I am starting this blog so I can share my ideas and theories about the Titanic Tragedy. My interest in this even go back to when I was a teenager and had discussions with my late uncle who was in the Canadian navy during WWII. From then on I tried to read every book there was on the topic and into this century I went through all the content on the WWW.
This tragedy has two key themes . The first is the causes for the the Titanic to hit an iceberg and the second is the causes of the high rate of loss of life in the sinking of the Titanic.
The Olympic class liners for the WhiteStar line were the most modern machines of their time. I look to how most people living in rural situations for living conditions compared to those on the Titanic. My grandfather was running a team of horse breaking up land for farming in Canada. He had a wooden shack to live in, had no running water, no electricity, no plumbing and was half day’s wagon ride from the nearest town moving at 6 km/hr. Those riding on the Titanic at the same time had hot and cold running water, electricity and elevators. This ship could travel all day at over 40 km/hr. These are what made these ships so much an example of man’s advancements and offer something to look up to.
I will not go into all the new and innovative features that Titanic had but they were included in the ship by their maker to make voyages as reliable, comfortable and safe as possible. I will try to go over the facts and theories that are available today to show what went wrong.
Titanic a Tragedy 