In Honor of the Lusitania The Lusitania‚ a luxurious (unsinkable) ship‚ is currently sitting on the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean. One of the many stories written about the Lusitania includes characters my age‚ Elsie and Frank. The author makes us feel close to the main characters by telling us that they had lost their mother. This means the father of Elsie and frank needed to care for them on his own. The Lusitania a supposedly “unsinkable ship” met its fate at the hands of a German U-boat
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The Titanic was one of the worst cruise ship disasters know in the world. The Titanic hit an iceberg and sank on 15 April 1912. Over 1500 passengers died as a result of the Titanic sinking. To understand why the Titanic sank‚ one has to apply the three accidents theories to the disaster and then determine what theory applies the most. The first theory is natural accidents theory. Natural accidents theory states that every system fails at some point depending on how the systems is designed. The way
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RSR The Sinking of the Aragon With the outbreak of world one war the royal mail moved its home port to Newport‚ South Wales. However the Brittish government was in dire need of battle ships to strengthen their naval force. Many ships were converted from simply postal delivery vessels into war ready troop carrying ships. One of these ships was the Aragon The Aragon built in harland and wolf in Belfast
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at 11:40 p.m. on April 14‚ 1912. Estimated to be able to stay afloat for 2 days under the worst scenario‚ the ship sank in less than 3 hours [Gannon‚ 1995]. Main Cause for Sinking The iceberg created a 300-foot gash in the Titanic’s hull above and below the waterline. Structural Errors That Accelerated the Sinking Steel brittleness Tests on Titanic’s steel showed that the steel had high sulfur content‚ which increases the brittleness of steel by disrupting the grain structure [Hill
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On May 1‚ 1915‚ the Lusitania‚ a luxury‚ British ocean liner set sail out of New York‚ bound for Liverpool. Captain Turner read the paper earlier that morning appending that the Germans made an admonitory stating that they had submarines in the Atlantic that haven’t given their location. Nobody was worried‚ as everyone presumed that the Lusitania was the safest‚ most sturdy ship ever built! Only two people canceled due to the warning. Captain Turner had nothing to be worried about‚ so he thought
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In May 1915‚ German U-boats destroyed the Lusitania‚ a British ocean liner‚ so that along with other atrocities committed in Belgium painted Germany as a villain to the American people. In early 1917‚ Germany decided to declare all out submarine warfare and attack every commercial ship headed to Britain. Germany‚ knowing that this would ultimately pull America into the fray‚ chose to reach out to Mexico making the promise that if Mexico were to ally with Germany they would return the land that was
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increases through not paying the full interest SINKING FUND -A fund into which a company sets aside money over time‚ in order to retire its preferred stock‚ bonds or debentures. A fund into which a company sets aside money over time‚ in order to retire its preferred stock‚ bonds or debentures. In the case of bonds‚ incremental paymentsinto the sinking fund can soften the financial impact at maturity. Investors prefer bonds and debentures backed by sinking funds because there is less risk of a default
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Student name Submitted by Date The Doomed in Their Sinking By William H. Gass “The Doomed in Their Sinking” is more than a short piece of non-fiction by William Gass. William Gass talks about his parents and struggles to recognize the reasons behind suicide. Gass opens this essay‚ talking about his mother suicide but he is unaware of the reason why his mother did suicide? He not only talks deeply about suicide but also talks about what keeps us going‚ but questions is it love‚ beliefs‚ faith‚
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One perspective on the sinking of the Titanic is that it sunk due to a coal fire in the bunkers that led to the ship travelling at unsafe speeds towards iceberg-laden waters. According to the theory released by Ohio State university engineer Robert Essenhigh a pile of stored coal had begun to smother. The crew had thought to gain control over their situation‚ more coal was to be put into the furnaces. Robert Essenhigh had indicated that records proved a fire control team‚ had been on standby at the
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and passenger line to go from England to New York by the Harland and Wolff Irish Shipbuilding Company and The White Star Line to compete with the Lusitania and Mauritania which were the two biggest and fastest steamships at the time. When the Titanic was constructed weighed and astounding 46‚000 tons‚ which was one and a half times heavier than the Lusitania and Mauritania. The Titanic was to be far more extravagant than its counterparts. It had luxurious accommodations for its first class passengers
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