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    The Titanic was known for its title, the “Unsinkable Ship”, although it didn’t necessarily hold its title. The Titanic is a disaster that took place over 100 years ago, but yet still holds a huge part of our history. It is a tragedy that will live with our world for millions of years to come. This event is one of the many things in history that’s always stuck in my brain. My interest always sparks when the Titanic comes to mind. The sinking of the Titanic is one of the most well known disasters in

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    sail from southampton to New york. When the Titanic was finally launched on May 31, 1911. Bruce Ismay was the chairman of the White Star Line company and Thomas Andrews was the one who designed the Titanic. It started its construction at Harland and Wolff shipyard on May 31, 1909. People thought that the ship was known as “unsinkable” because they believed that they used the most advanced technology of its time in order to make this most magnificent ship built of its time. The company did not

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    worst nautical tragedies in history. Though it happened over 100 years ago, the mystery of “The Unsinkable” still fascinates people today. Designed by James Andrews, the building of the Titanic took place in Belfast, Ireland, under the company “Harland & Wolff”. Building began on March 31, 1909, with the involvement of around three thousand people--which was about 20% of the workforce at that time. There were eight fatal incidents and forty-six minor injuries during the build. Over the course of three

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    it was bigger, faster, and more luxurious than any other ship before her." She had two sister ships, The Olympic and The Britannic, all of which were owned by White Star Line, a series of very luxurious ships. It was built in Harland and Wolff Shipyard, and was 882 ft 6 inches, by 92 ft 6 inches. It had 2212 people onboard, 20 lifeboats, which only had

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    The stories are all different in a way but still led up to their survival on the Famous Titanic. One of the survivors of the Titanic is Eva Hart, in 1912 Eva was only 7 years old when she arrived on the Titanic with her family. Being only 7 you can image how petrified she was to see what and live to see what had happen to the boat she was on. When the Titanic struck the iceberg Eva’s father had gotten Eva and her mother on the lifeboat without her father, which that day the last to see her father

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    Titanic The RMS titanic is the world’s first biggest ship in the world. It is a British ship that sink down to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. The ship carried almost 4,000 passenger but it actually carried 3,547 passenger and crew is 2,223. The titanic is longest ship ever recorded, the length of it was eight thunder three it was constructed in March 31 1909 and built in Belfast in Northern Ireland. The designer of the RMS Titanic is Thomas Andrews the captain is Edward Smith he was born in

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    Do you know Who responsible for the sinking of the Titanic? Everyone has their own opinion on Who they think caused the Titanic to sink. This is an important topic as they could have saved 1500 lives that were lost. being there wasn’t lots of protection on the Titanic for everyone to survive. You should care about the Titanic sinking since it was a tragedy that happened and people are still trying to prevent it from happening again. I'm sure Captain Smith is responsible for the sinking of the Titanic

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    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

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    Have you ever wondered who sank the Titanic ? I feel that the history of the Titanic is important because all of the people on the Titanic would either die or they would live and it was their decision. I care about all of the people that were on the Titanic and passed away and I think you should care about them too. I suppose that Captain Smith was responsible for the sinking of the Titanic because he ignored the 7 iceberg warnings, he also didn’t slow down the ship and he didn’t fill up the lifeboats

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    Have you ever heard about the Titanic? Well, chances are that if you have, you probably heard of the altercation about who is responsible for the sinking of the titanic. The Titanic was one of the greasiest disasters ever. There were numerous safety rules have been made because of the Titanic. I think Captain Smith is responsible for the sinking of the Titanic because he didn’t take proper safety precautions, ignored multiple iceberg warnings, and left the wheel knowing that there were icebergs

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