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Title: Investigating the Sinking of the Titanic: The Investigations Made in the Wake of the Titanic Disaster

Author: Charles River Editors

Narrator: John Gagnepain

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-27-15

Publisher: Charles River Editors

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: History, World

Publisher's Summary:

Just before midnight on April 14, 1912, the RMS Titanic, the largest ship in the world, hit an iceberg, setting in motion a chain of events that would ultimately make it history's most famous, and notorious, ship.

The Titanic was neither the first nor last big ship to sink, so it's clear that much of its appeal stems from the nature of ship itself. Indeed, the Titanic stands out not just for its end but for its beginning, specifically the fact that it was the most luxurious passenger ship ever built at the time. In addition to the time it took to come up with the design, the giant ship took a full three years to build, and no effort or cost was spared to outfit the Titanic in the most lavish ways. Given that the Titanic was over 100 feet tall, nearly 900 feet long, and over 90 feet wide, it's obvious that those who built her and provided all of its famous amenities had plenty of work to do. The massive ship was carrying thousands of passengers and crew members, each with their own experiences on board, and the various amenities offered among the different classes of passengers ensured that life on some decks of the ship was quite different than life on others.

Much has been made through the years about the failures of those designing the Titanic to take proper safety precautions, and how these failings led to the disaster and huge loss of life. In fact, the number of lives lost was so great that it can be hard to believe that the death toll might have been higher. Nonetheless, it's true that many more would have died without the courageous efforts of those on the ships who responded to the Titanic's distress calls and sailed through the same dangerous conditions that brought down the "unsinkable" ship itself.

Investigating the Sinking of the Titanic chronicles the immediate aftermath of the tragedy and the investigations and changes that followed.

Members Reviews:

Good History and Investigative Facts

My daughter and I are great fans of the story of the Titanic. I have read many short stories written from the Stewards that worked on the Titanic and other luxury liners in the early 1900s. Their jobs were similar to our cruise ship workers that we have now but I am sure much harder and demanding without out modern conveniences. The description of how the ship was built and now the ship builder and architect "cut corners" on the blue prints. They expanded the First Class quarters and made them larger and more luxurious for the rich passengers by leaving off more life boats for the passengers who drowned. Something is also mentioned regarding the materials used and sheets of steel and how they were not extended up high enough to the top of the bow at the site on impact where the accident occurred and this allowed the icy waters to get in and sink the boat. The watertight compartments were of no use in this case, because there was a structural defect in the building of the boat. Captain Smith went down with the boat as he pushed the speed to the max even in icy waters through the dark night, all to get to New York Early. The radio operators were also at fault and did not take the Ice Berg Warnings from other ships in the area seriously because they were too busy transmitting stupid telegrams for rich passengers.