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The Failure of the Titanic

The Failure of the Titanic. By Amanda Connell, Makenna Coe Smith, Katie Rawson, and Bea Casem. The Basics . The Titanic was 882 ft. and 9 in. long. It sat 190ft above the surface of the water It was built by 4 different companies It cost $7.5 million

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The Failure of the Titanic

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  1. The Failure of the Titanic By Amanda Connell, Makenna Coe Smith, Katie Rawson, and Bea Casem

  2. The Basics • The Titanic was 882 ft. and 9 in. long. • It sat 190ft above the surface of the water • It was built by 4 different companies • It cost $7.5 million • For the first voyage there were 2,207 passengers aboard

  3. Safety Equipment • 14 Wooden life boats • Carried 60 people each • 2 Wooden cutter • Carried 40 people each • 4 collapsible boats • Carried 47 people each • Total of Spots = 1178

  4. The Titanic • They began building the ship in 1908 • On April 10, 1912 it left for its first and only voyage to the United States • By the morning of April 15th the Titanic had suck

  5. The Crash April 14th 11:40 pm – Titanic hit iceberg Six forward compartments were ruptured making total damaged area 1.171 meters squared April 15th 2:20 am- Flooding of these compartments caused ship to sink 706 passengers were rescued 1,500 passengers lost their lives

  6. The Steel • Steel plates from the hull = 1.875 cm thick • Steel plates from bulkhead = 1.25 cm thick • Expedition in 1996, researchers brought back steel for metallurgical analysis • Low nitrogen content means steel was brittle at low temperatures • Seawater at time of collision was -2 degrees C • Made of best plain carbon ship plate of time, but would not be suitable now

  7. How the sinking could have been prevented: • Engine speed (Officer Murdoch) • Better quality steel • Warning-radar, iceberg patrol, etc.

  8. Modern Procedures • Similar structural safety design (hull divisions • Execution changed • Materials Engineers-computer modeling to determine stress capacity • Advanced technology allows better warning, safety

  9. Whose fault? • Captain Smith: the Capitan of the Titanic • The Shipbuilders • Bruce Ismay: the Managing Director of the White Star Line • Thomas Andrew: The Ship Arcitect • Capitan Lord: Capitan of the Californian, a ship that was near by and sent out the iceberg warning.

  10. Conclusion • Major engineering failure • Hundreds lost • Taught importance of safety

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