In 1985 , some cameras went to see the rest of the Titanic in the Atlantic Ocean.
they found the Titanic 3,810 m under the water (aprox. 4 km)
They also saw that it was split in two halves.
There was a distance of 800 metres between them.
Chapter 2: The biggest ship in the world
More than 15,000 people built the Titanic
It was built in Belfast (Ireland)
The began in 1909 and finished in 1912
The Ship:
46,328 TONS
28 ACROSS
265 LONG
SPEED=46KM/H
The ship had:
16 COMPARTMENTS and 15 emergency doors
The rooms were for:
1st class $
2nd class
3rd class=working people
Their dream was to begin a new life.
Chapter 3: A City on the sea
On 10th April 1912 the Titanic started the journey to NY
The ship went from Southampton(U.K) to France.
And from France to Cork (EIRE)
And from Cork to America through Atlantic ocean.
The designer and creator of the ship was Thomas Andrews
In The TITANIC , there were:
-325 first-class passengers
-277 second-class-
706 third-class E deck
-908 officers and workers
-8 musicians
President of the White Starline=> Bruce Ismay
Captain Smith: He controlled the ship
Milvina Dean (the youngest passenger. She was 9 weeks old)
Jack Phillips -- Radio operator
On 14th of April 1912
That night, There was good weather
There were lots of stars in the sky
The sea was quiet but, it was very cold
The officers saw an iceberg in front of the sea.
The ship tried to turn left but it couldn't, because it was too fast
They heard a big noise on E Deck (3 rd class)
They stopped the engines and went to see the damage.
There was a big noise= the titanic hit an iceberg.
The captain decided to close all the emergency doors
They also stopped the engines
There was water in 5 compartments , and the designer,
Thomas Andrews said:
“This ship is going to sink”
Jack Phillips, the radio operator sent emergency messages by radio. 12:13 a.m. CQD
There were 2 ships: the Californian & the Carpathia
The Californian was at 16 km but, the radio operator went to bed because radio messages were something new in those times.
The TITANIC sent fireworks and rockets but the Californian didn’t realize of the sinking, they thought that they were celebrating a party.
The Carpathia was at 92 km away and they could listen the CQD message at 12.15 they started to go to help, but they were too far
And when they arrived, it was too late..
The Titanic had 20 lifeboats to save 1,178 people
In TheTitanic there were 2,224 people
The officers helped with the life jackets
The first to be saved were:
1 st class, women and children
From the 20 lifeboats only 18 went into the sea.
Lifeboat 14 5 th Officer Lowe helped a lot of people and saved a lot of lives
The 8 musicians didn’t stop playing the Front of the ship went down.
The Titanic broke into two halves. the Titanic was completely under water at 2:20 a.m.
Thousands of bodies were floating- They died because of the coldness
Lifeboat 14= 5th Officer Lowe returned to help and rescue more people but he only could find 4 people (at
The Carpathia (93 km away) heard the message from the Titanic at
12:25
The Californian (at 16 km away) -didn’t hear any messages -Later, saw the firing rockets from the Carpathia.
At 6:00a.m. realized of the tragedy and went to help
The Sailors from the Carpathia helped all the passengers on the lifeboats. They gave them hot drinks, warm coats, blankets… But the passengers were only worried about their families and friends
The Carpathia arrived to New York 4 days later only with 700 people and 1,513 were died in the Atlantic Ocean..
In New York Senator Smith was really annoyed and angry. And asked a lot of questions to Bruce Ismay (President White Starline)) He said that the responsible of the tragedy were Captain Smith and Thomas
Andrews
The American ship “Mackay Bennett”=>Rescued the dead bodies from the Titanic and they were buried.
Walter Lord wrote a book about the Titanic (A Night to Remember) in
1956.
In 1957 (First film) A Night to Remember
In 1985 Robert Ballard went twice to see the rest of the Titanic under the sea and he made a film (second film). Titanic (1)
In 1987 James Cameron saw Robert’s film and decided to make a
Hollywood film. He also went with cameras to see the Titanic.
Cameron’s film cost 200 million dollars= 1 million dollars every minute.
Not every thing in the film is true, but the most is true.
Millvina returned to see the Titanic in 1997 with a ship called QE2 (Queen
Elisabeth II)
Engines: Motor
Sailors: Mariner
Sink-sank-sunk: Enfonsar-se
Suddenly: De cop
Deck: Coberta
Sailor: Mariner
Towards: Cap a
Rocket: Coet
Deck: Compartiment
Bury: Enterrament
Operator: Operador
Designer: Dissenyador
Emergency: Emergència
Gun: Arma
Captain: Capità
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