that was because of what the person in charge of the whole project said it was. But the white star line never actually claimed that the titanic was unsinkable. People still believed that she was unsinkable but when the accident happened they started to doubt that she really was unsinkable. But after the people saw what happened to the titanic they started to not believe what they were being told. The white star said it was practically unsinkable‚ not totally unsinkable. What happened that day was
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of the twentieth century‚ a time of optimism and progress (R.M.S. Titanic 1987). The Translantic transport of passengers cargo and mail was brisk and competitive (R.M.S. Titanic 1987). In the spirit of this competition managing director of the white star line‚ J. Bruce Ismay engaged in the Belfast shipbuilding company or Harland and Wolff. They came together to build three leviathans that would become the largest moving objects created by man (R.M.S. Titanic 1987) The three royal ships were to be called
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of her twin sister’s‚ the Olympic! In September of 1911‚ the Olympic crashed into a Royal Navy cruiser that damaged both ships. The board of inquiry cleared the navy of crashing into them on purpose‚ since the inquiry was run by the navy. The White Star line had no hope of getting any insurance money so they switched the two ships and then collect the insurance money when the damaged ship sank to the bottom of the ocean.(Byers) This theory states that the Germans thought they could send a U-Boat in
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The wrecked “Titanic” was searched for and located by Robert Ballard in 1985 (The Ship That Never Sunk). Upon review of the footage and pictures of the wreck‚ the propeller caught the attention of many. The propeller was clearly stamped with the number 401 (The Ship That Never Sunk). This number was the ID given to the Titanic during its construction. Although this seemingly proves that the Titanic really is the wreck at the bottom of the ocean‚ supposedly the Olympic’s propeller was damaged in
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History 101 16 October 2013 RMS Titanic: A Ship of Widows Response Paper No. 2 The Titanic is never an easy topic for me to discuss or write about. Every time I think of that fateful night I feel depressed and my head fills with faces of all the men‚ women‚ and children whose lives were taken from them all too
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The commander chosen for this voyage was Edward John Smith‚ this will be his last passage before he resigns‚ unknowingly that his last day would be April 14‚ 1912 (. According to an article written by Goss (2016)‚ a British-owned White Star Line had decided to build the Titanic‚ this took place in Ireland between the years 1902-1912. A documentary about how the Titanic: how It Really Sank (2016) pointed out‚ that in March 1912 the sister ship to Titanic‚ the Olympic has a crisis repair‚ making
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99.5 feet wide‚ 175 feet high‚ and displacing 6‚600 tons of water. The media portrayed the ship as "unsinkable‚" yet White Star Line never gave the ship
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1. There were 6 ice warnings received by Titanic on the day of the collision. They were all ignored by the wireless operator who was preoccupied with transmitting passenger messages. 2. An iceberg exposes only 1/10th of its mass above water. With the other 9/10ths of its mass below water‚ it makes them impossible to budge. Even with a force of a ship like the Titanic. 3. There were 6 ice warnings received by Titanic on the day of the collision. They were all ignored by the wireless operator who
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There are theories that The White Star Line‚ which was the company of the Titanic‚ had another boat called the Olympic and that really was the Titanic. The theory is that they switched boats before the voyage and put the Titanic logo on the Olympic so that they would lose all of their
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Why did the Titanic sink? Research skills project: Why did the Titanic sink? “The ship was doomed and it was slowly sliding into its watery grave. But why did the largest‚ most advanced ship of the 20th century sink?” The Titanic was one of the most famous ships ever built and its tragic sinking continues to haunt our imaginations since that tragic night of 12th April 1912. It is possibly the most famous shipwreck of all time. The Titanic was built in Belfast by renowned shipbuilders Harland
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