A luxury liner that caused a historic disaster. Built in 1912 as the second 40,000-ton ship of the British White Star Line, it had a gross tonnage of 46,329 tons, a length of 269.1 meters, a width of 28.2 meters, and a speed of 22 knots. With its revolutionary double bottom and waterproof compartments, it was an "unsinkable ship," and aimed to be the queen of Atlantic shipping routes due to its size and luxury. On April 10, 1912, it set sail on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York with 2,224 passengers and crew on board. At 11:40 p.m. on the fifth day, April 14, while sailing 150 kilometers south of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland at 22 knots (about 40.7 kilometers per hour), it struck an iceberg, creating a 90-meter-long crack under the water, flooding the front five of its 16 waterproof compartments, and sinking at 2:20 a.m. on the 15th. The lifeboats could only accommodate 1,178 people, and 1,513 people died, making it the world's largest maritime disaster. This was also the first time that the internationally recognized distress signal "SOS" was sent out. As a result of this disaster, an international conference on the safety of life at sea was held in London the following year, 2013, and this became the starting point for the current improvement of ship safety facilities. [Torao Shigezai] [Reference] |Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
歴史的な大海難を起こした豪華客船。イギリスのホワイト・スターライン社の4万総トン級の第2船として1912年に建造された。4万6329総トン、全長269.1メートル、幅28.2メートル、速力22ノット。画期的な二重底と防水区画を採用した「不沈船」として、また大きさと豪華さで、大西洋航路の女王を目ざしていた。12年4月10日、サウサンプトンからニューヨークに向け、2224人の乗客・乗員を乗せて処女航海に出航。5日目の4月14日夜11時40分、ニューファンドランドのグランド・バンクス南方150キロメートル沖合いを22ノット(時速約40.7キロ)で航行中に氷山に接触し、水面下に長さ90メートルにわたって裂け目を生じ、16の防水区画のうち前部の5区画に浸水して15日午前2時20分沈没した。救命艇の収容人員は総計1178人分しかなく、1513人の犠牲者を出し世界最大の海難とされている。またこのとき、国際的に決められた救難信号「SOS」が最初に発信されている。この惨事の結果、翌13年に、海上の人命安全に関する国際会議がロンドンで開かれ、現在の船の安全施設充実の発端となった。 [茂在寅男] [参照項目] |出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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