Within minutes the water was gushing in plus the waves were crashing down on the Lady Elgin. The Lady Elgin tried to get help from the the SS California, the closest ship, to help, but…
The passengers aboard the RMS Titanic were about 2,223 people who sailed on the maiden voyage. They sailed from Southampton to New York City. With many great deaths that occurred on this “unsinkable ship”, many authors used this event as a background for a great story, but were the details of the event accurately portrayed? When writing Dangerous Waters, it is clear that Gregory Mone did his research and showed the event accurately. The book Dangerous Waters by Gregory Mone was a heart pounding book.…
The bow had become non-existent from the first torpedo, the second struck midship on the starboard side neighboring a fuel tank and powder magazine. The subsequent explosion split the ship straight down to the keel, knocking out all electric power. Within minutes she went down swiftly by the bow, listing hard to starboard. Of the 1,196 souls aboard, about 900 made it into the water during those few minutes, before she sank.…
Over half of the crew perished in the water waiting to be rescued; however, those who survived could not have done it alone. They…
When the news and coast guard first got word of this boat sinking no one was certain of why. The only survivor, Jose Arias, was in horrible conditions. There were many speculations to why this vessel could have sank but not until recently the truth was uncovered. A mixture of bad conditions, the mask of darkness, a open hatch, a worn down crew, a clerical error and a radar malfunction led to the demise of this ship. None of the seven crew members expected these unfortunate events to…
In the time of 1912, the sinking of the world’s largest, most advanced ship shook the world” (Bender). The ship was totally unprepared for the iceberg it hit, but it improved ship safety in many ways. However, there were many things that could have been done to prevent the loss of so many lives. First of all, the Titanic wasn’t fully prepared with…
The dark cloudy night of The sinking of the USS Indianapolis men died sickening deaths by explosion, burns, falls, drowning, and in other indescribable ways. In this instant we can think why did these men die of these things. We can think that the men would have lived if it wasn't for the…
It appears as if the ship were going to capsize very shortly. Great confusion is rife on board; the boats are made ready and some of them lowered into the water. In connection therewith great panic must have reigned; some boats, full to capacity are rushed from above, touch the water with either stem or stern first and founder immediately. (The Sinking of the Lusitania) Eighteen minutes later, the Lusitania was completely underwater.…
This sudden jerk broke the ship into two pieces. The front half soon sank but the hind half stayed afloat. Most of the people manage to reach the rear part. There were only 3 lifeboats left undamaged with a capacity of 60 persons per boat. Only 180 people could be saved in this way.…
On April 15th, 1912 around 2 a.m. in the morning, in the Northern part of the Atlantic Ocean, the world’s biggest and most luxurious cruise line ships just had sunk. This horrific sinking of the ship is very devastating and the ship contained roughly around 2,200 passengers on board. 1,500 of the 2,200 passengers including women, men and children, and many of the crew members working for the ship had lost their lives. That is merely more than two-thirds of the passengers that died on that ship accident. The ages of the victims that lost their lives that morning, ranged from the tender age of 19 months to 75 years old.…
Although there were many different factors that played a role into the sinking of the Titanic, the weather played a huge role into it. It was clear with no moon, and the sea was completely calm, making it hard to tell if any danger was ahead (Cummins). After the Titanic had hit the iceberg, only one ship answered its distress signals; the Carpathia, but it unfortunately came when too many people had died and the crew members on the ship were only able to rescue 700 survivors (“Titanic Sinking”). Many people died that horrific night, but it the outcome of deaths would’ve been smaller if the ship would have had enough lifeboats for all of the passengers on board. There wasn’t enough lifeboats on the ship because the company that the Titanic came from; the White Star Line did not want to clutter the deck of the first class (Schama).…
Millvina Dean was the youngest passenger on the “unsinkable” ship, the Titanic. She was only two months old when the ship went down in April 1912. Her family was traveling from England to Kansas. Her immediate family consisted of her father Bertram, her mother, Eva and her brother, Bertram Jr. They were in 3rd class on their way to America and then going on to Kansas.…
This was the case in the book The Lifeboat by Charlotte Rogan. This novel tells the story of 36 survivors who survived the crash of Empress Alexandra due to an explosion with mysterious origins. Now they must survive in a lifeboat for 22 days and for some to live, some must die. The tale of these survivors is riveting and I myself couldn't believe what I was reading.…
I looked into the bridge, there was no one in there. Huh, I thought, there had to be one person at the bridge, weird. I found the final power box, as I open it to rewire it, the ship’s alarm triggered. Someone had used a lifeboat. Chapter 9 “What the heck?…
Ever since I saw the movie “Titanic” when I was seven years old I’ve always been interested in the Titanic and how such a tragedy could have happened to a ship that was supposedly unsinkable. IV. (Preview Statement) I would like to inform you about the Titanic, her reputation of being the safest ship ever built because she was apparently unsinkable. Next, I will discuss how the…