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Lifeboat number 1 carried 5 passengers and 7 crew members, making it a total of 12 people. The lifeboat's capacity was about 45. It was later speculated that the 5 passengers, since they were mostly all from one family, had bribed Officer Murdoch (the officer who launched the boat) to give them a lifeboat all to themselves. This family, the Duff-Gordons, later paid all the crew members in the lifeboat for their lost wages and supplies when the ship sank, and thus people took this as a bribe.
In truth, there was no bribery, it was simply kindness taken out of context by the media, and Officer Murdoch launched the boat because the ship was starting to sink fast, and no other people were nearby. He had to get the next lifeboat ready.
So, lifeboat 1 had the fewest people, with 12 passengers and crew.
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How many boats came back to look for survivors on titanic?
Two of the sixteen lifeboats went back to find survivors. They found 9 people in the water but only 6 survived. The first boat, Lifeboat 4, pulled 5 people from the water but two died in the boat. The second boat, Lifeboat 14, found 4 survivors, but one died in the lifeboat. When asked why they did not go back sooner to help people, Officer Harold Lowe, who headed Lifeboat 14, said "it would have been suicide to go back there until the people had thinned out." He was afraid that those drowning would have overturned or swamped the lifeboat. Including passengers and crew, there were 2,208 people onboard. 1,503 people died, leaving 705 survivors. Only 962 lifeboat seats were required by law, though the Titanic's lifeboats could have held 1,178. There were 472 lifeboat seats that went unused.
What did the people in lifeboat 14 do after theTitanic sank?
While most lifeboats filled with survivors put distance between themselves and the sinking ship, Lifeboat 14 went back and rescued some of the survivors who were in the ocean. Going back to rescue survivors in the water posed a significant risk to the occupants of the lifeboat, as the masses of survivors drowning in the water could overcome the lifeboat and drown everyone. As a result, the leader of the lifeboat, a man named Harold Lowe, decided to wait until the screams of those drowning had grown quiet before going to rescue what few survivors they could. They eventually pulled 4 people out of the icy water, one of whom died soon after. Lifeboat 14 was reportedly the only lifeboat that went back to rescue survivors.
How many people did not survive went the titanic sink?
Many people died on the lifeboats the night Titanic sunk. on lifeboat #14, one died. on lifeboat #4, two died. on lifeboat #A, eight died. And many people froze and let go of the overturned lifeboat B.
Where were the souls of the people on the Titanic buried?
no nobody ever buried the souls but a man that went out to discover the titanic left a memorial for the people that died on the titanic
How old was molly brown when aboard the titanic?
Molly Brown was 44, having been born in 1867.
What did the people in lifeboat fourteen do after the Titanic sank?
they went back to get more survivers
How many boats came back to look for survivors on titanic?
Two of the sixteen lifeboats went back to find survivors. They found 9 people in the water but only 6 survived. The first boat, Lifeboat 4, pulled 5 people from the water but two died in the boat. The second boat, Lifeboat 14, found 4 survivors, but one died in the lifeboat. When asked why they did not go back sooner to help people, Officer Harold Lowe, who headed Lifeboat 14, said "it would have been suicide to go back there until the people had thinned out." He was afraid that those drowning would have overturned or swamped the lifeboat. Including passengers and crew, there were 2,208 people onboard. 1,503 people died, leaving 705 survivors. Only 962 lifeboat seats were required by law, though the Titanic's lifeboats could have held 1,178. There were 472 lifeboat seats that went unused.
What did the people in lifeboat 14 do after theTitanic sank?
While most lifeboats filled with survivors put distance between themselves and the sinking ship, Lifeboat 14 went back and rescued some of the survivors who were in the ocean. Going back to rescue survivors in the water posed a significant risk to the occupants of the lifeboat, as the masses of survivors drowning in the water could overcome the lifeboat and drown everyone. As a result, the leader of the lifeboat, a man named Harold Lowe, decided to wait until the screams of those drowning had grown quiet before going to rescue what few survivors they could. They eventually pulled 4 people out of the icy water, one of whom died soon after. Lifeboat 14 was reportedly the only lifeboat that went back to rescue survivors.
What the people in lifeboat 14 do after the titanic sank?
While most lifeboats filled with survivors put distance between themselves and the sinking ship, Lifeboat 14 went back and rescued some of the survivors who were in the ocean. Going back to rescue survivors in the water posed a significant risk to the occupants of the lifeboat, as the masses of survivors drowning in the water could overcome the lifeboat and drown everyone. As a result, the leader of the lifeboat, a man named Harold Lowe, decided to wait until the screams of those drowning had grown quiet before going to rescue what few survivors they could. They eventually pulled 4 people out of the icy water, one of whom died soon after. Lifeboat 14 was reportedly the only lifeboat that went back to rescue survivors.
Who helped look for the dead bodies and survivors on the Titanic?
Only one lifeboat. The rest went somewhere else.
What safety measures were established as a result of the Titanic disaster?
That women and children went on the lifeboat first then the men would have to swim to a boat
How many people did not survive went the titanic sink?
Many people died on the lifeboats the night Titanic sunk. on lifeboat #14, one died. on lifeboat #4, two died. on lifeboat #A, eight died. And many people froze and let go of the overturned lifeboat B.
What happened to Fred fleet in the titanic?
Frederick Fleet, the lookout who saw the iceberg and was saved on lifeboat #6, survived Titanic but he couldn't survive himself. Decades later, in 1965, after his wife died, he went behind his barn and he hanged himself.
How many people went looking for the titanic?
100,000 people
How may people on the Titanic?
There were 2224 souls on the Titanic when it went down. 1502 of them perished.
Why was Leonardo DiCaprio in titanic He is American Kate winlet is english and titanic was a british ship I'm so confused.?
Titanic was to sail to America, and people that were American which went on teh Titanic were most likley going back to their homes. So in the movie 'Titanic', Jack,(Leonardo DiCaprio,) was going back to America, to his home country.
Where were the souls of the people on the Titanic buried?
no nobody ever buried the souls but a man that went out to discover the titanic left a memorial for the people that died on the titanic
