True Titan: Its Development and Progression
The R.M.S. Titanic is perhaps considered to be the most illustrious shipwreck that had a huge influence in our popular culture, since its occurrence on 15thApril of 1912. This can be illustrated via numerous books, articles and movies; it has become a cultural icon while maintaining its national and international significance. Though, what innovations have influenced its invention and to what extent has it contributed to its significance?
In order to respond, one must look at the foundation facts concerning the Titanic ship. Registered as a British ship in the White Star line, the Titanic was famed for being the largest and most luxurious passenger ship of its time. In 1898, 14 years prior to Titanic’s …show more content…
Such regulations, with the focus on the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), was readily investigated in order to promote safety of navigation, and come to an international agreement on the safety of merchant ships. Examples of mistakes resulting in horrendous conclusions are having flawed watertight compartment design, which were individually true as impermeable, but permitted water to spill from one compartment into another. Moreover, the crews’ impracticality resulted in a largely disorganized and haphazard evacuation process with the lowering of the first lifeboat; the craft was designed to hold up to 65 people, while leaving with only 28 aboard (CITE). Furthermore, in compliance with the law of the sea, women and children boarded the boats first- only when there were no women or children insight- nearby men were permitted. Yet, in fact, many of the victims were set to be women and children, as a result of disorderly procedures that failed to be adhered. In addition to several of Titanic’s Cunard-owned contemporaries being boasted in regards to its innovative safety features, the second critical safety lapse that contributed to the loss of so many lives was the number of lifeboats carried on Titanic; 16 boats were provided that …show more content…
Titanic shipwreck highlighted the technological aspects of the catastrophe, as it also gives a hint of a demise that shows the almost mythical perspective in popular culture. Viewed as a tragedy, morality has been an influence in the play of human hubris; the ship was defined as being “unsinkable” as its nature, while the ship itself was defeated by the laws of nature, by its own properties and foundation of built. The fascination of this history period underlines the distortion of human nature in our capabilities, skills, technological advances, and the incapability of us to accept the mercy of events being beyond our control. In the end, technology, like any other human endeavor, is flawed and subject to disaster, and we can never innovate nor create ourselves totally out of harm’s
The R.M.S. Titanic is perhaps considered to be the most illustrious shipwreck that had a huge influence in our popular culture, since its occurrence on 15thApril of 1912. This can be illustrated via numerous books, articles and movies; it has become a cultural icon while maintaining its national and international significance. Though, what innovations have influenced its invention and to what extent has it contributed to its significance?
In order to respond, one must look at the foundation facts concerning the Titanic ship. Registered as a British ship in the White Star line, the Titanic was famed for being the largest and most luxurious passenger ship of its time. In 1898, 14 years prior to Titanic’s …show more content…
Such regulations, with the focus on the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), was readily investigated in order to promote safety of navigation, and come to an international agreement on the safety of merchant ships. Examples of mistakes resulting in horrendous conclusions are having flawed watertight compartment design, which were individually true as impermeable, but permitted water to spill from one compartment into another. Moreover, the crews’ impracticality resulted in a largely disorganized and haphazard evacuation process with the lowering of the first lifeboat; the craft was designed to hold up to 65 people, while leaving with only 28 aboard (CITE). Furthermore, in compliance with the law of the sea, women and children boarded the boats first- only when there were no women or children insight- nearby men were permitted. Yet, in fact, many of the victims were set to be women and children, as a result of disorderly procedures that failed to be adhered. In addition to several of Titanic’s Cunard-owned contemporaries being boasted in regards to its innovative safety features, the second critical safety lapse that contributed to the loss of so many lives was the number of lifeboats carried on Titanic; 16 boats were provided that …show more content…
Titanic shipwreck highlighted the technological aspects of the catastrophe, as it also gives a hint of a demise that shows the almost mythical perspective in popular culture. Viewed as a tragedy, morality has been an influence in the play of human hubris; the ship was defined as being “unsinkable” as its nature, while the ship itself was defeated by the laws of nature, by its own properties and foundation of built. The fascination of this history period underlines the distortion of human nature in our capabilities, skills, technological advances, and the incapability of us to accept the mercy of events being beyond our control. In the end, technology, like any other human endeavor, is flawed and subject to disaster, and we can never innovate nor create ourselves totally out of harm’s