RMS Olympic

The Titanic The night the Titanic sank was a very tragic night. One question I have and oftenly ponder is if this disaster could have been avoided? Could extra precautions could have taken to save the lives of the people on the Titanic. I honestly believe that it could have been avoided and that some people were the cause of this disaster. I have reason to believe that the captain and the wireless operator are at fault. First of all, the lookouts did not see the iceberg before time because…

Are you ready to hear who was responsible for the sinking of the Titanic? Read along to figure it out. This is a very important topic because we are trying to figure out and conclude who was responsible for the sinking of the Titanic. You should care because the Titanic was one of the largest shipwrecks in history. Captain Smith is responsible for the sinking of the Titanic because he ignored ice warnings, slowed down the ship, and he skipped the important safety drills Although there are…

started on a summer night in 1907. Bruce Ismay and Lord James Pirrie, partners in the firm of Harland and Wolff (a British ship building company), were discussing the creation of two new giant passenger ships, to be called the "Olympic" and the "Titanic." The Titanic and the Olympic were to be almost identical except in size, the Titanic was to be 1004 gross tons larger and a bit more luxurious. The focus of these new liners would be speed, luxury, and comfort. They had to be fast enough to get…

The Titanic was considered by many to be unsinkable, so the fact that it did sink amazed people for decades. What went wrong exactly? Well, quite a few things went wrong the night that the Titanic sank. The first issue that arose was that the captain mandated that the ship excelled through an icefield despite the protests of his crew. Then, on April 15, at 11:40 p.m. the Titanic struck an iceberg. The issue was that Titanic was too large to navigate through the changing scenery of the icefield.…

White Star line, inorder to dominate the North-Atlantic passenger market, decided to build 3 prodigious ships The Olympic, The Titanic, The Britannic. Of the three, Titanic and Olympic were almost…

RMS Titanic holds the dubious honor of being the most famous shipwreck of all time. Enhanced by the fact that “TITANIC was the largest ship ever built at the time, 46,328 tons, 883 by 93 by 104 feet,9 decks…” (Rasor 48) the ship's sinking has lived on in the imaginations of people for generations after the disaster. On Sunday, April 14th, 1912 at 11:40 pm (Lord 3) RMS Titanic struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland carrying “a crew of about 892 hands all told, and about 1,316 passengers”…

First, will look at the sinking of the Titanic of 1912 and well this is not the first ever engineering disaster it is normally where most people start. “RMS Titanic was a British passenger ship that sank after hitting an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southampton (United Kingdom) to New York City, in April 1912. Titanic was at the time the largest ship ever built and was considered to be unsinkable. The tragedy claimed the lives of over 1,500 people. Many factors contributed to the…

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…

What does one think of when the name Titanic is said? That it was one of perhaps the most tragic events to have ever occurred on the sea? What is certain however is that it is one of the most remembered historical events to have ever occurred on the ocean and it is possible that the words “criminal negligence” come to one’s mind however, people look at it most have no idea of the true reasons the Titanic sank and that is why several people over the years have delved into the mystery of what sank…

Silence was heard about the sea. Twenty lifeboats floated around in the quiet, moonless night. The Titanic had sunk. This was a tragic turn of events, for the RMS Titanic was the height of advancement and technology in the 1900s. Not only was she the largest ship in the world, but “she was safe. The Titanic, as everyone knew, was practically unsinkable” (Hopkinson 2). White Star Lines assured people that there was no ship safer than her. Such technology certainly could not be defeated by the…