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The Costa Concordia disaster is the biggest cruise line catastrophe since the sinking of the Titanic 100 years ago. In the aftermath of the incident, many efforts have been made and are continuing to be made to salvage what is left of the disaster. These salvage efforts range from the search and rescue of passengers and crew to even the extracting of over a half million gallons of oil from the ship since it listed 137 meters off the coast of Giglio Island, Italy on January 13, 2012. From…

message once the mast had become unusable and they could no longer raise sail. The vessel M/V 'Real Star' answered the distress call. When the owner and crew of the yacht were onboard the Real Star, the owner asked the master if he/she could take the vessel in tow until the weather calmed down. Later, the owners of the yacht issued a statement claiming the yacht had been rammed by the M/V 'Real Star' as it came alongside to rescue the crew. As the yacht was warped aft to its towing position it…

The Titanic!! From Antonine Marie Mallet’s Point of view (1887-1974) Once, there was a ship, a very BIG ship, and it, was called, the TITANIC! The Titanic was one of the most famous boats out there, with a whopping 2,228 passengers! But, what they did not know, there was an iceberg, ready to STRIKE the Titanic! There were 2,228 people on the Titanic, but only an estimation of 705 people, made it out alive! But there is only one survivor we will look at today… Antonine Marie Mallet! She was…

The purpose of this essay is to explain the events that leads up to the Titanic sinking and the events after the sinking on April 14, 1912 the Titanic collided with a huge iceberg which resulted in the sinking of the Titanic. The Titanic had 2,200 passengers and crew members aboard ready to go into the United States. Only 705 people survived. The builders of the Titanic said that even in the worst possible situation The Titanic should stay afloat up to three days. But, it did not it only stayed…

I chose to make a Clipper Ship because it was in my opinion the most interesting part of the book. When Nailer talks about how he would love to have one. I think having one would be pretty cool. Having a big ship to that you can say is yours is just awesome. The Clipper ship is a long narrow wooden vessel with lofty canvas sails, reigned as the world’s fastest oceangoing ships from about 1843 to 1868. To make my project everything I used on it was stuff that I could reuse. Recycling is an…

Janerio before the accident. It was a stormy evening and making a correct landing was nearly impossible for Captain Pruss to achieve. It is said that Captain Pruss took a wide left turn to fly a descending oval pattern around the north and west to line up for the landing…

Even though people said the Titanic was unsinkable, it still sunk. The Titanic had about 2,208 people on board and 1,503 people died. When the Titanic was 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…

didn’t have enough lifeboats to save everyone. Modern cruise ships carry around 18 lifeboats, each being able to carry around 370. The Titanic had 20 lifeboats that were able to carry around 70 people. In this case, it was the choice of the “cruise line” to have women and children go first, probably because women can get pregnant, and the children still have their whole life to live…

The Titanic Sank in 1912, Many people died. Some “artifacts” still remain. People think its OK to take stuff from the grave of the Titanic, well its not. Its like people coming into your house and taking stuff. Most random people don’t understand this. In this writing i'm going to tell you what i think about this. I agree and disagree, first i'm going to tell you why i agree that artifacts should be taken up. There should be a plan with professionals and scientist to go to take artifacts up…

The R.M.S. Titanic April 12, 1912 at 12:00 the so called “Unsinkable R.M.S Titanic” is now 12,500 feet down resting on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. There were 2,208 people boarding on the ship but only 706 people survived, that is only 706 people who actually came back to their beloved home. Who is actually responsible for her first and last voyage? Without a doubt Historians believe that one reason that the Titanic sank was because of human error. Historians on www.historians.net blame…