Mar
20
2009
Sinking of titanic
Author: adminThe titanic was the largest and most luxurious liner of her time when she set out on her maiden, transatlantic voyage in April 1912 with 2200 passengers and crew. Despite reports of icebergs in the vicinity, the titanic maintained her speed of 22 knots and struck an iceberg which tore a 300 foot gash in her hull. Described by her makers as unsinkable, the ship was capable of remaining afloat with two of her sixteen watertight compartments flooded, but six were in fact holed. Insufficient warning to abandon ship and inadequate lifeboat space meant that only 705 people survived in this mishap.
