When did the Titanic sink?

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The British-made luxury passenger ship Titanic was the largest passenger ship in the world in the early 20th century. At that time, it was called an unsinkable ship, but it hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage from Southampton to new york on April 19 15, 2002. It sank for lack of enough lifeboats. 36860 . 66866868666

The sinking of the Titanic

On April/911day, 2002, Titanic, the largest, most advanced and comfortable cruise ship in the world, set sail from Kuntutun with 13 16 passengers and 89 1 crew, and began to cross the Atlantic for the first time.

Captain Smith is an old navigator. He is 62 years old. He intended to retire, but for the success of the maiden voyage of Titanic, he promised to direct the voyage before he retired.

The rich gathered on the boat and people were immersed in happiness. At the wedding in the restaurant, everyone raised their glasses and was excited that they could take the maiden voyage of this luxury cruise ship. On the deck, some people are chatting, and some people are lying in chairs overlooking the sea and enjoying the sunshine; In the cabin, the children are playing ... the whole cruise ship is filled with a festive atmosphere.

No one expected that a disaster was coming.

On the morning of April 14, the telegraph was received in the telecommunication room of the cruise ship: "Ice, big ice!" But this telegram did not attract the captain's attention. At noon 1 1 40, another telegram was received in the telecom room: "giant ice!" But this telegram didn't even reach the cockpit. In the afternoon, another telegram came, reporting that there were icebergs and a lot of ice 250 miles ahead of the Titanic. But the captain is still careless. At night, the temperature drops sharply. At that time, Californians driving in front of the Titanic found that there was ice all around, so they stopped and sent another telegram warning that there was a 78-mile-long iceberg right in front of the route. On this day, Titanic received seven warning telegrams, and the last telegram was only a few minutes before the cruise ship hit an iceberg! But I don't even care!

At night 1 1: 40, the crew of Titanic saw the iceberg and notified the cockpit urgently. It was too late.

Although the ship stopped immediately, capsized and avoided the iceberg with full starboard rudder, the starboard side of the ship still hit the iceberg!

After the Titanic was hit, it began to sink. The crew put women and children on lifeboats. 2: 18, the cruise ship sank completely, and there were cries and cries for help from the dark sea. ...

The Titanic cost 75 million pounds, weighed 46,328 tons, was 882.9 feet long and 92.5 feet wide, and its height was equivalent to 1 1 floor. There are not only restaurants, bars, cafes, recreation rooms and cinemas, but also swimming pools and gyms for the first time. At that time, it was a first-class ultra-luxury ship. The film Titanic is based on this true story.

Titanic (RMS Titanic), known as Titanic in Taiwan Province Province and Hongkong, is the largest luxury passenger ship made in Britain in the early 20th century. It was called "unsinkable ship" at that time, but it hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic on its maiden voyage from Southampton to new york on April 19 12, and sank for lack of it.

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Titanic was built at Hanand Wolf Shipyard in Belfast, the largest city in Northern Ireland. Hull launching may 3 19 1 1. She is also the second Olympic-class steamboat built by White Star Company in the same shipyard. It was the largest and most prestigious manned cruise ship at that time. Titanic is 260 meters long and 28 meters wide, with a total weight of 46,329 tons (net weight of 2 1, 83 1 ton), power of 3,000 horsepower and speed of 23-24 miles per hour. Although it contains more space, it leads to a larger gross tonnage. Her hull is still as big as her sister ship, the Olympic. The ship has 899 crew members and can carry 3300 passengers. Because she also delivers mail, it is also called the Royal Mail steamship Titanic. Only three of the four huge chimneys can work normally. The other is foil, whose only practical use is as a chimney in the main kitchen.

Titanic was an unparalleled luxury at that time. Although she was not the first ship to provide deck swimming pool, gym, bathroom and elevator, she tried her best to provide a level of service that she had never seen before. For first-class passengers, she provided three elevators; As an innovation, she provided an elevator for second-class passengers. Economy class passengers still need to climb stairs. One of her most famous features is her luxurious stairs. James Cameron faithfully reproduced this staircase in his film.

Titanic is a fixed-point work of technological achievements. 16 watertight cabin in case she sinks. During the voyage, a crew member said to Sylvia Caldwell, a second-class female passenger, "Even if God comes himself, he can't sink this ship. 」

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Titanic's sinking place Titanic set out from Southampton, England on April 19 12 for new york, USA. The captain's name is edward smith. He left Southampton Port at noon on April 12, and planned to cross the North Atlantic and go straight to new york. When she was about to set sail, another regular ship "New York" moved in the water because of its huge size, which caused the attraction of a large amount of backfill water to almost hit her hull, delaying for an hour. After the departure, Titanic first docked in Cherbourg, France, across the English Channel to accept more passengers, and then docked in Queenstown, Ireland. Finally, she arrived in new york with 65,438+0,324 passengers and 892 deck workers. Titanic divided passengers into three classes. Third-class cabins are also the cheapest in the lower hull. Most of these passengers are immigrants who plan to build a new life across the Atlantic. The decoration of the second-class cabin and the general guest room was actually the same as that of the first-class cabin of other general ships at that time. Many second-class passengers originally positioned their first class on other ships, but gave up because of the voyage of Titanic and transferred coal energy to Titanic. The first class is the most expensive and luxurious part of the whole ship, and some of the richest celebrities in the world were on this journey at that time. More famous are john jacob astor, a millionaire (theoretically in pounds or dollars), and his wife, entrepreneur benjamin guggenheim. The owners of Macy's Department Store are ador and Iddas Toth. The unsinkable Molly Brown and others. J. Bruce Ismay, director of White Star Cruises, and Thomas Andrews, chief designer, also traveled first class on this ship. /kloc-On the night of April, 0/4, she hit an iceberg. In the process of colliding with an iceberg, due to misjudgment, he made an emergency turn at high speed, leading to turning forward. At the same time, the iceberg made a long crack in the bottom of the ship, which not only loosened the rivets under the starboard waterline, but also caused the water in six watertight compartments. Finally, due to too much water, the hull tilted to an amazing state close to the hull vertical (vertical to the horizontal plane), because the tilting can continue to pour water. Finally, the hull could not support the weight, and half of the hull on the water broke off, and then sank to the bottom of the sea with 1522 people.

On the port side of the ship, lifeboats only carry women and children. On the starboard side, men are allowed to board the ship only after women have the priority to escape. So more people were rescued on the starboard side than on the port side.

Consequences and effects of the accident

The schematic diagram of the impact of Titanic is inconsistent with the popular view: when the Titanic sank, it did use the internationally used Morse code SOS, but it was not the earliest example of SOS. 1906 SOS signal was first put forward by the international radiocommunication conference off Berlin. 1908, the international community recognized this proposal and gradually began to use it widely, four years before the sinking of the Titanic. However, British radio operators rarely use SOS signals, and they prefer the old CQD distress signals. John George Philip, the chief radio officer of Titanic, kept sending CQD distress signals until Harold Brad, a junior radio operator, suggested him to send SOS, which is a new call signal. This may be your last chance to send it! Then Philip mixed the sos signal with the traditional CQD distress signal. Because there was no 24-hour radio, the California ship finally received a distress signal the next morning.

The disaster shocked the international community. Because it proves to some people that people and their scientific and technological achievements cannot be compared with the forces of nature.

At that time, the steelmaking technology was not very mature, and the steel produced was not made by modern standards. The steel plate used in Titanic contains many chemical impurities, such as zinc sulfide, which is more fragile because it is soaked in cold seawater.

Even today, after 1 century, several absurd stories about Titanic and its sinking still exist. One is that her rudder is too small, and a bigger rudder can avoid this disaster. A bigger rudder may have saved her, when the size of her rudder is not small for the size of her hull. In fact, according to today's regulations on ships, the size of the rudder of Titanic is still qualified. Another way of saying this is that there were not enough lifeboats on the Titanic. In fact, the number of her lifeboats complies with British law. The number of people stipulated by law is not based on the number of passengers, but on the tonnage of the ship. At that time, the number of lifeboats on all ships was far below the required number, and the purpose of lifeboats at that time was not to hold all passengers; They are only used to transfer passengers from sunken ships to another rescue ship. The sinking of the Titanic changed this life-saving strategy forever. In fact, even if she can load more lifeboats to carry all the passengers, there may still be no guarantee that more people will be rescued, because when she sank, the crew had not had time to put down all the lifeboats! There is also a saying that the crew of the mechanical group stick to their posts until the end. A book published by 1988 also mentioned this point and made it immortal. The fact is that 1: 15am machinery cabin is flooded. At the last moment of sinking, mechanics and furnace workers stood on the stern deck like hundreds of others, trapped in the ship, without any hope of being rescued.

On the other hand, there are many sayings about the sinking of Titanic, including the sinking of the whole ship; The hull folds near the middle of the second and third chimneys and then sinks vertically; The hull was folded near the middle of the third and fourth chimneys, and then the front of the hull dragged the stern, and the stern sank vertically. Until 1985, the famous scientist Ballard found the wreckage of Titanic in the sea about 380 miles southeast of Newfoundland, which was the bow part of the first two chimneys and the stern part behind the fourth chimney. The third theory has been preliminarily proved. This theory was later experienced in the film Titanic directed by James Cameron. At that time, everyone thought that the hull part of the third chimney had been blown to pieces and could never be found again. However, in August 2005, the archaeological team sponsored by the History Channel found this part of the hull 500 meters behind the wreckage of the stern, about 12 meters by 27 meters, and the red paint on the bottom of the hull was still clearly visible.

The sinking of Titanic greatly affected shipbuilding and radio and telegraph communication. 19131February 12 Therefore, the first international conference on the safety of life at sea was held in London, England. The treaty reached at the meeting contributed to the establishment and capital investment of the international iceberg inspection organization. To this day, she is still detecting and reporting icebergs in the North Atlantic that may threaten ships. The treaty also unanimously reached a new regulation: all manned ships must have enough lifeboats to carry all the people on board, and appropriate related training should be carried out. In addition, the radio communication should be open 24 hours a day, plus the secondary standby power supply, so that the distress signal will not be missed. The treaty also agreed that any rocket launched from a ship must be interpreted as a distress signal.

[Movie Name] Titanic

[Starring] Leonardo DiCaprio kate winslet

[Movie Area] European and American movies

[film genre] feature film

[Date of accession] 27 February 2006

[Introduction] 19 12 April 15 At 2: 20 am, when the Titanic weighed 465,000 tons, At that time, it was also called the largest and safest luxury cruise ship in the world. On its maiden voyage from Southampton, England to new york, it hit a huge iceberg and sank in the sea near Newfoundland on the east coast of Canada. At that time, 2,223 passengers were fleeing for their lives. Unfortunately, only more than 700 passengers escaped the biggest shipwreck in history, and other 1500 passengers on board also sank with this huge ship.

After nearly five years of careful planning, the biggest nightmare at sea started shooting in July, 1996. After a year of painful struggle and numerous delays in filming, it was finally completed at the end of 19971February, and will be presented to the audience on1February 20th. James Cameron, who strives for perfection in everything, also made Titanic the most expensive movie in film history with a budget of more than 250 million dollars under the extreme film special effects.

The theme song "My heart is eternal" of this film was sung by the singer Sharon Dion, which added indelible color to his film, and this song has also become another classic in the music world.

Theme song of the movie Titanic (My heart is eternal)

Every night in my dream.

I see you, I feel you.

That's how I know you go on.

a far cry

And the distance between us

You show me. You go on.

Near ... far away ...

No matter where you are

I believe

The heart will continue to beat

You open the door again.