Incredibly, Fourth-Officer Boxhall, who gave directions that were thirteen miles off to the Captain, packed green flares, almost as an afterthought, and used them in the dark to signal the rescue ship.
No, Titanic had twenty lifeboats.
They feared that the lifeboats could overcrowd and capsize.
The lifeboats of Titanic were made of wood with metal oarlocks.
Titanic had standard lifeboats, she had collapsibles (Englehardts), and cutters.
There were 712 survivors of Titanic in the lifeboats.
Titanic kept her lifeboats, appropriately enough, on her boat deck.
No, there were only 20 lifeboats.
Titanic's lifeboats were stored on what was appropriately called "the boat deck".
All three classes, and members of the crew,, got into lifeboats on the Titanic.
their were not enough lifeboats for everyone
On theTitanic's deck, there were 16 lifeboats
There were a combined 958 seats on the lifeboats.