Titanic Research Paper

In “Time Machine (1912): Wreck of the White Star Liner Titanic” Newsela reports that In the long list of sea disaster there is not one to compare with the sinking of the Titanic. The Titanic sank on Sunday, April 14, 1912 on her first voyage across the Atlantic Ocean. The sinking of the Titanic left the world with many unanswered questions. The Titanic was the largest ship ever built. The Titanic was supposed to be the safest. The Titanic was built in a shipyard in Great Britain, and had every safeguard against accident know to shipbuilding. The ship’s floor had exceptional strength and stiffness, The floor had 10-inch beams at the sides of the ship’s hull. The Titanic had 16 watertight compartments placed from left to right, The compartments …show more content…
Everyone thought the ship was unsinkable! The Titanic hit the iceberg below the waterline, which made this ship helpless. It sent the Titanic to the bottom of the sea in just 2 ½ hours. The length of the Titanic was almost 900 feet. The Titanic weighted 46,000 pounds, With the weight of the passengers, the crew, cargo and fuel the weight was 60,000 pounds. On Wednesday, April 10, the Titanic left England. On Sunday, April 14, the radio operator got a message from the Amerkia. It warned that, by evening the evening the Titanic’s course would be heading towards a large field of icebergs. Even though they were warned they kept moving just below the top speed of the Titanic, 22.5 knots. Captain Edward Smith Should have driven his ship at high speed, at night, when he knew he was near the heavy ice fields, is a mystery never cleared up. The captain didn’t slow down the ship even though he knew he was near the ice fields. The man in the crowsnest yelled, “BERG AHEAD!”, the ship quickly turned but it was too late. The iceberg tore a 300-foot gash in the hull. The ship was so large that the passengers didn't feel it hit. The Titanic’s SOS was heard by several ships, the nearest was the