1. R.S.M. TITANIC
CENTENARY 2012

2. THE OLYMPIC CLASS
.
» The RMS Titanic was the second of a
TRIO OF LINERS, the Olympic class,
which was intended to dominate the
transatlantic voyage market in the
early 20th century.

3. LET’S LEARN A LITTLE
BIT ABOUT ITS STORY …

4. THE IDEA
• The story of Titanic and its two twin ships
began one night in 1907 in London.
• Lord James Pirri, senior partner of one of
the largest shipyards in the world,
(Harland and Wolf of Belfast) invited J.
Bruce Ismay, Managing Director of White
Star Line shipping company to dinner at
his mansion.

5. THE SHIPS
• They decided to construct
three of three most
impressive ships in the
world. The first would be
called The Olympic, the
second The Titanic and
the third The Gigantic
(after the tragedy of the
Titanic the name was
changed to The Britannic)

6. – The RMS Olympic was launched in
1911, The Titanic in 1912, and the
Britannic (previously the RMS
Gigantic) in 1915, but the breakout
of the First World War turned it into
a hospital ship.

7. UNSINKABLE
»These steamers would
be superior in size,
luxury and capacity to
any of the liners built
before and they would
be so safe that could
be declared
“unsinkable”

8. THE BUILDER
• The ships were
designed by
Thomas
Andrews and
were the
property of The
White Star Line

9. THE SHIP YARDS
» The three liners were built at Harland
and Wolff ship yard in Belfast (North
Ireland, United Kingdom)

10. THE CONSTRUCTION :
Two years of hard work y £1.5 million
(€306.2 today)

11. HARLAND and WOLFF
ship yard in Belfast

12. • 12 HORSES PULLING A
16 TONNE ANCHOR

13. THE HULL

14. THE PROPELLERS

15. THE AIR VENT AND BOILER

16. THE KEEL AND THE
ANCHOR

17. THE BRIDGE

18. INSIDE THE SHIP

19. THE GRAND STAIRCASE

20. THE BIG GLASS DOME

21. ONE OF THE LOUNGES

22. THE GYM

23. ANOTHER OF THE MAIN
LOUNGES

24. FIRST CLASS DINING
ROOM

25. FIRST CLASS CABIN

26. SECOND CLASS DINING
ROOM

27. SECOND CLASS
CABIN

28. THIRD CLASS DINING
ROOM

29. THE DEPARTURE
• The morning of Wednesday 10th of
April 1912 was bright and breezy …
• …

30. GREAT EXPECTATION
COULD BE FELT IN THE AIR

31. THE TITANIC WOULD FOLLOW THE
ROUTE FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO NEW
YORK
• The liner set off from Southampton, on its
maiden voyage on 10th of April 1912 at
midday. It arrived at Cherbourg in France at
6:30 AM, and came back to Queenstown, in
Ireland on 11th of April 1912 at 11:30 AM to
pick up third class passengers.

32. CAPTAIN SMITH ARRIVED
AT 7:00 AM
• The Titanic´s
maiden voyage was
going to be his last
journey before
retiring at the age of
62.

33. THE CREW
• Shortly afterwards the other
members arrived.

34. HENRY WILDE
and WILLIAM MURDOCH
• HENRY WILDE
was the Chief
Commander.
• WILLIAM
MURDOCH was
the First Officer.

35. THE FIRST PASSENGERS
ARRIVED AT 9:00AM
• Thomas
Andrews the
architect of the
Titanic, was the
first passenger
to board the
ship at
Southampton.

36. THE PRESIDENT
• J. Bruce Ismay,
chairman of
White Star Line,
embarked a little
later.

37. OTHER 1st CLASS
PASSENGERS
• Isidor Straus and
wife , owners of the
important
department store
Macy’s in New York

38. JACOB ASTOR AND WIFE
• Jacob Astor a
millionaire
businessman,
considered the
richest
passenger
aboard.

39. BENJAMIN
GUGGENHEIM
• Benjamin
Guggenheim,
copper industry
magnate, who
travelled with
his lover.

40. SECOND CLASS
• The second class
was composed by
teachers,
businessmen,
professionals with
moderate incomes,
who constituted the
middle class of the
time.
• Examples of them
are the Pierre
Rousseau and his
assistant or Leontine
P. Aubart, a cabaret
singer.

41. THIRD CLASS
• The majority of the third class passengers
were Irish, who boarded at Queenstown
(Ireland) and were mostly modest people who
were emigrating to the US in search of a new
life.

42. THE NUMBER OF
PASSENGERS
At that time there were about
2,227 passengers on board the
Titanic. However, it is
impossible to determine exactly
the number of people aboard
because of the presence of
some clandestine passengers.
So the exact number of victims
can´t be
known.

43. THE SHIP DEPARTED
AT NOON… …

44. TOWARDS ITS DOOM
• Despite receiving three
messages warning of the
presence of ice ,neither of
the two most important men
on the boat: Captain Smith
and the President of White
Star Line, Bruce Ismay did
anything about it.

45. SUNDAY 14 th April 1912
On this day the Titanic saw the light
for the last time.

46. THE ICEBERG
• At 11:40 PM
the giant was
sailing across a
calm sea when
a huge chunk
of ice floating
in the waters,
about 600
miles from
Newfoundland
got in its way.

47. THE SINKING
• 2 hours and 40 minutes after impact
against the iceberg, at 2:20AM on
Monday April 15th, the Titanic sank,
split into two halves.

48. More than 1500 people
PERISHED in the worst
maritime disaster in history.
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49. THE ORCHESTRA
• It is said that the
orchestra continued,
playing the tune"
Nearer, my God, to
Thee" (Mas Cerca,
Oh Dios de ti) until
the ship completely
disappeared under
water.

50. THE BOATS AND THE
CARPATHIA
• Only a few lucky
passengers
(mostly first
class) survived in
the few lifeboats
which were
carried by the
ship, and they
were picked up by
another ship, the
CARPATHIA.

51. CAUSES OF SHIPWRECK
• The Titanic was
divided by 16 doors
into 15 watertight
compartments
• The boat was
designed to survive
if the first three
compartments
flooded, and
perhaps even the
fourth, but not if the
first five became
inundated.

53. WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF
IT HAD COLLIDED HEAD ON …?
- Perhaps two or three compartments
would have flooded, but the ship
wouldn’t have sunk.
• What made the Titanic sink was a
series of little cracks along the first
six compartments.

54. THE NEWS ABOUT THE
DISASTER
• The disaster caused a sensation at
the time. But people were involved
in the disaster to realise that it
meant the end of an era and the
beginning of another.

55. • As time passed by the
shipwreck came to
symbolise, the precise
moment in that century
when the human race lost
its innocence and its
feeling of safety.

56. THE SEARCH
• From the very first
moment it
disappeared in the
cold waters of the
North Atlantic, its
discovery became
the aim of
oceanographers,
historians, treasure
hunters….

57. ROBERT BALLARD
• Robert Ballard was,
together with the
French Institute for
maritime
Investigation
(IFREMER) the man
who found the ship
on 1st September
1985 at 1:05 AM in
its ocean grave .

58. THE PLACE OF THE
SHIPWRECK
• The liner was
found at nearly
4,000 metres
deep in the
North Atlantic,
625 KM
southeast
Newfoundland.

59. THE GRAVE
• There the ship
has lain since
the disaster, like
a monument to
human ambition.

60. EXPEDITIONS
• After its
location the
first
investigation
expeditions
began and the
remains of the
shipwreck
were rescued.

62. THE REMAINS
• Thanks to these
expeditions they
could recover and
preserve most of the
original objects and
put them on display
to the general public.

63. SOME EXAMPLES

66. TITANIC: THE EXHIBITION
• We are going to see most of these
objets on our next trip to Barcelona
because they will on display at this
travelling exhibition.

69. MILVINA DEAN
• Millvina Dean
was the last
survivor of
The Titanic.
She died on
2nd June 2009
•She was just a
baby when she
embarked.

70. THE LEGEND
• With her death legend
and reality will merge
forever, in the story of
one of the giants of the
20th century.

72. THE TRAGEDY THAT
CHANGED OUR LIVES
• The sinking of the Titanic brought
about a strict regulation of many
safety measures on board ships, the
development of X rays, the increased
use of the radio frequency and
electronic systems, and as a
consequence wider use of TV,
telephony, computers and
communications systems that we have
in society today.

73. FIN

74. POWERPOINT
TRANSLATED BY
TOURISM STUDENTS
FROM IES MONASTIL IN
COMMEMORATION OF
THE CENTENARY OF
THE TITANIC

75. 1912- 2012

102. GRUPO DE TRABAJO
• CARRANZA ALVES ,ESTHER
• DOMENE PRATS, FRANCISCO
• FELIPE MENOR, Mª JOSÉ
• FERNÁNDEZ DOMINGUEZ, JESÚS
• GARCIA ABRIL, Mª CARMEN
• GUARINOS CABRERA RODOLFO
• HERNÁNDEZ VIDAL, GEMMA
• JIMÉNEZ PERICÁS, JESÚS
• JUAN GONZÁLEZ, CLEMENTE
• PLANELLES GALIANO, REMEI
• SABUCO, ALBA
• SALVADOR MORÁN, EMILIA

103. WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNT?
• 1. What were the shipyards where the
Titanic was built called?
• 2. Who was its builder?
• 3. What city did it set off from?
• 4.How many stopovers did she make?
• 5. On which day did it sink?
• 6. When were its remains found?
• 7. Who found them?
• 8. What is the tavelling exhibition in
Barcelona called?
• 9. Who was the last survivor?
• 10.When did she die?