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the titanic sunk April 15 1912. it hit an iceberg. one of the main topics is how it sunk and the flaws of the boat and its crew. one of the crew flaws is that the captain was going to fast in a high tide. so it was hard to spot the iceberg.

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Why and How the Titanic Sank (Infographic)

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A remarkable variety of elements came together to sink the famed steamship Titanic.

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After the sinking of the on April 15, 1912, the great ship slumbered on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean for over 70 years before its wreckage was discovered. On September 1, 1985, a joint American-French expedition, headed by famous American oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard, found the Titanic over two miles below the ocean's surface by using an unmanned submersible called Argo. This discovery gave new meaning to the Titanic's sinking and gave birth to new dreams in ocean exploration.

The Titanic's Journey

Built in Ireland from 1909 to 1912 on behalf of the British-owned White Star Line, the Titanic officially left the European port of Queenstown, Ireland, on April 11, 1912. Carrying over 2,200 passengers and crew, the great ship began its maiden voyage across the Atlantic, headed for New York.

The Titanic carried passengers from all walks of life. Tickets were sold to first-, second-, and third-class passengers-the latter group largely consisting of immigrants seeking a better life in the United States. Famous first-class passengers included J. Bruce Ismay, the managing director of the White Star Line; business magnate Benjamin Guggenheim; and members of the Astor and Strauss families.

The Sinking of the Titanic

Only three days after setting sail, the Titanic struck an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912, somewhere in the North Atlantic. Although it took the ship over two and a half hours to sink, the vast majority of the crew and passengers perished due to a significant lack of lifeboats and improper use of those that did exist. The lifeboats could have held over 1,100 people, but only 705 passengers were saved; nearly 1,500 perished the night the Titanic sank.

People around the world were shocked when they heard that the "unsinkable" Titanic had sunk. They wanted to know the details of the disaster. Yet, however much the survivors could share, theories about how and why the Titanic sank would remain unsubstantiated until the wreckage of the great ship could be found. There was just one problem-no one was sure exactly where the Titanic had sunk.

An Oceanographer's Pursuit

For as long as he could remember, Robert Ballard had wanted to find the wreckage of the Titanic. His childhood in San Diego, California, near the water sparked his life-long fascination with the ocean, and he learned to scuba dive as soon as he was able. After graduating from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1965 with degrees in both chemistry and geology, Ballard signed up for the Army. Two years later, in 1967, Ballard transferred to the Navy, where he was assigned to the Deep Submergence Group at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Research Institution in Massachusetts, thus beginning his illustrious career with submersibles.

By 1974, Ballard had received two doctoral degrees (marine geology and geophysics) from the University of Rhode Island and had spent a lot of time conducting deep-water dives in Alvin, a manned submersible he helped design. During subsequent dives in 1977 and 1979 near the Galapagos Rift, Ballard helped discover hydrothermal vents, which led in turn to the discovery of the amazing plants that grew around these vents. Scientific analysis of these plants led to the discovery of chemosynthesis, a process in which plants use chemical reactions rather than sunlight to get energy.

However many shipwrecks Ballard explored and however much of the ocean floor he mapped, Ballard never forgot about the Titanic. "I always wanted to find the Titanic," Ballard has said. "That was a Mt. Everest in my world-one of those mountains that had never been climbed."*

Planning the Mission

Ballard wasn't the first to try to find the Titanic. Over the years, there had been several teams that had set out to find the wreckage of the famous ship; three of them had been funded by millionaire oilman Jack Grimm. On his last expedition in 1982, Grimm had taken an underwater picture of what he believed to be a propeller from the Titanic; others believed it was only a rock. The hunt for the Titanic was to continue, this time with Ballard. But first, he needed funding.

Given Ballard's history with the U.S. Navy, he decided to ask them to fund his expedition. They agreed, but not because they had a vested interest in finding the long-lost ship. Instead, the Navy wanted to use the technology Ballard would create to also help them find and investigate the wreckage of two nuclear submarines (the USS Thresher and the USS Scorpion) that had been mysteriously lost in the 1960s.

Ballard's search for the Titanic provided a nice cover story for the Navy, who wanted to keep their search for their lost submarines a secret from the Soviet Union. Amazingly, Ballard maintained the secrecy of his mission even as he built the technology and used it to find and explore the remains of the USS Thresher and the remains of the USS Scorpion. While Ballard was investigating these wreckages, he learned more about debris fields, which would prove crucial in finding the Titanic.

Once his secret mission was complete, Ballard was able to focus on searching for the Titanic. However, he now had only two weeks in which to do it.

Locating the Titanic

It was late August 1985 when Ballard finally began his search. He had invited a French research team, led by Jean-Louis Michel, to join this expedition. Aboard the Navy's oceanographic survey ship, the Knorr, Ballard and his team headed to the likely location of the Titanic's resting place-1,000 miles due east of Boston, Massachusetts.

While previous expeditions had used close sweeps of the ocean floor to search for the Titanic, Ballard decided to conduct mile-wide sweeps in order to cover more area. He was able to do this for two reasons. First, after examining the wreckage of the two submarines, he discovered that ocean currents often swept lighter pieces of the wreck downstream, thus leaving a long debris trail. Secondly, Ballard had engineered a new unmanned submersible ( Argo) that could explore wider areas, dive deeper, stay underwater for many weeks, and deliver crisp and clear pictures of what it found. This meant that Ballard and his team could stay on board the Knorr and monitor the images taken from Argo, with the hopes that those images would capture small, man-made pieces of debris.

The Knorr arrived in the area on August 22, 1985, and began sweeps of the area using Argo. In the early morning hours of September 1, 1985, the first glimpse of the Titanic in 73 years appeared on Ballard's screen. Exploring 12,000 feet below the ocean's surface, the Argo relayed the image of one of the Titanic's boilers embedded within the sandy surface of the ocean's floor. The team on the Knorr was ecstatic about the discovery, although the realization that they were floating atop the graves of nearly 1,500 individuals lent a somber tone to their celebration.

The expedition proved to be instrumental in shedding light on the Titanic's sinking. Prior to the discovery of the wreckage, there was some belief that the Titanic had sunk in one piece. The 1985 images did not give researchers definitive information on the ship's sinking; however, it did establish some basic foundations that countered early myths.

Subsequent Expeditions

Ballard returned to the Titanic in 1986 with new technology that allowed him to further explore the interior of the majestic ship. Images were collected that showed the remains of the beauty that so captivated those who had seen the Titanic at its height. The Grand Staircase, still-hanging chandeliers, and intricate iron-work were all photographed during Ballard's second successful expedition.

Since 1985, there have been several dozen expeditions to the Titanic. Many of these expeditions have been controversial since salvagers brought up several thousand artifacts from the ship's remains. Ballard has been widely outspoken against these efforts, claiming that he felt the ship deserved to rest in peace. During his two initial expeditions, he decided not to bring any discovered artifacts to the surface. He felt that others should honor the sanctity of the wreckage in a similar fashion.

The most proliferate salvager of Titanic artifacts has been RMS Titanic Inc. The company has brought many notable artifacts to the surface, including a large piece of the ship's hull, passenger luggage, dinnerware, and even documents preserved in oxygen-starved compartments of steamer trunks. Due to negotiations between its predecessor company and the French government, the RMS Titanic group initially could not sell the artifacts, only put them on display and charge admission to recoup expenses and generate profit. The largest exhibition of these artifacts, over 5,500 pieces, is located in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the Luxor Hotel, under the direction of the RMS Titanic Group's new name, Premier Exhibitions Inc.

Titanic Returns to the Silver Screen

Although the Titanic has been featured in numerous films through the years, it was James Cameron's 1997 film, Titanic, that stimulated massive, worldwide interest in the ship's fate. The movie became one of the most popular films ever made.

The 100th Anniversary

The 100th Anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic in 2012 also fueled renewed interest in the tragedy, 15 years after Cameron's film. The wreckage site is now eligible to be named a protected area as a UNESCO World Heritage site, and Ballard is also working to preserve what remains.

An expedition in August 2012 revealed that increased human activity has caused the ship to break down at a faster rate than previously expected. Ballard came up with a plan to slow the process of degradation-painting the Titanic while it remains 12,000 feet below the ocean's surface-but the plan was never implemented.

The discovery of the Titanic was a momentous accomplishment, but not only is the world conflicted about how to care for this historical wreck, but its existing artifacts could also now be in jeopardy. Premier Exhibitions Inc. filed for bankruptcy in 2016, asking permission from the bankruptcy court to sell the Titanic's artifacts. As of this publication, the court has not made a ruling on the request.

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How Did Robert Ballard Find the Sunken Titanic?

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After the Titanic sunk in 1912, it remained lost at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean for 73 years. Robert Ballard found it in 1985.

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it sunk on November 10, 1975. the author talks a lot about what its purpose was and what it did before it sunk. 29 crew men were lost in the accident. it was the largest ship to sink on the great lakes. it sunk in a Storm with 25 foot waves and hurricane winds .

is not my all time favorite source but it does explain a lot about how a storm can take down a boat

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the author talks a lot about how it was built. but the thing that stood out to me was that it was used to carry iron ore just like the Edmund Fitzgerald. this boat was 301 feet long. it was founded 1892. this makes me think a lot about how it carried iron ore just like the creep boom.

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the author teaches about many shipwrecks and how they sunk, when they sunk and how they sunk. One of the ships was creep boom, it was used to carry iron from Spain to England in world war 1. another is that the world discover it sunk after 26 years. it hit a coral reef. this is not really a theme but most of the shipwrecks sunk from hitting something else.

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12 Most Amazing Abandoned Ships In The World

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it sunk on November 10, 1975. the author talks a lot about what its purpose was and what it did before it sunk. 29 crew men were lost in the accident. it was the largest ship to sink on the great lakes. it sunk in a Storm with 25 foot waves and hurricane winds

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the titanic sunk April 15 1912. it hit an iceberg. one of the main topics is how it sunk and the flaws of the boat and its crew. one of the crew flaws is that the captain was going to fast in a high tide. so it was hard to spot the iceberg.

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Why and How the Titanic Sank (Infographic)

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A remarkable variety of elements came together to sink the famed steamship Titanic.

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it sunk on November 10, 1975. the author talks a lot about what its purpose was and what it did before it sunk. 29 crew men were lost in the accident. it was the largest ship to sink on the great lakes. it sunk in a Storm with 25 foot waves and hurricane winds

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in this book the author teaches about how the titanic was before it sunk and about during the sinking. It sank after 3 days of travel during these days of travel there were lots of partys, a swimming pool etc.  the boat had 16 compartments in the bottom if 4 of them flooded it would float, any more than that and it would sink. 

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in this book the author teaches about how the titanic was before it sunk and about during the sinking. It sank after 3 days of travel during these days of travel there were lots of partys, a swimming pool etc.  the boat had 16 compartments in the bottom if 4 of them flooded it would float, any more than that and it would sink. 

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one of the things that the author talks about is that, the boat sunk on August 30. it the boat broke in half at 9:00 PM . Stewart made it to land after a long struggle of the boat capsizing, also drowning and the two hour swim to safety.

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A tale of two steamers: The tragic stories of The Western Reserve and the W.H. Gilcher

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Two naval architects tell what really happened on that fateful April night in 1912.

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the author talks a lot about how it was built. but the thing that stood out to me was that it was used to carry iron ore just like the Edmund Fitzgerald. this boat was 301 feet long. it was founded 1892. This makes me think a lot about how it carried iron ore just like the creep boom.

this is a great source because it is very easy to read but is very high in information, I also checked other sources to make sure the dates were correct. Because I know that on Wikipedia anybody can edit it, so I made sure to check other sources to check the info, it was all correct.

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in this book the author teaches about how the titanic was before it sunk and about during the sinking. It sank after 3 days of travel during these days of travel there were lots of partys, a swimming pool etc.  the boat had 16 compartments in the bottom if 4 of them flooded it would float, any more than that and it would sink. 

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in this book the author teaches about how the titanic was before it sunk and about during the sinking. It sank after 3 days of travel during these days of travel there were lots of partys, a swimming pool etc.  the boat had 16 compartments in the bottom if 4 of them flooded it would float, any more than that and it would sink. 

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I think that this is a great book because you do not need a lot of background knowledge to read this. another reason that this is a great book to read is that you get a great sense of what the boat was like before it sank.