The Titanic: How and Why it Became One of the Most
Influential Disasters in the Twentieth Century
The many designing flaws between the watertight compartments, the few lifeboats, and the use of poor materials such as the iron containing high concentrations of sulfur contributed to the tragic sinking of the Titanic and how ships our built today.
To the passengers, the Titanic was a beauty, but the outcome of the voyage forever impacted society worldwide in the early twentieth century.
We explored the different factors that accounted for the ship's tragic fate. We observed how the ship's sinking set off a call for new laws in maritime safety, and how these laws have been saving lives to this day. The Titanic not only impacted the people of 1912, but the incident influences cruise liner safety across the world to this day, and the design of modern ships.
Influential Disasters in the Twentieth Century
The many designing flaws between the watertight compartments, the few lifeboats, and the use of poor materials such as the iron containing high concentrations of sulfur contributed to the tragic sinking of the Titanic and how ships our built today.
To the passengers, the Titanic was a beauty, but the outcome of the voyage forever impacted society worldwide in the early twentieth century.
We explored the different factors that accounted for the ship's tragic fate. We observed how the ship's sinking set off a call for new laws in maritime safety, and how these laws have been saving lives to this day. The Titanic not only impacted the people of 1912, but the incident influences cruise liner safety across the world to this day, and the design of modern ships.