María Alejandra Yara Lynda Natalia Marlés

TITANIC

It was April 10th, 1912. The British Luxury “Liner” Titanic was sailing from Southampton to New York. The ship weighed 46.000 tons.

There were more than 2.220 passengers. Many rich people including the American millionaire Benjamin Guggenheim were on board. Some poor immigrants from Ireland were also traveling to America in search of a better life.

It was the first “journey” and Captain Smith was sailing the ship. It was very big and luxurious; everybody knew the liner was unsinkable because of its 16 watertight compartments.

Two days later, just before midnight, the ship was traveling too fast at a speed of 22 know. Suddenly, it “struck” an iceberg and “punctures” five of the compartments. The ship sank in less than three hours. Unluckily, 1.513 people died because there weren’t enough.

Even today grandparents remember sad stories about that tragic accident. For example: they tell how Captain Smith stayed on the ship and the band kept on playing while it was sinking.

In September 1985 an American-French scientific expedition located the Titanic. It was

approximately 370 miles from the coast of Newfoundland. It was 75% intact.

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