The Rms Titanic
Just 20 minutes short of midnight, April 14, 1912, the great new White Star Liner Titanic, making her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, had a rendezvous with ice in the calm, dark waters of the North Atlantic. She brushed the berg so gently that nearly all of the passengers slept through it (Tribute to ). A look at the Titanic's catastrophic disaster at sea some 85 years ago, the world has been captivated by the "unsinkable" ship's history, from the birth of the idea to the aftermath of the crash and sinking.
By the turn of the nineteenth century, the race to build the largest and fastest steamship was in full swing. The two leading sea liner competitors in Britain during this ...
Want to read the rest of this paper?
Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay
and over 50,000 other term papers
|
in size, but the Titanic was some 1,000 gross tons larger, due to the more extensive and elaborate interior furnishings. (Gary's Titanic Page) The hull of the Titanic was finished and launched on
May 31, 1911, but it would take another year to complete. With a total of nine decks, the Titanic was divided somewhat by social classes. Each class, first, second, and third, had two decks for themselves that were separated from the other classes. The first and second class passengers also shared an extra deck. Among them were John Jacob Astor, the richest man on the ship, Isador Strauss, founder of Macy's department store, and Benjamin Guggenheim, whose family had made their fortunes in the mining and smelting industries (RMS Titanic). When the ship finally set sail for New York on April 11, 1912, the voyage was made even more pleasant for everyone on board by the splendid weather (Lynch 41). For three more days, the ship sailed on without a glitch. The weather had been ...
Get instant access to over 50,000 essays.
Write better papers. Get better grades.
Already a member? Login
|
collapsible boats, had been launched and the Titanic's entire bow was well submerged in sea water. In the confusion, many of the lifeboats had left half-full, wasting space that could have saved several lives (Lord 115). It became quite clear to those remaining that they were going to die if help did not arrive soon.
A normal size ship at that time was 10,000 tons, while the massive Titanic was weighed at 46,329 gross tons. It's enormous size, and all of the new technologies misled the engineers to believe that the ship would take much longer to sink. The sixteen so-called "water-tight" compartments were not sealed on the top, so the water could spill from one tank to the next, ...
Succeed in your coursework without stepping into a library.
Get access to a growing library of notes, book reports,
and research papers in 2 minutes or less.
|
CITE THIS PAGE:
The Rms Titanic. (2004, January 19). Retrieved December 23, 2024, from http://www.essayworld.com/essays/The-Rms-Titanic/1716
"The Rms Titanic." Essayworld.com. Essayworld.com, 19 Jan. 2004. Web. 23 Dec. 2024. <http://www.essayworld.com/essays/The-Rms-Titanic/1716>
"The Rms Titanic." Essayworld.com. January 19, 2004. Accessed December 23, 2024. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/The-Rms-Titanic/1716.
"The Rms Titanic." Essayworld.com. January 19, 2004. Accessed December 23, 2024. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/The-Rms-Titanic/1716.
|
Save
Report