The Titanic And The Titanic

The luxury steamship RMS Titanic was the second of three Olympic-class ocean liners that were owned and operated by the White Star Line. The White Star Line company commissioned the building of the RMS Titanic to Harland and Wolff shipyard on the Queen’s Island in Belfast, Ireland. Harland and Wolff shipyard were commissioned to build the largest ship at the time. Measuring in at 269.1 meters the titanic was the largest ship built at the time, as well as it was the longest it was also the most expensive. $7,500,000 was the cost The White Star Line paid for the RMS Titanic to be constructed and completely furnished.

The Titanic was the largest ocean liner in commission (Marshall ch 2). The monster ship was launched on May 31, 1911, and was completed in February of 1912, with a cost of $10,000,000 (Marshall). Officers of the White Star Line say that the Titanic measured around 45,328 tons even though, the registered tonnage of the vessel was estimated at 45,000 (Marshall). Weighing 5,000 more tons than a battleship, the Titanic was 882 ½ feet long, which is about four city blocks (Marshall). Not only was the Titanic the largest liner aloft, but it was also

The Titanic was a modern marvel. The Titanic was a part of a trio of abnormally large ships to be built by White Star Line due to a rivalry with another shipping company (Brewster & Coulter, 1998). With newer technology coming with new age, White Star Line vessels aimed to please with being able to arrive on time consistently while also having luxury (Eaton & Haas, 1986). Because of the combination

The deluxe steamship, Titanic set sail from Southampton, United Kingdom on April 10, 1912. The Titanic was a luxurious ship that carried some of the wealthiest people of the world as well as emigrants searching for a new way of life, it was said to be a “floating palace.” The technology that was present on this ship was remarkable for the time period. It had high-tech capabilities and was one of the best accomplishments. As the palace was on its voyage to the Port of New York, it ran into a large iceberg. The impact was so large that the ship’s hull plates were forced inwards, allowing water to rush in. The ship slowly sank on April 15, 1912. The Titanic’s crash became the most iconic shipwrecks in history and grasped headline after headline. This paper has article reviews from James P. Delgado, David

Second, we must now take a look at the history of the RMS Titanic. It was known as being the largest and, at the time, most extravagant ocean liner built for that time. The Titanic carried 2,200 passengers and crew members and collided into an iceberg just shy of 2 hours before it was supposed to arrive to its destination. Due to a scarcity of lifeboats available to the passengers, over 1,500 people were left to either freeze or drown with the engulfing ship. It is important to note that most of the survivors were found to be children and women (A & E Networks,

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.

The Titanic was a passenger ship, not a battleship, so it was not built to take on huge icebergs. It states in the article that nothing was wrong in the building of the Titanic, but anything is possible. Man’s error could have been a big factor with the sinking. The ship was built among time pressures, not because of cost, which put a huge strain on the shipyard. If the builders were given more time, then mayne the ship would have been stronger and could have withstanded more. Higher quality rivets and thicker hulls might have kept the Titanic afloat for much longer.

It now lays 12,500 feet under water in the Atlantic Ocean, a constant reminder of the astonishing loss of life and how man’s ego and technology cannot conquer the natural elements. Documentary after documentary, after movie after TV show has been made about the Titanic and more than 143,619 books written and the disastrous loss of life remains undeniable. From a first glance, we see an unfortunate accident but, at a closer look, we begin to question why 68% of passengers died when modern ship building was so advanced? From poor design to lack of lifeboats, each flaw claimed passengers’ lives making it the most deadly peacetime maritime disaster in history. Historians and geographers have pieced together the story of the night 14th April 1912 to determine why so many people died.

“...more than 1,500 lost their lives in the disaster” (“Titanic”), on April 15, 1912. The Titanic was the largest ship in history at the time and was believed to be unsinkable. The ship had the most advanced technology during her time, which caused society to believed she was “unsinkable”It marked a line in history that day for the whole world. Even though the disaster was dreadful the event inspired people to create films, books, and articles about it. The Titanic was a magnificent ship but the construction, the disaster and the safety precautions changed to world greatly.

In the piece Going down with the ship; 100 years after the Titanic 100 another disaster begs the question? Have the courtiers of the sea vanished? By H.D.S Greenway, two shipwrecks are talked about, the Titanic and the cost of the Concordia. The Titanic was a luxury cruise ship in 1912. The ship hit an iceberg on its first voyage, sinking and killing about 1500 passengers. The cost of Concordia sailed in 2012, 100 years later. This Ship capsized of the cost of Italy. The capsized ship caused about 30 deaths. Throughout the piece, the many differences and similarities between the ships are brought up. Greenway tries to show the difference in behavior during the 1912s and 2012.

The titanic was one of the supreme distinguished, British passenger liners; it was commissioned by the white star and was manufactured in Harland and Wolff shipyard, which is situated in Belfast. The manufactures of historic ship started work on the date 31st March 1909. The titanic was an iconic structure, it was the most quickest and most impressive liner created during that era.

Due to the historic and iconic nature of the topic, it is a popular origin for conspiracies. There is a lot of mystery surrounding the unforeseen sinking of the Titanic, which highlights the importance of the event. If the theory of the Olympic being switched with the Titanic was true, the descendants of the fifteen hundred passengers that died when the ship sunk may be particularly upset that their ancestors’ lives were put on the line because of greed. On top of this, the general public may also be upset over being lied to for over a century. On the other hand, if this theory is false, it is important for everyone to know the truth as this event was catastrophic and vital to history. Likewise, the theory paints the owner of these ships in a negative light, stating that they lied and risked thousands of lives to get a larger insurance payout, which would be unfair to the company

Have you ever heard of the Titanic. Well, if you have then you were probably told that it’s unsinkable. Who ever told you lied to you. Frank, Isabella, and I were all related and were on the Unsinkable Titanic to enjoy the boat trip. After all it wasn’t so enjoyable. On April 15, in the early morning the titanic sank. We all heard a big, SCREECH, and everyone went crazy. Thank goodness we all survived. We wanted to get away from home and not have to go see all the brats at school for awhile so we decided to take a vacation. It was fun in the beginning and it ended up interesting and scary.

The construction of the RMS Titanic started on March 31, 1909 in Belfast, North Ireland and cost $7.5 million. The man who designed it was a naval architect named Thomas Andrews. The ship was built to be the world’s largest passenger steamship, along with two other ships, the Olympic and Britanic. Although the ship has always been known to many as unsinkable, it was actually never supposed to be advertised like that. Extra measures were put into the ship to insure safety, for example, if four watertight compartments out of the 16 were flooded, the ship would still stay afloat. Even though all these precautions were made, who would have ever thought that a single iceberg could cause such a huge devastation.

The same year that Cunard unveiled its two magnificent liners, J. Bruce Ismay, chief executive of White Star, discussed the construction of three large ships with William J. Pirrie, chairman of the Belfast-based shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff. Part of a new “Olympic” class of liners, they would each measure 882 feet in length and 92.5 feet at their broadest point, making them the largest of their time. In March 1909, work began in the massive Harland and Wolff yard on the second of these ships, Titanic, and