Titanic Research Paper

The sinking of the Titanic is probably the most known tragedy in history. That night is always remembered and the people who lost their lives. The Titanic is very interesting to learn about and there are many museums about the magnificent ship.

The Titanic was inspired by the Ritz Hotel in London, they have a lot of First Class things that are similar to the hotel. Like a Turkish bath, a kennel for first class dogs, and a squash court. Workers at Belfast’s Harland & Wolff shipyard started to work on building this gigantic ship.

First the workers had to take on building the keel and framework. Then the steel deck and hull plates were attached with millions of rivets. The Titanic was 882 feet and 9 inches long and breadth …show more content…
First class cost the most money out of all the classes, that's why many Second Class passengers could have been considered as First Class but did not want to pay a ton of money. First class had the grand staircase leading from the First Class dining room to the D deck up to first class promenade deck. The grand staircase was one of the most stunning features on board. The staircase was lit up by natural light through a wrought iron and a glass dome, and a illuminated at night by gold plated crystal lights. First Class passengers, dressed in their finery, glided down the staircase on their way to dinner. The First Class had many fascinating rooms which included the Reading Room which was popular for the women since they were forbidden to go in the Smoking Room, the Veranda Café was one of the most popular rooms on board, especially among younger passengers , Reception room, a la Carte Restaurant, a swimming pool, and much …show more content…
The couple of days everything was going to according to the scheduled voyage itinerary. The First Class was having their daily tea, Second Class was sitting on the deck, and Third Class was having fun on the Third class deck.

The Titanic had two radio operators, although they were not strictly speaking part of the crew. All day and night the Titanic was receiving tons of icebergs by different ships in the area. At 9:40 the last iceberg warning came from the Mesaba but this message never got received because Harold Bride was getting his much needed sleep and Jack Phillips was busy on the key sending and receiving commercial traffic to Cape Race.

The Titanic's lookouts were on their last shift of the night and they were unaware of the recent iceberg warnings. Then one of the lookouts spotted something in the distance that looked like an iceberg and yelled “ ICEBERG! “ Immediately he ran to tell the crew members that there was a iceberg right ahead. Captain Smith ran up to see what was happening and told some of the crew members to tell the engine room to stop the ship. One worker started to turn the wheel as far as it could and as fast as possible to avoid a collision with the

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