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Generally, they were less important. They didn't have important roles in society, chances are, they didn't have any real power or authority either. The Titanic crew had to get the people who were 'important to society' out first.

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Which people were aloud on the lifeboat in titanic?

The first let onto the lifeboats was women and children. Suggested by one of the captins officers.


Why did the captain let lifeboats go out not completely full on the titanic?

The Captain didn't make that decision. The decisions regarding filling the lifeboats were taken by First Officer Murdoch and Second Officer Liteholler.


Why did everyone not climb aboard the life boats and avoid the danger on the titanic?

because there was not enough space on the lifebats so they let the women and the children on the lifeboats first.


What happens in the Titanic?

the titanic hit an ice burg on its first and last voyage to new york , they only let the first and second class on the lifeboats and locked third class into their rooms . This all happend on April 15 1912


What could have been done to pervent the loss of lives on the titanic?

Most of the people would have survived if they had more lifeboats, and didn't shut the water-tight doors. Not shutting the doors would let the water balance out and not sink one side so that it wouldn't break the titanic in half, and even if that wouldn't work, they would have saved a lot of people if they had more lifeboats.


Why did the titanic did not let more people in ther life boat 1 class passenger?

The first lifeboats were not filled for several reasons: Nobody was sure Titanic was going to sink, and it seemed safer to stay on the vessel than to take seats on small boats.


Why did they let women and children on the life boats of the titanic?

On the Titanic the captain decided to use a women and children first protocol where seats in the limited number of lifeboats would be given to women first and any remaining space once the women were loaded to men. Some of the officers on the Titanic misheard this and tried to stop any man who tried to get on a lifeboat.


How many third class women survived the Titanic?

174 third class men passengers survived. While 589 died, (Jack Phillips, crew, was the only crew member to let third class men on the lifeboats)


How many lifeboats were on the Titanic?

The Titanic was originally fitted with 16 davits, each with 4 lifeboats, which was more than enough for everyone on board. The White Star Line (Ismay) ordered the removal of three lifeboats per davit, leaving only 16 lifeboats, as the line claimed the full 64 lifeboats made the ship look bad. After the Titanic sank, her two sister ships, Olympic and Britannic, were both fitted with the full 64 lifeboats.There were 14 wooden lifeboats with a capacity of 65 persons each, 4 collapsible lifeboats with a capacity of 47 persons each, and 2 rescue cutters with a capacity of 40 persons each, for a total of 20 lifeboats. There were also 3500 lifebelts aboard and 48 life rings, but they were useless in the icy water. Amazingly there were more lifeboats aboard than required by the Board of Trade. The Board of Trade only required enough lifeboats on board to hold 1,060 persons. Titanic's lifeboats held a capacity of 1,178 persons, more than required by law in 1912. This was because the lifeboat law was based on the ship's weight, not on the ship's number of passengers. Through this disaster, we learned that the laws need to be changed.Emergency Lifeboats x 2Wood cutter25 ft. 2 in. Long7 ft. 2 in. Broad3 ft. deep326 cubic ft.Capacity: 40 persons.Standard Lifeboats x 14Wood constructions30 ft. long9 ft. 1 in. Broad4 ft. deep655 cubic ft.Capacity: 65 persons.Englehardt Collapsible Lifeboats x 427 ft. 5 in. Long8 ft. broad3 ft. deep376.6 cubic ft.Capacity: 47 personsThe Titanic carried only about 20 lifeboats, or enough to save about 1/3 of the crew and passengers on board the boat. It was originally designed to carry 32 boats, but the number was reduced because designers felt that the deck would be excessively cluttered. The ship actually had enough davits, or lifeboat supports, to carry 64 lifeboats, but most of them remained unfilled.There was 14 wooden lifeboats with a capacity of 65 persons each, 4 collapsible lifeboats with a capacity of 47 person each, and 2 rescue cutters with a capacity of 40 persons each, a total of 20 lifeboats. There was also 3500 lifebelts aboard and 48 life rings but they were useless in the icy water. Amazingly there were more lifeboats aboard the required by the Board of Trade. The Board of Trade only required enough lifeboats on board to hold 1,060 persons. Titanic's lifeboats held a capacity of 1,178 persons more then required by law in 1912. This was because the lifeboat law was based on the ship's weight not on the ship's amount of passengers. Through this disaster we learned that the laws need to be changed.she had 20 lifeboats. 16 wood 4 collapsibles. I listed all of them. Lifeboat #1-,#16, Collapsibles A,B,C,D.The lifeboats comprised 16 wooden lifeboats with a capacity of 65 persons each and four collapsible lifeboats with a capacity of 47 persons each.18Titanic launched all of her twenty lifeboats when the ship sank (altho lifeboat D was a close one).Of the 19 boats that reached her, Carpathia lifted 13.Titanic carried 20 lifeboats, which wasn't enough to fit even half of all the passengers that were on boardTitanic is the only major vessel to sink after having discharged all of her life boats (Lusitania, for example, got off a few but dragged many others down with her). Therefore there is no lifeboats on the wreck of Titanic.Several davits, however, have been salvaged and are on display in the traveling Titanic Exhibition.The 20 lifeboats that ended up on board the luxury liner were approximately half the amount required to handle the potential evacuation of the more than 2,000 passengers and crew members onboard. While the managing director of the shipbuilding company, Harland and Wolff, wanted to have 64 lifeboats on board, the justification for omitting them was the concern, expressed by the Titanic's owner, that an excess of lifeboats would have made the ship less visually appealingTitanic had 20 lifeboats (for 2,208 passengers).


Last member rescued from the titanic?

The last person to board Carpathia was Second Officer Lightoller who stepped on the deck at 8:10 on the morning of April 15,1912. He specifically saved himself for last - as well as being the last to step off overturned Lifeboat B onto Lifeboat 12.


What is the relevance of the Titanic for us today of the Titanic?

What we have learned from Titanic is to have number of lifeboats for every one on board. Don't steer a ship too fast when you're going around ice bergs. Don't let lifeboats leave off half full. When Titanic's crew were rescuing passengers and they said women and children first-they usually meant 1st class women and children. Murdoch suggested some men in a lifeboat. 2nd officer Lightoller was the one that said "women and children only." Mainly 1st class women and 2nd class women and children were spared as well as few 1st class men. 2nd class men were the ones that stayed behind and let their wives and children board the lifeboat. Steerage were the last to be rescued. Half of steerage were rescued. Most of the steerage as well as famalies were left on the sinking ship.


Who is the creator of the movie Titanic?

James Cameron created the movie Titanic and it was let out to theatres in 1997.