White Star Line

Three different stratifications of society were able to travel by the waterways, as in the Titanic there were the three uniquely designed decks to meet each passengers’ financial expectations and lifestyles. The interior designing of three of The White Star Line ships were remotely similar as they may have one-upped each other as the previous ship sunk. Harland and Wolff were a responsible shipbuilding company and these three ships were amongst many that were built by them in their time. A very fascinating

lifeboats on the ship. However, what most people don’t think about are the other factors that contributed to that fateful event. If I could give advice to anyone, it would be none other than White Star Line, Titanic’s creator, because there is something that most people didn’t, and still don’t know. White Star Line had created Titanic with many flaws from the start, all of which had led to the sinking of the great ship. If Captain Edward John Smith had driven the boat safer, the accident might’ve been

later because he and other workers were pulled aside by an important government official and an important person in the White Star Line company and they were read an “official secrets act.” This act stated if they breathed a word about the switch they would be sent to jail for 20 years and would not get a job ever again when they got out. Two important people in the White Star Line company also happened to cancel their trips right before the Titanic was suppose to make its maiden voyage. J.P. Morgan

Titanic Case Analysis Estate of Hans Jensen vs. The White Star Line Facts: The White Star Line was owner of the Titanic, which was the largest and most luxurious ship in the world at the time. On April 10th, 1912, the Titanic left from Southampton, England with 2,227 passengers aboard bound for New York City. On April 14th, the ship struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank about 2 ½ hours later. Passengers, mostly women and children, were loaded into lifeboats, however only 705

way to New York when it struck an iceberg. It was believed to be “unsinkable” but that night it met it’s fate and sunk killing many passengers. As the story goes they say it’s the icebergs fault for the sinking of the ship. When in reality, the White Star Line was truly at fault for the sinking of the Titanic. They are responsible for this tragedy because they went full speed after ignoring six ice warnings. Not only that but they should've thought of the consequences when they decided to take off lifeboats

three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line. A numerous amount of people believe that the collision that occurred on April 15, 1912 was The Titanic’s sister ship The Olympic, and that the wreckage was premeditated and was used to commit insurance fraud. White Star Line felt a great pressure to compete with the Cunard Line, as they had just put out two amazing ships Lusitania and Mauretania. At this time White Star line produced the Olympic class liners, which consisted

many survived? In this essay I will be exploring the truth behind the sinking of the titanic in addition to finding any major factors that contributed to the sinking that could possibly have been avoided. I will be focusing on the history of The White Star Line, construction of the titanic, any safety precautions that could have been taken, the voyage of the Titanic and looking through eye witness testimonies from that time period. Overall by the end of this essay I hope to be able to unravel the legendary

with an identical vessel thus, being one of the biggest insurance scams in history. The real story begins in 1907 when American financier JP Morgan, ordered a new class of ships. The construction of a new class of super liners for his company white star line. The Olympic was the first ship created and looked identical to the Titanic. In 1911 the Olympic collided

“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

The Titanic was one of a trio.  “Her” sisters were the Olympic and the Gigantic.  These ships were made by the  White Star Lines, all of their names ending with “ic”.  The White Star Lines were known for making the top of the line, most luxurious ship liners of their time. The point in making luxurious and fast ship liners were to compete and beat the German ship liners.  This ship race between Germany and Britain went clear back to the 1860’s.  As Britain kept getting out bested  by Germany an American