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Morgan Robertson writes "The Wreck of the Titan."
Robert Morganson writes "The Wreck of the Titan." It was basically the same story as the "Titanic." This was an eerie prophecy to what would actually happen. -
J. Bruce Ismay and Lord Pirrie talk about...
...building three enormous ships. Their goal was to give the White Star Line (a passenger ship company) a competitive edge in the Atlantic passenger trade. Titanic is the most known.When these floating ships were finally built, they had to make new docks on both sides of the Atlantic because the ships were too big for the normal docks. -
The "Olympic" sets sail.
One of the three big ships made by White Star Line sets saill. Then, it reaches The United States...safely. -
The hull of the "Titanic" is launched.
The hull of the "Titanic" was launched at Harland & Wolff shipyards in Belfast, Ireland before a cheering crowd of 100,000 people. Bands played, people came to see this wonder of the sea. Twenty-two tons of grease, soap, and train oil were used to slide the "Titanic" into the water. Someone said "A rudder the size of an elm tree and it's propellers the size of windmills! Almost everything is on a nightmare scale!" The Titanic was 882 ft. long...the size of four city blocks! -
The hull of the "Titanic" is launched (continued)
With nine decks it was the size of an eleven story building! Its three anchors weighed an astonishing total of thirty-one tons! That's twenty cars! It carried enough food to supply a small town for a couple of months. -
The "Titanic's" beginning
The "Titanic's" passengers begin to arrive in South Hampton for the trip to New York. One survivor said that everything was new, and that the rooms were the size of modern hotel rooms. Another survivor said that there was a squash court, a gymnasium, a swimming pool, and a Turkish bath! Later that day, it cast off. After maneuvering carefully through the dock and almost hitting another ship, "Titanic" was on its way to New York. -
"Iceberg right ahead."
Since the beginning of the day, radio messages had been sent to the "Titanic." What kind of radio messages? Well, some of the messages happened to be iceberg warnings. All of the icebergs had been avoided...so far. At about 11:40 P.M., in the crow's nest, Fred Fleet spots an iceberg. "Iceberg right ahead." he told the duty officer. Immediately, the duty officer went to the bridge and said that the "Titanic" had to have its wheel turned as far left as it could. But, the "Titanic" was to big. -
"Iceberg right ahead (continued)."
The "Titanic" did not suffer a head-on crash with the iceberg. But the iceberg did hit the "Titanic's" starboard bow. -
Not looking good.
At 12:00 A.M., the builder of the ship - Thomas Andrews - inspected the damage done by the iceberg.The mail room was filling up with water and mail was floating about. Water was also pouring into the forward holds and two of the boiler rooms. Andrews then predicted that the ship could last for an hour or hour and a half at the most. At 12:30 A.M., Captain Edward J. Smith gives the order to fill the life boats - women and children first. At 12:45 A.M., the first lifeboat was lowered. -
Not looking good (continued).
It could carry sixty-five people but left with twenty-eight. By 1:30 A.M., the bow of the ship was well down. For the last hour and a half, the radio messengers were sending out tons of messages in morse code...such as SOS. The radio signal continued to get weaker as the ship's power was fading. At 2:05 A.M., the ship then sunk. 1,517 of the 2223 passengers died. Mainly men since the women and children were put in boats first. -
Carpathia To The Rescue!
At dawn, a ship known as the "Carpathia" comes to the survivors' rescue.
