The Titanic, the largest ship in its time, was breathtaking. Edward Smith, an acclaimed captain, took steer of it. It was a catastrophe when this popular ship hit an iceberg and sank, killing thousands. People are still as much in wonder today of the accident than they were a hundred years ago, when it sank. The Titanic sinking was such a disaster because of what happened on it building up to and after the crash and because of what Captain Smith did wrong, and it could have been prevented. There were many things happening on the Titanic leading up to and after the encounter with the iceberg. “About 11:40 on the night of April 14, Titanic’s lookout spotted an iceberg directly ahead. The crew tried to slow the ship while turning it out …show more content…
The first bit of advice would be to have binoculars in the crow’s nest, as they would have been able to spot the iceberg with them. “As strange as it may seem, the well-equipped Titanic had no binoculars in her crow’s nest. So the lookouts were forced to scan the horizon with unaided eyes” (Stacey 24). Second, the Titanic should have had more lifeboats, as that would have saved more lives when the ship crashed. “When she was finished, the Titanic had room for 2,500 passengers. In order to make room for this many passengers and still provide all the luxuries for its first-class guests, the owners of the Titanic had decided to equip the ship with only sixteen wooden lifeboats and four canvas collapsible boats- enough to carry about half of the people onboard” (Stacey 16). The Titanic received six ice warnings, but they didn’t act on any of them, and if they paid any attention to them, they could have avoided the iceberg. “Perhaps they would have been more concerned if they had seen the ice warnings that the Titanic’s wireless operators received a few minutes later. In fact, that was the third such warning. As the day progressed, the wireless operators received three more” (Stacey 22). If Captain Smith was able to follow my advice, I believe the Titanic wouldn’t have hit the iceberg. Because of what happened before and after it hit the iceberg and Captain Smith’s mistakes, the Titanic sank, and advice given to the captain could have saved the ship. Many problems occurred on the Titanic before and after the journey abruptly stopped. Part of the Titanic’s disaster happened because Captain Smith made a few blunders. If advice was given to the captain, the Titanic could have been saved from sinking. The Titanic will forever be a reminder of a sea accident at its worst which will hopefully not be
Unfortunately there was very many important people on the ship. Many of the people on the titanic died in the freezing cold water.There was thre...
If the two had stayed on the door together, Rose would have died with Jack indefinitely. The Titanic situation was a learning experience for all. Safety requirements are now a lot more strict with more training for situations at the caliber of the Titanic. The accident of the Titanic was not in vain, as this outcome has provided a lesson to all. When people think profits come before safety, they will look at the Titanic and see how selfish and ignorant they are to think that
According to the story “From Exploring the Titanic”, Captain Smith did not seem all that worried about the iceberg and brushed away most of the iceberg warnings. This caused the rest of the crew to also ignore the iceberg warnings, showing the poor communication between the crew. The article “Titanic Past and Present” also states that Smith didn’t make sure the navigation crew was aware of the ice warning and did not post the warning to the chart room. This shows that Smith was very relaxed about the iceberg and did not see it as a threat, and so by the time they realized it was a real danger, it was too late and was responsible for the sinking of the ship. In summary, because of the captain’s laid-back attitude towards the iceberg, the crew did not see it as a threat, so they did not pay attention when they were approaching the ice field, and only turned in time to avoid hitting it head-on, but it still scraped the side of the
The titanic was a gigantic ship. It was the biggest, newest, and advanced ship during its time. The titanic was built in Belfast with the newest and best technology. Then after its completion it would travel to New York. During the tragedy of the Titanic the engineers had a key role on saving people. Although the tragedy of the titanic was sad it taught us many lessons on preventing such a thing again. Although the titanic has sunk to the bottom of the ocean it will never be forgotten.
They were told “This is the Titanic, the unsinkable ship,” but what were they saying as the ship broke in two and began to sink. Did they all still believe that nothing could sink the magnificent Titanic? Or was the reality of the ship finally “sinking” in? These are questions today that people are still asking. The sinking of the Titanic was a tragic accident that still affects culture today.
The tragic history of the Titanic, the sinking of the “unsinkable” giant of a ship shocked the entire world and contributed to important shifts in the mass consciousness of the people who lived at that period and assessed the achievements of new technologies and their role. However, one would have been hardly able to predict in 1912 that this tragedy, no matter how significant and meaningful, would leave such a deep imprint on the history of human civilization. The continuing interest in the fate of the great vessel has taken the form of various narrations and given rise to numerous myths enveloping the true history and, in this way, often obscuring the facts related to the tragedy. In recent years, this interest has been emphasized by the dramatic discovery of the wreck and examination of its remains. The recovery of artifacts from the Titanic and the exploration of the site where it had sank stimulated new speculations on different issues of the failure to rescue the Titanic and the role of different factors contributing to the disaster. These issues have been traditionally in the focus of discussions that caused controversies and ambiguous interpretations of various facts. They also often overshadowed other parts of the disaster story that were confirmed by statistical data and revealed the impact of social realities. The social stratification of passengers that reflected the social realities of the period and its class interests determined the chances of survival, with most of those perished in the Titanic disaster having been lower class individuals.
"We are all going to die!" That is what 1500 people were thinking when the Titanic was going down, and they were right. The Titanic was the biggest ship in the world at the time. The Titanic hit an iceberg on April 14, 1912, and over 1500 lives were lost to the deep Atlantic. The person responsible was J. Bruce Ismay. Ismay left the ship with woman and children still on board when he could of saved other people, he ultimately decided for the Titanic to only have 20 lifeboats, and Ismay owned the company that made and designed the Titanic and all of its flaws.
The R.M.S. Titanic sideswiped an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912. Estimated to be able to stay afloat for 2 days under the worst scenario, the ship sank in less than 3 hours [Gannon, 1995].
The ship, R.M.S Titanic, has been popular several different times in a little over 100 years. The first time in April 1912 when it first sailed for North America. This great ship was said to be unsinkable. Many errors led to the major tragedy of the Titanic, including the life boats were not all there or filled as much as they should have been, the ship tried to go full speed to break the iceberg, and the Californian ship did not respond the Carpathia had saved the rest.
Throughout that historic night, Captain Smith received several iceberg warnings from other ships and government officials (History). The captain got tired of hearing them and turned off the radio that received the messages. His plan was to make it to New York very quickly, and didn’t want to slow down for icebergs since he hadn’t come upon any bad weather throughout that day (History). After this travel, he planned to retire from the company and make this voyage the fastest and best one yet. Unfortunately, as it is known that was not the
Instead because of the poor visibility conditions, they had no time to take any corrective action to avoid the collision. “No general alarm was sounded, no whistle blown and no systematic warnings was given to endangered passengers, and it was fifteen or twenty minutes after the collision before Captain Smith ordered the Titanic’s wireless operator to send out a distress message” (San Francisco Chronicle). It also proves the Not only was it the largest and most luxurious liner at the time, it was also the most ill-fated cruise ship as it sailed off on its first and last voyage. Along with its sinking, more than half of its passengers would be buried at sea.
One of the most famous ideas, person, etc., God, was said he could not force this ship to fail. So, the man who painted the sky, presented Earth with oceans, and built mountains couldn’t sink a ship? If the people of the world had not been so gullible and intrigued to the false, could the ship have survived? It is something to be discussed, but theoretically, yes. If the general public had not pushed the idea of an invincible ship to the Captain of the Titanic, Captain Edward Smith, by default he would have been significantly more cautious when directing and handling the massive craft. The Titanic was revolutionary to modern luxury liners, but society had to ruin its magnificent potential. Overall the conflict between society and the Titanic was slightly indirect. The antagonists all thought they were up talking the ship, and describing it as if it were a messiah. But, the protagonist vessel really couldn’t meet the bar of these expectations. While the antagonists were not “mean” or “cruel” per say, they did contribute to the infamous sinking of the most famous ship of the 20th
Lack of sufficient lifeboats could not prevent other difficulties that took place on the ship. Two problems that happened was a smoldering fire broke out in one of the ships coal bunkers and the breakdown of the Titanic's wireless system (Discovery.com). Edward J. Smith was the captain of the Titanic. Some might question his ability to command a voyage after fining out how Smith disregarded many ice warnings.
Thomas Andrews was the designer of the Titanic and its sister ships. His original designs of the ships was to have a double hull ship, 46 lifeboats and have the watertight bulkheads go all the way up to B deck. While he was on the ship inspecting it, he had written down notes to improve the ship. His designs were either vetoed or removed in the ship building process. One reason on why his original design were vetoed or removed because of money. If Andrews’s designs were not vetoed or removed, the Titanic would probably have been able to withstand the crash with iceberg and there would not be a design error. Since they had not followed the original design the ship was not a double hull ship, only had 20 life boats that did not suffice the amount of people on the ship and all the watertight bulkheads did not go all the way up to B deck. When the Titanic had hit the iceberg, water immediately started to flood the ship and would slowly pass the water line that was made after the original design. Once the water passed those water lines and started to fill into the other compartments the ship only had a few hours left to stay afloat. The water filled into the other water compartments like falling dominos and would continue until the ship was filled with water and break into two pieces. If the ship was, double hulled and the water line went all the way to B deck; the ship would either kept going or be able to stay
The Titanic, one of the biggest well known tragedies in history. The horrific accident was a catastrophe that impacted the world. Devastating news that this colossal ship everyone thought was indestructible had sunk from a collision with an iceberg. But the question is, could the terrible tragedy have been stopped? Why did the Titanic give so easily following the hit?