The Titanic Who Is to Blame?
The Titanic was a ship built in Belfast that set sail on the 10th of April 1912 from Southampton to New York, this was the Titanic’s maiden Voyage but disaster struck on the 14th April as the ship hit an iceberg and started to sink. It sank in early hours of the morning on April 15th.
One of the main reasons why it was a such a disaster was because of human error for example Harland and Wolf didn’t spend all of the money they were given and bought cheap materials, for example they bought cheap rivets which easily broke we know they were bad because parts of the wreckage have been found and tested. There was also the owner of the ship Bruce Ismay and Captain Smith they both wanted to break a record for the fastest time to go across the Atlantic this is why they were traveling at top speed and didn’t want to slow down because it was Bruce Ismay first ship and first voyage and Captain’s Smiths last ever voyage so they both wanted it to be special. There was also another way a lot of people could have been saved there was a passing ship which had its radio turned off and thought the flares where fireworks if his radio was on he could of heard the Titanic’s cry for help and more people could have been saved.
In the titanic there were compartments which would stop the ship form sinking if water was to get into 5 of of these compartments the pumps would not be able to pump the water out. The boat would not have sank if these compartments stayed how they were in the plans when they built the ship they lowered the compartments so there was more space for first class cabins. They had also planned to buy the best materials but Harland and wolf were given the money and bought cheap materials. They also took of life boats when building it to make room for more cabins they took off so many life boats there not enough for the amount of people on board.
There were a few other factors of why the titanic was such a disaster for example the crew were untrained and did not
One of the main reasons why it was a such a disaster was because of human error for example Harland and Wolf didn’t spend all of the money they were given and bought cheap materials, for example they bought cheap rivets which easily broke we know they were bad because parts of the wreckage have been found and tested. There was also the owner of the ship Bruce Ismay and Captain Smith they both wanted to break a record for the fastest time to go across the Atlantic this is why they were traveling at top speed and didn’t want to slow down because it was Bruce Ismay first ship and first voyage and Captain’s Smiths last ever voyage so they both wanted it to be special. There was also another way a lot of people could have been saved there was a passing ship which had its radio turned off and thought the flares where fireworks if his radio was on he could of heard the Titanic’s cry for help and more people could have been saved.
In the titanic there were compartments which would stop the ship form sinking if water was to get into 5 of of these compartments the pumps would not be able to pump the water out. The boat would not have sank if these compartments stayed how they were in the plans when they built the ship they lowered the compartments so there was more space for first class cabins. They had also planned to buy the best materials but Harland and wolf were given the money and bought cheap materials. They also took of life boats when building it to make room for more cabins they took off so many life boats there not enough for the amount of people on board.
There were a few other factors of why the titanic was such a disaster for example the crew were untrained and did not