Titanic

The great ship Titanic, sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th 1912. It was carrying 1316 passengers and a crew of 891. At that time however, she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built. But was regarded as unsinkable for its had sixteen water tight compartments. The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered for it went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life. Four days after setting out, while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic an huge ice berg was suddenly spotted by a look-out. After the alarm had been given, the great ship turned sharply to avoid a collision. Suddenly there was slight trembling sound from below and the captain went down to see what had happens. The noise had been so faint that no one thought that the ship had been damaged. Below, the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly, for five of her sixteen water tight compartments had already been flooded.