Story of the Titanic (DK History)

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New Liner Titanic Hits an Iceberg; Sinking By the Bow at Midnight; Women Put Off in LIfeboats; Last Wireless at 12:27 am. Blurred". The New York Times. 15 April 2019. p.1. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019. Exhibitions, superstitions a 3D film and now stamps mark Titanic anniversary". The Independent . Retrieved 21 September 2022. Many artefacts from Titanic have been recovered from the seabed by RMS Titanic Inc., which exhibits them in touring exhibitions around the world and in a permanent exhibition at the Luxor Las Vegas hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. [265] A number of other museums exhibit artefacts either donated by survivors or retrieved from the floating bodies of victims of the disaster. [266] This book centers at least as much on the author's experiences, which are very interesting, and his thoughts as it does on the Titanic itself. There are side trips of conjecture about exploration on moons of other planets and an interesting parallel between the Titanic and the Challenger disaster. Both had elements of overconfidence that contributed to what went wrong. How often will this repeat itself?

The American anthology series Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction used the story in the episode eleven segment entitled "Titan".

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SY Scotia". Mike Skidmore. Archived from the original on 22 September 2003 . Retrieved 17 July 2015. Eaton, John P.; Haas, Charles A. (1995). Titanic : Triumph and Tragedy. New York: W.W. Norton & Company. ISBN 978-0-393-03697-8. It was unusually cold, icebergs were breaking off the east coast of North America frequently (do you know little bergs are called ‘grunters’?). Titanic was required to change course (southwards), but it wasn’t enough and they were unfortunate enough to glance one, after trying to take evasive action – there were a number of eyewitness accounts described, as Another interesting thing brought out was the science fiction works of Morgan Robertson who wrote his book _Titan_ about a ship like the Titanic that was unsinkable but sank like the Titanic on its first voyage, with many uncanny similarities. It was written before the Titanic sailed and there was actually a copy of this prophetic science fiction work on the Titanic during that fateful cruise! Bone-chilling! The same author wrote another science fiction book about a world war that featured Japanese planes bombing Hawaii on a December morning. Robertson died in 1915 in poverty.

The water temperature was well below normal in the area where Titanic sank. It also contributed to the rapid death of many passengers during the sinking. Water temperature readings taken around the time of the accident were reported to be −2°C (28°F). Typical water temperatures were normally around 7°C (45°F) during mid-April. [233] The coldness of the water was a critical factor, often causing death within minutes for many of those in the water. Crosbie, Duncan; Mortimer, Sheila (2006). Titanic: The Ship of Dreams. New York, NY: Orchard Books. ISBN 978-0-439-89995-6. TITANIC IN PERIL ON LEAVING PORT; Suction of Giant Liner Breaks Hawsers of the New York, Which Floats Helpless". The New York Times. 11 April 1912. p.1 . Retrieved 22 March 2022. It took many hours for accurate accounts to become widely available, and even then people had trouble accepting that this paragon of modern technology could sink on her maiden voyage, taking more than 1,500 souls with her.Harland and Wolff put their leading designers to work designing Olympic-class vessels. The design was overseen by Lord Pirrie, a director of both Harland and Wolff and the White Star Line; naval architect Thomas Andrews, the managing director of Harland and Wolff's design department; Edward Wilding, Andrews's deputy and responsible for calculating the ship's design, stability and trim; and Alexander Carlisle, the shipyard's chief draughtsman and general manager. [11] Carlisle's responsibilities included the decorations, equipment, and all general arrangements, including the implementation of an efficient lifeboat davit design. [b] The way in which the Titanic sank brought to light serious design issues with the Olympic-class. This resulted in the Olympic receiving a major refit and major design changes for the construction of the Britannic. [222] On July 29, 1908, Harland and Wolff presented the drawings to J. Bruce Ismay and other White Star Line executives. Ismay approved the design and signed three "letters of agreement" two days later, authorising the start of construction. [14] At this point, the first ship—which was later to become Olympic—had no name but was referred to simply as "Number 400", as it was Harland and Wolff's four-hundredth hull. Titanic was based on a revised version of the same design and was given the number 401. [15] Dimensions and layout Starboard view of Titanic As a result, even if the lifeboats were loaded to full capacity during an emergency evacuation, there were available seats for only one-third of those on board. While unthinkably inadequate by today’s standards, Titanic’s supply of lifeboats actually exceeded the British Board of Trade’s requirements. Passengers on the Titanic Times, Marconi Transatlantic Wireless Telegraph To the New York (1 June 1912). "NAVAL BAN ON SEARCHLIGHTS; Non-Use by Merchant Ships Due to British Admiralty, It Is Charged". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021 . Retrieved 9 February 2019.

Conlin, Dan (15 April 2013). "A Titanic Report that Changed History". Marinecurator.blogspot.ca. Archived from the original on 15 April 2014 . Retrieved 28 May 2013.

Butler, Daniel Allen (2002) [1998]. Unsinkable: the full story of the RMS Titanic. USA: Da Capo Press. ISBN 978-0-306-81110-4. This led to the creation of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS) two years after the sinking. Southampton in 1912". Southampton City Council. Archived from the original on 22 January 2012 . Retrieved 1 April 2012. Klistorner, Daniel; Hall, Steve; Beveridge, Bruce; Andrews, Scott; Braunschweiger, Art (2013). Titanic in Photographs. History Press Limited. p.6. ISBN 978-0-7524-9953-6.

Titanic's remains to come under Unesco's protection". 6 April 2012. Archived from the original on 8 August 2018 . Retrieved 18 June 2012. Dalby, Douglas (16 April 2012). "Raising the Memory of the Titanic, and a City's Role in Its Creation". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 4 February 2018 . Retrieved 3 February 2018. Donahue, James (20 September 1911). "The Titanic's Sister Ship Olympic". Perdurabo10.tripod.com. Archived from the original on 4 July 2013 . Retrieved 28 May 2013. The sheer size of the Olympic class vessels posed a major engineering challenge for Harland and Wolff; no shipbuilder had ever before attempted to construct vessels this size. [76] The ships were constructed on Queen's Island, now known as the Titanic Quarter, in Belfast Harbour. Harland and Wolff had to demolish three existing slipways and build two new ones, the largest ever constructed up to that time, to accommodate both ships. [10] Their construction was facilitated by an enormous gantry built by Sir William Arrol & Co., a Scottish firm responsible for the building of the Forth Bridge and London's Tower Bridge. The Arrol Gantry stood 228 feet (69m) high, was 270 feet (82m) wide and 840 feet (260m) long, and weighed more than 6,000 tons. It accommodated a number of mobile cranes. A separate floating crane, capable of lifting 200 tons, was brought in from Germany. [77]By the time the captain toured the damaged area with Harland and Wolff’s Thomas Andrews, five compartments were already filling with seawater, and the bow of the doomed ship was alarmingly pitched downward, allowing seawater to pour from one bulkhead into the neighboring compartment. Wills, Matthew (21 June 2022). "Bodies of the Titanic: Found and Lost Again". JSTOR Daily . Retrieved 26 September 2023. RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner, operated by the White Star Line, that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after striking an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City, United States. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, more than 1,500 died, making it the deadliest sinking of a single ship up to that time. [a] It remains the deadliest peacetime sinking of an ocean liner or cruise ship. [4] The disaster drew public attention, spurred major changes in maritime safety regulations, and inspired many artistic works. Eveleth, Rose (31 March 2014). "The Definitive Guide to the Dogs on the Titanic". Smithsonian. Archived from the original on 6 January 2021 . Retrieved 17 October 2018. Beveridge, Bruce; Andrews, Scott; Hall, Steve; Klistorner, Daniel (2008). Braunschweiger, Art (ed.). Titanic: the ship magnificent. Vol.one: Design & construction (3rded.). Stroud, UK: History Press. ISBN 978-0752446066.