It sank because it hit an iceberg. It hit an iceberg because of the recklessness of its captain and the boss of the company who owned her. They were trying to break the transatlantic record,and knew full well they were in iceberg infested waters, but plowed on at full speed anyway. The Titanic also sank because the Titanic did not hit the iceberg head-on. If it had, the compartments would have closed around the leak and the Titanic might not have sunk. Another reason was that the steel in those days was brittle,particularly in freezing temperatures. the hull was also riveted,not welded.
they could have saved more men if they would have had more life boats
There were many reasons, mainly the iceberg. but also cos the rivets weren't very well made.
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No - mainly because she hit an iceberg, probably due to lack of caution by the bridge officers at the time!
I don't think there's any evidence that the materials were faulty: after all her two sister ships sailed successfully although one, the Britannic was sunk either by a torpedo or a mine. By 1912, when these vessels were built, engineering knowledge was sufficiently advanced for material characteristics and quality, and the strengths of fabrications such as riveted joints in heavy steelwork, to be reasonably well understood.
The events leading up to the collision-and-sinking of Titanic were a million-to-one so many things could have conspired to avert the collision but one thing was her construction being delayed while repair work was done on Olympic.
Titanic sunk because she hit an iceberg in the North Atlantic and the impact popped rivets in her hull, separating her metal plates and allowing too much water to breach.
1. they sped up the ship when they saw the iceberg, so it did not have time to turn fast enough
2. they ignored warnings from other ships about the icebergs
The four main reasons the Titanic sank was lack of lifeboats, the icy cold water, untrained staff and the failure of the Californian to assist.
No. Titanic sank; the Olympic did not.
The Titanic sank in the very early morning of April 15, 1912
The Titanic crashed into an iceberg southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland.
The Titanic sank because of a basic steering blunder.
The four main reasons the Titanic sank was lack of lifeboats, the icy cold water, untrained staff and the failure of the Californian to assist.
No. Titanic sank; the Olympic did not.
The Titanic sank in 1912 And the Britannic sank in 1916
well that`s a myth because some said that she sank but some said that she did not.
There was 108 children on the Titanic when it sank
The Titanic sank in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Titanic crashed into an iceberg southeast of Cape Race, Newfoundland.
The Titanic sank in the very early morning of April 15, 1912
The Titanic sank because of a basic steering blunder.
Both ships were large passenger liners, both sank in the 1910s, and both sinkings resulted in large losses of life.
it sank in April.
No. An iceberg sank the Titanic. The Germans sank the Lusitania.