Almost every single person on the Earth has heard of the Titanic. It is definitely the most popular maritime disaster to date. Most people also think that is was also the worst sinking, with a death toll of 1517; in 1945, in the Baltic Sea, the German cruise ship, the Wilhelm Gustloff, was sunk by three Russian torpedoes, with an estimated loss of 10,000 lives. Both of these maritime disasters could have been reduced, if we had not been so arrogant and confident in our inventions.

The first aspect that shows our naiveness in these tragedies is the lack of lifeboats present on the ships. On its maiden and only voyage, the Titanic was carrying 2223 passengers. The Titanic had 20 lifeboats on board, each able to hold about 60 people, that gives 1,200 people an easy way to escape a foundering ship. It is rather sad that only 706 people...