I am reading a book about the Titanic Tragedy on the Pacific ocean.
The Titanic was the biggest and the most luxurious ship at that time. It was to sail from England to New York on April 10,1912. An interesting part about the Titanic is that it was 46,000 tons and the height of a 14 story house with 29 boiler rooms and 15,000 horsepower. Also it had four cylinder engines to run all the propellers which were 8 meters in diameter and 38 tons each. The fastest speed the Titanic could go was 24 knots with all boilers and engines going. After four days at sea the ship encountered an iceberg on april 14, 1912 that was 60 meters tall. It cut an 100 meters gash across the ship letting in 8,000 liters of water a minute. Thankfully the designer of the ship was aboard and the men asked him if it was fatal. The designer said that they had about two hours until it would sink. The crew started to get everyone up and out of bed and in to the life boats. The radio man for the ship started to tap out messages to other ships for help. All other ships were to far away to help. Of the 2,208 people aboard 1,503 died 705 lived. The route of the Titanic is posted below.
