RMS Titanic was a passenger ship that sank in the
North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after scraping against an iceberg during
her maiden voyage from Southampton, England to New York City.
The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of 1,514
people in one of the deadliest (peacetime) maritime disasters in history. She
was the largest ship at the time of her maiden voyage.
One of three Olympic class ocean ships owned by The
White Star Company, she was built between 1909–11 by the Harland and Wolff
shipyard in Belfast, Ireland. She carried 2,223 people.
Her passengers included some of the wealthiest people
in the world, as well as over a thousand emigrants from Great Britain, Ireland,
Scandinavia and elsewhere, seeking a new life in North America.
The ship was designed to be the very comfortable and
luxurious, with a gym, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and
beautiful cabins. A first class ticket was $4,700.
She also had a powerful wireless telegraph which the
passengers could use. Even though she had safety features such as watertight
compartments and watertight doors, she did not have enough life boats for all
people. She only had enough lifeboats for 1,178 people – half of the number
travelling.
After leaving Southampton on 10 April 1912, Titanic headed
to Ireland then west to New York. On 14 April 1912, four days into the trip and
about 375 miles (600 km) south of Newfoundland Canada, she hit an iceberg at
11:40 pm (ship's time; GMT−3).
The collision caused Titanic's hull plates to bend inwards
on her starboard side which opened five of her sixteen watertight compartments
to the sea.
400 tonnes of water was coming in every minute. Over
the next two and a half hours, the ship gradually filled with water and sank.
Passengers and some crew members were put in lifeboats, many were sent out half
full.
Most men were left aboard due to the "women and children first" policy at
the time. At 2:20 am Titanic split in half and sank bow-first with over a
thousand people still on board.
The band decided to continue playing until they and
the ship sank. None survived. Those in the water died within minutes because
the sea was less than minus 1 C. The 710 survivors were taken from lifeboats by
RMS Carpathia a few hours later.
The disaster caused world shock. Public investigations
in Britain and the United States led to improvements in maritime safety. Many
of the survivors lost all of their money and possessions; many families lost
their main bread-winner.
Some of the male survivors, especially the White Star
Line's chairman, J. Bruce Ismay, were accused of cowardice for leaving the ship
while people were still on board, after they got home people were ashamed of
their behaviour.
The wreck of Titanic remains on the seabed, gradually
disintegrating at a depth of 12,415 feet (3,784 m). Since its rediscovery in
1986, thousands of artefacts have been recovered from the sea bed and put in
museums around the world.
Titanic has become one of the most famous ships in
history, her memory kept alive by many books, songs, films, exhibitions and
memorials.
¡Wow! ¿Qué te pareció?
Si
has llegado hasta aquí, supongo que te gustó. Esta fue
una historia increíble. Si tienes cualquier sugerencia o duda, es preferible
que no cargues con ella, déjala aquí en los comentarios o ponte en contacto
conmigo y la resolvemos.
Y si te ha
gustado el post compártelo en tus redes sociales para ayudarme a seguir adelante con el blog.
Eso es todo, y
muchas gracias por visitar inglésalapiz.com.ve
