The Story of the Titanic

The Titanic was a beautiful ship that people thought could not sink. Sadly, they were very wrong. On a cold, dark night in April 1912, something terrible happened.

The captain, Edward Smith, was in charge of the ship. He knew there were icebergs nearby, but he didn’t slow the ship down. He wanted to go fast to make people happy. This was a big mistake.

Late at night, the ship hit a huge iceberg. It made a long cut in the side of the ship.

Many first-class passengers felt a small bump, but they weren’t worried at first. Some even played with pieces of ice that fell on the deck.

Captain Smith did not tell everyone what was happening. The rich passengers were the first to be told. They put on their warm coats and life jackets. Many of them didn’t want to get into the lifeboats at first. They thought the Titanic was safer than the small boats. As the ship sank deeper, people became more afraid. The lights flickered, making everything seem scarier.

Even the fancy first-class areas started to flood. The passengers who were still on board had to climb to higher decks. Some of them gave their expensive fur coats to others to keep warm.

At that time there were no rules about who could use different radio channels. Amateur radio operators broadcast both true and false messages. That made it hard for anyone to know what was happening.

Captain Smith let people launch lifeboats before they were full. Many people were left on the ship. When the ship finally sank, some first-class passengers were in lifeboats, watching the terrible scene.

In the end, more than 1,500 people died. Families were torn apart. Many children lost their parents, and parents lost their children. It was one of the saddest things to ever happen at sea.

If the captain had been more careful, or if there had been more lifeboats, many more people could have lived. The Titanic’s sinking was a very sad lesson about being safe at sea.

Because of what happened, new rules were made about who could send radio signals. People now needed a special license to send radio signals. Big ships had to have someone listen to the radio all day and night and all ships had to use the same radio wave to send messages.