GLOBAL SAFETY NET

摘要

The rms titanic sailed into infamy when the ship fatally collided with an iceberg on April 14,1912, taking the lives of more than 1,500 passengers and crew. Generations of naval architects and engineers studied and learned from this tragedy, as did the U.S. Congress, which passed legislation requiring U.S.-flagged ships to carry radiotelegraph equipment for sending and receiving Morse code distress signals. This requirement set the foundation for what became the International Maritime Organization's Global Maritime Distress and Safety System in 1979.