Ulwandle lugcwele izimfihlo nezimfihlakalo ezingakaxazululwa. Imikhumbi yasendulo ishone phansi kolwandle, kanti eminye ayimidala kangako—ikhohlwa imikhumbi yomlando efana neSan Sebastián, eyacwila ngo-1583, noma iSan Agustín galleon, ngo-1540—kodwa kulesi sihloko, ngizokutshela ngomkhumbi, ikakhulukazi umkhumbi wasolwandle, ondaba yawo iphikisana ne-Titanic edumile. YiRiphabhulikhi , umkhumbi wasolwandle osezingeni eliphezulu owacwila ngo-1909 futhi ongakaze utholakale phansi kolwandle.
Manje uKaputeni uMartin Bayerle, owayithola, ufuna ukuyisindisa futhi ukuze athole inhlanhla ecwilile. Futhi ngithi ufuna ukubuya ngoba usevele wazama, yize ehlulekile, okuholele ekusabalaleni kwenganekwane yesiqalekiso seRiphabhulikhi, noma umkhumbi wezigidi.
Amaqiniso kanye nokufuna ukwazi ngesikebhe seRiphabhulikhi
Ake ngikutshele amaqiniso athakazelisayo ngalo mkhumbi owakhiwa ngo-1903 yizindawo zokukhiqiza imikhumbi zaseHarland naseWolff eBelfast, e-Ireland, we-White Star Line.
Lona kwakuwumkhumbi wokuqala ukudlulisa isignali yokucindezeleka ye-CQD kusuka emishinini yawo ye-Marconi radiotelegraphy, wasindisa izimpilo zabagibeli abayi-1.500 kanye namalungu abasebenzi abangu-300. Isignali ye-CQD kwakuyisignali yokucindezeleka eyayisetshenziswa ekudlulisweni kwe-telegraphic ekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20. Ngokuvamile kucatshangwa ukuthi isho ukuthi "Woza Ngokushesha, Ukucindezeleka," kodwa incazelo yayo yangempela empeleni "Ikhwalithi Yokukopisha," ikhodi yokushaya evamile, lapho u-"D" wengezwe khona "ukucindezeleka."
Ekucwileni komkhumbi i-RMS Republic, kwafa abantu abayisithupha kuphela : abasebenzi abathathu kanye nezivakashi ezintathu. Umkhumbi wahlala untanta amahora angama-39 ngemuva kokushayisana neFlorida, okwabangela umonakalo omncane. Abagibeli baqale bathuthelwa eFlorida base beya eWhite Star Line. Lo msebenzi wokusindisa abantu ababili usalokhu ungomkhulu kunayo yonke eyake yaqoshwa olwandle.
RMS Republic, umkhumbi wezigidi
I-RMS Republic yayiyi-Titanic yesikhathi sayo, kokubili ngobukhulu bayo nangenxa yokuthi amakhabhini ayo ayethwala abantu abacebile kakhulu eYurophu naseMelika, yingakho yayibizwa ngokuthi, "umkhumbi wezigidi" noma "umkhumbi wesigodlo." Yayinomthamo wabagibeli abangu-2.830, ababenesikhala esanele ngaphakathi kwamamitha angu-173,7 ubude kanye namamitha angu-20,7 ogongolo. Amakhabhini ayehlukene, abantu abangu-280 besigaba sokuqala kanye nabangu-250 besigaba sesibili, bonke behlotshiswe kahle kakhulu.
Igumbi lokudlela, elinabantu abangu-200, beliqediwe ngokhuni oluhlobisa nangamateyiphu amahle, bekukhona nomtapo wolwazi, igumbi lokubhema nendawo yokuphumula. Isici esiyinhloko segumbi lokudlela kwakuyi-cupola yalo enkulu.
Inganekwane yeRiphabhulikhi
IRiphabhulikhi yacwila ngesikhathi ihamba phakathi kweNew York neGibraltar, eduze kwaseNantucket, eMassachusetts. Inganekwane ithi umthwalo ongaqondakali walayishwa ebhodini ngaphambi kokuhamba—ngokusobala izinhlamvu zemali zegolide ezingu-150.000, ngaleso sikhathi ezazingabiza amaRandi ayizigidi eziyinkulungwane. Lapho umkhumbi uqala ukucwila, ukaputeni wama eqinile futhi wenqaba ukuvumela noma yimuphi umthwalo ukuba usindiswe. Akuzange kube nophenyo olusemthethweni mayelana nokucwila.
Eminye imithombo ithi ngaphakathi komkhumbi kwakukhona nomholo we-US Navy ongu- $265.000 (olingana no-$50 noma u-$60 million namuhla), izinkulungwane zamaRandi ezazihloselwe ukusiza izisulu zokuzamazama komhlaba e-Italy, ngaphezu kokuthunyelwa kwezingcezu zesiliva eziyizinkulungwane eziningana kanye nobucwebe bomuntu siqu obubiza amakhulu ezinkulungwane zamaRandi kanye nezinye izinto eziyigugu zabagibeli bayo abacebile. Kodwa-ke, isici esiyimfihlakalo nesibucayi kakhulu kwezepolitiki ukuthi ngabe kwakukhona igolide elalithunyelwa ku-Tsar waseRussia—ikakhulukazi, amathani amahlanu ezinhlamvu zemali zegolide ezihlanzekile , lezo zinhlamvu zemali eziyimfihlakalo okungakaze kuqinisekiswe ukuthi zikhona ebhodini.
Ukukhathazeka komzingeli wengcebo: UMartin Bayerle
Ngawo-1980, ngo-1981, uKaputeni Martin Bayerle wathola umkhumbi wolwandle wazama ukuwuhlenga, kodwa umzamo okhungathekile waholela ekubhujisweni kwakhe, wasuka lapho waya ejele. Manje, ngo-2017, wazama futhi ... sizobona ukuthi kwenzekani, okungenani kulokhu ukwazile ukuthengisa amalungelo okuqopha ochungechungeni lweNational Geografic.
UMartin Bayerle unikele iminyaka engu-25 yokugcina yokuphila kwakhe ekutadisheni nasekuphenyeni izehlakalo eziphathelene nokucwila kweRiphabhulikhi, futhi ubhale incwadi mayelana nocwaningo lwakhe oluhlanganisa ulwazi oluyisisekelo ngezigameko ezifanayo, imibiko yamaphephandaba anamuhla, imibono, izifundo zokuthumela nokungenisa, kanye namashadi ahlukahlukene. Udaba alubize ngokuthi "izibopho zegolide" - okungukuthi, ukuthi igolide latholakala kanjani futhi lathunyelwa kanjani - luhlolwa kafushane. Ohulumeni base-United States, eGreat Britain, eFrance, eRussia, eSpain naseSwitzerland bonke babuzwe ngale ndaba.