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north atlantic. 14 april, 1912. “it was a very quiet night. the still ocean resembled a black mirror.no one wanted to sleep.” lookout officer frederic fleetsees a huge dark mass about 30 m. high in 650 m. straight ahead. fleet strikes the bell three times,which means “an obstacle straight ahead” and calls to the bridge: “ice dead ahead!” chief officer william murdoch ison the watch. murdoch gives orders: “hard astarboard!” hopingto bypass the iceberg on the left.

and right after it: “stop the engine now!”and “full astern!”. for the liner not to hitthe iceberg with her stern, he immediately gives anothercommand after: “hard a-port!” but the ship was too largeto make a quick maneuver. “we were still in the smoking room aboutmidnight, when the ship slowed down. mr. guggenheim sent a stewardto find out what’s happening. the steward said:“it’s nothing special, sir. we just slightly touched an iceberg.” titanic

14 april, 1912, 23:40. the north atlantic. latitude 41 north, longitude 50 west. the world’s largest and safestship bearing prideful name titanic was caught by a 272,000 ton floating pieceof ice at a speed of 22 knots. the underwater part ofthe iceberg tore up a 90 m. length cut in the titanic’s hullon the right side. the liner’s hull sufferedthe pressure of 2.5 tons per square centimetre during the collision. hick and well tempered steel did bear it.

but the rivets holding jointstogether failed. they were made of forge ironwith unexpected dross inclusions. the dross inclusions formed microcellsin the structure of iron, so the rivets brokeat the moment of colliding. the joints open,outboard waters gushed inside. at this time first officer murdochpressed the button of the electric drive. the sealed doors beganto close and lock one after another. almost nothing could be felton the upper decks. four stewards cooking appetizersfor the customers of the first class saloon

draw their attentionto slight tinkling of tableware; a tray with fresh buns fell downin the bakery. “then we were out to the upper deck.it was strewed with ice debris. young people were playing with them. the colossal silhouetteof the iceberg was disappearing in the dark behind the ship’s stern. no one could imagineour future at that moment.” 23:42. captain john smithhurried to appear on the bridge. he was reported the waterflooding the boiler rooms

and rising faster than being pumped out. the captain asked to immediately callthomas andrews for consultancy. thomas andrews jr., 39, design managerof the liners olympic and titanic. he began workingas apprentice in the design office at the shipyard co-ownedby his uncle william james pirrie. after 12 years of apprenticeshiphe became manager of construction works and chief executive of theof harland & wolf shipyard in 1907. sailed out on titanic’s maiden voyageas part of the guarantee group together with other liner’s developers.

“despite outer calm on the deck, uneasiness seemed to be hanging in the air. i saw dick morton. he didn’t look himself. i though he might knowsomething about the collision. he didn’t. dick didn’t notice anything. he was broken-hearted becausehis beloved wife, this coquette florence, decided to divorce him. nothing more.” 23:52. captain smith and designer andrewsunderstand that the water has risen by 4.5 meters and be damagedat once 5 compartments.

the titanic’s floodability systemwas not designed to resist this. according to the calculations by designers,the titanic could remain afloat when any two or three or even four of herfirst five bow compartments were flooded. but as the joints openedat the length of 90 m. along the side, 5 compartmentsat once turned to have been flooded. the compartments were notwatertight on their upper part, so the water was just poringover one compartment to another when the previous one had been flooded up. the hold crew was tryingto pump the water out,

but the speed of the waterincoming into the holds was 10 times as much as that of pumping out. the liner could remain afloat2 more hours only. at 0:14 a.m. captain smith visitedthe radio cabin in person and commanded to send outa distress signal. telegraphist phillips who wason duty then started typing “cqd mgy/titanic/ 41.46 nord 50.24 west” “cqd” is a code developedby the marconi company. it consisted of the all call signal“cq” adopted at a conference

of eight major maritime nationsheld in berlin in 1903, to which marconi added letter “d”,first one in “danger”. at the next conference in 1906,the representatives of 29 countries adopted a new universal signalto be used by all being “sos”. but the marconi radioswere still using cqd. there were 52 ships crossingthe atlantics on the 14 april night, only some of them were equippedwith radio transmitters. of the ships equippedwith a telegraph systems the closest oneto the wrecking titanic were:

the british ss californian and rmscarpathia, canadian ss mount temple, french ss la provence,german liner frankfurt, japanese ship ypiranga and russian burma. at 0:18 a.m. came the responsefrom the frankfurt: “okay, wait”. at 0:19 confirmations from other shipson the reception of the radiograms started to come: from the mount temple, liner virginia,russian tramp boat burma. the radio station on cape race responded: “signal receivedand forwarded to continent.”

young radio amateur david sarnoffon the roof of the wanamaker stores in new york received weak titanic’s signalsand forwarded them further. the night was immediately filledwith electrical charges. in the very midst of themthe world’s safest ship was sinking. “i was still on the deck tryingto understand what was happening. mr. guggenheimand major archie butt joined me. a steward brought somewhiskey on our request, and life jackets beyond our request. he explained that the captain orderedto begin the evacuation immediately,

but there are no reasons to worry for nowbecause it was a usual precaution.” three ships were the closestto the titanic: the carpathia in 58 miles, the californian in 20 miles,the fishing schooner samson in 17 miles. but none of them respondedthe titanic’s call sign. the carpathia’s telegraphisthas just left for the bridge. there was no radio station on the samson.and the telegraphist of the californian, drifting in the ice field, went to bed afterhe sent the ice warning the previous night. 1 hour and 55 minutesto the titanic’s full sinking. “despite the captain’s command to evacuate,

no one wished to boardthe lifeboats for a long time. many ladies said that it was too dank onthe deck, so they left back for the saloon. i heard someone to protest:“why these all formalities? we are going to be back soon anyway. isn’t it better to spend this timein warmth and comfort?” at 0:30 a.m. jack phillips receiveda response from the carpathia: “carpathia heard distress signal.coming at full speed. arriving in 4 hours.” she was a medium size linerowned by cunard line. she left new york on 11 april,

bound to gibraltar and then to genoa,napoli and trieste. when he received the titanic’sdistress signal, arthur rostron, captain of the carpathia,did not hesitate even for a moment. arthur henry rostron, 43,british captain of cunard line. he had 27 years of sailing experience,however it was for the second year only that he had beenin the position of captain, and the third month of his commandof the carpathia. he would be awardedthe congressional gold medal later and the title knight commander of the orderof the british empire after world war i.

in 1931 he would be appointedthe commodore of the cunard fleet. captain rostron commanded his ship to makea turn and hurry to help the tinanic. in order to do this, the heatingand hot water had to be turned off, but instead the carpathiacould develop a record speed of 17 knots, given that her maximum speed was 14. simultaneously, the preparationsto the rescue operation were being held: all of the deck crewand service staff were on the move — there were gallons of bouillonand coffee being made in the kitchen, the stewards were gathering warm clothes,blankets and bottles of whiskey and brandy

from all around the ship and the sailorswere preparing the boats and ladders. “at half past midnight it was alreadyobvious that the titanic took a list on the headand the water reached the bow deck. but the evacuation was amazingly slow. the women and children werethe first to embark on the lifeboats, but they had to be longpersuaded before because they wouldn’t partwith their husbands and fathers. mr. john astor had considerable difficulty in causing his young wife madeleineto board the boat.

beside, young mr. carter, 10, was obstinateto board with the women and children. mr. astor put on his head a hat girls wear (i have no idea where he got it from)and said: “now you are a girl, sir,and you should get to the boat. the boy was astonished and obeyed…” lights of a ship 10-15 miles away werewell seen from the titanic’s captain bridge. but why does she not respondto the distress signal? perhaps she had no radio at all? the launching of the signal flares startedunder the captain’s command at 0:40.

the norwegian fishing schooner samsonwas illegally hunting seals that night. the samson’s captain saw the signalflares launched from a big ship. but he took them for signals of the coastguard and decided to leave as far as possible awayfrom the area to avoid being captured. the flares were white. there are white and red signal flares. their use is strictly regulatedby the maritime convention. the white flares are usedto give a signal to attract attention. the red ones are usedto give a distress signal.

but for some reason there wereno red flares on the titanic. the white flares were seenfrom the californian too. second officer herbert stonewho was on the watch at that time decided thatthey were celebratory fireworks. “i met mr. guggenheimat the entrance of the smoking room. on the move he said that the situationwas really bad, we were sinking, the number of the lifeboatswas insufficient to rescue all and the help would be late to arrive. then he left. i thoughtthen that those misters

americans should learnto keep their temper.” an idea came to telegraphist bride: to start sending out a new signal“sos” instead of the usual one. “we will probably use this signalnever again”, said he to his partner. so, phillips changes the signal.it was from the titanic, that the signal sos – (…- - - …) — was sent out for the first timein history at 0:45 that night. sos, a consequenceof the signals convenient for the transmission in morse code,is not an abbreviation.

“translations” of this signal suchas “â«save our shipâ», â«save our soulsâ», â«swim or sinkâ», â«stop other signalsâ» were invented by the sailors longafter the signal was adopted. only a few people on the upperdecks knew of the liner sinking. most of the passengers were sure that theywould return to their warm cabins soon and asked the stewardsto prepare hot tea for them. the seriousness of the situationwas not communicated

to the crew and the service staffto avoid panic. there were only insistent callsof evacuation. however, five decks lower,the third class passengers already understood that all of themhad been doomed. no one could escape fromthe labyrinth of the flooded corridors: all gates leadingto the boat deck were locked. meanwhile, many of the boats were leaving1the ship with many vacant seats. lifeboat 7 was launchedfrom the starboard side at 0:45 — 28 seats occupied out of 65;

lifeboat 6 from the port side —24 seats occupied of 65; lifeboat 5, starboard, — 41 seats occupied of 65; lifeboat 3, port, —33 seats occupied of 65; lifeboat 1, starboard, —12 seats occupied of 65. there were 15 boats remainingand over 2,000 people aboard the liner. 1:00 a.m. 1 hour 20 minutesto the titanic’s full sinking. “i saw mrs. brown help the passengersto embark on the boats trying even to joke and laugh in her usual manner. but she herself refused boarding, saying:

“even if it comes to the worse,i’ll survive. i’m an unsinkable one, am i not?” but she was almost forced to board the boatand i heard her cries of indignation.” 1:15 a.m. the name plate on the shipsbow with “titanic” on it sank. 5 tons of oceanic watera second were penetrating into the watertight compartments. the ship was listing to bow heavierand heavier with each second. if a counter-flood of two stern compartmentshad been possible at that moment, the ship could have beenbrought on an even keel.

it was sufficient to openthe watertight doors in order for the water to distribute to the stern compartments,creating thus a balance. but a counter-floodingsystem was not foreseen when the unsinkable titanic was designed. “the orchestra was still playingbut nobody listened to it. people in life jackets were runningfrom one ship’s side to another. when i chanced upon the mortons, florence seemed to be paralyzed withhorror. dick was unable of thinking too. i had already knownby that time that on the starboard,

where the boarding wasunder the control by mr. lightoller, only women and children were allowedto embark on the lifeboats. and i dragged the mortons to the portwhere mr. murdoch was in charge.” william mcmaster murdoch,39, first officer. he had been serving on large passengerliners for white star line since 1900. in 1903 he saved the liner arabicafrom a collision by correcting her course personally. it was he who was the watch officerand tried to prevent the collision with the iceberg using allhis experience on the 14 april night.

the guiding rule murdoch followedduring the boarding on the boats was: the women and children go first, then themen can go if there were vacant seats. it was found out laterthat 75% of the survivors were evacuated from the port side. 1:30 a.m. the bow deckis already under water. the crew workingat boat davits accelerates its work. the passengers start panicking. fifth officer harold lowe makesa warning shot in the air. officers and sailors were alreadyalmost failing to manage the crowd.

dick morton impressed me: he tore offhis coat, wrapped florence in it and literally dragged herover handrail into the boat. “dick! what about you?!”, she shouted.“don’t worry!”, he shouted back. “just keep your hands in the pockets,it’s very cold!” and he started to help the others. he held back the crowd, passed children,and supported women. florence was all eyeslooking at her husband she used to call mr. loosernot so long ago. i admit i was proud of mr. richard mortonas if he was my own son.”

1:35 a.m. the panic is swelling out. making use of the general turmoil,joseph bruce ismay, managing director of whitestar line manages to board a lifeboat. later ismay would regret his slipping intothe boat and surviving that night at all. newspaper tycoon w. hearst,ismay’s old enemy, would organize a real hunting for ismay and journalists would be quickto make him coward and mean man who daredto save his own penniless life when so many worthy people were dying.

“dick and i hardlystruggled out of the crowd. we saw an elderly couple sittingin the deck chairs not far away. they were mr. and mrs. strauss,us millionaires. ida strauss refused to board the lifeboatand gave her place to her maid. she stayed with her husband. i heard her say: “my husband and i have lived together for 40 years. so, together we will die.” soon mr. guggenheim whom i suspectedof cowardice approached us. he turned out to have placedhis mistress mme aubart

and her maid on the boat and left to…change the dress. “i decided to meet this nightlike gentleman”, he explained. yes, this night is full of unexpecteddiscoveries indeed.” 1:45 a.m. the last boat is launched. there are 1,500 more peopleleft onboard the titanic. telegraphists bride and phillips continueto sent out the distress signal. at last, the third class passengers,who all this time were wandering in the bowels of the ship,burst out to the upper deck only to see the boat davitswith empty ropes on them.

35 minutes to the titanic’s full sinking. “i said farewell to dick morton and in theend gave him some advice on how to survive. if he was really sure that a manis the master of his own life, then why should he not try to save himself? i’m putting this advice here just in casethe journal will somehow survive. so, if you are sinkingin the north atlantic, the outside water temperature is about zeroand you need to keep on as long as possible, then first: some portionsof rum of whiskey taken up would help you to preserveyour warmth for a longer time.

second: put the life jacketunder the coat, not over it. third: swim as far awayfrom the sinking ship as you can to avoid beingsucked down into the whirlpool. fourth: if you find some piece of woodor any other floating thing, hold on to it keeping himselfas far over the water as you can. and try to stay as far awayfrom the crowd as possible. that’s it.” 2:05 a.m. the water coversthe bow part of the boat deck. 2:07 a.m. captain smith callson to the radio cabin for the last time and commands that the telegraphistsstop working and try to save themselves.

bride is gathering the documents,phillips continuing sending out the sos. the captain leaves for the bridge. at 2:07 a.m. designer thomas andrewsstops the clock in the smoking room. journalist william stead is there too,taking his last notes. “i don’t know why i described herewhat has happened to us this night. my fate is to be down with titanic. but who knows what will bewith this diary? how ironic: the unsinkable ship goes downin her maiden voyage! at perfect calm, during an hour and a half…

and that is a symbolof the power of humanity! a full-metal challenge to the nature! it has no fear... it is colossal,magnificent and invincible… it shows us the path of the eraof boundless prosperity and there is no powerin the world that might stand in its way…” 2:10 a.m. the first funnel falls down. the captain bridge goes underwater. the stern rises in the air.the lights are still on. 2:13 a.m. the titanic’s body sinks downto the level of the third funnel.

her hull’s inclineis 40 degrees 15 minutes. 2:15 a.m. the titanic’s stern rises 60 m.above the water. the propellers are fully seen. 2:17 a.m.the last sos is transmitted into the air. the power equipment fails.the lights go off. 2:18 a.m. the ship’s hull breaksbetween the third and the fourth funnels. the bow part immediately sinks.the stern part stands upright. 2:20 a.m.the titanic’s stern part sinks completely. the wreckage of the world’s safest linergoes down to the bottom

at a speed of 20 knots. almost 1000 people remained in the water. and 625 were waitingfor help 1.5 miles away, in the lifeboats most of which were half-full. captain edward john smithsank together with his ship, without attempting to save himself. four of seven officers survived: herbert pitman, harold lowe,charles lightoller and joseph boxall. out of the medical personnelonly evelyn marsden,

nurse for the first classpassengers survived. telegraphist jack phillips perished. telegraphist harold bridemanaged to swim out. out of five postal clerksonly one survived. all 10 people of the guaranteegroup of shipyard harland & wolf headed by designer thomas andrews perished. all 8 people of the shiporchestra perished. out of 300 men of the engineering crew,being engineers, steam-boiler operators, electricians, firemen, stokers, plumbers, storekeepers and loaders, only 69 survived.

out of 500 peopleof the service staff 29 survived. passengers john astor iv,benjamin guggenheim, the strauss couple, major archibald butt,journalist william stead perished. 1490 people in total perished that night,out of which 1332 men, 106 women and 52 children. the three fourth of them were the thirdclass passengers and the crew members. who is to blame? hadn’t forge iron rivets been used but the steel ones when the titanic was built, the ship’s hull would have stoodthe collision with the iceberg.

had there been a counter-floodingsystem provided on the titanic, the ship could have been levelled and she could have waitedfor the help to arrive. had the californiantelegraphist left for bed at least an hour later that night, he would have receivedthe titanic’s distress signal and the californian could have arrivedto help in an hour already. had the red signal flares beenonboard the titanic, the watchmen on both the californian and samson would haverecognized the distress signal

and two ships would have arrivedto the wreck site. had a sufficient numberof lifeboats been onboard the titanic, all passengers would have been evacuated. had the lifeboats been launched full,much more people could have survived. 2:30 a.m. 20 boats were drifting in groups and singly at the area of approximately 5 miles radius in the midst of the night ocean whose surface was as smooth as a pond. someone noted that there were unusual number of the falling stars that night… someone remembered the legend saying

that a star falls down from the skywhen someone on earth dies… and only one boat underthe command of fifth officer harold lowe returned to the place where hundredsof people were dying in ice water and saved several people. after short discussions in the other boats,the decisions were taken not to take risks. “dear mommy, do not worry about me:your florence is safe now. i cannot imagine howi could survive that night. there was horror at first — unbearableand icy horror. the darkness. the screams. and i knew that my sweet dick is drowning out there…

mommy, he sacrificed himself, his deed was that of a real hero, a knight! how could i!.. it seemed to me that i became disappointed in him… it’s terrible indeed — to lose him when love, refreshed, burst up into flame again. we were staying very long. it was cold; so coldthat even fear subsided. we all seemed to have grown stiff andwere just waiting for the death to come.” in lifeboat 6 stoker fred barrettwho was picked up from the water, was so badly shivering that he was almost falling down all the time. millionairess margaret molly browntook off her sable coat

and wrapped his legs,tying the sable tails around his ankles. and then she organizedthe women’s rowing team. in lifeboat 4, where wateralready reached passengers’ shins, mrs. thayer was rowing equallywith the men for five hours. this was helping herto distract her mind from thoughts about her husband and sonthat stayed on the sinking ship. she didn’t know that 17 y.o.jack thayer managed to swim out and was picked up by a canvas boattogether with telegraphist bride and first officer lightoller.

in lifeboat 8 countess of rothes spentall night at the tiller. it was her whom sailor johns,one in charge of this boat, entrusted to steer it because he found herto be the smartest and bravest of all. later johns took the number “8” off the boat, framed it and sent to the countessas a sign of admiration. and the countess annuallysent him congratulations on christmas for may years after. “by the morning i fellinto some kind of stupor. i was trying to row but i couldn’t.i desperately wanted to sleep.

suddenly someone shouted out: “a ship!” lights showed up on the horizon.they were moving.” the ss carpathia arrivedat the wreck site at 4:30 a.m. by that time a littlemore than 700 people survived. the night watch on the ss californianchanged at 5:30 a.m. second officer stone reportedto the chief officer, his relief, of a strange ship that had launchedwhite flares and then gone. the chief officer woke up telegraphist evansand asked him to check the last messages to find out whether a strange storyof flares could be clarified.

two minutes was enough for evans to learnabout what had happened that night. captain lord immediately commandedto start the engines and directed his ship to the areawhere the titanic’s had sunk. at 8:30 a.m. the californian arrivedat the site of the tragedy. there was no one to rescue left. later captain lord would be accusedof failure to help the singing ship. he would retire the same yearand would fight to clean out his reputationfor the rest of his lifetime. “it’s all over, and i’m writing this letterto you onboard the ss carpathia

that rescued all of us. it’s 9 in the morning and we are sailing to new york. i’ll send this letter to youas soon as we arrive. hope you will receive it promptly. the papers might publishall kinds of things, you know.” a short telegram by associated press from cape race was received on the 14 april night in new york: “sqd signal came from titanic, report on colliding iceberg and request of immediate help.” another telegram:

“titanic is sinking by head. embarkation of women and children to life boats is on.” the new york herald, morning issue: â«new line boat “titanic” collidingiceberg and requesting help. vessels are in a hurry to rescue”.the new york times: “titanic is sinking.women evacuate in life boats.” the evening sun: “titanic’s passengers all rescued.” titanic’s telegraphist harold bride’s both legs were frostbiten and almost splintered,

but he found strength to get to the table in the carpathia’s radio room to send the message to cape race:“titanic has sunk. 1500 people perished.” all the way to new york he and the carpathia’s telegraphist worked taking turns to send out the lists of survivors to the continent. later the marconi company presented harold bride with a gold watch. the inscription read: “in recognition of having done his duty, and done it bravely." bride recovered in a us hospital and returned to the uk. several years later he met his future wife due to an old publication on the titanic.

“mommy, you wouldn’t believe it! while i was writing this letter,it turned out that dick is alive! he himself found me,and i almost faded out with happiness. he told he jumped down from the stern and started swimming away from the ship. he believes he managed to survive solely due to the advice of our new friend mr. william stead. however, mr. stead himself has apparently drowned. he’s not on the lists of the survivors.” it was margaret molly brownwho initiated the listing

of the survivors whenonboard the carpathia. she knew several languagesand could freely communicate with the third class passengerswho didn’t know english. it was due to her that the people learned that their relatives had survived and are not too far from them. moreover, mrs. brown initiated a fundrising to help those who lost everything. by the time the carpathia arrived in new york, she gathered about 10,000 dollars. it would be her who would later launch the titanic survivors committee

and hand captain arthur rostronthe “loving cup”. “how long this letter turned out to be!we’re arriving in new york tomorrow, but no one knows how longwill it take to get to boston. i remember sending you a very stupid telegram saying i was going to leave dick. mommy, forget about it! my husband is the best man in the world; i love him dearly and will never ever part with him!” “the carpathia arrived in new york in the evening, 18 april. around 30,000 of curious crowd have already gathered in the port.

while the ship was approaching the pier, she was escorted by two tugboats full of reporters. the titanic’s lifeboats unshipped from the carpathia were taken to the white star line pier. the next day morning workers started to scrape the name “titanic” off them. and then there were a long court examination, endless newspaper sensations and countless souvenirs. the souvenirs dedicated to the ship’swreck were produced and sold in numbers much greater than those dedicated to her pompous launch.

and even nowadays the titanic, whose voyage lasted for 4 days 17 hours and 30 minutes only,still remains the world’s famous ship. a hundred years have passed since then.many things seem to have changed. transatlantic flights.exploration of space. nuclear energy. satellite phones. echo-sounding devices,ice patrol and rescue services. as before, we strivefor boundless prosperity, maximum comfort and absolute safety. and we remain as defenseless as before.

earthquakes. tsunamis. typhoons. ice floes. or an ordinary reef in the mediterranean. and endless “if it hadn’t been for…”and “who is to blame?” and a symbol of the power of humanity,a full-metal challenge to the nature, unsinkable titanicis slowly turning to dust and ashes meanwhile on the bottom of the atlantic ocean.