Loss of the Steamship "Titanic": Report of a Formal Investigation Into the Circumstances Attending the Foundering on April 15, 1912, of the British Steamship "Titanic", of Liverpool, After Striking Ice in Or Near Latitude 41 ̊46' N., Longitude 50 ̊14' W., North Atlantic OceanU.S. Government Printing Office, 1912 - 88 sivua |
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3-inch suctions abaft amidships Answer April April 11 Baltic berg bilge board of trade board the Titanic boat accommodation boat deck boiler room breadth bridge Bruce Ismay Californian Cape Race Capt Caronia Carpathia carried casualty cent collision crew cubic feet damage davits Deck department depth double bottom E deck emergency boat evidence field ice first-class fitted forward end G deck iceberg inches International Navigation Co Ismay length life-saving appliances rules lifeboats Lightoller lights lookout Marconi master merchant shipping acts merchant shipping advisory miles navigating number of boats number of persons officer Olympic orlop deck passage passenger steamer pipe port side position pumps Queenstown question rafts received reciprocating engine rockets rule 12 second-class stairway sent ship's shipping advisory committee space speed starboard side steam STEAMSHIP TITANIC third-class passengers tion tonnage tons total number vessel water-tight bulkheads water-tight compartments water-tight doors White Star Line wireless
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Sivu 58 - All life-buoys and life-belts shall be so placed as to be readily accessible to all persons on board, and so that their position may be known to those for whom they are intended. (12.) WATER-TIGHT COMPARTMENTS. — When ships of any class are divided into efficient water-tight compartments to the satisfaction of the Board of Trade, they shall only be required to carry additional boats, rafts, and buoyant apparatus of one-half of the capacity required by these rules...
Sivu 56 - The night was clear," reported Lord Mersey, "and the sea was smooth. When she first saw the rockets the Californian could have pushed through the ice to the open water without any serious risk and so have come to the assistance of the Titanic. Had she done so she might have saved many if not all of the lives that were lost.
Sivu 65 - All lifeboats must be properly constructed and shall be of such form and proportions that they shall have ample stability in a seaway, and sufficient freeboard when loaded with their full complement of persons and equipment.
Sivu 65 - Rule (2), at least 1 cubic foot of strong and serviceable inclosed air-tight compartments, so constructed that water cannot find its way into them. In the case of metal boats an addition will have to be made to the cubic capacity of the air-tight compartments, so as to give them buoyancy equal to that of the wooden boat. Section (B). — A boat of this section shall be a life-boat, of whaleboat form, properly constructed of wood or metal, having inside and outside buoyancy apparatus together equal...
Sivu 76 - ... been held; passengers were loaded into the boats haphazardly because no boat assignments had been made. But that was not all. Lord Mersey found that sufficient warnings of ice on the steamer track had reached the Titanic, that her speed of 22 knots was "excessive under the circumstances...
Sivu 66 - ... to the superficial foot, or of other durable material. Section (A). — A boat of this section shall be a life-boat, of whaleboat form, properly constructed of wood or metal, having for...
Sivu 66 - ... life-boat, of whaleboat form, properly constructed of wood or metal, having inside and outside buoyancy apparatus together equal in efficiency to the buoyancy apparatus provided for a boat of Section (A). At least one-half of the buoyancy apparatus must be attached to the outside of the boat. Section (C). — A boat of this section shall be a life-boat, properly constructed of wood or metal, having some buoyancy apparatus attached to the inside and (or) outside of the boat equal in efficiency...
Sivu 65 - RULES. (1.) BOATS. — All boats shall be constructed and properly equipped as provided by these Rules, and all boats and other life-saving appliances are to be kept ready for use to the satisfaction of the Board of Trade. Internal buoyancy apparatus may be constructed of wood, or of copper or yellow metal of not less than 18 ozs. to the superficial foot, or of other durable material.
Sivu 66 - 6= 499'8, or 500 cubic feet. If the oars are pulled in rowlocks, the bottom of the rowlock is to be considered the gunwale of the boat for ascertaining her depth. (3.) NUMBER OF PERSONS FOR BOATS. — The number of persons a boat of Section (A.) shall be deemed fit to carry shall be the number of cubic feet ascertained as in Rule (2) divided by 10. The number of persons a boat of Section (B...