The Loss of the Titanic

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[00:01.45]Lesson 10
[00:03.17]The loss of the Titanic
[00:11.78]What'd have happened if only two of the 16 water-tight compartments had been flooded?
[00:20.16]The great ship,Titanic sailed for New York from Southampton on April 10th,1912.
[00:29.47]She was carrying 1,316 passengers and a crew of 891.
[00:37.83]Even by modern standards,the 46,000 ton Titanic was a colossal ship.
[00:45.02]At that time,however,she was not only the largest ship that had ever been built,
[00:50.49]but was regarded as unsinkable,for she had sixteen water-tight compartments.
[00:57.73]Even if two of these were flooded,she would still be able to float
[01:03.05]The tragic sinking of this great liner will always be remembered,
[01:07.38]for she went down on her first voyage with heavy loss of life.
[01:13.51]Four days after setting out,
[01:15.50]while the Titanic was sailing across the icy waters of the North Atlantic,
[01:20.82]a huge iceberg was suddenly spotted by a lookout.
[01:25.76]After the alarm had been given,
[01:28.01]the great ship turned sharply to avoid a direct collision.
[01:33.45]The Titanic turned just in time, narrowly missing the immense wall of ice
[01:39.45]which rose over 100 feet out of the water beside her.
[01:44.49]Suddenly,there was a slight trembling sound from below,
[01:48.72]and the captain went down to see what had happened.
[01:52.68]The noise had been so faint that no one thought that the ship had been damaged.
[01:58.48]Below,the captain realized to his horror that the Titanic was sinking rapidly,
[02:04.51]for five of her sixteen watertight compartments had already been flooded!
[02:10.55]The order to abandon ship was given
[02:12.90]and hundreds of people plunged into the icy water.
[02:16.23]As there were not enough life-boats for everybody,1,500 lives were lost.