mathematics

MY Titanic

MY Titanic is a mathematics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand MY Titanic rather than just read about it. In short: The motor yacht Titanic is a 1,900-tonne yacht that was formerly the Japanese Government's research/fishing vessel Toko Maru (東光丸; lit. 'ship of the eastern light') and later Kelso. In March 2010, she developed a leak while sailing in the Caribbean.

Key takeaways

MY Titanic belongs to mathematics; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect MY Titanic to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of MY Titanic from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

The motor yacht Titanic is a 1,900-tonne yacht that was formerly the Japanese Government's research/fishing vessel Toko Maru (東光丸; lit. 'ship of the eastern light') and later Kelso. In March 2010, she developed a leak while sailing in the Caribbean. Her rescue by the United States Coast Guard was co-ordinated from the United Kingdom.

Description Originally built in 1971, Titanic is a former research/fishing boat. She is 78.64 metres (258 ft 0 in) long, with a beam of 11.00 metres (36 ft 1 in) and a depth of 8.01 metres (26 ft 3 in). She is powered by four Niigata 6MQG31EZ diesel engines. As of April 2010, the vessel was being reconfigured to accept 4 HS Turbochargers 4800 series turbochargers. She displaces 1,900 tonnes. Her IMO Number is 7338561.

History The ship was built in 1971 by Hayashikane Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, Nagasaki as Toko Maru. Commissioned by the Japanese government as a fisheries inspection vessel, it supported the Japanese fishing fleet operating in international waters. After 25 years of service, deterioration of the hull, engines and other facilities led to the ship being decommissioned. It was replaced with a new, larger Toko Maru, capable of supporting Japanese fishing at greater distances and rougher seas in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. In 1996, she was sold to Premier Fishing, South Africa and renamed Kelso. In 2009, she was sold to Bill Schlagel of California who intended to convert her into a luxury motor yacht, and renamed her Titanic. On 16 August 2009, Titanic visited St Helena where it was discovered that she was not displaying her name. The vessel's name was not on shipping registers either. It was established that the vessel was bona fide. She departed the next day. On 31 March 2010, Titanic developed a leak while on a voyage from Grenada to Puerto Rico where she was to undergo a refit. Crew member Mark Corbett used the yacht's satellite phone to call his friend Alex Evans's mobile phone. Evans received the call while in a DIY shop in Aberystwyth, Wales. He took down details including the position of the ship, which was 108 nautical miles (200 km) southeast of St Croix, (at 16°17.276′N 63°44.239′W), writing the details on a till receipt. Evans then went to the local RNLI lifeboat station and telephoned the Coastguard at Milford Haven and asked to be put through to the Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC) at Falmouth from where the rescue was co-ordinated at a distance of over 4,000 miles (6,400 km). The MRCC contacted the United States Coast Guard at Portsmouth, Virginia who relayed a message to colleagues at San Juan, Puerto Rico. A French aircraft was sent to search for Titanic. A United States Coast Guard helicopter was despatched from CGAS Borinquem, Puerto Rico. The helicopter landed a salvage pump on board the yacht, which was later taken under tow by USCGC Chincoteague. The tow was later taken over by the tug Mitchel. The yacht was taken to Frederiksted, United States Virgin Islands; none of the crew were injured.

References

External links Shipspotting.com Photos of Titanic's call at Saint Helena in 2009

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with MY Titanic

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what MY Titanic claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In mathematics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to MY Titanic before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about MY Titanic ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of MY Titanic

In research: MY Titanic appears in mathematics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses MY Titanic in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: MY Titanic is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1971 ships, IMO numbers, Maritime incidents in 2010, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for MY Titanic outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study MY Titanic in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what MY Titanic means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain MY Titanic out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is MY Titanic in simple terms?

Why does MY Titanic matter?

Because it connects several mathematics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study MY Titanic?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on MY Titanic.