Titanic

Titanic On April 14, 1912, one of the world’s most luxurious ships, the Titanic, sank into the ocean leaving an indelible mark in history. From the idea of the ship to the launch of the ship, the world was very enthusiastic about this “unsinkable” sea monster. The maiden voyage of the ship started quite smoothly, with passengers very happy with the many amenities on the Titanic. When the Titanic struck an iceberg on April 14, there was chaos amongst the passengers on the ship. In the late 1800’s J. Pierpont Morgan opened an international trust to build the two largest steamships of the time. These ships were called the Lusitania and the Mauretania. Soon after thinking of this in 1900, Morgan bought out a naval company called White Star for ten times its earnings. The White Star Line was formed by December 1902 (Wade 14-15). The managing director for the White Star Line was Bruce Ismay, the son of Thomas Ismay who had founded the original White Star (Lord 13). After hearing Morgan’s idea for the largest steamships, Ismay met with Lord Pirrie, head of the shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff, for dinner in 1907 to discuss an alternative idea. They wanted titanic, ship, lord, wade, foster, people, two, several, first, been, after, one, macinnis, class, about, soon, passengers, out, april, very, tragedy, time, new, iceberg, ballard, took, moved, made, lifeboats, around, 1912, workers, white, watertight, wanted, unsinkable