The passengers aboard the RMS Titanic were about 2,223 people who sailed on the maiden voyage. They sailed from Southampton to New York City. With many great deaths that occurred on this “unsinkable ship”, many authors used this event as a background for a great story, but were the details of the event accurately portrayed? When writing Dangerous Waters, it is clear that Gregory Mone did his research and showed the event accurately. The book Dangerous Waters by Gregory Mone was a heart pounding book.…
Later that night an iceberg scrapped the right side of the ship. The titanic sank in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. There were a total of 2228 people on board and a total of 1503 people died in the accident. The next day 300 more bodies were discovered. Paddy Burns a 14 year old stowaway was traveling on the titanic.…
It is Sunday, April 14, 1912, at 11:39 pm. The shout, “ICEBERG RIGHT AHEAD!!!!!!!” is heard. 37 seconds later, the Titanic hits an iceberg and starts to sink. The sinking lost more than half of the ship’s crew and passengers. Of around 2,228 people aboard, 1,503 died and 725 survived.…
Lusitania Disaster. Setting sail from New York harbor on May 1, 1915, the R.M.S. Lusitania began a voyage to Liverpool, England. This voyage would be her last; and the last for over 1,000 of her passengers. Of the 1,959 men, women, and children aboard, only 761 passengers would survive the voyage. While on the seas, word made it to the ship that the seas would be increasingly inhabited with German submarines the closer they got to England, so to better prepare the passengers they readied the lifeboats on the ship.…
Now, lets state the facts in one paragraph. The titanic had 2,228 passengers. 1523 passengers died. But, or some reason, they only let women and children on the lifeboats, before letting men on.…
They believe that also a fire where a group of 12 men would shovel coal into the a part of the ship’s engine to keep it running. They believe that the extreme temperatures affected the steel of the ship, causing the steel to warp and making it more easy to bend. So that the ship’s steel lining was weak from the temperatures and making it more easy to rip through the lining of the ship, making it more easy to sink the ship. Also notable to mention, History.com As many people suspect that the Titanic never sank, History.com shows the world…
Titanic sank in the middle of the Atlantic because of mistakes made by Bruce Ismay. One of his immense mistakes was deciding not…
Who’s fault was it that the Titanic sank? “Large patches of ice and many Icebergs.” says a warning from the radio of the Caronia. There were many of these warnings. Some were ignored and some not taken seriously. I find the radio workers and the lookouts guilty of the sinking of the Titanic.…
in 1912. Over a thousand innocent people died that dark night and there has been many explanations as to why it happened. On April 14, 1912, a ship called the Titanic from the White Star ocean liner hit an iceberg that seemed small at first and sank near Newfoundland (“Titanic Sinking”). Passenger ships normally travel in what’s called the “summer route” from January 15 to August 14. It is further than the winter route which should’ve been safer, but the winter was unusually mild, causing ice to drift further south than usual.…
Who/What is Responsible for the Titanic Disaster? Do you know who was responsible for the Titanic sinking? Was it the captain, the crew, the passengers, or the look out? Maybe the builders did it. In this essay you will find out Captain Smith was possibly responsible for the sinking of the Titanic.…
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.…
A beautiful tragedy… in April of 1912 The Titanic sunk in the icy waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Nobody knew it was going to be some of their last nights with their loved ones, or the last night they would enjoy the company of an acquaintance they may have come across on their trip on the fateful Titanic. “Not Even God himself Could Sink this Ship” says an Employee of the White Star Line. Passengers and crew members, music, and art work all went down and were forever lost that sad, unfortunate night The Titanic sank.…
I SURVIVED the sinking of The Titanic, 1912 April fourteenth at seven fifteen a.m. in a first class suite on B Deck. We meet George and his eight-year-old sister Phoebe. They are returning to America after visiting London and the surrounding area with their Aunt Daisy. George is always getting in trouble and is very curious. He’s been all over the ship even to areas where he is not supposed to go.…
On November 17th, I visited the well-known Ships of the Sea Museum sited in downtown Savannah. The Ships of the Sea Museum is a historical Museum that shares the history of historical ships during maritime. The Museum is located inside William Scarbrough’s House whom was President of the Savannah Steamship Company. The house was built by William Jay 1819; the building served as the West Broad Street School for African American children and later as the headquarters for the Historic Savannah Foundation. It wasn’t until 1996 in which the house became The Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum.…
According to an article by Ed Darack called “Titanic’s mirage: a new perspective on one of histories greatest mysteries”, The Titanic struck an iceberg four day into her journey to the United…