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11-2-25 The Sinking of the Titanic, past the tip of the iceberg. Of the 2,207 people on the Titanic only 712 survived on the tragic April night in 1912 when it sank. The fault of the loss of life is more than just the iceberg that it hit. Whether from the lack of training to crew aboard, or their lack of care for passengers aboard the excessive loss of life on the Titanic can be blamed on the White Star Line. The sinking of the Titanic is the fault of the White Star Line, and more specifically their lack of training for the crew that the Titanic was sailing with. For instance the crew of the Titanic was not properly trained for a disaster aboard the Titanic. In "They Said It Couldn't Sink" it states that, “they faulted the White Star Line for not properly training the crew for evacuation, leading to the launching of partially filled lifeboats and the loss of even more lives.”(Galvin and Zarr, 25). That supports how it was the White Star Lines fault by showing how they were inept and did not train the crew for the sinking of the ship which made for the loss of many more lives that should have lived. Additionally on how it’s the White Star Lines fault for the loss of life in the Titanic tragedy is how they had a captain who was not properly qualified for the job to pilot the Titanic. For instance in "Sinking the Unsinkable Lessons for Leadership" it states that, “ according to White Star Line logs, Captain Smith’s experience prior to 1911 was based on ships no larger than 24,000 tons. Titanic and her sister Olympic, the largest ships ever constructed, were 45,000-ton ships.”(Rebiro, 12). This shows the White Star Lines lack of training for the crew because they had a sailor piloting the Titanic that had never sailed a ship close to the size before! Likewise the tragedy and death that came with the sinking of the Titanic can be blamed on the White Star Line and their poor care for passengers on the ship. To start, the White Star Line did not care for the passengers by putting not near enough lifeboats for everyone on the ship. In the text it states, “a mere 20 boats and rafts available, each capable of holding at most 60 persons. Yet the ship was built to carry 2,435 passengers and 860 in the crew–a total of 3,295 persons” (Mowbray, 33-34). That shows the White Star Lines pathetic care for their passengers by not even putting enough lifeboats on the ship for everyone that led to many casualties that should not have happened on that tragic night. To add on to how the White Star Lines' low care for passengers caused more devastation and death that should have happened is how their lack of care for quality aboard helped lead to its sinking. In the text it states, “placing the blame on everything from inept sailors to flawed rivets”(Broad,2). This shows the White Star Lines lack of care with low quality rivets and crew together caused the Titanic to sink, killing so many innocent lives that deserved and should have lived if not for the lack of care for the passenger. To conclude, the excessive loss of life aboard can be blamed on more than just an iceberg, it should be faulted upon the White Star Line due to their negligence for properly training the crew aboard, and the futile care for passengers. That just goes to show how you can never believe something for what it appears.

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