A World in Pictures - Kyle W

The RMS Titanic was, at the time it was built, the world’s largest ship to sail the seas and was said to be unsinkable. The designer and builder of the Titanic was so confident in this statement that, not only claiming so before it had ever even set sail, but he also only put 20 lifeboats into the design of the vessel. Which is most definitely not enough for the 1400 or so people aboard the ship.  

The Titanic set sail on its maiden voyage on April 10^th, 1912 and not 4 days later the ship hit an iceberg and proved wrong those who believed it was unsinkable. The thought that the Titanic would ever sink was ridiculous because everyone was made to think that that was impossible. What the ships design had not accounted for was that because of the belief it would never sink the crew wouldn’t be as careful and vigilant as they should be and therefore it became a reality. On the night of April 4^th, 1912 the Titanic sank, causing the death of hundreds and shocking the world by doing the undoable.