Artículo sobre el Titanic (PDF)
La noche en que todó salió mal – 100 años del Titanic – ELTIEMPO (PDF)
PORQUÉ NOS INTERESA?
470mil naufragios en el siglo xx, 6to en mortalidad, RECORD: BARCO ALEMAN MV Wilhelm Gustloff hundido por torpedos soviéticos, 9,000 muertes.
El Shock
La Forma en que se hundió (drama)
El Microcosmo
La novela
La inspección y la abundancia de detalles
EL MUNDO EN EL 1912
Tecnología
Geopolítica
Lucha de Géneros
DAMAS Y CABALLEROS: LES PRESENTAMOS “THE SHIP OF DREAMS”.
Royal Mail Steamer BAJO LA PROTECCION DE LA CORONA
First Class: $4,350 (price of finest 1st class suite) equivalente 75mil dolares
Second Class: $1,750
Third Class: $30
Amenities
Los superlativos: el mas grande, el mas lujoso: Inspirado en el palacio de Versailles, gimnasio, con caballo electronico piscina con calefaccion, salones de fumar y de leer y escribir etc.
Las promesas
El dinero
Los volumenes
LOS MITOS
Romper record de velocidad?
Inundible? SHIPBUILDER MAGAZINE “Practically Unsinkable”, “Ni Dios”.
Irresponsables? Carried 20 lifeboats and 3560 life jackets. The life jackets were made of canvas and cork.
Lifeboats:
The Titanic carried a total of 20 lifeboats. 14 of these lifeboats were wooden and each one had a capacity of 65 persons, 2 were wood cutters with a capacity of 40 persons eachand 4 were collapsibles (wood bottoms and canvas sides) and each collapsible was capable of carrying 47 persons. The total capacity of all 20 lifeboats was 1,178 people. This was obviously not enough lifeboats to save all the 2201 people on board the Titanic. If every lifeboat left the Titanic filled to maximum capacity, 1,023 persons would have been left behind. Unfortunately, very few lifeboats were filled to maximum capacity when they were lowered from the Titanic into the icy water. This caused the death toll to rise dramatically. When the order came from Captain Smith to commence loading the lifeboats, the Titanic’s Officers were probably unaware of the magnitude of the situation. Their apparent complacency did not instill a sense of urgency and therefore caused many passengers to balk at the opportunity to get into a lifeboat. To make matters worse, there were never any lifeboat drills and the crew had not been informed that each lifeboat could be safely lowered when filled to capacity. Only 711 persons were rescued and 1490 died. Luckily, the Titanic was not filled to capacity (3,547 persons). If this were the case, there would only be enough lifeboats to save one-third of the people (assuming that every lifeboat was filled to capacity).
Why so few lifeboats? Well, believe it or not, the Titanic actually exceeded the number of lifeboats required by the Board of Trade at that time. The regulations, ratified in 1894, applied to ships of 10,000 gross tons or larger. As ships increased in size over the years, the lifeboat requirements stayed the same. The Titanic was designed to carry a total of 48 lifeboats, but the White Star Line decided that passenger comfort was most important. They believed that an increase in the number of lifeboats (beyond 20) would have cluttered the decks and taken up valuable space. Harland and Wolff tried to persuade the White Star Line to install more lifeboats, but eventually gave up the fight. As they say, «the customer is always right».
When the lifeboat needs were finalized, the general feeling was that the modern ship was engineered and built so well that even if a ship was in a situation where it might sink, there would be plenty of time for other ships in the area to come to the rescue. It was also believed that the main purpose of the lifeboats was to ferry passengers and crew from the distressed ship to the rescue ship(s). The Titanic tragedy prompted laws requiring that ships carry enough lifeboats for all passengers and crew.
Discriminacion?
La Banda
EL ESLABON TITANIC: O MALA SUERTE
NI CHAMPAN NI GATOS
El clima de ese año
Los binoculares
La Ruta
Las advertencies y la velocidad
Los errors de transmission
Falta de entrenamiento.
Los materiales usados
La desorganizacion
The lookouts in the crow’s nest did not have binoculars. Having binoculars might have prevented the Titanic tragedy.
The time interval from first sighting of the iceberg to impact was a little over 30 seconds.
The Titanic sank 2 hours and 40 minutes after hitting the iceberg.
It probably took Titanic about 15 minutes to sink to her final resting place on the ocean floor. That means that Titanic sank at a rate of 10 miles per hour (or 16 km per hour).
The Titanic hit the iceberg on the starboard (right) side of the bow. It has been speculated that the Titanic may have suffered only minor damage and minimal loss of life had it hit the iceberg head-on. It has also been suggested that the Titanic may have completely avoided colliding with the iceberg had the bridge not requested that the engines be reversed («Full Astern»), prior to steering the ship to the left («Hard-a-starboard»). This action would have decreased the forward momentum of the Titanic causing it to turn at a slower rate.
EL NAUFRAGIO MAS FAMOSO
El orden de los eventos
Condiciones de los observadores
8 avisos
Condiciones del clima
Aviso y posibilidades
Evacuacion: Niños y mujeres solamente
Sobrecargar o no los barcos
Pasajeros se niegan
Pasajeros de tercera
SOS
Heroes y villanos: cedieron sus asientos
Sobrevivientes: 1317 pasajeros 500 se salvaron 817 perecieron.
TITANIC EN LA CULTURA POPULAR
El pre-libro In 1898 (14 years prior to the Titanic tragedy), Morgan Robertson wrote a novel called Futility. This fictitious novel was about the largest ship ever built hitting an iceberg in the Atlantic ocean on a cold April night. The fictional ship (named Titan) and the real ship Titanic were similar in design and their circumstances were remarkably alike. Both ships were labeled «unsinkable».
Peliculas incluyendo la Nazi y la grabada en el 1912
TITANIC TRIVIA
2 PERROS, 0 GATOS SOBREVIVIERON, PERO NO HABIA GATOS
EL TITANIC DEL LARGO DEL UMPIRE STATES
4 chimeneas, 1 decorativa.
Porcentajes
Curiosidades
DONDE ESTA EL TITANIC HOY?
Tours al sitio del naufragio
July and August are the only two months the weather permits expeditions to the Titanic wreck site. Con $59,680 ustedes pueden bucear en el site thebluefish.com y visitor via sumergibles. Julio 2 al 15 y del 14 al 27. Si no desea bucear, 10mil dolares.
Exhibiciones permanents y museos:
“Titanic The Exhibicion” exp itinerante. Museo Maritimo de Barcelona. 30 sept 200 objetos y reproducciones a tamaño real de interiors 12 euros
Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition: Luxor de Las Vegas. 32 dolares incluyendo una pieza del fondo del barco.
TITANIC THE EXPERIENCE en Orlando, con 100 objetos y replicas de interiors.
TITANIC BELFAST museo recien inaugurado, enfasis en la construccion. 9 galerias,, 13 euros.
RMS TITANIC.NET lista de exhibiciones, Orlando, Atlanta, San Diego, Kansas, Detroit, Huston, Singapore
Memorabilia
Objetos a la venta
LEGADO DEL TITANIC.
En construccion: Sellados mas altos, Doble fondos que cubren todo
Efecto en la legislacion: Botes salvavidas obligatorio para cada pasajero, Patrullas de hielo, Radio electronico
Procedimiento de evacuacion reglamentados.
El Reality Check.