The Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, after colliding with an iceberg in the late hours of April 14, 1912. After colliding with an iceberg. The impact affected at least five compartments. High speeds, a
fatal wrong turn, weather conditions, a dismissed iceberg warning, and a lack
of binoculars and lifeboats all contributed to one of the worst maritime
disasters in history. Everyone who jumped or fell into the sea died within
minutes from cold shock.
Only 20 lifeboats total—2 timber cutters, 14 regular wooden lifeboats, and 4 collapsible canvas lifeboats—were carried by the Titanic. Over half of the 2,209 passengers on board the ship the night it sank—1,178 people—were in the lifeboats.
The Titanic was designed to carry 64 lifeboats. However, the
White Star Line only provided 20 lifeboats. The reason for this was that the
company believed that the deck would look cluttered with too many lifeboats. The
regulations at the time did not require enough lifeboats for everyone on board.
At the time of the Titanic disaster, Trade Commission regulations required
British ships over 10,000 tons to carry 16 lifeboats with a capacity of 5,500
cubic feet, plus enough capacity 75% of lifeboats for rafts and buoys (or 50%
for ships with watertight bulkheads).
After the sinking of the Titanic, a British and American
commission of inquiry decided that the ship should have lifeboats large enough
to accommodate all the crew. The United States changed their laws to include
the requirement that every ship carry sufficient lifeboats to accommodate all
passengers and crew members.
Lifeboat drills would be logged twice a month, and no less than four crew
members with the knowledge of handling the lifeboats would be assigned to each
lifeboat.
On April 15, 1912, the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean area on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. The wreck of the Titanic was discovered on
September 1, 1985, and is located at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, some
13,000 feet (4,000 meters) underwater.
It is approximately 740 kilometers from Newfoundland,
Canada. The Titanic wreck is located 690 kilometers southeast of the
Newfoundland coast at a depth of about 12,500 feet (3,800 m).
The weather on the night of the Titanic's sinking was calm, clear, and cold. Unfortunately, the ship struck an iceberg at 11.40 p.m. on April 14. At that time, the temperature outside was 4°C and the water temperature was -2 °C. The cold air and water temperatures caused many deaths due to hypothermia. The cold air was due to high-pressure air from eastern Canada.
The Titanic sent a signal to several ships shortly after
midnight on April 15, 1912. The Carpathia arrived at the scene of the accident
four hours later. Carpathia rescued 705 people in lifeboats. The Carpathia
played a key role in the rescue of Titanic survivors.
Awakening at the scene of the tragedy, the passengers of the
Carpathian selflessly helped the Titanic survivors, comforting those who were
rescued and providing them with food, drink, and even a change of clothes. The
passengers and crew then abandoned the cabin to accommodate survivors of the
voyage to New York.