RMS Titanic departing Southampton on 10 April 1912 Career Name: RMS Titanic Owner: White Star Line Port of registry: Liverpool, United Kingdom Route: Southampton to New York City Ordered: 17 September 1908 Builder: Harland and Wolff, Belfast Yard number: 401 Laid down: 31 March 1909 Launched: 31 May 1911 Completed: 2 April 1912 Maiden voyage: 10 April 1912 (101 years ago) In service: 10–15 April 1912 Identification: Radio call sign MGY Fate: Hit an iceberg 11:40 pm (ships time) 14 April 1912 on its maiden voyage andsank 2h 40m later Status: Wreck General characteristics Class & type: Olympic-class ocean liner Tonnage: 46,328 GRT Displacement: 52,310 tons Length: 882 ft 6 in (269.0 m) Beam: 92 ft 0 in (28.0 m) Height: 175 ft (53.3 m) (keel to top of funnels) Draught: 34 ft 7 in (10.5 m) Depth: 64 ft 6 in (19.7 m) Decks: 9 (A–G) Installed power: 24 double-ended and 5 single-endedboilers feeding two reciprocating steam engines for the wing propellers and a low-pressure turbine for the center propeller;[1] output: 46,000 HP Propulsion: Two 3-blade wing propellers and one 4-blade centre propeller Speed: Cruising: 21 kn (39 km/h; 24 mph). Max: 24 kn (44 km/h; 28 mph) Capacity: Passengers: 2,435, crew: 892. Total: 3,327 Notes: Lifeboats: 20 for 1,178 people RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of more than 1,500 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. The RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service. Titanic was the second of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line, and was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast with Thomas Andrews as her naval architect. Evaluation: Lack of knowledge of the crew of the titanic is the reason why it sunk. As a student, I can say that before doing anything else do your duty first. They should focus to their works. Don’t give attention to other things that is\are not included to your duties. Communicating with others will help you to have a safe and convenient voyage. Work with others harmoniously and doing their responsibilities are the most important points to prevent such accidents and to have a good trip. The Torrey Canyon oil spill on the southwest coast of the UK in the spring of 1967 is one of the worlds most serious oil spills which left an international legal and environmental legacy that lasted decades. At the time the worlds most serious oil spill, as of 2012 it remains the UKs worst, with an estimated 32 million gallons of crude oil spilled.[1] The wreck of the supertankerSS Torrey Canyon affected hundreds of miles of coastline in the UK, France, Guernsey, and Spain and mitigation efforts involved bombing raids by aircraft from the Royal Air Force and Royal Navy.[2] Torrey Canyon left Mina al-Ahmadi with a full cargo of crude oil in February 1967, reached the Canary Islands in March, with an intended destination of Milford Haven in West Wales. On 18 March 1967 she struck Pollards Rock on Seven Stones reef between the Cornish mainland and the Isles of Scilly. The accident The accident is attributed to two mistakes in the steering control design: 1. The steering lever was designed to switch the steering to a Control mode, intended for use in maintenance only, which disconnected the rudder from the steering wheel. 2. The design of the steering selector unit did not provide an indication of the peculiar mode at the helm The Human Factors version of Murphys Law predicts such mishaps, stating that if the system enables the users to fail, eventually they will. Evaluation: Grounding, it is the accident that the torrey canyon suffered from. It is said that malfunctioning of the steering gadgets is the cause why it has agrounded. As a reaction, they should use all available means or any alternatives in case of failure. The crew should check the equipment before having a voyage. Checking first the equipment must be considered to have a safe navigation. Evaluation: Grounding, it is the accident that the torrey canyon suffered from. It is said that malfunctioning of the steering gadgets is the cause why it has agrounded. As a reaction, they should use all available means or any alternatives in case of failure. The crew should check the equipment before having a voyage. Checking first the equipment must be considered to have a safe navigation. Princess of the Stars (sometimes mistakenly referred to as Princess of Stars)[1] was a ferry owned by Filipino shipping companySulpicio Lines. It capsized on June 21, 2008, off the coast of San Fernando, Romblon, at the height of Typhoon Fengshen (PAGASAname: Frank), which passed directly over Romblon as a Category 2 storm. Built in 1984 by Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. Aio, Japan, the 23,824-ton ferry MV Princess of the Stars, formerly MVFerry Lilac of Shin Nihonkai Ferry, had a total passenger capacity of 1,992 people.[2] The Princess of the Stars, flagship of the Sulpicio Lines fleet, left the port of Manila on June 20, 2008, en route to Cebu City. AlthoughTyphoon Fengshen, locally known as Typhoon Frank, had made landfall at Samar Island earlier the same day, the Princess of the Stars was permitted to sail because the vessel was large enough to stay afloat in the typhoons periphery. However, Fengshen unexpectedly changed course later that day, placing the ferry in serious danger of being overwhelmed by the storm.[3] At midday on June 21, the ferry sent out a distress signal; radio contact was lost at 12:30 PST (04:30 GMT).[4] The mayor of San Fernando, Nanette Tansingco, sent a speedboat and confirmed that the ferry had a hole in the hull and was partially submerged, and that several bodies had been found nearby.[5] Later reports revealed that the hole in the hull was actually the ships bow thruster.[6] Location of the storm and thePrincess of the Stars when the ship lost radio contact at 11 am June 21, 2008. The total number of people aboard was initially reported as 747 – 626 passengers and 121 crew.[7] On June 23, however, Sulpicio Lines announced that there had been 751 manifested passengers, 81 of whom were children, and 111 crew members, making a total of 862. It is possible that there were more passengers not recorded in the manifest.[8] Evaluation: M/V Princes of the stars sunk because of the typhoon and because of the hole in ships bow thruster. Because of the typhoon ships have a engine trouble that couse why the princes of the stars sunk. :D pogi gid ! wa GOLI
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