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On which date did the Titanic sink and what was the name of the captain and also the man who helped designed the ship (he asked the ship to go faster)?
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#35759. Asked by freddy_krueger. (Jul 02 03 1:31 PM)
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elizabethmc
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April 12th 1912
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elizabethmc
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E G Smith was the captin
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elizabethmc
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Thomas Andrews was the man who designed it
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freddy_krueger
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't it April 15th? And the man who asked for the ship to go faster was Mr. Ismay and the captain was Captain Smith. Oh and I think i worded the question wrong, Mr. Ismay's COMPANY designed the ship.
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elizabethmc
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It was the 15th, I just mis-typed
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ajdale
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We've had the debate about the date of the sinking before. Depends which time zone you use. Going by GMT The Titanic sank at 2.20 am on the morning of April 15th. But local time where it sank, off Newfoundland is 3 and a half hours behind GMT. This would put the sinking at 11.50 pm on the evening of April 14th.
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gimbo
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The date was April 14, 1912. Smith was the captain and Ismay helped design the ship.
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joezhou300
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It sank by the bow.About 1500 people went down with the ship and about 700 survived.
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Brainyblonde
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The ship began her maiden voyage from Southampton, England, to New York City on April 10, 1912, with Edward Smith as its captain. On the night of April 14 she struck an iceberg. The iceberg dented the hull several times, popping the rivets along the starboard side below the waterline and flooding the first six watertight compartments. The Titanic sank at 2:20 the next morning.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic#Maiden_voyage
Thomas Andrews, the ship's designer from Harland and Wolff, informed Captain Smith that the pumps were incapable of keeping up with the amount of water entering the vessel and would only buy them some extra time.
http://www.titanicinquiry.org/
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donimus
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it was lt. commander queeg and he was really pissed about the stolen strawberries.
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