RMS Olympic

Accidents happen, yes. But it keeps re-occuring over the last decades or so. Also the cause of accidents are very similar to each other, mainly due to systematic failures, human errors and such. How come we still fail to learn from the causes to prevent it form happenening again? There are a lot of reasearch that shows how human errors and systematic failures cause accidents. Over the last 40 years or so, the shipping industry has focused on improving ship structures, reliability and safety of…

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…

Background of Cayman Island During the dark and moonless night of the 8th of February 1794, an navigational error have resulted ten of the British ships, including a Royal Navy vessel (HMS Convert), being wrecked on the treacherous coral reefs off East End, Grand Cayman. The local people saved everyone aboard the ships, including, so the story goes, a royal prince. When Britain's King George III heard of this act of gallantry, he is said to have decreed that the people of the Cayman Islands…

Here's a story about a young lady by the name of Leila Meyer (Leila Saks) who believe it or not, was a survivor of the Titanic. This story is true, and Leila was on the Titanic at the time of the crash. She had experienced it all. Leila Meyer was just as excited as everyone else to board the Titanic. As you may know, that was the Titanic's maiden voyage (First trip or journey) at sea. The Titanic was nicknamed the "Unsinkable Ship", which is sad because of how it had crashed during its first…

Armor and weaponry The U.S.S. Monitor was armed with two eleven inch Dahlgren smoothbores located in a 20 foot in diameter iron turret that could spin 360 degrees. The turret, which was covered in eight inches of iron plates was rotated by a vertical shaft that was connected to a 25 horsepower steam engine through a gear system. The rotation of the turret was controlled by one man under the deck. Over all the turret was nine feet high and weighed 120 tons. The cannons fired through oval gunports…

New York City, the cultural capital of America, boasts many attractions for its residents and tourists alike most of them, have an interesting story behind them. From the least important statue to national treasures, the stories behind these icons are as intriguing as the monuments themselves. The four most iconic attractions the Brooklyn bridge Central Park, the Empire State Building, and The Statue of Liberty will be discussed in this paper. The Brooklyn Bridge was built by Washington…

Titanic In the morning, April 12, 1912, Marcus and his family were going to the Titanic. While they were going there Marcus was a little bit of a troublemaker,but his mom Martha was telling him to behave, so when Marcus was walking to the Titanic his little sister Lucy was wanting to get something to play with. So while Lucy was whining Marcus was getting annoyed and decided to get her something to play with. When Marcus got Lucy a toy to play with, Marcus had to catch up to their mother so…

Titanic, a romantic movie also displaying a historic event, was directed by James Cameron, in 1997, based on a true story; however, the movie was too long and had many errors in it. Titanic is a movie about two people from opposite backgrounds that board this luxuries boat where they both happen to fall in love with each other. There were more than 100,000 people who turned up to see the ship called Titanic that was supposed to sail the across Atlantic Ocean. Rose (Kate Winslet) is saved by the…

Amanda Stevenson Dr. Sigler EN 102 19 October 2015 Fraternally Inseparable: The Journey from Vanity to Oblivion Despite the belief that the sinking of the Titanic was a misfortune caused by the ship’s unsafe speed in unmapped territory, Thomas Hardy counters this commonly held view by asserting that the tragedy was predestined. In “The Convergence of the Twain”, Thomas Hardy uses the ironic isolation, natural indifference, and lack of foresight to convey the idea that pride and vanity…

journey of a lifetime! The newest White Star Line ship, appearing to outrank all of the other vessels at sea, was about to make its first voyage across the Atlantic. Looking for a fresh start in New York City, three classes of passengers boarded the RMS Titanic on April 10, 1912 in Southampton, England. They were confident this was the safest ship at sea. The Titanic was advertised as unsinkable with its many features made for it to outshine its main competitors. What the passengers did not know…