this ship was considered by many to be
unsinkable and its failure resulted in a
massive loss of human life welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
learning more about the sinking of the
RMS Titanic the construction of the
Titanic began on March 31st 1909 in
Belfast Ireland the finances behind this
project came from American Banker JP
Morgan who owned the White Star Line’s
shipping company when it was built the
Titanic was the world’s largest
passenger ship and had a capacity of
3,500 47 people not only that but this
ship was also the most lavish and grand
ship to date in terms of decor
facilities and Technology
it was also massively expensive to ride
the priciest package costs four thousand
three hundred and seventy-five dollars
in 1912 which today would translate to
roughly one hundred thousand dollars
prior to setting sail the Titanic was
equipped with 20 lifeboats which was
more than the law required even so only
about one-third of the boats capacity
could be saved using this number of
lifeboats after the Titanic was deemed
seaworthy she set sail for New York City
from Southampton England on April 10th
1912 with 2223 people on board a number
of well-known people were on the ship
including millionaire John Jacob Astor
the fourth and his wife industrialist
Benjamin Guggenheim the owner of Macy’s
Isidor Straus and his wife and
millionairess Molly Brown
the first days of the journey were
smooth but the captain began receiving
information about icebergs along the
ship’s path however direct warnings
obtained by the ship’s Marconi wireless
radio operators were not related to
those in charge it was at 11:40 p.m. on
Sunday April 14th when the ship was
travelling just south of Newfoundland
Canada that the lookout spotted an
iceberg directly in her path despite
efforts to turn the Titanic off-course
the iceberg ripped down the right side
of the ship and the lower compartments
began to flood just
after midnight lifeboats were prepared
and distress calls were sent out the
closest ship to receive the Titanic’s
distress signal was four hours away and
this was too far away to save all the
ship’s passengers the temperature of the
water was such that hypothermia would
kill within fifteen minutes and this
turned out to be one of the main causes
of death while the ship was sinking the
electricity continued working and the
boat remained relatively level for these
reasons passengers believed it was safer
to stay aboard and many lifeboats were
launched practically empty by the time
all the lifeboats had been released the
Titanic’s bow was submerged once the
stern started lifting out of the ocean
passengers either rushed to jump ship in
the hopes they would find room on a
lifeboat or they struggled up the stern
to stay out of the water the mounting
pressure finally split the Titanic in
two pieces and these sections both sank
into the ocean by 2:20 a.m. the RMS
Carpathia arrived approximately two
hours later to pick up survivors of the
Titanic she docked in New York on April
18th to drop off just over 700
passengers meaning over 1,500 people
perished in the disaster because of the
women and children first rule women were
most likely to survive as were
first-class passengers also there were
proportionately more American survivors
than British the Titanic disaster
prompted numerous inquiries and these
resulted in the drafting of new laws
that would ensure the safety of future
ocean liners as for the ship herself it
was only in 1985 that the wreck was
discovered and explored underwater the
two sections of the ship were found
relatively intact and artifacts like
dinnerware furniture and other items
were scattered nearby however years
underwater had decayed the ship and the
suggestion is the wreck will collapse
within a few decades while rumors have
circulated for years that the ship was
cursed there is no denying the impact
the Titanic and its demise have had on
history and popular culture
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unsinkable and its failure resulted in a
massive loss of human life welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
learning more about the sinking of the
RMS Titanic the construction of the
Titanic began on March 31st 1909 in
Belfast Ireland the finances behind this
project came from American Banker JP
Morgan who owned the White Star Line’s
shipping company when it was built the
Titanic was the world’s largest
passenger ship and had a capacity of
3,500 47 people not only that but this
ship was also the most lavish and grand
ship to date in terms of decor
facilities and Technology
it was also massively expensive to ride
the priciest package costs four thousand
three hundred and seventy-five dollars
in 1912 which today would translate to
roughly one hundred thousand dollars
prior to setting sail the Titanic was
equipped with 20 lifeboats which was
more than the law required even so only
about one-third of the boats capacity
could be saved using this number of
lifeboats after the Titanic was deemed
seaworthy she set sail for New York City
from Southampton England on April 10th
1912 with 2223 people on board a number
of well-known people were on the ship
including millionaire John Jacob Astor
the fourth and his wife industrialist
Benjamin Guggenheim the owner of Macy’s
Isidor Straus and his wife and
millionairess Molly Brown
the first days of the journey were
smooth but the captain began receiving
information about icebergs along the
ship’s path however direct warnings
obtained by the ship’s Marconi wireless
radio operators were not related to
those in charge it was at 11:40 p.m. on
Sunday April 14th when the ship was
travelling just south of Newfoundland
Canada that the lookout spotted an
iceberg directly in her path despite
efforts to turn the Titanic off-course
the iceberg ripped down the right side
of the ship and the lower compartments
began to flood just
after midnight lifeboats were prepared
and distress calls were sent out the
closest ship to receive the Titanic’s
distress signal was four hours away and
this was too far away to save all the
ship’s passengers the temperature of the
water was such that hypothermia would
kill within fifteen minutes and this
turned out to be one of the main causes
of death while the ship was sinking the
electricity continued working and the
boat remained relatively level for these
reasons passengers believed it was safer
to stay aboard and many lifeboats were
launched practically empty by the time
all the lifeboats had been released the
Titanic’s bow was submerged once the
stern started lifting out of the ocean
passengers either rushed to jump ship in
the hopes they would find room on a
lifeboat or they struggled up the stern
to stay out of the water the mounting
pressure finally split the Titanic in
two pieces and these sections both sank
into the ocean by 2:20 a.m. the RMS
Carpathia arrived approximately two
hours later to pick up survivors of the
Titanic she docked in New York on April
18th to drop off just over 700
passengers meaning over 1,500 people
perished in the disaster because of the
women and children first rule women were
most likely to survive as were
first-class passengers also there were
proportionately more American survivors
than British the Titanic disaster
prompted numerous inquiries and these
resulted in the drafting of new laws
that would ensure the safety of future
ocean liners as for the ship herself it
was only in 1985 that the wreck was
discovered and explored underwater the
two sections of the ship were found
relatively intact and artifacts like
dinnerware furniture and other items
were scattered nearby however years
underwater had decayed the ship and the
suggestion is the wreck will collapse
within a few decades while rumors have
circulated for years that the ship was
cursed there is no denying the impact
the Titanic and its demise have had on
history and popular culture
[Music]
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