Titanic was the largest passenger ship with the most luxurious internal facilities in the world at that time and had the reputation of "unsinkable ship". Unfortunately, on its maiden voyage, Titanic was doomed-it set off from Southampton, England, and sailed for new york, USA.
191April 14 At about 23: 40, the Titanic collided with an iceberg, which caused the starboard bow to rupture to the middle of the ship and flooded five watertight compartments. At about 2: 20 am on April 15, the Titanic broke in two and sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean at 3,700 meters.
Of the 2,224 crew members and passengers, 15 17 were killed, of which only 333 bodies were found. The sinking of Titanic was the deadliest shipwreck in peacetime, and its wreckage was not found again until 1985.
The sinking influence of Titanic;
The sinking of the Titanic showed mankind the mysterious power of nature and the unpredictability of fate. On the day the Titanic sank, people in the western world had enjoyed 100 years of stability and peace.
With the steady progress of science and technology and the rapid development of industry, people are full of confidence in the future. The sinking of the Titanic awakened all this. This unsinkable ship, the largest man-made steel structure after the Eiffel Tower, is a great achievement in the industrial age.
Because I was careless about the forces of nature, I sank on my first maiden voyage. Titanic will always remind people of the price of human arrogance and self-confidence.