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8th Class English Chapter 4.4 The Unsinkable Ship Questions and Answers
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Question 1.
Have you heard / read about a natural calamity?
Answer:
Yes, I have heard and read about a natural calamity.
Question 2.
What are the different possibilities in a long journey?
Answer:
The different possibilities in a long journey are as follows:
- The vehicle may run out of fuel.
- The engine of the vehicle might stop working all of a sudden.
- A flood or lightening may strike and the passengers may be stranded.
Question 3.
Do you know what a sea voyage means?
Answer:
A journey made by sea to a foreign land is called a sea voyage.
[Note: The above answers are for reference.
Students are expected to attempt the above activity on their own.]
Question 4.
How is the journey in the sea different from the other?
Answer:
While on a journey by sea, one is surrounded by water on all sides. It is different from a journey by road, because one does not have to worry about getting stuck in traffic. A journey by sea is different from a journey by air, because one does not have to take the risk of flying in an aeroplane and be hanging in the air. It is different than a journey by rail, because in a journey by sea, the environment is quiet and the air quite fresh.
Question 5.
Why should we have alternatives in the journey?
Answer:
We should have alternatives in the journey, because if our initial mode of transport is unavailable due to some reason, we can opt for the alternative mode and continue with our journey.
8th English 4.4 The Unsinkable Ship Warming Up Answers
Question 1.
Read the lines given below. Imagine yourself in the situation and answer the questions, based on your imagination.
After the games-practice, my friends and I were hungry. We decided to go to a snacks-outlet on the 3rd floor in a huge six-storeyed mall, on the way. Just as we paid our bill and were about to leave, there was an ear-shattering blast. A loud explosion on the 1st floor.
• What was your first reaction?
Answer:
My first reaction was to get my friends and run towards the nearest exit.
• How did the public panic?
Answer:
Everyone started running for their Jives as soon as they heard the explosion. Instead of looking for the nearest exit and heading towards it, people were simply yelling and running around aimlessly.
• What did some alert, sensible people do?
Answer:
The alert and sensible people ran towards the exit and some even went down to the 1st floor to help the people who were injured.
• What was the damage and danger?
Answer:
A major part of the 1st floor was damaged. Most of the shops were completely destroyed. A lot of injured people were lying on the floor, calling out for help. The danger was that no one knew whether there would be another explosion. The fire extinguishers were not sufficient to put out the fire. It was difficult for people to get to those who needed help.
• Who came to the rescue?
Answer:
The mall authorities stepped into action and tried to vacate the mall. They tried their best to put out the fire and to calm the people down. The fire brigade made it to the scene in time and put the fire out, so that the injured people could be rescued.
• How many were injured and killed?
Answer:
38 people were injured and 15 people were killed.
• What effect did the instance leave on your mind?
Answer:
The incident left me completely shocked. It made me realise that life is really short and that anything can happen at any moment. On the other hand, the incident also renewed my faith in humanity and the goodness of people. A lot of people bravely stepped forward to help the others.
Question 2.
(A) The word ‘unsinkable’ has a prefix as well as a suffix. The root (base) word is ‘sink’.
Give the root words of the following:
(1) uncomfortable
Answer:
comfort
(2) unhappiness
Answer:
happy
(3) insecurity
Answer:
Secure
(4) inaccuracy
Answer:
accur
(5) independence
Answer:
depend
(6) emailer
Answer:
mail
(7) unloosen
Answer:
loose
(8) disability
Answer:
able
(9) disappearance
Answer:
appear
(10) unfriendly
Answer:
friend
(11) interactive
Answer:
act
(12) misunderstanding
Answer:
understand
(B) Write 2 words each with the following prefixes.
(i)
Answer:
antithesis, anticlimax
(ii)
Answer:
disadvantage, dislocate
(iii)
Answer:
nonexistent, nonsense
(iv)
Answer:
restock, rearrange
(C) Write two words each with the following suffixes.
(i)
Answer:
beautiful, sorrowful
(ii)
Answer:
adventurous, disastrous
(iii)
Answer:
meaningless, faultless
(iv)
Answer:
truly, simply
• Why was the Titanic so called?
Answer:
People called the Titanic an unsinkable ship because everyone thought that it was a ship that could never sink.
• What facilities were available on the ship?
Answer:
- grand staircases
- dining-rooms
- shops
- swimming pools
• What made the man turn cold with fright?
Answer:
The man at the top of the Titanic turned cold with fright because he saw a huge iceberg standing right in the path of the Titanic.
• What was the damage caused to the ship?
Answer:
After hitting an iceberg the Titanic was damaged in the following ways:
- The ship’s deck was filled with pieces of ice.
- Water began pouring in through the holes cut into the ship by the iceberg.
• Why were the passenger in grave danger?
Answer:
The passengers of the Titanic were in grave danger due to the following reasons:
a. They failed to get any help from other ships.
a. The Titanic was sinking rapidly.
b. The life-boats were insufficient as they only had enough space for a few hundred passengers, whereas there were over two thousand passengers on board the Titanic.
c. As the ship began to tilt, passengers began to jump from the deck into the ice-cold water of the Atlantic Ocean.
d. The ship that was on her way to rescue the passengers of the Titanic was quite far away.
• Why could ‘Carpathia’ not do much to save more lives?
Answer:
The Carpathia could not do much to save more lives because of the following reasons:
a. It was quiet far away from the Titanic when it received the call about the ship sinking.
b. By the time, she arrived at the scene at 3:40 a. m., her crew could only save the seven hundred people that were in the life-boats.
c. Almost all of the people in the water had either drowned or died of cold.
d. The Carpathia could not arrive in time to save them.
• What two compulsions were laid down for all ships, in 1913?
Answer:
The two compulsions that were laid down for all ships, in 1913 are as follows:
- All ships must have enough room in their lifeboats to carry everyone on board.
- All ships must keep their radios working throughout the day as well as night.
• How far had the Titanic sunk?
Answer:
4000 metres (13,000 feet)
4.4 The Unsinkable Ship English Workshop Answers Pdf
Question 1.
(A) Find any 6 words from the text that have suffixes. Underline the suffix in each of them.
(a) ……………….
(b) ……………….
(c) ……………….
(d) ……………….
(e) ……………….
(f) ……………….
Answer:
(a) floating
(b) unsinkable
(c) nearby
(d) ordered
(e) unfortunately
(f) harder
(B) Two words may combine to form a new word with a changed meaning.
Such words are called Compound words in English.
For example : every + thing = everything
Some of them have a hyphen. For example : life-skills
Find 4 or 5 compound words from the text.
Answer:
- dining-rooms
- icebergs
- something
- life-boats
- upright
- photographs
Question 2.
(A) Read the text and answer.
(a) What does the word ‘Titanic’ mean?
Answer:
‘huge’
(b) How many passengers did Titanic carry?
Answer:
Titanic carried more than two thousand passengers.
(c) Why were the passengers on Titanic, proud?
Answer:
The passengers on the Titanic were proud because they were travelling in the best ship in the world.
(d) Why did people call ‘Titanic’ an unsinkable ship’?
Answer:
People called the Titanic an unsinkable ship because everyone thought that it was a ship that could never sink.
(e) What did Carpathia’s crew find?
Answer:
When The Carpathia’s crew arrived at the location of the Titanic, they found the following:
- Seven hundred people on the life-boats. Almost all the people in the water drowned or died of cold.
- Chairs and pieces of wood floating in the water.
(f) Who was the director of the film based on the Titanic’s maiden voyage?
Answer:
James Cameron
(g) Where did the scientists find Titanic?
Answer:
The scientists found the Titanic lying in two pieces on the ocean floor at a depth of around 4000 metres, that is, 13,000 feet.
(B) Discuss in groups of four and find out.
(a) Reasons for the sinking of Titanic.
Answer:
Following are the reasons for the sinking of the Titanic:
- The man who was asked to keep a watch for icebergs was too late in noticing the iceberg that was in the path of the Titanic.
- Captain Smith, despite fighting hard, was unable to steer the ship away from the iceberg in time.
- The captain and his crew failed to stop the water that was pouring from the holes cut into the ship by the iceberg, from flooding through the ship.
(b) Effects of the sinking of Titanic.
Answer:
The effects of the sinking of the Titanic are as follows:
- The world lost one of the finest luxury ships of its time.
- About fifteen hundred people died along with the captain and his crew.
- The extent of passenger safety on ships was reconsidered.
- A film was made about the fateful night of the tragedy.
Question 3.
Read and find words related to sea and arrange them alphabetically.
Answer:
Atlantic Ocean, drowned, iceberg, ice-cold, life boats, miles, ocean floor, sail, ship, sink, submarine, swimming, unsinkable, voyage, water
Question 4.
(A) She was as tall as a building with fifteen storeys.
Here She (the Titanic) is compared with a building of fifteen storeys. You know that when a comparison is made between two objects of different kinds it is called Simile. A Simile is introduced by the word ‘as ……. as or like’.
Frame five of your own sentences using the construction …….. as ……. as
Write them down in your notebook.
Answer:
(B) The Carpathia was too late to save them. Write three sentences of your own using the following construction ……… too ……… to
Answer:
- Tarun found the news of him winning the scholarship too good to be true.
- Sheku was too proud a man to beg for a living.
- The puzzle was too difficult for Shivika to solve.
Question 5.
Read again from 5th paragraph (Then came the night of 14 April ……… ) upto 12 th paragraph (The Carpathia was too late to save them)
- Mark the most important points.
- Using the points make a summary of the incident in your own words, using short simple sentences.
- Write out the summary in 12 to 15 lines.
Answer:
Most Important Points:
- On the night of 14th April, a man was asked to wätch out for icebergs from the top of the ship, by the captain.
- The man saw a huge iceberg right in the path of the ship and informed the captain.
- The ship could not be moved away from the iceberg.
- Water began pouring into the ship from the holes cut in by the iceberg.
- Radio messages were sent calling nearby ships for help.
- The California failed to receive the messages as her radio was turned off.
- The Carpathia heard the calls of the Titanic and sailed towards it to help.
- The insufficiency of life-boats led people to jump from the decks directly into the water.
- The Titanic sank at 2:20 a.m. on 15th April and took fifteen hundred people down with it.
On the night of 14th April, Captain Smith asked a man to watch out for icebergs from the top of the ship. The man was shocked to see a huge iceberg right in the path of the ship and yelled to inform the captain. But unfortunately, Captain Smith could not manage to steer the ship away from die iceberg in time. Water began pouring into the ship from the holes cut in by the iceberg. In order to seek help, Captain Smith sent out radio messages calling nearby ships.
The California, which was just twenty miles from the Titanic, failed to receive the messages as her radio was turned off. The Carpathia, though far away, heard the calls of the Titanic and sailed towards it to help. However, there was not enough space on the life-boats of the Titanic and thus people jumped from the decks directly into the water. The Titanic finally sank at 2:20 a. m. On 15th April and around fifteen hundred people drowned with it. The Carpathia arrived at 3:40 a.m., and managed to save seven hundred people on the life-boats. Almost all the people in the water had either drowned or died of cold as the Carpathia had arrived too late to save them.
Language Study
Question 1.
The Sentences can be classified into three types — Simple, Complex and Compound.
- A Simple Sentence is one that has only one Subject and one Predicate. It has only one Finite verb.
For example : She went home.
In the morning, near my school I saw a snake. - A Complex Sentence consists of one Main Clause and one or more Dependant or Subordinate Clauses.
For example : She went home, after school was over.
The boys found the book which had been lost. - A Compound Sentence consists of two or more Independant or Co-ordinate Clauses. They are joined by Co-ordinators (For example : and, but, so, or, nor etc.)
For example : He finished his work and he left his office.
He is poor but he is honest.
Question 2.
Say whether the following are Simple, Complex or Compound Sentences.
Question 1.
They felt safe.
Answer:
Simple sentence
Question 2.
Captain Smith knew that there were icebergs nearby.
Answer:
Complex sentence
Question 3.
He fought hard to steer, but the ship changed direction slowly.
Answer:
Compound sentence
Question 4.
Most passengers heard nothing and they slept on.
Answer:
Compound sentence
Question 5.
The crew lowered the life-boats.
Answer:
Simple sentence
Question 6.
They asked them why ships carry such few life-boats.
Answer:
Complex sentence
Question 3.
Find from the text two examples each of Simple, Complex and Compound Sentences.
Answer:
Chapter 4.4 The Unsinkable Ship Question Answer Extra Questions
Simple Factual
Question 1.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the extract.
i. The Titanic set sail on ………
Answer:
10th April 1912
ii. The Titanic was going on its maiden voyage from …….. in England to ……
Answer:
Southampton, New York
iii. The Titanic was as tall as a building of ……. storeys.
Answer:
fifteen
Question 2.
Complete the following web-diagram by stating the reasons why the Titanic was compared to a large hotel.
Answer:
- grand staircases
- dining-rooms
- shops
- swimming pools
Question 3.
Name the following:
i. The captain of Titanic
ii. The date on which the Titanic was hit.
iii. The object that hit the Titanic.
iv. The message that the Titanic’s captain sent out at 12:15 a.m.
Answer:
i. Captain Smith
ii. 14th April 1912 ‘
iii. An iceberg
iv. “Help! Titanic Sinking! Come Quickly!”
[“On 10th April 1912 ……………
………… all the passengers up.”]
Complex Factual
Question 4.
Give reasons for the following:
i. The luxury ship was named Titanic.
Answer:
The luxury ship was named Titanic because of the following reasons:
a. It was the largest luxury ship.
b. It was like a floating town.
c. It was as tall as a fifteen storey building.
d. The word ‘Titanic’ meant ‘huge’.
Vocabulary
Question 5.
Write the extract: synonyms of the following from the
i. journey
ii. magnificent
iii. submerge
iv. scratched
Answer:
i. voyage
ii. grand
iii. sink
iv. scraped
Question 6.
Write the extract: antonyms of the following from the
i. smallest
ii. worst
iii. faraway
iv. safety
Answer:
i. largest
ii. best
iii. nearby
iv. danger
Grammar
Question 7.
Do as Directed:
i. The Titanic was like a floating town.
(Identify the nouns and state their kind)
Answer:
Titanic – Proper Norm town – Common Noun
ii. Everyone called the Titanic the finest ship in the world.
(Write the Comparative degree of the underlined word)
Answer:
finer
iii. Captain Smith and his crew could not stop the water flooding through the ship.
(Rewrite as a Positive sentence)
Answer:
Captain Smith and his crew failed to stop the water flooding through the ship.
iv. They knew the Titanic was in ereat danger.
(Identify whether the underlined part of the sentence is a Phrase or a Clause)
Answer:
in great danger – Phrase
Question 8.
Write the noun form of the following:
i. proud
ii. sure
iii. comfortable
iv. urgent
Answer:
i. pride
ii. surety
iii. comfort
iv. urgency
Open-ended / Personal Response
Question 9.
Imagine yourself as an adult on board the Titanic. What would you have done if you had learnt that the ship was filling up with water?
Answer:
If I was an adult on board the Titanic and learnt that the ship was filling up with water, I would have helped the crew vacate the lower decks as the water would first begin to fill up in the lower decks. I would have then helped them distribute life-jackets to the passengers, so that it would help them stay afloat when the ship would eventually sink. Once everyone had been brought to the main deck, I would have tried and helped the people get on board the life-boat.
Simple Factual
Question 10.
Name the following:
i. The ship that did not receive the Titanic’s message.
ii. The ship that heard the Titanic’s calls.
iii. The number of people in the life-boats that were saved.
iv. The year in which scientists sent a submarine to look for the wreck of the Titanic.
Answer:
i. The California
ii. The Carpathia
iii. Seven hundred
iv. 1985
Question 11.
Fill in the blanks with appropriate words from the extract.
i. The California was only ………. miles away from the Titanic.
ii. The Titanic vanished into the sea on …… at …….
iii. Around …….. people drowned when the Titanic sunk.
iv. James Cameron made the film based on Titanic’s maiden voyage in the year …..
Answer:
i. twenty
ii. 15th April, 2:20 a.m.
iii. fifteen hundred
iv. 1998
[“A ship called ……..
……… cinema in tears.”]
Complex Factual
Question 12.
Give reasons for the following:
i. The California didn’t receive the Titanic’s messages.
Answer:
The California didn’t receive the Titanic’s messages because her radio was turned off and the radio operator was asleep.
Vocabulary
Question 13.
Write the synonyms of the following from the extract:
i. bend
ii. disappeared
iii. functioning
iv. ruin
Answer:
i. tilt
ii. varnished
iii. working
iv. wreck
Question 14.
Write the antonyms of the following from the extract:
i. send
ii. departed
iii. shallowness
iv. cowardice
Answer:
i. receive
ii. arrived
iii. depth
iv. bravery
Grammar
Question 15.
Do as Directed:
i. A ship called ‘The California’ was only twenty miles away, but she did not receive Titanic’s messages.
(Pick out the Co-ordinate Clauses and the co-ordinator)
Answer:
A ship called ‘The California’ was only twenty miles away — Co-ordinate Clause
she did not receive Titanic’s messages —Co-ordinate Clause
but — Co-ordinator
ii. The Titanic had more than two thousand people on board. (Identify the type of the sentence)
Answer:
Assertive sentence
iii. With its lights still shining, the Titanic stood upright for a few minutes. (Pick out the Adverb from the above sentence)
Answer:
upright — Adverb
iv. They also found chairs and pieces of wood floating on the water.
(Rewrite the sentence using ‘not only… but also’)
Answer:
They not only found chairs but also pieces of wood floating on the water.
Question 16.
Write the adjective form of the following:
i. unfortunately
ii. space
iii. decided
iv. cinema
Answer:
i. unfortunate
ii. spacious
iii. decisive
iv. cinematic
Activities
Speaking
Question 17.
Read again from the 5th paragraph (Then came the night of 14 April….) up to the 12th paragraph (The Carpathia was too late to save them.)
- Mark the most important points
- Using the points, make a summary of the incident in your own words, using short, simple sentences and write it in 12-15 lines.
Answer:
Most Important Points:
- On the night of 14th April, a man was asked to watch out for icebergs from the top of the ship, by the captain.
- The man saw a huge iceberg right in the path of the ship and informed the captain.
- The ship could not be moved away from the iceberg.
- Water began pouring into the ship from the holes cut in by the iceberg.
- Radio messages were sent calling nearby ships for help.
- The California failed to receive the messages as her radio was turned off.
- The Carpathia heard the calls of the Titanic and sailed towards it to help.
- The insufficiency of life-boats led people to jump from the decks directly into the water.
- The Titanic sank at 2:20 a.m. on 15th April and took fifteen hundred people down with it.
- The Carpathia arrived and saved seven hundred people on the life-boats.
- People in the water had either drowned or died of cold.
On the night of 14th April, Captain Smith asked a man to watch out for icebergs from the top of the ship. The man was shocked to see a huge iceberg right in the path of the ship and yelled to inform the captain. But unfortunately, Captain Smith could not manage to steer the ship away from the iceberg in time. Water began pouring into the ship from the holes cut in by the iceberg. In order to seek help, Captain Smith sent out radio messages calling nearby ships. The California, which was just twenty miles from the Titanic, failed to receive the messages as her radio was turned off. The Carpathia, though faraway, heard the calls of the Titanic and sailed towards it to help.
However, there was not enough space on the life-boats of the Titanic and thus people jumped from the decks directly into the water. The Titanic finally sank at 2:20 am. On 15th April and around fifteen hundred people drowned with it. The Carpathia arrived at 3:40 am., and managed to save seven hundred people on the life-boats. Almost all the people in the water had either drowned or died of cold as the Carpathia had arrived too late to save them.
Speaking
Question 18.
Read aloud the points given in the answer to Q.1. under the header ‘Study Skills’ in front of your class. After reading the points, read the summary that follows with proper pronounciation.
[Students are expected to attempt the above activity on their own]
Language Study: Practice Questions
Question 19.
Do as Directed.
i. Complete the words by using correct letters:
a. flo_ting
b. fif_een
c. s_raped
d. Califo_nia
e. _anished
f. su_marine
g. sc_entist
h. Southam_ton
Answer:
a. floating
b. fifteen
c. scraped
d. California
e. vanished
f. submarine
g. scientist
h. Southampton
ii. Give the meanings of the following phrases and use them in sentences of your own:
a. grew cold with fear – falling into a state of shock James grew cold with fear at the sight of the bear.
b. on board – on a ship
All the passengers on board were having a good time.
c. set sail – begin a journey by sea
The ship set sail against the strong winds.
iii. Put the words in the alphabetical order:
a. floating, fifteen, fought, floor
b. pour, passenger, people, parts
Answer:
a. fifteen, floating, floor, fought
b. parts, passenger, people, pour
iv. Punctuate the following:
a. iceberg he yelled
b. another ship called the carpathia heard the titanics calls and sailed at full speed towards her.
Answer:
a. “Iceberge!” he yelled.
b. Another ship called the ‘Carpathia’ heard the Titanic’s calls and sailed at full speed towards her.
v. Make four words (minimum 3 letters) using the letters in the given words:
a. comfortable
b. unsinkable
Answer:
a. metal, alert, clear, able
b. snake, ankle, sail, sunk
vi Write related
Answer:
unsinkable, navigable, voyageable
vii.
Complete the word chains. Add four words, each beginning with the last letter of the
previous word:
a. Verbs
sink, ……….., …….., …….., ……….
Answer:
Verbs
sink, kick, know, wander, reject
b. Nouns
iceberg, …….., …….., …….., ………..
Answer:
Nouns
Iceberg, gold, deer, region, needle
c. Adjectives
calm, …….., …….., …….., ………..
Answer:
Adjectives
calm, modest, tall, loud, deep.
viii. Add a prefix or suffix to make new words and use the root words in your own sentences:
a. near
b. comfort
Answer:
| Word with Prefix | Word with Suffix |
| a. linear | nearby |
| b. discomfort | comfortably |
Sentences
a. The shop is near the entrance gate of the building.
b. The child was longing for her mother’s comfort.
ix. Add a subordinate clause to expand the sentences meaningfully:
a. A shower of ice fell onto the decks.
b. The Carpathia arrived at 3.40 a.m.
Answer:
a. A shower of ice fell on to the decks which had cut holes along the ship’s side.
b. The Carpathia arrived at 3.40 a.m but it was too late.
x. Spot the error and rewrite the correct sentence:
a. Almost all of the people in the water has drowned.
Answer:
Almost all of the people in the water had drowned.
The Unsinkable Ship Glossary
The Unsinkable Ship पाठ्य परिचय
“The Unsinkable Ship’ या पाठामध्ये ‘टायटॅनिक’ या आरामदायी जहाजाच्या इंग्लंडमधील साऊथहॅम्टनपासून अमेरिकेतील न्यूयॉर्कच्या दिशेने 10 एप्रिल, 1912 रोजी सुरू झालेल्या पहिल्या जलप्रवासाचे वर्णन करण्यात आले आहे.
दोन हजारांहून अधिक प्रवाशांना वाहून नेणारे हे जहाज अटलांटिक .महासागर पार करत होते. सर्व सुखसोयींनी युक्त अशा या ‘टायटॅनिक’ जहाजाची ‘Unsinkable’ म्हणजेच ‘कधीही न बुडू शकणारे जहाज’ म्हणून ख्याती होती.
हे जहाज कधीही बुडणार नाही याची सर्वांनाच खात्री होती आणि त्यामुळेच जहाजबांधणी करणाऱ्या व्यक्तींनी या जहाजावर फारच कमी जीवनरक्षक नौका (life-boats) ठेवल्या होत्या. आपण जगातील सर्वोत्कृष्ट अशा जहाजातून प्रवास करत आहोत, याचा प्रवाशांनाही अभिमान वाटत होता. टायटॅनिकमध्ये त्यांना सुरक्षित प्रवासाचा अनुभवही येत होता; मात्र 14 एप्रिल, 1912 च्या रात्री अचानकपणे धोक्याची परिस्थिती निर्माण झाली.
जहाजाच्या जवळपास एक भला मोठा हिमनग आहे, हे जहाजाचा कप्तान स्मिथ जाणून होता. त्याने त्याच्या माणसांना जहाजाच्या वरच्या मजल्यावरून त्या हिमनगाकडे लक्ष ठेवण्यास सांगितले होते. रात्री 11 वाजून 40 मिनिटांनी त्यांना अचानक जहाजाच्या मार्गात काहीतरी दृष्टीस पडले. जहाजाच्या मार्गात असलेला प्रचंड हिमनग पाहून त्यांना मोठा धक्का बसला. ही माहिती सांगण्यासाठी त्यांनी तात्काळ कप्तानाकडे धाव घेतली; पण तोपर्यंत वेळ निघून गेली होती. त्या हिमनगापासून जहाज दूर नेणे कप्तान स्मिथला शक्य होत नव्हते.
बर्फाच्या त्या महाकाय पर्वताने टायटॅनिकच्या एका बाजूच्या पृष्ठभागावर खोलवर ओरखडा ओढला आणि त्यामुळे जहाजाला भोके पडली. त्या भोकांमधून जहाजाच्या खालच्या मजल्यावर पाणी भरू लागले. या भयंकर परिस्थितीची जराही कल्पना नसलेले प्रवासी शांतपणे झोपले होते. कॅप्टन स्मिथ आणि त्याचे सहकारी जहाजात भरणारे पाणी थांबवू शकले नाहीत. वाढत चाललेल्या पाण्यामुळे टायटॅनिकला गंभीर धोका निर्माण झाला होता. रात्री 12 वाजून 15 मिनिटांनी कॅप्टन स्मिथने जहाजाच्या रेडिओवर टायटॅनिक धोक्यात असल्याचा आणि मदत मागणारा आपत्कालीन संदेश पाठवला. त्यानंतर त्याने जहाजावरील कर्मचाऱ्यांना सर्व प्रवाशांना जागे करण्याचा आदेश दिला.
टायटॅनिकपासून समुद्रात 20 मैल अंतरावर ‘The california’ नावाचे जहाज होते. या जहाजावरील रेडिओ चालक रेडिओ बंद करून झोपी गेला होता. त्यामुळे, टायटॅनिक संकटात असल्याचा आपत्कालीन संदेश या जहाजापर्यंत पोहोचू शकला नाही. ‘Carpathia’ या दुसऱ्या जहाजाला टायटॅनिकवरचा संदेश पोहोचला आणि मदत करण्यासाठी ते अतिशय वेगाने टायटॅनिकच्या दिशेने प्रवास करू लागले; मात्र दुर्दैवाने हे जहाज टायटॅनिकपासून दूर अंतरावर असल्याने त्याला तेथे पोहोचायला तीन तासांहून अधिक वेळ लागला.
दरम्यानच्या काळात टायटॅनिकवरील कर्मचारीवर्गाने जहाजावरील जीवनरक्षक नौका (life-boats) समुद्रात सोडल्या होत्या; मात्र जहाजावरील प्रवाशांच्या तुलनेत उपलब्ध जीवनरक्षक नौकांची संख्या फारच कमी होती. जहाजावरील दोन हजारांहून अधिक प्रवाशांपैकी फक्त काहीशे लोकांनाच या जीवनरक्षक नौका सामावून घेऊ शकत होत्या. चमचमत्या दिव्यासह काही मिनिटे सरळ उभे राहून 15 एप्रिल, 1912 च्या सकाळी 2 वाजून 20 मिनिटांनी टायटॅनिकने अटलांटिक महासागराच्या तळाशी जलसमाधी घेतली.
कॅप्टन स्मिथसह जहाजावरील सर्व कर्मचारीवर्ग आणि सुमारे 1500 प्रवासी या जहाजासह महासागरामध्ये बुडून गेले. सकाळी 3 वाजून 40 मिनिटांनी ‘Carpathia’ हे जहाज मदत घेऊन ‘टायटॅनिक’ पाशी येऊन पोहोचले. त्या जहाजावरील कर्मचाऱ्यांना तेथे टायटॅनिकमधून सोडलेल्या जीवनरक्षक नौका आढळल्या. त्यांनी या नौकांमधील 700 प्रवाशांचा जीव वाचवला.
टायटॅनिकला झालेल्या भीषण अपघाताच्या या घटनेने जहाजावरील प्रवाशांच्या सुरक्षिततेबाबत लोकांना गांभीर्याने विचार करण्यास भाग पाडले.
प्रत्येक जहाजाने आपत्कालीन स्थितीत जहाजावरील प्रत्येक प्रवाशाला सामावून घेऊ शकतील, एवढ्या प्रमाणात ‘जीवनरक्षक’ नौका सोबत ठेवाव्यात, जहाजावरील रेडिओ दिवस- रात्र अखंडपणे सुरू ठेवावेत, असे महत्त्वपूर्ण निर्णय 1913 मध्ये घेण्यात आले.
अटलांटिक महासागराच्या तळाशी गेलेले टायटॅनिकचे अवशेष पाहण्यासाठी 1985 मध्ये एक पाणबुडी पाठवण्यात आली. या पाणबुडीला टायटॅनिकचे दोन भाग झालेले अवशेष महासागराच्या तळाशी 4000 मीटर (13,000 फूट) खोलीवर विसावलेले आढळून आले.
टायटॅनिकच्या प्रथम प्रवासादरम्यान झालेल्या जलसमाधीच्या या हृदयद्रावक आणि भीषण घटनेवर आधारित 1998 मध्ये दिग्दर्शक जेम्स कॅमेरॉन यांनी एका प्रसिद्ध चित्रपटाची निर्मिती केली.