Unsinkable Titanic
The Titanic The sinking of the R. ... Titanic was one of the most tragic and shocking evemts in the history of the world. ... There were several important people involved with creating the Titanic. ... The Titanic was to be the greatest ship to ever set sail. ... ” At the age of sixty-two, Smith was asked to sail the Titanic. Luckily Captain Smith had never been on nor seen a wreck before the Titanic (Robriste 56-60). ... The biggest of the three ships the companies planned to create would be the one and only Titanic. ... To build a replica of the Titanic today, it is estimated to add up to around four billion dollars (Waters 21). There were three major ships created in the following order: 1) the Olympic, 2) the Titanic, and 3) the Gigantic, later named the Britannic (Barring 120). ... Interestingly, of the Titanic’s four gigantic funnels, only three were real (Robriste 150). ... Titanic was divided into sixteen watertight compartments, only four of which could be flooded without sinking the ship to the bottom of the sea (Waters 133). ... In later research and findings, scientists found that the Titanic wasnt built with good steel; this adding to the long list of oversights. ... The Titanic carried 2,220 passengers (Robriste 201). ... The Titanic was carrying many famous and wealthy people to America. ... On April 14, 1912 at around midnight, the Titanic struck a large iceberg. ... The Titanic had many watertight compartments and could have survived if only two or three of them were flooded, but several sections were opened up by the iceberg and six of the compartments filled with water. ... When the extent of the damage was realized, the Titanic crew started to set off the signal flares and load lifeboats. The Californian observed the flares but did not understand their intentions because they were the wrong color; therefore, they did not take action to assist the Titanic (Robriste 208).