RMS Titanic

Imagine being in a plane and it randomly goes down over the Bermuda Triangle. Also known as the Devil’s Triangle, Bermuda Triangle is a general area in the western part of the Atlantic Ocean where planes and ships have mysteriously disappeared over the years. It received it’s name from a magazine after an extremely popular disappearance known as Flight 19. Nobody knows for sure if the Bermuda Triangle is real because science cannot explain many disappearances including the USS Cyclops, Ellen…

he first catamaran style steamboat was built by the Scottish engineer William Symington in 1788. Later on in early 18th he developed this prototype to create the first steamship, the Charlotte Dundas. The Charlotte Dundas had short- lived run on the Forth- Clyde canal until the damage by the canal banks. Another event of great significance was bringing into commercial service of the Worlds first paddle steamer, Henry Bell’s “Comet” on the Clyde in 1812. The coming of the steamship was of…

In the early evening of January 13, 1982, Air Florida Flight 90 crashed into Washington DC’s 14th Street Bridge and plunged into the Potomac River, just minutes after take-off from Washington National Airport. Only six passengers survived the crash, all of whom clung to the tail section of the plane as it sunk slowly into the freezing, ice-clogged waters. Arnold D. Williams, Jr. was one of those passengers. As rescue workers and ordinary civilians tried desperately to reach the injured and…

Melting Ice Causes Luxury Liners to Come In 1912, the Titanic hit an iceberg and was sinking. There were some survivors like Margaret Brown, who helped people out. It took roughly 2 hours and 40 minutes to sink. Melting ice is luring more luxury liners throughout the North arctic area. Melting ice causes lots of problems that the people living in the arctic have to handle. Melting ice can ruin homes, make arctic animals extinct, and it will be hard to travel throughout the arctic. To…

“CAPTAIN WE'RE GOING TO HIT IT” the captain (F. R. M. Crozier) quickly turned the helm and released the anchor, but it was too late they crashed right into the ice. The HMS Terror was abandoned at high sea do to a wreckage into ice and was accompanied by the HMS Erebus. All 129 men on the Franklin expedition died. It was found 168 years after shipwreck in the middle of Terror bay on the Coast of King William Island in September, 2014 ,but they didn’t know it was the HMS Terror at the time until…

passengers that died on that ship accident. The ages of the victims that lost their lives that morning, ranged from the tender age of 19 months to 75 years old. Now to anyone that would hear this news would be so shocked and confused because the Titanic was the unsinkable ship, well…

to discover the Titanic. The depth of the Atlantic Seabed would force Dr. Ballard to go deeper than any deep-sea diver had gone before. In 1973, the ALVIN (a manned deep- ocean research submersible owned by the United States Navy) had to go through structure changes to withstand the depth necessary to reach the Titanic which was around 13,000 feet. The researchers did not have much to go on in terms of a location for the ship itself. A documented distress signal placed the Titanic at 41*46’N,…

Titanic Final April 14, 1912, the day I survived the crash of the Titanic. Perhaps it could've been the last day of my life, my chances of living were over 2,000 souls and only 20 lifeboats. It all began as I found myself in the Cigar Room, I noticed people running in panic and the screams of fear. Although, I eased myself down, thinking what was going on. “Get on deck now and get a life belt, or you’ll all drown with the ship!” an officer shouted. It was from this point on that I knew my life…

that Titanic will sink. The boat is unsinkable and nothing but inconvenience will be suffered by the passengers," said Vice-President of White Star Line, Phillip Franklin. What was the Titanic? Why was it special? What actually happened the night the “unsinkable ship” sank? Was it anyone’s fault in particular? All these questions are not as simple as they appear to be. Since there were no airplanes in the 1900s, and a lot of immigrants, ships were a popular source of travel. The Titanic was a…

The Wreck Of The Lady is a real life story about the death and survival of seven crew members aboard the vessel Lady Mary. From bad conditions, to a slip in the safety forms, the mask of night, a worn out crew, and an horrible surprise only one crew member was able to survive. The men aboard the Lady Mary were men that were heroes to their families. When fate were against them they did everything in their power to fight back. But in the end, after one member could not save another, one survived.…