Lessons Learned Discovery LifeboatReform Lying 3.8 Idlometres underwater, ’s wreck Tita,uc deckehair, Most people aboard Titanic were doomed because remained mysterious and undisturbed until 1985 recoveredby Minia and her lifeboatscould carryonly half of those aboard. when it was discoveredby a and American given to Re”.Henn’ W, French After Cunningham for his work Titanic, additional boats were immediately expedition.Important scientificstudies of Titanic’s performing memorial installed on North Atlantic steamships.Within a wreck have been led by Canadian scientistsat the j’gan,e during her servicesand burials at sea. year internationalregulationsrequired lifeboatsfor BedfordInstitute of Oceanographyin Halifax.They single divof sea trials IIMA,N1%,8t13 everyoneand regulardrills. include the first tests of Titanic’s steel plating and at Belfast Lough pioneer studies of the iron drippings called“rusti April 2, 1912. Ulster Milkand The Roleof Wireless des” that coverher wreck. THE UNSINKABLE_SHIP AND Trausj,ort (tiscum, Investigations revealed Titanic’swreck has also attracted sahagers who 111722 that heavy commercial have picked over the wreck for commercialdisplay, wirelesstraffichad taken a practiceopposedby most marine museums.They priority over ice warn considerTitanic to be a memorialand archeological ings. Some exhausted site requiring minimal intervention, systematic wireless operators were mappingand sharingof researchfor studyby other 4am off duty and asleepwhen archeologistsand scientists. As ThE TWENTIETII CENTURY DAWNED many felt marine tragedies Titanic called.New regu were a thing of the past. Science promised solutions to everything, lationsrequireda contin Titanic and PopularCulture from poverty to disasters. The engineering marvels of the age were uous watch for distress Titanic instantlybecamea landmarkin popularcul steamships. Steel hulls, turbines and electricity enabled ships to calls.They alsocalledfor ture. Within weeks of her loss, films, books and quadruple in size in the ten years before 1912. Fighting to exploit automatic alarms, to be countless musical pieces were produced and an increased immigration, business and leisure travel were rival triggeredby distresscalls. entire industry still thrives around Titanic. Interest steamship lines: the (originallyfound by Samuel Cunard hasebbedand flowed overthe decadesas eachgen from Halifax) and the . When Cunard launched the One of Recommended Reading International Ice Patrol erationfindsnew meaningsin the Titanic tragedy TITANIC giant jVfauretania in 1907,XVhiteStar Line responded with plans for Titanic’smost ltrosvn,Richard.%‘orageofihe spectacular Iceberg, (1953).The sinking frito BeforeTitanic, shipsdependedon occasionalreports writtenbyDan &&i,, two of the largest steamships in the world, interior :1ic :ccocrgslxsintnf view,written from nearby ships. These were often dismissed. Gross tonnage: 45,328 Olympic and Titanic. ic I dal:Lc:.n scientist exploring er4 feanires was :lic After Titanic, an internationalice patrolwas estab Length: 288.8 m naturaland litonan tision’of (SBt) Titanic was launched on May 31, 1911. her forward the disastcr. lished to track ice movements,issue warnings and Breadth 28.2 m (9z’r) Building on lessons from Olympic, she was an Grand Eaton,Joh,,:and charles llaas. research ice conditions. It continues, today using Depth 18.1 m (swr) extra thousand tons and carried a hundred Staircase.This Titanic:Triumph andTragedy satellites. passengers. phustographof (2nd Edition,1997).An exltaus’ more For her brief career, she was icearcisunt,including a detailed $92 crewmembers the largesr ship in the world, in fact the largest Olympic’s chapter on the role of I lalifax, Capacity for moving object yet created. Larger ocean liners staircase is a close match. Lord, Wilier. A Night to 2588 passengers were built after Titanic, but few matched her Rcmtmbcr(1955) The classic Lil,r’arvif Ctingrcus, minute Isyminute account of legendary reputation and lavishcraftsmanship. the US Z6226812 disaster. Thre, propellers, Titanic’s seven decks provided the l.s’rich,Don and ken Marscl,all. Four funnels facilities of a small city, from a post office to Titanic Titanic: An Illustrated I listony (three working and sidewalk cafés. Three passenger classes were NewellPost, (1992 A Israutifullyillustrated ) (above) and dctailcdportraitof Titanic, one for show) rigidly segregated by locked barriers, and % ranged from ornate decoration and country recovered Websites with bodies kncvclnptd:a Timanica 20 Weboats (holding club facilities in First to spartan painted steel, by iii’ rux::iL:.co.uk/c’dcivrbj cable ship lea than hail of low ceilings and in t,tct/1ihintV naked light bulbs Third. Ahnza. Dc,ailcd pastrngcr and acwlists, passengers and aew). 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