Ismay To Blame For The Titanic Tragedy Essay
One Man’s Dream, Another Man’s Downfall
On April 15, 1912, 1500 people died on board the RMS Titanic. Families were lost at sea, struggling to survive in the dark, murky waters of the Trans-Atlantic Ocean. However, one question remains… Who or what is responsible for the sinking of the ‘unsinkable ship’? The Titanic set sail on April 10, 1912 carrying 2200 passengers and 1300 crew. She hit an iceberg on April 14, 1912 at 11:45 p.m. At first the captain thought that the ship had merely scraped the iceberg. The damage was much worse... The iceberg scraped the hull so bad the rivets used to hold the ship together popped out. The gash in the hull let water come into the ship at 10 tons per second! Of the 2200 passengers, she carried on board, only 700 survived. Some people say that Thomas Andrews (the head designer of the Titanic) was responsible for the tragedy due to faulty ship design. Others say that J. Bruce Ismay is responsible for encouraging faulty ship design. Ismay is to blame because he should have told Thomas Andrews to make the supposed ‘water tight’ bulkheads higher. Ismay also should have added more lifeboats to save everyone on board in case of disaster. Out of all the culprits, Ismay is the most responsible because he had the final say in how the ship was made.
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If Ismay had installed 48 lifeboats on the ship, everyone could have been saved. In the article “Who is responsible for the sinking of the Titanic”, “Ismay reduced the number of lifeboats from 48 to 20 because it would clutter the look of the upper deck.” This quote shows that Ismay was not very passenger-friendly. If he cared more about his passengers than his money, this disaster could have been prevented. In other words, it is an Ismay’s fault for the loss of life because he decreased the number of lifeboats on the
On April 15, 1912, 1500 people died on board the RMS Titanic. Families were lost at sea, struggling to survive in the dark, murky waters of the Trans-Atlantic Ocean. However, one question remains… Who or what is responsible for the sinking of the ‘unsinkable ship’? The Titanic set sail on April 10, 1912 carrying 2200 passengers and 1300 crew. She hit an iceberg on April 14, 1912 at 11:45 p.m. At first the captain thought that the ship had merely scraped the iceberg. The damage was much worse... The iceberg scraped the hull so bad the rivets used to hold the ship together popped out. The gash in the hull let water come into the ship at 10 tons per second! Of the 2200 passengers, she carried on board, only 700 survived. Some people say that Thomas Andrews (the head designer of the Titanic) was responsible for the tragedy due to faulty ship design. Others say that J. Bruce Ismay is responsible for encouraging faulty ship design. Ismay is to blame because he should have told Thomas Andrews to make the supposed ‘water tight’ bulkheads higher. Ismay also should have added more lifeboats to save everyone on board in case of disaster. Out of all the culprits, Ismay is the most responsible because he had the final say in how the ship was made.
Ismay is to blame because he did not make the ‘water tight’ …show more content…
If Ismay had installed 48 lifeboats on the ship, everyone could have been saved. In the article “Who is responsible for the sinking of the Titanic”, “Ismay reduced the number of lifeboats from 48 to 20 because it would clutter the look of the upper deck.” This quote shows that Ismay was not very passenger-friendly. If he cared more about his passengers than his money, this disaster could have been prevented. In other words, it is an Ismay’s fault for the loss of life because he decreased the number of lifeboats on the