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    The Titanic doesn't deserve it name.Titanic is a ship that was called the,” Unsinkable ship. 1,503 people died from the sinking.Titanic does not deserve its name titan becuse of the strength and the God like. Titanic does not deserve its name the Titan. One reason is that the ship was called the “Unsinkable”. This shows it is saying the ship was powerful. In “Exploring the Titanic” it say’s,” She was also called the wonderful ship and the unsinkable ship”(Ballard 102). And then the Titanic sunk so

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    In this article, Robert Gannon examines several flaws that were found decades after the Titanic’s tragic maiden voyage in an attempt to provide answers to the age-old question that titles his article, “What Really Sank the Titanic?”. Gannon begins the article by explaining various details of the well-known story of the Titanic’s trip in April of 1912. The readers are reminded that the massive vessel was considered unsinkable and disaster-proof prior to its first trip at sea. After crashing into

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    The Great Eastern, the 18,915 tonne ship was an iron sailing steam ship designed by Isambard Kingdom Brunel, and built by J. Scott Russell & Co. It was created and launched at Millwall on the River Thames, London. It was by far the biggest ship ever built at the time of its 1858 launch. It had the capacity to carry up to 4,000 passengers from England to Australia without requiring additional fuel. The length of the Great Eastern was 692 feet (211 m). The Great Eastern was the only ship completely

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    On March 31,1909 the Titanic was built. It was made to be the safest ship ever. It carried 2,200 passengers. It only hold 20 lifeboat. They had a life jacket in every room for all the passengers. One day it took a cruise to New York from Southampton, England. On its way there April the 14 at 11:40 P.M the passengers saw an iceberg. It struck the side of the Titanic. It caused the Titanic to fill up with water. It started flooding the bottom of the ship bits by bits. When people found out that the

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    The Titanic originated from Greek mythology which meant gigantic, The Titanic's construction derived in Belfast, Ireland, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (which it was then known,) and there was an estimate of 2,224 passengers and crew members aboard the ship. The Titanic was and still is to this day a tragedy, On April 15, 1912, at 11:40 it hit an iceberg which led to the ship sinking, it took about two hours to sink to the bottom of the ocean, and more than 1.500 people had died

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    The ship I researched for this specific project was a Collier. This specific collier was named Anna. Anna was the ships original name but many also referred to her as “Anna Pink”. Anna, a beautiful merchant ship or better known as a store ship. Pretty big in size to carry the load of cargo. Anna Pink was built by two men, John Gorill and John Parke from Liverpool. Anna was Nicknamed Anna Pink because “Pink” was and still is considered a specific ship that has a narrow stern. Anna was originally

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    The sinking of the indianapolis was a horrible event. This event led to many men losing their lives. “Knowing how the men died in the water isn't the same as knowing why they died in the water.” is a quote from the book. There are many reasons behind the their death. One of the reasons is because the torpedo hit the boat. This put a massive hole in the side of the ship. The hole began to flood, causing the front of the ship to sink and eventually the whole thing. At this point, the remaining 900

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    “White Star's advance publicity of Titanic switched into damage control once the loss of the vessel became known. Reportedly, on 14 March 1913, the company requested Father Browne not to deliver a planned lecture on the Titanic. According to John Wilson Foster this “began the decades' long official reticence about the ship”. (The Titanic Complex: A Cultural Manifest (Vancouver: Belcouver Press, 1997), p. 70.)” And it did, in fact, lead to an official silence over the events that surrounded the sinking

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    The first voyage of the Titanic was in 1912, it left in Southampton and was supposed to go to New York City. After four days of traveling, the ship crashed into an iceberg before sinking into the cold waters of the Atlantic Ocean two hours later. With a total of 2 228 people, including the crew, only half of them survived to the tragedy. It cost 7.5 million $ to built the biggest cruise ship for that time. With one pool, a gymnasium, a Turkish bath, a squash court and five stars restaurants for

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    Why Did The Titanic Sink

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    On April 15th, 1912 at 2:20 am the time of the sad luxurious ocean liner, The Titanic sunk in the North Atlantic Ocean because it hit an iceberg 100 feet high and 400 feet long. There were 2208 innocent people on the colossal ship when it sunk. On April 10th the mighty titanic left south Hampton England too start its long journey across the North Atlantic Ocean to end up in New York City. The ocean liner was designed by William Pirrie and was made in Belfast. The titanic was the world’s fastest

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