Contrary to popular belief, the greatest maritime tragedy of history was the sinking of RMS
Titanic, but the German liner
Wilhelm Gustloff. A total of about seven thousand people were killed, five times more than in the sinking of the RMS Titanic. On April 7, 1912, Easter Sunday, the Titanic remained tied to the dock 44, the White Star Line Southampton has been used for express passenger service since 1907, piers 43 and 44 with a depth of forty feet below the surface water, served to older ships like the Titanic and Olympic. these would be the last hours of peace that the Titanic known. Andrews. At 12:00 pm the Titanic began to be separated from the dock by tugs of which one was the Vulcan who saved him from a collision when the movement of the Titanic caused the Boat New York ropes came loose causing it to ship out on the Titanic. Finally the passengers boarded small boats that carried them to the Titanic. The giant ship propellers begin to spin, driving the Titanic to his appointment in the icy North Atlantic. Between April 11 and 12 the Titanic had traveled three hundred eighty-six miles in calm seas and clear. For Sunday April 14, 1912, continuing the excellent weather and calm sea with moderate winds from the southwest, everyone had high expectations, more active passengers walked on deck covered regardless of the air still cool and crisp, among the Saturday and Sunday, the Titanic had sailed 546 miles in the morning
received a
message from the Caronia warning of ice, followed by another Dutchman's ship Noordam, "much ice" ahead, the Baltic afternoon reported "massive amounts of Ice cientsas about two fifty miles in front of the Titanic (this is the message Smith delivered presumed to J. Bruce Ismay). Lightoller notifies the lookouts to observe cautiously until morning, at 9:40 a message of great quantities of ice and icebergs are received from the Mesaba, this message is ignored by Bride and Phillips, which were very busy for traffic message of its passengers, all messages received that day showed a large field of ice 78 miles long directly ahead of Titanic. At 11:30 pm on lookouts Fleet and Lee looked a little thing in front of them, at 11:40 pm with the Titanic sailing at high speed, Fleet seen a huge iceberg right in front of the Titanic and notifies the bridge. The Titanic sinks and more than 2,200 people on board are in great danger. Lightoller notifies the lookouts to observe cautiously until morning, at 9:40 a message of great quantities of ice and icebergs are received from the Mesaba, this message is ignored by Bride and Phillips, which were very busy for traffic message of its passengers, all messages received that day showed a large ice field of seventy-eight miles long directly ahead of Titanic. At 11:30 pm on lookouts Fleet and Lee looked a little thing in front of them, at 11:40 pm with the Titanic sailing at high speed, Fleet seen a huge iceberg right in front of the Titanic and notifies the bridge. The bow section is in a relatively better condition for the stern and their structures are still recognizable. Missing middle section of the boat about a hundred yards believed to be buried in the mud and near this section. Researchers associated with the best state in the bow section that is "planned" in the water and landed relatively gently in the background. It is accepted that the iceberg dropped off and the rivets of the hull planks warp and allow the water to penetrate. Inside, the wood parts that remain are few and inside found in an advanced state of decomposition. The original idea to refloat the hull is absolutely impracticable. Some fragments of the hull which have been analyzed have shown why the wreck: the researchers said the steel used in construction contains a high proportion of sulfur and phosphorus, elements that gave the steel a high fragility to surf really cold water; needed only a moderate transverse voltage (the bottom of the iceberg) to jump rivets and produce the fatal leak. . The wreck of the Titanic have been systematically looted extracted hundreds of artifacts such as china, bottles, bags etc., etc. The first objects were removed in 1987 and in 1993 gave legal authorization to George Tulloch's company, RMS Titanic, to follow with the salvage operation of objects with the stipulation that none of them will be sold to benefit the company. Certainly in the not too distant future more expeditions were made to rescue more objects and learn more about the tragic ship of dreams.