their were not enough lifeboats for everyone
The issue with the launching of the lifeboats by the crew of the Titanic was partially the fact that the lifeboats were launched only partially filled. Another issue was the fact that the listing of the vessel caused some lifeboats to tip or flip over.
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No, Titanic had twenty lifeboats.
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".
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.
All three classes, and members of the crew,, got into lifeboats on the Titanic.
There were a combined 958 seats on the lifeboats.