It's an online studying new technique I'm trying out.

So.
What DO I know about the Titanic? It says on the revision sheet to have some BASIC knowledge about the sinking of the Titanic.
So.

ALRIGHTY.

I know that the Titanic began its maiden -and no im not looking at my textbook fung - voyage on the 10th of April 1914 from Southampton in England to New York. Passengers believed this to be their ticket to a new life in a new world. But it sank guys - for those who don't already know :D - on the 14th April 1914, just 4 days after the start of its journey. There were altogether 2206 passengers on board, most of which are 3rd class passengers. I think 322 of them were 1st class passengers, 277 on 2nd class and the rest on 3rd class. And guess what? ONLY 32% of the passengers were rescued! Out of the 322 1st class passengers, 65% were rescued while only 25% of the 3rd class passengers were saved! Do you guys remember watching the movie Titanic? I hate to think Jack and Rose aren't real but unfortunately they aren't. So. Deal with it. ANYWAY. My point is that they locked the 3rd class passengers and prevented them from coming up to the front deck - as you might or might not know, the first class people always had the top deck then second class the middle deck and so on so forth. I think that was pretty cruel. Sigh.

Now who was to blame? That's the main question here. Was it Bruce Ismay, the guy in charge of the White Star Line, the shipping company that owned Titanic? Rumours were that he pressurized Captain Smith, the captain of Titanic - obviously - to speed up. Why? Because he wanted to prove that his ship company was the best out of all the ships. So they were constantly at top speed - 20knots per hour. A witness said she heard them arguing about this the night before the disaster. That night the Titanic radio operator ignored all the ice warnings sent by the California, a nearby ship and actually asked him to shut up because he wanted some sleep! FRICK HIM. So at night the ship hit an iceberg. This ship was said to be unsinkable because 4 of the 16 compartments in the hull could be flooded with water and the ship still would not sink but the iceberg gashed through 5 compartments! Thus. The ship sank.

Another person at blame was Captain Smith. Now. In my opinion I think he's the one most at blame here. He must have kept a lookout you know and not let that stoopid radio operator skive off like that. Captain Smith was said to be retiring soon and this was to be his last journey. He was said to have wanted to break a record and therefore kept the ship at top speed as well. If they had been going slower they might have been able to avoid the iceberg dont you think?

The Harland and Woolf Shipyard in Belfast was where the Titanic was built. It was built at a cost of 1.5million pounds which would be equivalent to 222 million pounds now. Which is pretty wow. Now the problem with the manufacturing was that the steel used for the hull was found to be brittle in cold conditions such as the conditions on that night when the ship sank. ANd furthermore the rivets used for the compartments were investigated and found to be of very poor quality.

Captain Lord was captain of the California, the nearby ship. He said he saw the distress signals fired from the ship but though they were having a celebration! Geez. He didn't even check the radio for incoming messages. He didn't bother to go closer to the ship to check if it really was just a celebration.

And then there was the builder of the ship who instead of installing 32 lifeboats which would be enough for all the passengers only put in 20 because they wanted more room for the 1st class passengers' rooms!!! CAN YOU BELIVE IT. geez these old people sure are thick.

and i think that should be about it.

thank you ladies and gentlemen.
good night now.

Bee.

p.s. i'd better go back and study now...
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