The Titanic Research Paper
analytical Essay
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The story of The Titanic was a great tragedy. This tragedy round the “unsinkable ship", wandering the grim Atlantic waters, is now history and the component of pop culture. The Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, during its voyage from the United Kingdom to New York City. The ship encountered a collision with an iceberg, endangering the lives of 2,224 passengers and crew. This event resulted in death counts of more than 1,500 people; therefore, causing The Titanic sinking to become one of the "deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in modern history". Math gives further understanding to Titanic in numerous ways . For example, understanding the nationalities aboard, …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Analyzes how the titanic advanced in safety features, but declined where it was most important.
- Explains that survival rates were highest in first class, despite orders to put all women and children in lifeboats first.
- Explains that the theory of the titanic breaking in two is no longer contemplative and rational.
- Explains that the titanic's tragedy is now history and the component of pop culture.
Theories are contemplative and rational types of abstract or generalizing thinkings. For the ship breaking into two is know common knowledge . The Titanic was designed to , in case of flooding, electronically lock down the compartment where these waters were . This would enable the ship to continue on sail , for the waters would not spread throughout the ship . But this strategy was faulty. On 14 April 1912, nearly 375 miles (600 km) south of Newfoundland, The Tiatanic hit an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. ship's time. Colliding with the iceberg caused the hull plates to collapse, then penetrating the starboard side and opened five of watertight compartments; causing the ship to fill with water. After time the air inside the trapped areas reduced the ship's density than the surrounding water. Culminating the bow of the ship to get heavier than the stern and the sinking began...“In the middle of the ship the stress of bearing the heavy weight of the water filled front compartments overwhelmed the steel structure. As the bow dipped under water, the keel began to raise high out of the water and the steel plates holding this portion of the ship together started buckling under the pressure.” By 2:20 a.m., The Titanic had broken in two and was completely submerged in water. More than one thousand people were still on board the ship as it sank. Two hours after the sinking, the Cunard liner RMS Carpathia arrived and aborted an estimate 705 survivors, afloat in the grim Atlantic
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- Analyzes lovett, richard a., “titanic sunk by ‘supermoon’ and celestial alignment?” national geographic channel.
- Explains that the r.m.s. titanic was the biggest british ocean liner of its day. it set sail on april 10, 1912 and came to its resting place just four days later.
- Describes the 30 seconds that sank the titanic—fatal delay in order to change course doomed liner.
- Opines that women and children first hold only if a ship is sinking slowly. the titanic - crew. history on the net.
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- Explains that the titanic was the second ship to set sail on its maiden voyage out of the three sister ships.
- Argues that joseph ismay and captain edward smith should be blamed for the sinking of the titanic.
- Explains that thomas andrews was the designer of the titanic and its sister ships. his designs were either vetoed or removed in the ship building process.
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In this essay, the author
- Explains that the paper will be about the sinking of the r.m.s. titanic.
- Explains that the titanic was originally designed to have three funnels, but four were used to make it look better. the main dining room had a dome, the staircase was enlarged, and two extra elevators were added.
- Explains that the r.m.s. titanic was believed to be unsinkable because the ship could have any four watertight compartments damaged and still stay afloat.
- Explains that the original plan called for 64 lifeboats, but only 20 were used. there were 14 wood, two woodcutters, and four collapsible boats.
- Explains that crewmembers filled some of the boats with less than 30 people, causing many more people to lose their lives that night.
- Explains that after the sinking, there were rules on how many lifeboats a ship would have to carry.
- Explains that an author wrote about a huge ship, exactly like the titanic, that struck an iceberg and sank, killing thousands of people.
- Describes the three classes of people aboard the titanic: the upper class, the middle class and the third class.
- Explains that the titanic received many ice warnings from several other ships. believing the ship was 'unsinkable', bruce ismay told captain smith to raise the speed so that they could break the atlantic record.
- Explains that there was no moon, brisk wind, and practically no waves at all, making it difficult to spot icebergs.
- Narrates how the ship struck the iceberg on the port side and made many small punctures in the steel across a large amount of ship.
- Explains that when news about the iceberg traveled, not many people thought anything of it. they did not realize that the ship was going to sink and there were not enough lifeboats for them to get into and that meant death.
- Analyzes how thomas andrews came running to the bridge with the plans for the titanic and told captain smith that five watertight compartments had been damaged.
- Narrates how the titanic began to sink by the bow. all the water was rushing into the front of the ship and made the stern go in the air.
- Recounts how dr. robert ballard was the first person to see the r.m.s. titanic since the doomed night in april 1912.
- Opines that the titanic sank because of people's mistakes, bad luck, and the steel. if there were enough lifeboats, less people would have died.
- Opines that the titanic is a final resting place for thousands of souls.
- Cites robert d. ballard's 'how we found titanic' in national geographic.
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- Explains that the titanic's hull weighed 25,000 tonnes and used 825 tonnes of coal per day. it was a heavy ship and could not turn rapidly to avoid icebergs.
- Explains that the two wireless radio operators on the titanic had been receiving iceberg warnings, some were passed along to the bridge and the captain slightly altered the ship's course to head further south.
- Explains that the titanic began to turn, but it was too close and too heavy to avoid a collision. at least five of its supposedly watertight compartments toward the bow were ruptured.
- Explains that the ship was nicknamed "ship of dreams", "wonder ship," "last word in luxury" and "millionaire's special." the first class accommodation was designed to be the height of comfort and luxury.
- Explains the cost of a first-class ticket on titanic to new york was approximately $57,200 today. the most expensive rooms were more than $103,000 in today’s currency.
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- Explains that the titanic had its own newspaper which contained news articles, advertisements, stock prices, horse-racing results, and society gossip.
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- Analyzes how jack and rose's love for each other was clearly the main theme in "the heart of the ocean".
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- Describes how rms titanic struck an iceberg, causing a gap in the lower part of the ship. the crew realized that there wasn't enough lifeboats for everybody, so they locked the poorer passengers in third class.
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- Explains that the titanic was the largest moving object ever made, and that it was unsinkable. the radio act of 1912 and the international convention for the safety of life at sea made ships more safe.
- Opines that the titanic is the most tragic sinking of any passenger ship to date, since it was the largest ship with most casualties.
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In this essay, the author
- Opines that the titanic was a tragic event, as it was known as the "unsinkable" although it did sink.
- Describes the titanic as the largest and most luxurious ship in the world. it was the most examined disaster in history and many papers, articles, books, and magazines have been written and published.
- Describes how the titanic sunk after hitting an iceberg. it vanished into the icy depths of north atlantic at 2:20 a.m.
- Describes how millvina dean, one of the few survivors from the titanic disaster, lived on to tell amazing stories about the titanic.
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In this essay, the author
- Describes how the titanic scraped an iceberg at 11:39 p.m. and the ocean liner's vessel broke, then sinks into the atlantic ocean.
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