The true story of the sinking of the Titanic

Titanic ship

The Titanic was one of the largest and largest ships in the world when it was built. It was an integrated city running over the waters of the oceans. It was built to accommodate more than 3500 passengers. All sources of luxury and comfort were provided for its rich passengers and ensured their arrival at their destination as quickly as possible, as it was equipped with engines. It was made especially for it, as the engine was 12 meters high and equipped with cylinders with a diameter of 2.7 meters, which allowed it to generate a large amount of steam energy more than any other ship of its contemporaries, as it consumed about 610 tons of coal per day to ensure access To its destination within the specified timetable, as it was in a race against time for the desire of its makers to prove that it is the fastest ship in the world.

Titanic sinking

The sinking of the Titanic occurred on the evening of Wednesday, April 14, 1912 until the morning of the following Thursday, which was heading from the city of Southampton in England to New York City in the United States of America across the waters of the Atlantic Ocean carrying approximately 2224 passengers, and at 23:40 1500: According to the reports found on the ship, on Wednesday evening, the ship collided with an iceberg, causing it to sink two hours and forty minutes after its collision. The ocean or freezing cold due to very cold water.

Although the ship's crew received more than one warning about the presence of a huge iceberg in the ocean waters, it was traveling at full speed when it approached the iceberg. It was impossible for the crew to move the ship away from the iceberg and avoid colliding with it. The bottom of the ship extends over five consecutive compartments, which allowed the water to rush strongly into the ship, as the Titanic was determined to remain afloat if four of its compartments were damaged, not five, as happened, which caused the start of the tragedy and its sinking.

The ship's crew resorted to sending messages of help and distress to nearby ships, but none of them were close enough to arrive before the ship sank, which caused the death of more than half of its passengers, in addition to the great shortage in the number of lifeboats on board. The OMX Carpathia was the first Ships arriving at the place where the Titanic sank at 9:15 am on Thursday, April 15, revealed to the world the terrible sinking incident that befell the Titanic.