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According to the British inquiry about the Titanic disaster, the first lifeboat (Lifeboat 7) was lowered at 12:45 am, which was an hour and 5 minutes after the ship hit the iceberg (11:40 pm).

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Titanic hit the iceberg at 11:40 at night and exactly an hour later, at 12:40 after midnight, the first boat (#7) was launched.

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The ship struck the iceberg at about 11:40 PM on April 14th and the last person to board Carpathia was Second-Officer Lightoller at about 8:10 in the morning of April 15th, 1912.

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