RMS Titanic: Historisk forlis og konsekvenser

Titanic was a British luxury passenger liner owned by the White star line, Titanic was supposed to sail from Southampton, England to New York City but she, unfortunately, sank on her maiden voyage on the night between April 14th and 15th 1912, killing around 1,500 passengers and ship personnel when she collided with an iceberg. In the early 1900s, the transatlantic passenger trade was highly profitable and competitive, and ship lines were trying to transport wealthy travelers and immigrants. Two of the chief lines were the White star line and Cunard. In the summer of 1907, Cunard seemed poised to increase their share of the market, with the debut of their two new ships, the Lusitania, and the Mauretania. The two passenger liners were getting a lot of attention for their expected speed and would both later set speed records crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Looking to answer his rival, white star lines chairman, J. Bruce Ismay supposedly met up with William Pirrie who at that time was in charge of the Belfast shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff. The two men decided to build a class of large ocean liners that would be known for their comfort instead of their speed. It was eventually decided that three vessels would be constructed: The Olympic, The Titanic, and The Britannic.