Harland and Wolff

joseph Bruce Ismay was an English businessman who served as chairman and managing director of the White Star Line. Joseph Bruce Ismay was born at Crosby, near Liverpool on 12 December 1862. tanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean by an iceberg on 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from to New York City. made by Harland and Wolff Technical RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The concept of a functioning replica of the Titanic has been explored several times, especially following the resurgence of interest…

RMS Titanic Introduction The sinking of the Titanic on its first voyage was one of the most horrific events in history. The ship hit an iceberg and sank. Over 1,500 people died. Building the Titanic In March 1909, work begins on the Titanic. At the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast Ireland, nonstop work for two years. On May 31 is the largest movable manmade object by this time in history. It made its way the slipways and into the river, more than 100,000. People attending the launching. …

It all started on a summer night in 1907. Bruce Ismay and Lord James Pirrie, partners in the firm of Harland and Wolff (a British ship building company), were discussing the creation of two new giant passenger ships, to be called the "Olympic" and the "Titanic." The Titanic and the Olympic were to be almost identical except in size, the Titanic was to be 1004 gross tons larger and a bit more luxurious. The focus of these new liners would be speed, luxury, and comfort. They had to be fast enough…

The Titanic was not the only ship in her line, in fact, there were two other ships that were dreamed up as well by Harland and Wolff. The fantasy behind the Olympic-Class line was to not have the fastest sailing ship, but to build a large ship that had amenities that would be luxurious to its passengers. The three sister ships --in order of when they were built-- were the Olympic, the Titanic and the Britannic. Even though the construction of the Olympic started almost a full year before the…

safest ever built at the time; however, the ship’s builders never said it was unsinkable. It was actually Shipbuilders magazine that described the ship as “practically unsinkable”. Though it has been over one-hundred years since the sinking of the Titanic, the story, which includes both heroes and villains, still enthralls us (Hutchings). The idea for the Titanic, a passenger liner that would epitomize luxury and be bigger than any other liner, was born out a collaboration by Bruce Ismay,…

The Titanic has tons of movies about it but most people don’t know what really went on that night of April 15, 1912 (“Titanic Survivors”). Researchers have found some good information about the Titanic. To this day you still can go see the Titanic. The Titanic was a one of a kind ship with lots of great features to it. Thousands were aboard for the Titanic’s very first voyage after being built but none of them knew that some may lose loved ones or even their own lives during what was supposed to…

For more than a decade, Titanic stood as a great mark of love, glory, disaster and sacrifice. It was popularly called as the "Unsinkable ship" with the tagline "Not even God can sink this ship". Unfortunately, this gigantic ship was engulfed by the ocean on her maiden voyage killing 1,517 people. With the movie Titanic, made in 1997, James Cameroon was extolled for his great depiction of the facts. Later investigations contradicted Cameroon in many aspects. What happened to this Unsinkable ship?…

RMS Titanic holds the dubious honor of being the most famous shipwreck of all time. Enhanced by the fact that “TITANIC was the largest ship ever built at the time, 46,328 tons, 883 by 93 by 104 feet,9 decks…” (Rasor 48) the ship's sinking has lived on in the imaginations of people for generations after the disaster. On Sunday, April 14th, 1912 at 11:40 pm (Lord 3) RMS Titanic struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland carrying “a crew of about 892 hands all told, and about 1,316 passengers”…

First, will look at the sinking of the Titanic of 1912 and well this is not the first ever engineering disaster it is normally where most people start. “RMS Titanic was a British passenger ship that sank after hitting an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton (United Kingdom) to New York City, in April 1912. Titanic was at the time the largest ship ever built and was considered to be unsinkable. The tragedy claimed the lives of over 1,500 people. Many factors contributed to the…

What does one think of when the name Titanic is said? That it was one of perhaps the most tragic events to have ever occurred on the sea? What is certain however is that it is one of the most remembered historical events to have ever occurred on the ocean and it is possible that the words “criminal negligence” come to one’s mind however, people look at it most have no idea of the true reasons the Titanic sank and that is why several people over the years have delved into the mystery of what sank…