The RMS Titanic is a legend that has intrigued people for over a century. This giant sank on its maiden voyage on April 14, 1912. The tragic event left behind a lot of stories and some mystery. In the following article, we are going to find out why the Titanic sank.
There are some researchers out there who claim that there are many reasons that caused the accident besides the famous iceberg. They believe and also have evidence that it was not only the iceberg crash that caused the largest cruise liner to sink.
They say that there were a series of unexpected events that led to everything. More small things, put together, caused the disaster. But what are these events? Stay with us and find out all about them!
16 thoughts on “4 Reasons Why The Titanic Sank (It Was NOT The Iceberg)”
When you claim that not even God can sink it well he will just show you.
you left out that the lookout forgot his binocular so he was stuck using eyeballs only. You left out that there was a fire downstairs that weakened the bulkheads making them more prone to damage. I also think there was mention that the watertight doors were not locked and the design allowed water to go up and OVER from section to section. It was a whole series or issues
All in all,in spite of all the speculations and mistakes, it was the striking with the iceberg that caused the disaster.
Quite so, but the number of lifeboats fully complied with the current maritime rules extant. Even with more lifeboats many lives would have been lost due to the time taken to deplay the boats. “Gravity” davits were not in place at the time and each boat had to be labourasly rigged out. Many of the boats launched were not filled also.
This is very misleading. The iceberg dis not sink the ship however the sinking was as a direct consequence of hitting the iceberg. Had the ship not hit the iceberg the situation would have been different. The other items mentioned are also a factor but would not have come into play if not fir the iceberg. So definitely whether directly or indirectly the ship sank because of the collision. Thei basically means the iceberg ‘DID’ si k the Titanic.
it was a poor designed vessel with cheap steel and rivets and the wall of the vessel didnt go to the ceiling to prevent water from going to the next compartment tell the truth Dr. Mario Criscito
The description of #4 is vague, wrong and inaccurate. First, “cruiseliners” was an unknown concept in 1912, not until 1980 were ships built to be cruiseliners, a light-duty vessel used to leisurely cruise within a small area. Titanic instead was a TransAtlantic liner as 95% of ships were in the 20th century, built very seaworthy to handle the harsh north Atlantic between Europe and the US, on a regular schedule to get from point A to point B. Second, your description of “hard a starboard” is so vague that its inaccurate. Titanic’s senior officer was second officer Lightoller, a story he told only his family which he wanted kept secret. Yes, first officer Murdock yelled “hard a starboard”, but Titanic’s pilot at the helm frantically turned the wheel turning the ship toward the iceberg, seconds passed until the error was realized, then the wheel was turned, turning Titanic away from the iceberg, but by then it was too late to miss the iceberg. Capt Smith carried an ice warning around all day in his pocket ignoring the significance of it.
All of these reasons as to why the Titanic sank are just what contributed to the final event of the tragedy. The actual sinking of the ship was still caused by the iceberg.
Awesome information
All these still said the iceberg did it.
“The iceberg was not the reason” – goes on to list 3 reasons that explained why it hit the iceberg that indeed sank it, and one reason that had no influence on it sinking. Good job guys.
I met a survivor of the Titanic when I was a young child. His brother was my Grandfathers worker on his farm. We called him Titanic John. I remember standing around the kitchen table as he told us what happened that night. He was a teenager so he did manage to get in a life boat. He did leave and go back to Calif. where he lived. A few years later his bother passed away and he came back for his funeral. At this time our News Paper came out to my Grandfathers and interviewed him about what he went though. My Mother cut it out of the paper. I have it now in a frame for protection and also hat 2 metal pictures of the Titanic. I am now 75 yrs old, so it habeen a long time ago.
None of these answers caused it to sink.
Contributed to th unfortunate event.
Would-a, Could-a, Should-a! All speculation…
Could it have been that on board were some of the richest men in the US who also happened to oppose the creation of the Federal Reserve?
fateful day, NOT Faithful day