there wasn't enough to save everyone on-board the ship. it was built to be indestructible so they didn't think that lifeboats would be needed.
Titanic carried a total of 20 lifeboats
The Titanic carried 20 lifeboats with a total seating capacity of 1,178 people
Titanic carried 20 lifeboats, enough for 1178 people.
Titanic carried 20 lifeboats and they could hold 52% of the people on board. That was more lifeboat capicity than the law at the time required!
Titanic carried 20 lifeboats. There weren't enough because opionion was that it made the ship look cluttered, and they weren't expected to be needed anyhow.
On the Titanic, there were not enough lifeboats to accommodate all passengers and crew; the ship carried 20 lifeboats, which could hold about 1,178 people, while over 2,200 were on board. This left a significant number of individuals without space in the lifeboats during the evacuation. Many lifeboats were launched partially filled, as there was confusion and chaos during the sinking, and some people were hesitant to leave the ship. Ultimately, a considerable amount of lifeboat capacity went unused due to these circumstances.
Sadly, the Titanic didn't have enough lifeboats, which is part of why so many people died. According to a thorough Wikipedia article, and verified with other historical sources, "Titanic carried a total of 20 lifeboats: 14 standard wooden Harland and Wolff lifeboats with a capacity of 65 people each and four Englehardt "collapsible" lifeboats ... with a capacity of 47 people each." I enclose a link to tell you more.
Titanic's fourteen standard lifeboats, at 30 ft. long, could fit about 70 people if need be. The two cutters and four Englehardts were slightly smaller and thus could carry slightly fewer people.
The issue is that there were not enough lifeboats. The Board of Trade regulations specified how many lifeboats must be carried on all types of ship, and the maximum size of ship listed was 10,000 tons. So the 46,000-ton Titanic had enough lifeboats for a 10,000-ton ship, which was enough to satisfy the regulations. They knew that but they said the Titanic was unsinkable and therefore would act as its own lifeboat.
The White Star Line decreed that only 20 lifeboats would be carried which could accommodate only 52% of the people aboard. However that was 4 more than the law required.
The Titanic carried 20 lifeboats enough for 1178people.They were legally required to carry enough lifeboats to carry 1060 people.The boat was designed to be able to carry 32 lifeboats, but did not as it would have made the top deck too cluttered.So all in all the Titanic carried the correct amount of lifeboats.To save every person on the ship there would have had to be, 40 lifeboats.
In 1912, maritime safety regulations mandated that ships must carry a minimum of lifeboats sufficient for at least one-third of the total number of passengers and crew on board. However, the RMS Titanic, which famously sank that year, carried only 20 lifeboats, enough for about half of those on board, despite having the capacity for more. This was in excess of the legal requirements at the time, highlighting a significant oversight in safety preparedness.