4. Possible wrong turn
According to the granddaughter of the most senior survivor officer, her grandfather told his wife that one of the crew members did something and managed to turn the ship the wrong way, right into the path of the iceberg.
First Officer William Murdoch was the first to see the iceberg, and he gave a “hard a-starboard” order right away. She claimed to The Guardian in 2010 that the cruise ship was using two communications systems that were incompatible with one another and that “a command to turn hard a-starboard meant turning the wheel right under one system and left under the other.”
Unfortunately, by the time the move was corrected, it was already too late for the Titanic. This might be one of the main reasons why the Titanic sank, and we think that it is important to know some facts about it.
If you want to find out more about the Titanic, we recommend the following book: Titanic 1912: The original news reporting of the Sinking of the Titanic
You should also read: 8 Haunting Photos of The Titanic Just Before it Sank
16 comments on “4 Reasons Why The Titanic Sank (It Was NOT The Iceberg)”
fateful day, NOT Faithful day
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?
Would-a, Could-a, Should-a! All speculation…
None of these answers caused it to sink.
Contributed to th unfortunate event.
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.
“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.
All these still said the iceberg did it.
Awesome information
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.
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.
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