Who Was Responsible For The Titanic Disaster

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Who/What is Responsible for the Titanic Disaster?

Do you know who was responsible for the Titanic sinking? Was it the captain, the crew, the passengers, or the look out? Maybe the builders did it. In this essay you will find out
Captain Smith was possibly responsible for the sinking of the Titanic.On page 18-19 it said that Captain Smith ignored all the Iceberg warnings and kept going full speed ahead. He also dismissed the people in the radio room when they could have called for more help. This is how Captain Smith could have been a part of the Titanic’s sinking. But it's not the only reason the Titanic sank
People also could have had something to do with the sinking and the belief that the Titanic was “unsinkable”. The builders didn’t

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