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The new results come from a broader examination of Greenland icebergs by Bigg and study co-author David Wilton, also from the University of Sheffield. The research was published today (April 10) in the journal Weather. "This really refutes the arguments that have been around about things like high tides or sunspots generating excessive numbers of icebergs in that year," Bigg told Live Science. To learn more, click here for our comprehensive guide to the Titanic.But the new findings contradict these earlier theories. This article is part of our larger selection of posts about the Titanic. Speed should be reduced in ice, fog or any other areas of possible danger. Ship radios should be manned 24 hours a day. The inquiries stated that if Lord had gone to Titanic’s assistance when the first rocket was seen then everyone would have been saved.Īll ships must carry sufficient lifeboats for the number of passengers on board. The British inquiry, on the other hand, concluded that maintaining speed in icy weather conditions was common practice.īoth inquiries agreed on who was most at fault – Captain Stanley Lord of the Californian.
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The American inquiry concluded that Captain Smith should have slowed the speed of the boat given the icy weather conditions. both reached the almost identical conclusions. Who was to blame for the sinking of the Titanic?īoth America and Britain held inquiries into the disaster. If the Californian had turned on the radio she would have heard the distress messages from Titanic and would have been able to reach the ship in time to save all passengers. Captain Lord was informed but it was concluded that the ship was having a party. Sometime after midnight the crew on watch reported seeing rockets being fired into the sky from a big liner. At around 11.15, Californian’s radio operator turned off the radio and went to bed. Captained by Stanley Lord, she had stopped for the night about 19 miles north of Titanic. The final iceberg warning sent to Titanic was from the Californian. If Mr Andrews, the ship’s architect, had insisted on making them the correct height then maybe the Titanic would not have sunk. The White Star Line did not want them to go all the way up because this would have reduced living space in first class. However, the compartments did not reach as high as they should have done. The belief that the ship was unsinkable was, in part, due to the fact that the Titanic had sixteen watertight compartments. It is believed that Ismay put pressure on Captain Smith to maintain the speed of the ship. To meet this schedule the Titanic could not afford to slow down. Competition for Atlantic passengers was fierce and the White Star Line wanted to show that they could make a six-day crossing. It was Bruce Ismay’s faultīruce Ismay was the Managing Director of the White Star Line and he was aboard the Titanic. If good quality iron rivets had been used the sections may have stayed together and the ship may not have sunk. When the ship hit the iceberg, the force of the impact caused the heads of the rivets to break and the sections of the Titanic to come apart. The findings show that they were made of sub-standard iron. Some rivets have been recovered from the wreck and analysed. It was the shipbuilder’s faultĪbout three million rivets were used to hold the sections of the Titanic together. If he had called for the ship to slow down then maybe the Titanic disaster would not have happened. Modern shipbuilding has gone beyond that.” Captain Smith ignored seven iceberg warnings from his crew and other ships. Smith said years before the Titanic’s voyage, “I cannot imagine any condition which would cause a ship to founder.
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All he had to do was get to New York in record time. Why did the Titanic sink? It was Captain Smith’s fault