 thorthelightningmcqueen:
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NOW WAIT JUST A MOTHERFUCKING MINUTE
I am sick and tired of people hating on this guy.
Consider this:
1. They had no fucking binoculars. They were lost before the ship set sale.Â
2. There was no fucking moon.
3. It was fucking cold outside.
4. There were no waves, wind, anything to show a break in the ocean where an iceberg would be.
YOU TRY LOOKING FOR A FUCKING ICEBERG IN THOSE CONDITIONS.
And thatâs not all. There are so many factors that had nothing to do with Fleet.
1. The boat was going WAY TOO FUCKING FAST for the dangerous conditions they were in.
2. The boatâs rudder is too fucking small and so it doesnât make sharp turns.
3. If the boat would have collided head on, only the water tight air compartments on the front would have been ruptured, and everybody would have been fine. But instead the crew tried to turn, but because the boat canât make sharp turns, it hit and scraped all along the side of the boat, rupturing all the water tight air compartments on that side.
And Fleet went through horrible survivorâs guilt for the rest of his life, and eventually committed suicide.
SO SHUT THE FUCK UP AND QUIT BLAMING FLEET!
THANK YOU.
I studied the Titanic. Every single book I read about it made a point of showing why the lookouts were not to blame for this tragedy. They did the job to the best of their abilities but they were not given any equipment and the conditions made it impossible for the human eye to detect that iceberg in time. The persons responsible for the tragedy are the execs at White Star Line who didnât provide the lookouts with binoculars and thought it was a waste of money to buy enough life boats for every passenger
This is a prime example of business leaders cutting corners and risking public safety
We learned this in history, itâs actually the captainâs fault. HE NEVER EVEN MADE THE PASSENGERS PRACTICE AN EVACUATION PROCEDURE.
Your history class lied to you, it wasnât the captainâs fault.
The captain could have run drills every hour but that wouldnât change the fact that the life boats had a maximum capacity of 1,178 passengers and there were 2,228 people on board.The Titanic could have held 60 life boats. The chief designer recommended they have at least 48. White Star Line said no because they didnât want the added expense and it would have spoiled the view for 1st class customers. They only allowed 20 life boats.
Another hurdle for the crew was that 1st and 2nd class passengers refused to evacuate (White Star guidelines said the crew couldnât load 3rd class, 1st and 2nd were the priority). White Star Line had encouraged people to say the ship was unsinkable. Passengers heard it so much that they believed it and wouldnât accept that they were in danger. The crew kept telling them to head to the life boats but the passengers ignored them  It took an hour to get the first life boat launched because no one would get in. Running an evacuation drill wouldnât have helped much because the passengers didnât believe they needed to evacuate. It would be like if a school fire alarm went off but every student believed the building was fireproof so they stayed in their seats. Practicing fire drills wont save lives if people ignore the alarm during a real fire. Once the passengers accepted that they needed to line up for a life boat things moved more smoothly but by then there wasnât enough time to fill all the boats, only 16 got launched and some werenât filled to capacity
The only people responsible for this are the owners of White Star Line. They ignored passenger safety, didnât provide basic safety equipment to the crew, and let the ship sail on the faith that the hulls would protect it from sinking. They knew that it wasnât unsinkable, theyâd been informed of multiple scenarios that could cause the Titanic to go down, but they decided it was an acceptable risk
Lewis and HISTORY
Never fuck with history nerds
