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Here is my Writing term 2 page Why the Titanic sunk? There are many story’s on why the Titanic sunk some say it was the captain, some say it was the designer and some people say it was both. Many still argue about this great mystery but what really happened on that night on the 15 of April 1912.

There are many possibilities on why the Titanic sunk. Number 1 is it was the captains ego that ended up dooming the ship. Captain Edward John Smith was trying to make the fastest crossing from Southampton to New York in a passenger boat. He was warned that there were icebergs in the area twice, first by the Southampton port and second by his crew.

At 11:40 the Titanic hit a 100 feet high and 200 feet long iceberg on it’s right (Starboard) side. This is where the second story comes in. Many believe that the Titanic would not have gone down if there had not been a design fault. The designer, Thomas Andrews had designed the ship with the water tight compartments too low. When they hit the iceberg the first of the water tights got punctured this caused the the bow of the boat to dip. From there the water travelled into the second water tight compartment causing major pressure on the front of the boat. This ended up being too much, 2 hours and forty one minutes after hitting the iceberg the Titanic’s bow split from the hull and stern and ship went down.

From this information was it the captain and his ego or the designer and his fault or was it both. So who’s to blame for the Titanic sinking, I will leave that for you decide?

Bow = Front of the boat Stern = The back of the boat Starboard = Right Hull = Middle of the ship.