The Unsinkable ship: How safe was she?

Many of the marketing ploys associated with the Titanic were lies or misunderstood. For instance in one magazine, the Engineer, there was an artice that reported the launch. It said that some of her features were a roller skating rink, a fish pond, a theatre and shops!

But the major point that was being thrown around in the media during that time in 1912, was how the Titanic was unsinkable. This was said to have of been true in many shipping magazines of the time because of its watertight system. The hull had been divided into 16 watertight compartments, that were sealed by huge watertight doors. The ship was supposed to have stayed afloat if only 2 of these compartments were flooded.

Tomas Andrews the man in charge of overseeing the Titanic's construction had said that the ship was "practically unsinkable", the press had just left out the "practically" bit and bingo, an unsinkable ship. Most passengers and a lot of the crew strongly believed that the ship simply couldn't sink! This is why many of the lifeboats loaded off the Titanic weren't full, no one wanted to get into a cold life boat only to get back onto the ship when it didn't sink! Unfortunately this never happened.

The list of Titanic disapointments rolls on. A Canadian team in 1995 found that she had been made from unsafe metals. Also it was found that the Titanic had faulty rivits, it's rudder was too small and the ship was moving to fast in the icy waters.

It is up to you...how safe do you think she was?