Iceberg

into a still or floating object. Ship collision cases can be a ship to ship, ship to floating object, ship to submarine or ship to still structure collisions. We all have heard about the historic accident of the collision of the ship Titanic to an Iceberg. It was a ship to floating object type of collision. Collision can also be defined as the change in form of a vessel as a result of an impact with a solid object. Ship collision is considered to be the worst of marine accidents as it leads to…

sinking 28 people got on a lifeboat and 63 could have fit on. The next morning 300 and more dead bodies were pulled out of the sea the next morning after the titanic sunk. Some people say the captain was turning and accidentally swiped against an iceberg and got hit and some other people say the captain got drunk and wasn't paying attention while turning and crashed. The Titanic set sail in Southampton on 10 April 1912, Titanic called at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown (now Cobh) in Ireland…

Charles Lightoller was the Second Officer and only surviving commanding officer on the maiden and final voyage of the White Star Line’s ‘unsinkable’ Titanic. After the ship collided with an iceberg, Lightoller oversaw the of loading passengers into lifeboats on the port side, famously only allowing one man on all eleven lifeboats. Lightoller, after a narrow escape from death after going down with the ship, went on to give key testimonies for both the US inquiry and the British Board of Trade…

its competitor, it might have saved Titanic from disaster. Titanic was equipped with a Marconi wireless, and there had been sporadic reports of ice from other ships, but she was sailing on calm seas under a moonless, clear sky. A lookout saw the iceberg dead ahead coming out of a slight haze, rang the warning bell and telephoned the bridge. The engines were quickly reversed and the ship was turned sharply, and instead of making direct impact the berg seemed to graze along the side of the 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” according to the British Wreck Commissioner. Of those approximately 2,208 men, women, and children 1,517 perished in the Atlantic based on…

The Myth, the Legend, and the Truth of the Titanic April 15 , 1912, a night of dread and misgivings.The titanic is a story well known throughout history. A legend still remembered to this very day. The unsinkable ship full of majestic grandeur and affliction. The sinking of this infamous ship was viewed as a simple tragedy, remembered only for the glory of what it once was. In the poem “Titanic” by David R. Slavitt and “The Convergence of the Twain” by Thomas Hardy gives a different perception…

passengers into deep enough consideration. They neglected safety standards and procedures which proved to be the cause of death of many of the passengers on board. On the early morning of April 15th, 1912, that passenger filled ship collided with an iceberg causing over 2,200 passengers to struggle to survive through hypothermia, drowning, lifeboat scarcity, and other conditions that occurred while the ship sank down to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. The most prominent cause of death…

the precautions that were told to make sure that there was an equal amount of space on the life boats as there were people on the ship, just in case the ship did sink. On April 14, 1912, over a year after the first launch date, the Titanic hit an iceberg and sank killing almost 70% of the people onboard the Titanic. In situations like this, one should always expect the unexpected. Do not believe that just because you are the creator, inventor or builder of a product that nothing bad can…

Law assignment Facts: FActs: On the vessel “The Mignomette” there were 4 people: Captain Tom Dudley, Brooks (sailor), Stephens (sailor), 17-year old Richard Parker. “The Mignomette” sank during a storm at sea. Issues to consider Were the parties involved in this incident unable to make rational decisions due to their dire conditions? Should they have waited until one of the men died first, before eating their remains. As opposed to killing the seventeen year old boy? Is the…

This is a viewpoint about the capsizing of Pura Vida Princess, a 100 foot catamaran vessel, which sank near the coast of Punta Leona. The vessel is owned by Global Crust Firm S.A. According to the report of an online news site, The Tico Times, the ship left Herradura Bay on 8th of January and on its way across the Gulf of Nicoya. During the departure, the sea was calm but within 30 minutes after, at about 2040H, the ship had called for a distress call but it rapidly sank due to strong winds and…