Titanic 1st Half

The Titanic sank in just two hours due to six critical mistakes made during its construction. Despite warnings of icebergs, the ship's high speed and lack of binoculars for the lookouts led to the disaster. The ship was marketed as unsinkable and its maiden voyage was eagerly awaited. The cost of tickets ranged from $30 to over $100. The ship's reputation and the pressure to arrive on time contributed to the mistakes. The negligence of wireless operators in receiving and passing on iceberg warnings was another crucial error. Why did the Titanic, built over 1200 days, sink in just two hours? April 10, 1912, this was the day when the world's largest and most expensive ocean liner, the Titanic, was all set for its maiden voyage. On that day, the Atlantic Ocean was exceptionally calm and there was no sign of any storms on the horizon. The ship had already accommodated 1500 passengers and thousands more were gathered at the dock to witness the Titanic's inaugural journey. Neither the passengers, nor the countless well-wishers, nor even the Titanic's crew knew that the ship, which was about to depart in a few moments, had been plagued by six critical mistakes during its construction. MTVS Videos once again welcome you. Today you will learn about the six mistakes made during the construction of the Titanic, the most expensive, luxurious and powerful ship of its time. What were the six mistakes that went unnoticed even by Captain Edward Smith, who had 40 years of experience? Let's not forget that these mistakes were also overlooked by the White Star Line, the company operating the Titanic, which had experience with 107 other ships. They also went unnoticed by the Harland and Wolf Company, which had manufactured over 500 ships before the Titanic. Construction began in 1907 and after nearly three years of work and efforts of 2,000 workers, the ship was ready. Now, the ship was fully prepared, but a testing phase was yet to come. Confidence in the Titanic's builders soared when the Titanic successfully passed its first test run. Once the test was passed, marketing efforts for the ship began worldwide, with headlines proclaiming the Titanic as the unsinkable ship. The ship's maiden voyage was scheduled to start from the city of Southampton in England on April 10, 1912, with its destination being the city of New York in America. The cost of traveling in Titanic's economy section was $30, while the first class tickets cost over $100, which equates to approximately $340,000 in today's currency. As a result of this marketing campaign, all tickets were quickly booked and the day finally arrived when the Titanic was ready for its maiden voyage. Mistake 1. At exactly 12 pm on that day, the Titanic began its maiden voyage and this marked the beginning of the Titanic's mistakes coming to light. Captain Smith had been given a deadline by the owners to arrive in New York by April 17, just seven days later. This pressured Captain Smith to maintain a high speed throughout the journey. This was Titanic's first mistake. Because this was Titanic's maiden voyage and if it didn't arrive on time, it could damage the ship's reputation. Every vehicle in the world, whether it's a car, machine or ship, has various operating procedures and speed limits are part of these procedures. This part of the Titanic's procedure was violated right from the start of the journey. Besides a brief stop in France and Ireland, the Titanic had been steadily advancing towards New York for the past 72 hours. It was the evening of April 14, 1912, the sea was eerily calm and a dense fog had reduced visibility considerably. On that night, another ship, which was only a few hours ahead of the Titanic, sent warnings to the Titanic via wireless communication about the presence of icebergs, specifically an ice field. Experts believe that these warnings were given at least six times, but due to the negligence of the wireless operators, these critical warnings were missed. For them, it might have been a routine message, but this was the Titanic's second mistake because the Titanic was a unique luxury liner with many VIPs on board. If these warnings had been taken seriously, the entire course of events might have been different. The ship's speed was excessive and they received a very important warning. Titanic had already made a mistake, now it was rapidly approaching the range of an iceberg in an extremely fearless manner. However, Titanic could still have been saved from the disaster because the ship had lookouts stationed on alert, ready to radio the captain as soon as they saw an iceberg from a distance. But they didn't have the one thing they needed to see it from a distance, and that was, of course, binoculars.