Titanic
was the largest ship in the world, built by a workforce of 17,000.
The ultimate in turn-of-the-century design and technology. First-class suites
ran to more than $ 55,000 in todays dollars, and when she sailed on her maiden
voyage from Southampton, England on route to NY , she held among her 2,227
passengers. The cream of industrial society, including colonel John Jacob Astor.
Macys founder; U.S. congressman Isidor Straus and Thomas Andrews, the ships
builder. The ship was built of easily sealed-off compartments. If, for some
unimaginable reason, the hull were punctured, only the compartment actually
ruptured would flood. In an worst case example - builders figured that the
Titanic would ...
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lookouts Frederick Fleet and Reginald Lee had
come on duty at 10 P.M., the sky was cloudless and the air clear. At around
11:30 P.M., just half an hour before they were to be rewired, a slight haze had
appeared, directly ahead. And about two points on either side. Suddenly - his
training causing his reflexes to function instinctively. Fleet gave the warning
bell and immediately reached across the crowns nest to the bridges telephone. In
its compartment on the starboard side. He rang ms bell urgently. Fleet replaced
the telephone and gripped the crowns nest rail.
At 11:40 P.M., April 14 , 1912 ; The lookouts spotted the iceberg a
quarter-mile ahead. Had they not alerted the bridge, the ship would not have
attempted a turn. At 11:40P.M. ; the ship sideswipes the ice. Because of the
steels ductility,it would have absorbed massive amounts of energy. The ice
crashed right through the plating as it grinded along the side, Strinking at an
angle like s 300-foot zipper.
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left Southampton for its maiden voyage to NY five days ago. And some
1,595 people perished in the accident. Only 745 were saved. Many more could have
been rescued but there were enough lifeboats for only half the passengers and
crew. Two boats full of people who had escaped from the ship were sucked beneath
the ocean. Most of the passengers were apparently not aware of the accident when
it happened. At first, passengers were so unconcerned that they remained in
their staterooms to dress for dinner. By 1:30 A.M. panic has begun among some of
the passengers.
In the tomb that was once a ship, all that remain are China teacups and
brass latches, porcelain toilets, and perhaps teeth ...
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