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THE TITANIC P.O’SHEA. IRELAND. One of the most famous ships in the last 100 years has a direct connection to Ireland. This was the famous ‘Titanic’. She was built in Belfast and had her maiden (first) voyage in April 1912. She was thought of as unsinkable. LUXURY.
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IRELAND • One of the most famous ships in the last 100 years has a direct connection to Ireland. • This was the famous ‘Titanic’. She was built in Belfast and had her maiden (first) voyage in April 1912. • She was thought of as unsinkable.
LUXURY • In her time she was one of the most luxurious ships. On the inside she was like a high-class hotel. They wanted to convey an impression that the passengers were in a floating hotel rather than a ship. • One said, on entering the ship's interior a passenger would "at once lose the feeling that we are on board ship, and seem instead to be entering some great house” .
Famous Passengers • She had 1,317 passengers on board on her first voyage. • There were many famous people on board also. • John Jacob Astor( a millionaire), Benjamin Guggenheim (industrialist), the ‘unsinkable’ Molly Browne (called this because she didn’t sink with the ship!) and more.
THE VOYAGE • She first of all went to Cherbourg , in France. She then returned and picked up passengers in Queenstown (Cobh) • At that time of the year icebergs were floating around the North Atlantic. • And on the 15th of April she collided with one of them.
ICEBERG • There had been warnings about icebergs but the ship didn’t reduce its speed. They wanted to beat a record for the quickest crossing. • The iceberg made a huge horizontal hole in her hull just below the water line.
SINKING • Unfortunately there were not enough lifeboats on board for all the passengers. • As she sank she split in two. Only about 705 people were saved. • Women and children were allowed on the lifeboats first. This is a tradition at sea. • The captain, Cpt Smith, went down with his ship (another seagoing tradition).
NEWS • Of course , the ‘unsinkable Titanic’ made the news for days afterwards. • There was an inquiry into why there were not enough lifeboats and a law was made requiring all ships to carry enough lifeboats for all their passengers.
NOWADAYS • There were many books written and films made about the Titanic . • But you may know the most recent one which starred Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio. • It was one of the most popular films of the year.
SEABED • The wreck was discovered by a French and American team led by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel on 1 September 1985 at 1:02 in the morning. • Many trips have been made to the wreck and articles retrieved from it.
IRELAND AGAIN • A new museum was opened recently in Belfast which is dedicated to the Titanic. • So, in a funny way, the Titanic has returned again to the place where she was built.