With limited communication facilities, and shipping technology still in its infancy in the early nineteen hundreds. With limited communication facilities, and shipping technology still in its infancy in the early nineteen hundreds, we consider ocean travel to have been a risky business.
But to the people of the time, it was one of the safest forms of transport. And the Titanic was confidently proclaimed to be unsinkable. She represented the pinnacle of technological advance at the time. Her builders, crew and passengers had no doubt that she was the finest ship ever built.
But still, she did sink on April 14, , taking 1, of her passengers and crew with her. Onboard were some of the richest and most famous people of the time who had paid large sums of money to sail on the first voyage of the most luxurious ship in the world. Imagine her placed on her end: she was larger at metres than many of the tallest buildings of the day. And with nine decks, she was as high as an eleven storey building.
The Titanic carried first-class, second class and third-class passengers with crew members, under the care of the very experienced Captain Edward J. She also carried enough food to feed a small town, including 40, fresh eggs, 36, apples, , lbs of fresh meat and 2, lbs of coffee for the five-day journey.
C RMS Titanic was believed to be unsinkable because the hull was divided into sixteen watertight compartments. Even if two of these compartments flooded, the ship could still float. It was largely as a result of this confidence in the ship and in the safety of ocean travel that the disaster could claim such a great loss of life.
Lack of Training 20 lifeboats available were not used to full capacity. At least four lifeboats were filled at 50 percent capacity or less. One lifeboat had capacity for 40 people but only carried The lifeboat drill that was scheduled to take place the day it hit the iceberg, was cancelled by Captain Smith. There is speculation that this training could have impacted the outcome of the emergency escape, potentially saving more lives.
Adequate Tools and Protection The ship was short on safety supplies. Some officers that were on bridge did not have binoculars or search lights. This fact, among many others, may have contributed to the officers only having 37 seconds to react before they hit the iceberg. Each minute gained could have saved hundreds more lives 4. Emergency Backup There was another ship , Californian, within 30 miles of Titanic , that saw flares and heard emergency response requests. During investigations after the Titanic sinking, the U.
In , a ship owner White Star Line, in Titanic's case would only be liable for the value of whatever parts of the ship remained intact, regardless of how many people died in the incident. Therefore, Titanic survivors or victims' families only received a payout based on the value of the Titanic's lifeboats — since the rest of the ship sank to the ocean floor.
In contrast, other ships sailing at the time would have provided open dormitory style sleeping arrangements which they would have been confined to for the duration of their journey, without adequate washroom and toilet facilities.
His brief for the Titanic was to decorate the ship to feel like a floating hotel. April 11 th Titanic arrived Queenstown, Cork, Ireland. The final passengers board the Titanic.
April 14 th Titanic collided with an iceberg. The hull plates buckled, water flooded into six of the fifteen airtight compartments. The ship gradually filled with water. Meanwhile passengers were evacuated into lifeboats, some of which were launched while only partly loaded. The women and children first rule meant it was mostly men left on board the rapidly sinking ship.
April 15 th Titanic broke apart and sank drowning the remaining passengers and crew. She took the survivors on board and transported them to New York. They were greeted by 40, people.
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