what is history of titanic?

Question

what about titanic

Answer 1

Titanic was a White Star Line ocean liner built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast and was designed to compete with rival company Cunard Line's Lusitania and Mauretania, known for being the fastest liners on the Atlantic.

Passengers-

On Titanic's maiden voyage, some of the most prominent people On board Carpathia, a short prayer service for the rescued and a memorialin the world were on board in first class.
Among the second-class passengers was Lawrence Beesley, a journalist who wrote one of the finest first-hand accounts of the voyage and the sinking.
Both J.P. Morgan and Milton Hershey had plans to travel on the Titanic but cancelled their reservations before the voyage.

Disaster-

On the night of April 14-15, 1912, Titanic struck an iceberg and sank, with great loss of life. There are several figures regarding the number of passengers lost. The United States senate investigation reported that 1,522 people perished in the accident, while the British investigation has the number at 1,490. Regardless, the disaster ranks as one of the worst peacetime maritime disasters in history and by far the most famous.

1:45 PM - Amerika iceberg warning-

On the night of Sunday, April 14, the temperature had dropped to near freezing and the ocean was completely calm. Captain Edward Smith, perhaps in response to iceberg warnings received by wireless over the previous few days, had altered Titanic's course around 10 miles (18 km) south of the normal shipping route. Iceberg warnings were received throughout the day and were quite normal for the time of year. Later that evening at 9:30pm, another report of numerous, large icebergs in
11:40 PM - "Iceberg, right ahead!"-

At 11:40 p.m. while sailing south of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, lookouts Frederick Fleet and Reginald Lee spotted a large iceberg directly ahead of the ship. Fleet sounded the ship's bell three times and telephoned the bridge. Sixth Officer Moody answered, "Yes, what do you see?", only to hear Fleet exclaiming, "Iceberg, right ahead!", to which Moody responded "Thank you" before informing First Officer Murdoch of the call. Murdoch (who had now already seen the iceberg) ordered an abrupt turn to port (left) and full speed astern, which reversed the engines driving the outer propellers (the turbine driving the centre propeller was not reversible).

12:45 AM - First lifeboat lowered-

The first lifeboat launched, boat 7, was lowered shortly after 12:45 a.m. on the starboard side with only 28 people on board out of a maximum capacity of 65. The Titanic carried 20 lifeboats with a total capacity of 1,178 persons for the ship's total complement of passengers and crew of 2,223. Sixteen lifeboats, indicated by number, were in the davits; and four canvas-sided collapsibles, indicated by letter, stowed on the roof of the officers' quarters or on the forward Boat Deck to be launched in empty davits. With only enough space for a little more than half the passengers and crew, Titanic carried more boats than required by the British Board of Trade.

First and second-class passengers had easy access to the lifeboats with staircases that led right up to the boat deck, but third-class passengers found it much harder. Many found the corridors leading from the lower sections of the ship difficult to navigate and had trouble making their way up to the lifeboats. Some gates separating the third-class section of the ship from the other areas, like the one leading from the aft well deck to the second-class section, are known to have been locked. While the majority of first and second-class women and children survived the sinking, more third-class women and children were lost than saved.

2:00 AM - Waterline reaches forward boat deck-

At first, passengers were reluctant to leave the warm, well lit and ostensibly safe Titanic, which showed no outward signs of being in imminent danger, and board small, unlit, open lifeboats. This was one of the reasons most of the boats were launched partially empty: it was perhaps hoped that many people would jump into the water and swim to the boats.
As the ship's tilt became more apparent, people started to become nervous, and some lifeboats began leaving fully loaded. "Women and children first" remained the imperative for loading the boats.

2:10 AM - Stern rises out of water-

Around 2:10 a.m., the stern rose out of the water, exposing the propellers, and the forward boat deck was flooding. The last two lifeboats floated right off the deck as the ocean reached them: collapsible lifeboat B upside down, and collapsible lifeboat A half-filled with water. Shortly afterwards the first funnel fell forward, crushing part of the bridge and many of those struggling in the water. On deck, people scrambled towards the stern or jumped overboard in hopes of reaching a lifeboat. As the ship's stern continued to slowly rise into the air, everything not secured crashed towards the bow. The electrical system finally failed and the lights, which had until now burned brightly, went out. Titanic's second funnel broke off and fell into the water, and Titanic herself tore apart.

2:20 AM - Titanic sinks-

Stress on the hull caused Titanic to break apart into two large pieces,between the third and fourth funnels, and the bow section went completely under. The stern section briefly righted itself on the water before rising back up vertically. After a few moments, the stern section also sank into the ocean about two hours and forty minutes after the collision with the iceberg.

4:10 AM - Carpathia picks up first lifeboat-

Almost two hours after Titanic sank, RMS Carpathia, commanded by Captain Arthur Henry Rostron, arrived on scene and picked up its first lifeboat at 4:10 AM, even though the Californian was much closer, their wireless operator had gone to bed for the night and as a result the crew was ignorant of the tragedy unfolding just a few miles away. Over the next hours, the remainder of the survivors were rescued. for the people who lost their lives was held, and at 8:50 a.m..

Answer 2

Lord where do I start.On the movie they never showed the New York almost crashing into Titanic as it left port,They show Rose and Cal eating in the Palm Court when that was impossible,they only served tea and biscuits.No passengers were allowed on the bow of the ship,that's 2 wrong scenes.The master in arms room was an Interior room and would not have had a port hole.No officer shot himself or anyone else.There is no proof 3rd class was locked below decks,but plenty that Thomas Andrews went down and was getting groups together to take to the deck.There was no Chippewa falls yet.Titanic didn't rise that far out of the sea before she broke in half.Some people say the car would have been taken apart an in a crate.The money Molly browns hubby burned was gold not paper,and she was called Maggie not Molly.JJ Astor cut apart a life vest to show his wife what made it float.The Strauss's were on deck sitting in deck chairs when Titanic sunk. That is all I can come up with off the top of my head,besides the fact that Rose and Jack weren't real people. EDIT: I almost forgot,The gun Cal used was from 1929ish not 1912.

Answer 3

Titanic was one of a class of ship, the others were Olympic and another ship supposedly to be named "Gigantic'. The last ship was canceled. These ships had some innovative design techniques for their time. A pool, individual bathrooms for 1st class passengers, and decent accommodations for 3rd class passengers were revolutionary in 1912. The compartmentalized hull led the professional magazine "Shipbuilding" to remark that the ship was "PRACTICALLY unsinkable". (My emphasis.) There is zero evidence that Harland & Wolff the shipbuilders, or the White Star Line ever declared it "unsinkable". No sane mariner would. Some passengers later declared, after interviews with the press it should be noted, that some crew said that to them. If true, and again this was after some leading questioning by the press, these were the service staff, not the "Crew".
The ship itself was some 800+ ft long. Long for 1912, but certainly not now. Modern aircraft carriers and supertankers, let alone cruise ships are much larger than Titanic and her sister.
There's a lot of hoopla over setting a speed record, interference by Bruce Ismay in the running of the ship etc. The Bottom Line is: Capt Smith ran his ship at 22kts through an ice field he was clearly warned about. This seems idiotic now in the 21st Century, but then ships passed through ice fields continually with no problems. His idea was to get through as quickly as possible. Also, he DID change course some 70 nautical miles south of the normal shipping lanes to avoid ice. But this field was abnormally large. Capt Smith was complacent. No more, no less.
Titanic WAS the first ship to use "SOS" as a distress call. Fortunately for the 1200 survivors, the White Star Line installed the most powerful radio afloat.
In testimony the crew, and some survivors stated seeing the masthead lights of a "mystery ship" about 10-15 miles to the north/northeast of them. Until very recently this was thought to be the Californian, but now it seems it was a Norwegian whaler operating illegally. That ship had no radio, so didn't know about Titanic. It would've seen a ship stopped in the ice-a typical response for liners at the time.
For those obsessed with the "flying in the face of God" issues, her sister ship Olympic operated throughout WW1 and WW2 without problem.

Answer 4

Titanic was the biggest ship EVER made. It was once said that the men that made the Titanic said that " Not even God can sink this ship"
And that is why it is believed to have sunk.
It hit an ice burg! and many many people died now it lies at the bottom of the Ocean. With probably alot of things that would have very big price tags on them, but as if it will ever be recovered..

Answer 5

I went through a TITANIC Phase when I was 8 and let me summarize

The RMS Titanic sailed off in April of 1912.
There were 3. Classes 1st 2nd and 3rd
3rd class people weren't allowed out
According to others, captain Edward was last seen at the main room of the ship.
The man who invented the Hershey's choclate cancelled his trip on the ship(imagine if he did! We wouldn't have choclate!)
Approximately 1.5k people died

Answer 6

Titanic was an english ship built in Liverpool that was labled as "unsinkable" because of it's ability to isolate leaks in the hull by closing bulkhead doors and thus sealing off the leak from spreading to the rest of the ship. It was a great idea, but the damage it sustained on it's fateful voyage in April of 1912 was more extensive than it's builders had anticipated. It sank in just a few hours and something like 1500 people died.

Answer 7

Titanic hit an iceberg and sunk

Answer 8

y don't u see the movie named titanic

Answer 9

it is the history of the sunken ship titanic

Answer 10

It was like a floating Island of its time It sank after colliding with a iceberg, killing about 800 people there were few saviours also, you can see the movies, red more in books and on Internet.

Answer 11

go to a nearby video store, rent/buy a movie call Titanic, and you'll get every information you want on Titanic. think of (Jack and Rose)