The Titanic
“The ship took a sudden dip, and the sea came rolling up, carrying everyone with it. Many were drowned there and then (“Titanic Survivor’s Eyewitness Account”).” Have you ever wondered what really happened to the Titanic? There are numerous theses of the calamitous event, but no one knows what actually transpired. All we know is that the Titanic departed Southampton and had already visited Cherbourg, France, and Queenstown, Ireland, before heading towards New York City, where it supposedly hit an iceberg near the end of its voyage and sank with over half the passengers. So, how did it sink? Wasn’t it billed as “unsinkable”? Let’s find out…
The Construction of the Titanic
A little competition between the White Star Line and its rival Cunard commenced …show more content…
There are abundant theories regarding what took place that tragic night, but they have all seemed to come to one conclusion. The Titanic was traveling at 22.5 knots, cruising through the waters of the northern Atlantic Ocean (“RMS Titanic”). All at once, she came to an iceberg. The lookouts couldn’t warn the captain quickly enough to navigate around it, and the ship sideswiped it. This happened around 11:40 p.m. ship’s time (Main, Douglas).
Most inconveniently, the Titanic only had lifeboats for 1,178 of the 2,228 people on board, including the collapsible boats, and many passengers could not get to the lifeboats in time (Spignesi, Stephen J.). One of the first lifeboats to leave the ship only carried 28 passengers, when it was perfectly capable of carrying 64 (“Titanic Facts”). Less than 3 hours later, at 2:20 p.m. (“Titanic sinks”), she sank, pulling over 1,500 people to the ocean floor (Fowler, Dave), including some of the most famous celebrities of that time period (Loohauis-Bennett, Jackie). Sources disagree about the number of survivors brought aboard the RMS Carpathia 4 hours later, but the numbers tend to be in the range of 700 to 900.
An eyewitness account describes the event
“The ship took a sudden dip, and the sea came rolling up, carrying everyone with it. Many were drowned there and then (“Titanic Survivor’s Eyewitness Account”).” Have you ever wondered what really happened to the Titanic? There are numerous theses of the calamitous event, but no one knows what actually transpired. All we know is that the Titanic departed Southampton and had already visited Cherbourg, France, and Queenstown, Ireland, before heading towards New York City, where it supposedly hit an iceberg near the end of its voyage and sank with over half the passengers. So, how did it sink? Wasn’t it billed as “unsinkable”? Let’s find out…
The Construction of the Titanic
A little competition between the White Star Line and its rival Cunard commenced …show more content…
There are abundant theories regarding what took place that tragic night, but they have all seemed to come to one conclusion. The Titanic was traveling at 22.5 knots, cruising through the waters of the northern Atlantic Ocean (“RMS Titanic”). All at once, she came to an iceberg. The lookouts couldn’t warn the captain quickly enough to navigate around it, and the ship sideswiped it. This happened around 11:40 p.m. ship’s time (Main, Douglas).
Most inconveniently, the Titanic only had lifeboats for 1,178 of the 2,228 people on board, including the collapsible boats, and many passengers could not get to the lifeboats in time (Spignesi, Stephen J.). One of the first lifeboats to leave the ship only carried 28 passengers, when it was perfectly capable of carrying 64 (“Titanic Facts”). Less than 3 hours later, at 2:20 p.m. (“Titanic sinks”), she sank, pulling over 1,500 people to the ocean floor (Fowler, Dave), including some of the most famous celebrities of that time period (Loohauis-Bennett, Jackie). Sources disagree about the number of survivors brought aboard the RMS Carpathia 4 hours later, but the numbers tend to be in the range of 700 to 900.
An eyewitness account describes the event