Rushewar jirgin ruwan 'yar'uwar Titanic ya sami sabon makoma a matsayin jan hankalin yawon bude ido

Kusan shekaru 92 ke nan da Kyaftin Charles Bartlett, yana tsaye a cikin rigar rigar barci a kan gadar jirgin ruwa mafi girma a duniya, HMHS Britannic, ya ba da shawarar yin watsi da jirgin.

Da karfe 8.35 na safe ne a ranar 21 ga Nuwamba 1916. Jirgin ruwan teku mai rahusa hudu, wanda aka gina don ya fi girma da aminci fiye da "Titanic", 'yar'uwarta mara lafiya, tana jera sauri. Bartlett ya san cewa jirgin ya mutu, amma a wannan safiya mai cike da natsuwa yayin da yake tafiya don tattara sojojin da suka ji rauni a yakin duniya na farko na yakin Balkans, shi ko wani daga cikin ma'aikatansa ba zai iya tunanin saurin da jirgin zai sauka ba.

Fashewar ta faru ne da misalin karfe 8.12 na safe, inda ta aike da wani katon gigicewa a cikin jirgin ruwan gargantuan, wanda ya yi mummunar illa ga bakansa yayin da ya wuce tsibirin Kea na kasar Girka. Minti 269 bayan haka, jirgin ruwan al'ajabi mai tsayin mita 883 (XNUMXft) ya kwanta gefen tauraro a gefen teku.

A can Britannic, wanda aka kaddamar a watan Fabrairun 1914 a Belfast, kuma, a shekara ta gaba, da aka yi amfani da shi a matsayin jirgin ruwa na asibiti a karon farko, zai zauna a zurfin mita 122 (400ft), ba a taɓa shi ba kuma an manta da shi, har sai an yi shi. Jacques Cousteau mai bincike ya gano, a cikin 1975.

Yanzu, asiri, da cece-kuce da ya lullube wannan jirgin ruwa - wanda ya nutse cikin sauri idan aka kwatanta da mintuna 160 ko fiye da Titanic ya dauka - nan da nan za a iya dauke shi.

Akwai shirye-shiryen mayar da hatsarin jirgin ya zama wani babban gidan tarihi na karkashin ruwa. Wurin da yake ciki, wanda ya zuwa yanzu 'yan tsirarun masu ruwa da tsaki ne kawai suka hango shi, za a bude shi ga masu yawon bude ido. Manufar ita ce tafiye-tafiye na farko a cikin ruwa mai saukar ungulu don fara bazara mai zuwa.

Abin al'ajabi cikakke

Simon Mills, wani ɗan tarihi na ruwa ɗan Biritaniya wanda ya sayi jirgin ruwa daga gwamnatin Burtaniya a 1996 kuma wanda ya shirya aikin ƙarƙashin ruwa tare da jami’an Girka, ya gaya wa Guardian cewa: “Shirinmu shi ne mu fara da jirgin ruwa mai kujeru uku ko huɗu. Jirgin ruwan Titanic yana cikin ruwan sanyi na arewacin Atlantika kuma yana saurin tarwatsewa saboda ƙwayoyin cuta masu cin ƙarfe, nan da shekaru ɗari biyu za a sami ɗanɗano kaɗan da za a iya ganewa. Amma Britannic ya bambanta. Ta kwanta a cikin ruwan dumi, tana da kyau sosai kuma tana da ban mamaki. Ta dade tana lullube ta da kanwarta amma kuma tana da nata labarin."

Kadan ne ke da masaniyar lokacin ƙarshe na wannan labarin ban da mutanen Kea, waɗanda suka yunƙura a cikin kwale-kwalen kamun kifi don ceton likitoci, ma’aikatan jinya da ma’aikatan jirgin 1,036 da bala’in ya rutsa da su.

Mataimakin magajin garin, Giorgos Euyenikos, ya ce: “Kowa a nan ya san abubuwan da suka faru a safiyar wannan rana domin kowane iyali ya shiga cikin wani hali. Lokacin da jirgin ya sauka, sai aka yi kakkausar murya kuma mutanen yankin sun garzaya zuwa kololuwar tsibirin don ganin abin da ke faruwa.

"Mahaifina yaro ne sa'ad da abin ya faru kuma ya tuna mahaifinsa yana tuna kukan mutane suna kuka cikin tsananin ɓacin rai yayin da suka gamu da ajalinsu." Amma, ba kamar babbar asarar rayuka da aka yi a jirgin ruwan Titanic ba, mutane 30 ne kawai a cikin jirgin na Britaniya suka halaka, wani ɓangare saboda jirgin yana kan balaguron waje kuma ba ya ɗauke da marasa lafiya.

Amma irin waɗancan mutuwar ne suka raba ɗan Birtaniyya. Yayin da Bartlett ya yi ƙoƙari ya nufi bakin tekun jirgin bayan fashewar ya rutsa da jirgin, wasu jiragen ruwa guda biyu da aka saukar ba tare da saninsa ba sun tsotse cikin injinan jirgin da ke ci gaba da hargitsi kuma suka tsage. Dukkanin wadanda ke cikin kwale-kwalen ceto sun mutu.

Lamarin, wanda Violet Jessop, wata ma’aikaciyar jinya ce ta Anglo-Irish ta bayyana dalla-dalla, wacce ita ma ta tsallake rijiya da baya daga nutsewar jirgin ruwan Titanic, ya raunata wadanda suka shaida lamarin.

Burin propellers

Jessop ta rubuta a cikin tarihinta da aka buga a shekara ta 1997, ta ce: “Ba a ji wata magana ko harbi ba, kawai ɗaruruwan maza ne suka gudu zuwa cikin teku kamar daga abokan gaba suna binsu,” in ji Jessop. ficewa, kuma, a cikin firgita, na ga manyan masu tallan na Britannic suna kururuwa suna hako duk abin da ke kusa da su - maza, jiragen ruwa da komai na guguwa ce kawai."

Biyar ne kawai daga cikin waɗannan 'yan Biritaniya da aka taɓa samun su.

Mills ya ce idan aka yi la’akari da wadanda suka mutu a cikin jirgin, za a ba da kulawa ta musamman don kiyaye amincin jirgin.

"Wannan aikin ba wai yawon bude ido ba ne kawai amma har da ilimi, kiyayewa da kuma ilimin kimiya na ruwa," in ji shi.

Har ila yau, Mills na fatan karyata wasu "tatsuniya" da suka dade suna yawo a cikin 'yan Birtaniyya, ciki har da ikirarin masu ra'ayin mazan jiya cewa baya ga jigilar wadanda suka jikkata jirgin yana kuma dauke da kayayyakin soji ga sojojin kawance a Gabas ta Tsakiya.

Masana tarihi sun kara da cece-kuce ta hanyar tabbatar da cewa jirgin ya kone, duk da binciken da aka gudanar a kwanan baya a shekara ta 2003 wanda ya karfafa imanin cewa wata nakiyar da wani jirgin ruwa na kasar Jamus ne ya kaddamar da jirgin.

"Yawancin farfagandar yakin basasa na wanzuwa har yau, ba ko kadan ba game da zargin da Jamus ta yi cewa an yi amfani da 'yar Britaniya a matsayin mai jigilar sojoji lokacin da ta sauka," in ji Mills. "Babu wata shaida da ta tabbatar da hakan, kuma muna fatan nan ba da jimawa ba za a kwantar da wadannan tatsuniyoyi."

Backstory

An ƙaddamar da Britannic a cikin 1914, na uku na layin teku na Olympics wanda White Star Line ya gina a Harland da Wolff's Belfast. Girmansa da alatu sun kasance irin wannan za a sa masa suna Gigantic. Layin ya sake fasalin jirgin don gyara kurakuran da suka taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen nutsewar jirgin ruwan Titanic, a shekara ta 1912. An sanar da cewa, dan kasar Britaniya zai bi hanyar da ta tashi daga Southampton zuwa New York dauke da dubban bakin haure da za su shiga sabuwar duniya. Amma yakin duniya na farko ya shiga tsakani, kuma sojojin ruwa na Birtaniya suka bukata, maimakon Britannic ya fara jigilar wadanda suka jikkata daga yakin Gallipoli da sauran gaba a Gabas ta Tsakiya. Ta kasance a cikin balaguro na shida na waje lokacin da bala'i ya afku a ranar 21 ga Nuwamba 1916 kuma jirgin ya nutse a Kea, tsibiri kusa da Athens. A kodayaushe dai ana ta cece-kuce kan ko nakiyar ta taso ne ko kuma tsautsayi. Wasu masana tarihi sun yi imanin cewa an kai harin ne saboda yana dauke da makamai kuma an yi ado ne kawai a matsayin jirgin ruwa na asibiti.