No one ever dreamed that her first voyage would also be her last. She had been nicknamed "The Unsinkable Ship."" On the night of April 14, 1912, shortly after 11:30 p.m., the passenger liner R.M.S. Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic approximately 400 miles off the coast of Newfoundland (Ballard, 20). Within hours, the largest ship the world had ever seen would plunge to the bottom of the ocean with over 1,500 lives still on board.
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The story of the Titanic began before anyone had even thought about building the great ship. In 1898, fourteen years before the Titanic sank an American writer named Morgan Robertson wrote a book called The Wreck of the Titan. In his story, the Titan, a passenger ship labeled "unsinkable,"" sails from England to New York. With many rich and famous passengers onboard, the Titan hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sinks. Because there are not enough lifeboats on board, many lives are lost (Ballard, 10).
In reality, Thomas Henry Ismay purchased the White Star Line Company in the mid 1800's. At the time of their debut, large beautiful ships were popular with many rich travelers. Upon his death in 1898, his son J. Bruce Ismay (Appendix A: Portraits) took over as chairman of the White Star Line. In July 1907, Bruce Ismay and Lord Pirrie, chairman of Harland & Wolff's shipbuilders, discussed plans to design three of the world's most famous ships ever, the Olympic, the Titanic, and the Brittanic. Their goal was to give the White Star Line a competitive edge in the Atlantic passenger trade with several gigantic ships whose accommodations would be the last word in comfort and elegance.
On May 31, 1911, the hull of the Titanic launched at the Harland & Wolff shipyards in Belfast, Ireland, before a cheering crowd of 100,000 people. To slide her into the water they used twenty-two tons of soap, grease, and train oil. She reached a speed of twelve knots before six anchor chains and two piles of cable drag chains, weighing eighty tons each, brought her to a halt.
And so the Titanic was born. ... Titanic was a ship that not even God himself could sink. ... The message was as follows: "Captain Smith, Titanic. ... Wish you and Titanic all success." ... At 11:30pm the Titanic was moving right along at 22 ½ knots. ...
One of the myths was that Titanic and Olympic were switched. ... (Trisha) Another myth for the reason of the sinking of Titanic was that there was a cursed mummy of an Egyptian pharaoh within Titanic's cargo. ... "Titanic Past and Present." ... "Titanic Myths." ... "Titanic Morgan Robertson "Futility"." ...
The titanic is known to be a great luxury ship, but it was also used as an R.M.S., which stands for a Royal Mail Ship. ... The movie climaxes as the mighty Titanic strikes an even mightier glacier. ... These people boarded the Titanic filled with hopes and dreams of a better life than the one they were leaving behind. ... The Titanic was to be the first boat of its size run by turbo steam engines run by coal. ... Onboard the Titanic, there was no written rule of the first class passengers having first rights to the lifeboats. ...
Taking a journey with the Rose and Jack, every part of the Titanic is seen. ... Along with the couple, everyone aboard the ship, faith in the Titanic is now turned into uncertainty of their survival.How is communications portrayed in the movie, Titanic? ... During the period the movie Titanic presents, newspapers were at their highest peak. ... Advertisers for the Titanic were successful. They convinced people that the Titanic was impossible to sink. ...
By comparing the actual RMS Titanic to the ship in the movie The Titanic, by James Cameron, we can see that the movie gives a very historically accurate account of the ship from its design and furnishings to its actual sinking. ... Indeed, it was; Cameron built an almost exact replica of the RMS Titanic. ... James Cameron effectively recreates the sinking of the RMS Titanic in the movie The Titanic by basing the collision and sinking on actual historical data. ... The historical content in these scenes shows how the events in The Titanic and the events that happened when the actual RMS Tit...
The sinking of the Titanic and the unfortunate deaths of many innocent people was caused in part by the fallacy that the Titanic was unsinkable. The Titanic was under the leadership of Captain Edward Smith. ... On April 14, 1912, was the last time Titanic ever say the sky. ... As the day proceeded, Titanic received around six more messages from different ship, warning Titanic that ice was ahead. ... In September of 1985, Titanic was discovered by the vessel Knorr. ...
They soon created a sketch of what would become the Titanic (Wade 15-16). ... As the launch of the Titanic drew nearer, people became very excited (Wade 22). ... The Titanic weighed one thousand more tons than her sister the Olympic (Wade 19). ... The Titanic was moved to Belfast in early April of 1912 (Wade 23). ... The Titanic left Southampton at noon (Wade 25). ...
Titanic: The Tragedy of Greatness The Titanic, a wonderful, beautiful, big unsinkable way to America. ... The Titanic was 882 ft. long and weighed 45,000 tons. ... (Titanic, p.2) . The restaurant sat about 500 people (Titanic, p.2). ... The Titanic had a sense of space and openness (Titanic, p.2) Exactly 860 people worked onboard the Titanic. ...
The History of the RMS Titanic Reincarnated by The Titanic On April 15, 1912, one of the largest cruise ships ever built, the RMS Titanic, sank to the bottom of the sea after colliding with an iceberg. ... Indeed, it was; Cameron built an almost exact replica of the RMS Titanic. ... James Cameron effectively recreates the sinking of the RMS Titanic in the movie The Titanic by basing the collision and sinking on actual historical data. ... The historical content in these scenes shows how the events in The Titanic and the events that happened when the actual RMS Titanic sank are very similar...
