Titanic Disasters
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55 ERRORS Titanic, the legend lives onYour headline goes here One of the most famous and well-known maritime disasters involving passenger liners took place during the early part of the twentieth 20th century. The Titanic sank with a huge loss of life in the early hours of April 14, 1912. The story of this ship still fascinates people, and many historians have written books about the liner’s short life and death. A prominent British shipping company, White Star Line, commissioned the building of the Titanic. They, and the press, spoke of the ship as being “practically unsinkable.” Ships had watertight compartments to limit flooding in case of an accident, and the Titanic had 16 such compartments. While most educated people doubted the Titanic was truly and really unsinkable, it was difficult to imagine an accident sever enough to send it to the bottom of the sea. The ships’ builders had taken every precaution to make sure that the Titanic – the …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Explains that the titanic sank with a huge loss of life in the early hours of april 14, 1912. the story of this ship still fascinates people and many historians have written books about the liner’s short life and death.
- Explains that the titanic was commissioned by a prominent british shipping company, white star line. the ship had 16 watertight compartments to limit flooding in case of an accident.
- Explains that the titanic was four times larger than the largest legal classification considered under board of trade rules governing lifeboat requirements.
- Explains that the titanic had more than 2,000 people on board, including a large crew, when she left on its maiden and first voyage. the conditions are less luxurious for the second- and third-class passengers but still better than on many other ships.
- Describes how the titanic colluded with an iceberg on 14 april. the crew didn't realise that the jagged underwater spur had slashed a 300 foot gash well below the ships waterline.
- Explains that passengers were told that the launching of the lifeboats was only a precautionary measure.
- Explains that etiquette dictated that women and children should be saved before men. class played a part in who survived and who was lost, partly due to the location of cabins.
- Analyzes how the titanic's most illustrious passengers each responded to the circumstances with conduct that has become an integral part of the legend.
- Narrates how the carpathia picked up the distress call and radioed back to let the ship's crew know they were on their way.
- Explains that capt edward smith, in true navel tradition, went down with his ship. many believe that the captain failed the passengers and crew of the titanic.
- Explains that nearly every boat launched woefully under-filled, some with only a handful of passengers. the high loss of life was due to not having enough ofsta lifeboats and inadequate training.
The Carpathia picked up the distress call and radioed back to let the ship’s crew know they were on their way. It would be too late, however. By the time the Carpathia arrived, all that remained of the Titanic was a handful of lifeboats filled with shocked survivors and people who hadn’t drowned. Capt Edward Smith, in true navel tradition, went down with his ship. Many believe that the captain failed the passengers and crew of the Titanic. He failed to heed ice warnings, failed to slow his ship when ice was reported directly in his path and allowed lifeboats to leave the sinking ship partially filled, unnecessarily adding at least five hundred names to the list of the dead. In the confusion during the precious hours before the Titanic sank, nearly every boat would be launched woefully under-filled, some with only a handful of passengers. Subsequent inquiries attributed the high loss of life to not having enoughlack ofsta lifeboats and inadequate training in their
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- Analyzes how the titanic went down so fast, and why the iceberg ripped a 300-foot gash in the side of the luxury liner. this may not have been the case.
- Describes the tragedy that struck on april 14, 1912 as the supposedly "unsinkable" rms titanic sunk in the north atlantic ocean after miscommunication and gross negligence caused the ship to collide with an iceberg.
- Explains that the titanic was the largest ship on the water at the time, watertight and powered by steam. thomas andrews, the white star line, and harland and wolff were wrong about the ship being unsinkable.
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- Analyzes how hanson w. baldwin wrote a report over the titanic incident using interviews and first-hand accounts from survivors.
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- Narrates how a monstrous white shape appeared in the titanic's path. there were approximately 2,228 people on the ship.
- Narrates how miss walton's aunt had come to her to tell her that the baggage room was full of water. she told her the water-tight compartments would be closed and she could return to the cabin.
- Narrates how mrs elisabeth walton allen mennell made her home in england after the disaster. she was living in tunbridge wells, england at the time of her death.
- Opines that the titanic was a victim of unfortunate circumstances, negligence, idiocracy, and just simple misjudgement. if the gashes in her hull were fewer or relocated then she may have never gone down.
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- Explains that they read the chapter and thought to themselves what part of the story did they like, what caught their attention. they were looking for something they found alluring and interesting.
- Describes how the reactions from people onboard were mesmerizing. they describe how mrs. albert caldwell, mr. george a. harder, james b. mcgough, and others felt jolts or scraping noises but didn't know what it was.
- Opines that walter lord retold in multiple perspectives because he wanted people to know that what they lived was true and it will forever be engraved into their minds.
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- Explains that the ship was constructed by 3,000 men and completed on may 31, 1911 in belfast, ireland.
- Describes the reasons for the collision with iceberg in the atlantic ocean.
- Opines that the rms titanic was a historic, potentially avoidable disaster that impacted the world and future.
- Explains that the rms titanic was a marvel of technology, an "unsinkable" ship. the ship's fateful demise occurred on april 14th, 1912, in the north atlantic ocean.
- Describes the titanic as a technological and industrial marvel of its time, boasting distinct luxury across all platforms and its mass in size.
- Explains the construction of the rms titanic began in 1909 in belfast, ireland. trials for the ship began on april 2, 1912, two days before her maiden voyage.
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- Analyzes how the titanic struck an iceberg in the north atlantic ocean on april 14, 1912, causing the rupturing of five of the ship's 16 watertight compartments.
- Explains that the rms titanic's wreck was due to its collision with an iceberg along its starboard side. the white star line had a low budget for the ship, although it was designed to be the most luxurious passenger liner of its time.
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- Explains that an attempt to salvage part of the hull was conducted on august 30th, 1996. the attempt failed and the ship descended once again into the atlantic ocean.
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- Explains that the international ice patrol monitors ice and temperature to protect traveling ships from the dangers of traveling in cold climates. the organization still protects ships to this day.
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- Explains that after the wreck of the titanic, survivors, as well as relatives of victims, sought compensation for their losses.
- Analyzes how the titanic demonstrates the level of hubris brought by the white star line to claim a ship unsinkable, only for it to sink on its maiden voyage
- Cites cummins, v. h., & zarr, c. (2012). they said it couldn't sink. national archives.
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