Iceberg

Many people believe the Titanic was sunk by an iceberg, however; the iceberg was really only part of the problem. Ignorance is the other reason for the sinking of the Titanic. The Titanic had enough lifeboats for over 50% of people to get off the Titanic, but due to confusion and unpreparedness most lifeboats were not even filled to maximum capacity. Yet, that was not the only reason for the loss of life. Many deaths were those of the third class, mostly immigrants, while those of the first class had been on lifeboats before the third class had even woke. The Titanic was a mighty ship, however, due to an abundance of ignorance and icebergs it was brought down. Many people believe the Titanic was brought down by an iceberg while this is true…

voyaging on Titanic became overwhelmed with anguish and terror. As stated on Titanicandco, a website dedicated to investigate the disaster of Titanic, on the night of Sunday April 14, 1912, Titanic was traveling at 22.5 knots. A lookout guard was unexpectedly alarmed by an iceberg that was right ahead, he then telephoned the warning, but the warning was too…

Titanic, speeding across the frigid Atlantic waters. Only a few young crewmembers were working in the bridge that night. With no captain to give them orders, they sped along, going faster and faster. It was the only order Captain Smith gave them, until they hit the massive iceberg. One moment, total silence. The next, complete chaos. Therefore, Captain Edward J. Smith is responsible for the sinking of Titanic. If he was on the bridge, the 1,502 people that lost their lives could’ve had a chance…

Around 11:40 P.M on April 14, 1912 the Titanic, on its first voyage on water, hit what seemed to be a little iceberg; however, it was not little. After the ship hit the iceberg, Captain E. J. Smith ordered all of the lifeboats to be uncovered and to send wireless messages for help. Water was coming in through the gash the iceberg made on the bottom starboard, or the right side of the ship. The upper class did not pay any attention to the hit. However, the lower classes felt the impact of the…

ship hitting an iceberg, a hole in the bottom of the ship, and the ship collapsing. It turns out just about all of these rumors were actually true. The government immediately after the crash conducted two separate investigations on why the ship went down. Both of these investigations led the government to agree that the ship went down as a result of crashing into a large unexpected iceberg late at night. Shortly after the experiments were conducted the case on the titanic was closed, but…

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All of the passengers would’ve safely made it to their families in America and started a brand new life. As for the boat’s safety rules and regulations I doubt they would change because now all the passengers that survived believed that the titanic is indestructible. So along the years they would build more, but there’s a problem, those ships were huge and they moved at a progressive rate and they’re turning were too wide ranged. Now if you put it this way, there was 4 Titanic’s crossing each…

speed through a known ice field “For some, the fact that the Titanic was sailing full speed ahead despite concerns about icebergs was Smith's biggest misstep.” (NBC News) As a result of this, when the Titanic realized there was an iceberg, it was too tardy for them to turn and bypass it; consequently killing over a thousand people. The Titanic received multiple warning about icebergs, but the last one might not have reached the captain. “The last and most specific warning was not passed…

They melt when they float away from freezing waters to warmer waters under a hot sun. Some icebergs look like giant wedding cakes, while others look like shining white castles. When they catch the red and gold colors of the sunset, they all look like giant flames. Image source: google.com But these same beautiful icebergs are very dangerous when they float, big and silent, into the path of a ship. Many ships used to be wrecked because they hit an iceberg floating in the ocean. Today this…

Weather caused The Titanic's Death There are many different scenarios for what happened to the Titanic. Weather is the biggest contributor to this disaster. The Titanic was very luxurious. It was 46,000 tons and 882 feet in length. The ship was thought to be unsinkable, yet it was struck by an iceberg and sank about 375 miles from Halifax, Nova Scotia. The story is well known about the disaster. It took 1,500 passengers and crewmembers’ lives, which is about two-thirds of the total 2.200 people…