Titanic Research Paper

Cameron Hoelscher

Titanic

On the morning of April 15th, 1912, the Royal Mail Ship Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after colliding with an iceberg from the voyage from the United Kingdom to Ney York City. More than 1,500 people died because of the wreck and it is considered the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. At the time, the Titanic was the largest ship afloat and was the second of three Olympic class ocean liners that was operated by the White Star Line and build by Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. On the voyage during the wreck, it carried 2,224 passengers and crew. Edward Smith was in command of the ship’s passengers that included some of the wealthiest persons

The Boat Deck is where all the lifeboats were located. The A Deck was reserved just for First Class passengers that had a lounge, smoke room, and cabins, along with reading and writing rooms and a Palm Court. The B Deck housed mainly First Class passengers that featured their own public walk. It is where many of the ship’s passengers were as the ship sank. The C Deck housed mostly Third Class passengers and included cabins, public rooms, and was in-between First Class and Second Class. The D Deck had three large rooms that were the First Class Reception Room, Dining Saloon and the Second Class Dining Saloon. The E Deck was mostly for passenger housing for all three classes, cooks, seamen, trimmers and stewards. The F Deck was the last complete deck and housed Second and Third Class passengers and some crew members. The G Deck was the lowest deck that housed passengers and was slightly above the waterline. The Orlop and Tank Top Deck was the absolute lowest level of the ship, which was below waterline. They were used for cargo, while the Tank Top was the platform that contained the ship’s boilers, engines, and generators that were being used. Passengers were not

They were fueled by burning coal; about 6,611 tons could fit in the bunkers of the ship. The furnaces to power the engine required about 600 tons of coal a day that had to be manually inserted. About 176 firemen worked around the clock to keep the engines powered. There was 100 tons of ash per day that had to be removed by disposing of it into the sea. The work was dangerous, although the firemen were paid handsomely; there was a high suicide rate among the men that worked there. The Titanic had around 885 crew members that were mostly casual workers, majority only came aboard for a few hours before they sailed from Southampton. Out of 1,317 passengers, 324 were in First Class, 284 were in Second Class and 709 were in Third Class. From the 1,317 passengers about sixty-six percent, or 869 passengers were male and thirty-four percent or 447 passengers were female. The maximum the ship could house is 2,566 passengers, who would be 1,034 First Class passengers, 510 Second Class passengers, and 1,022 Third Class passengers. The coverage of the ship was all covered by Lloyd’s of London, and the total damage of the ship came out to £86,386,100, or $135,094,902.48 US Dollars. In Britain, funds were organized for the Titanic’s lost crew members families and raised nearly £38,873,745 in today’s money, or $60,856,847.80 in US Dollars. Only thirty-two percent of passengers during that day survived the disaster, but some survivors did die afterwards