Who's fault why titanic sank?

Question

Everybody was shocked when the unsinkable Titanic sank in April 14, 1912. So whats the problem why titanic sank? whose fault?

Answer 1

captain's.

Answer 2

Leonardo DiCaprio. If he wasn't down in steerage dancing, drinking, and having s*x in the backseat of a car he would have been on watch to see the iceberg.

Answer 3

There was no one fault but a lot of misrepresentation of facts.

First the Titanic was actually running slower than it could because they were performing shakedown trials.  It was not running all boilers.

Second, the Captain did change course to the south where it had been ice free during previous voyages and he was not aware ice had been sighted.

Third the only warning of ice in that region had been sent by telegraph with the wrong heading so it was not immediately directed to the captains attention.  The radio operators were engaged with private messages as that was their purpose at that time.

Due to the condition the lookouts were only able to spot the iceberg, thirty seconds prior to impact.  It's been conclusively proven, binoculars would not have helped distinguish the berg earlier.

Some of the below waterline rivets were of the wrong metallurgy to be used in that area.

If the Second Mate had not turned and instead hit the iceberg head on, it would not have sunk as only one possibly two compartments would have flooded.  

Either Discover or National Geographic had an in-depth investigative program on it.  But if your are truly interested in the forensics of it there are many links here, http://www.google.com.sg/search?hl=en&q=...

Good Reading

Answer 4

The captain, he took the binoculars away from the watchmen, and he ignored the warnings of her sistership.  He was also slow on the uptake to do any preventiove work, he also decided to get rid of half the life boats because the numoerous amount took away from the beauty ofthe ship: big mistake.

Answer 5

combination of things.

poor design, weak captain who allowed grouped pride to take the ship beyond its limitations he was fully aware of.

It had inadequate baling pumps.

It had a short rudder which made it very difficult to turn quickly enough to avoid the iceberg which was almost missed entirely by the watchman.

Answer 6

The ship's Captain.  He was traveling too fast ( trying to set a crossing record ) for being in waters where there were reports of icebergs.  There was not enough time between when the lookout saw the fatal iceberg and time to miss it.

Answer 7

Basically carrying too much speed for the conditions and a misjudged attempt to turn away. If it looks inevitable that you're going to hit something you take it on the bow rather than try to turn and rip the side open. Mind you, we're all clever after the event . . .

Answer 8

Supposedly it was an error by the night watchman not paying attention to what he was supposed to be paying attention to. They tried to blame it on the design of the ship not being strong enough to withstand the blow from the iceberg, but if it hadnt been hit, it would not have gotten ripped open.

Answer 9

our fault. global warming causes the EL NINO storm. el nino causes a colder winter, which is where the iceberg comes from.

Answer 10

The Titanic was NOT trying to set a record for the fastest crossing. She was never to designed to be the fastest liner, but the most luxurious.

She was not running at full speed when she struck the iceberg and it's true that not all boilers were lit. However, Captain Smith had been steadily lighting boilers since she left Queenstown (lighting those boilers was a long process). He was probably trying to use up the coal in No6 bunker to extinguish a slow-burning fire in the coal there - a fairly common event in those days. The only way to put the fire out was to use up the coal.

She didn't answer her helm well, and it's true that if they'd hit the iceberg dead on only two compartments would have flooded and she'd have stayed afloat. Doing that deliberately however would have been an instant death sentence for hundreds of stokers and firemen whose living quarters were in the bow compartments. Whilst it's true that they died anyway, deliberately killing them was not an option.

The sea that night was unusually flat and calm. The way icebergs were usually spotted was by the white waves washing at their sides. The calm sea meant that there were no waves to see and that's why they saw the iceberg so late.

The steel used in her construction (particularly the rivets) was of a very brittle type that got even more brittle in the very cold sea water. The glancing blow with the iceberg "popped" rivets and cracked seams. Water didn't pour in through one great hole, but rather seeped in through hundreds of smaller holes, bent plates, and missing rivets.

Everyone involved acted quite properly in the operation of the ship, given the limitations in communication with ships at sea at that time. If you need someone to blame then blame the entire British nation. The belief at that time, immediately after the great Victorian Age, was that British science and ingenuity had conquered the world. The Titanic disaster was caused by national pride and overconfidence.

Answer 11

There is no one simple answer.  As others have said, there were a variety of factors involved.  One of the main ones is that in those days they did not have the technology to track ice bergs, nor the technology to map the locations of known ice bergs, so they had to depend on human sightings.  Seeing ice bergs at sea at night is not that easy.   Here are a couple of interesting links that discuss it.

Answer 12

Legally?   The captian is always at fault for whatever goes wrong on a ship; its why he gets paid the big bucks.    Poor construction and  many other events led up to it sinking, but he was responsible in the end.