unfortunately, this has never gotten the remembrance it deserves because this ship consisted of the working class, whereas a ship such as the Titanic consisted of all three classes, and those who were remembered belonged to the first class.

On December 6 1917, hundreds were left dead in Halifax, Nova Scotia due to a human error quick to be immortalized. CBC news says the Imo, a Belgian relief vessel that left the Halifax Harbor behind schedule on the morning of December 6. Another vessel the Mont Blank, a cargo ship leaded with explosive materials, was entering. The Captain of the Imo disregarded the laws of the sea, going over the speed limit for the narrows of the harbor and traversing it from the wrong direction. Both the Imo and Mont Blank moved toward each other, each unwilling to change course. The ships made evasive maneuvers at the same time, causing the vessels to scrape against each other; the sparks from the collision set aflame the explosive materials aboard the Mont

was on one side which caused the ship to list and drowned more than 850 people (Bellows) .

All the information I find about the weaknesses of the hull will be reported using information from a number of sources. They will be referenced using the Harvard referencing system in the document. They will be used and referenced from in chronological order in the typical report style format. The references will be listed in alphabetical order at the end of this report document. This document will be laid out using headers to divide up the different sections that I will explore and report on. All the sections will be explored and described to cover the information required to report upon the topic of this account. The main sections I will explore will be an Introduction and about the RMS Titanic’s maiden voyage, an analysis of the materials used in the construction of the RMS Titanic, the effects that temperature has on the materials especially metals, the different compositions of the steels and how that effects the material’s properties and I will also be comparing the steels used in the construction of the RMS Titanic’s hull with the steel used to construct lock gates and the modern equivalent structural steel

The comparing and contrasting of disasters is an incredibly significant process to the preparation of first responders and the staging of recovery operations. Through this analysis researchers are able to measure the outcomes tragedies have on the surviving populace, develop treatment programs and the implementation thereof. This paper will measure and examine the impact of two varying manmade disasters: the sinking of the British ocean liner Royal Mail Ship (RMS) Lusitania on May 7, 1915 and the Famine of the Bengal Province of British India in 1943. While these two disasters are not connected, the death toll of both events places direct emphasis on the loss life, questions of mortality and depression issues within the affected population.

The Lusitania has sunk! Two torpedoes have flown right throw the middle. It sunk in less than 8 minutes in the middle of the Irish sea. What a tragedy. This was only 3 years from the titanic.

anything but sit in the water they had no place to go. It was like they wanted them to get eaten by

It seemed highly possible that the leaking alcohol caught light, sending Captain Briggs into a panic and prompting the dreaded cry: ‘Abandon ship!’ It was a plausible explanation but has always been discounted because there was no sign of fire, or explosion. A blast of sufficient magnitude to persuade an experienced captain to take the last resort of abandoning ship would surely have left at least a few scorch marks on the wooden barrels, or in the hold (1).