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Why didn't the half empty lifeboats rescue more survivors form the water?
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∙ 15y ago
they did but the crew only wore track suit bottoms and a waterproof coat and a cork lifejacket. Would you attempt to rescue someone if you could die yourself!
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Why were some of the lifeboats sent out half empty on the titanic?
It was poor organization and no one in control of the situation.
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Why were so few people saved from the Titanic?
There were not more survivors on Titanic for several reasons, one of them being that the officers loading the boats were favoring women-and-children over men, resulting in many unnecessarily empty seats . If the officers did not discriminate and simply filled the boats, more people would have been saved.
Why were there not enough lifeboats for all of the people on board the ship?
Shipping laws at the time did not require that there be enough lifeboats for everyone on board. The laws were based on tonnage, not capacity, so every ship longer or shorter than a certain number of feet had to have a certain number of lifeboats. The plans originally called for around 32 lifeboats, but Bruce Ismay, among others, made the decision to cut the number down to 20, as the boat deck was becoming "too crowded." The original number of lifeboats would have held around 1,900 people. However, even after cutting the number of boats down to 20, the Titanic still exceeded the number of lifeboats required by law--16 would have been the minimum.It is important to note that lifeboats were neither designed nor intended to sail on the open ocean. For past rescues, another ship would arrive in time and anchor across from the ship in distress, and the lifeboats would be used to ferry passengers over to the rescue ship. The empty lifeboats would then be taken back to the sinking vessel, and the process would be repeated. This would have made extra lifeboats unnecessary. Had there been any available ships nearby, this is the way the Titanic rescue would have proceeded. Unfortunately, since no one was around to hear the calls for help (and the ones that could have did not have their radios turned on), the lifeboats had to become independently sailing vessels.
Why were the 1st life boats half empty on titanic?
The first lifeboats could have been left half empty on the Titanic for a variety of reasons. Many of the people first boarding the lifeboats were of the upper class, and they would be more inclined to value their own personal space without regard to the safety of everyone left on the boat. Also, the crew members of the Titanic were having to deal with a state of mass confusion and wanted to finish everything as quickly as possible, and therefore placed people on the lifeboats without determining whether more people could or could not fit. One last reason could be that the crew members put in charge of loading the boats were trying to ensure that they lifeboats did not exceed the maximum weight limit and as a result they did not fill the lifeboats to their full capacity.
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Could more people have been saved on the titantic?
yes because even though there was only enough lifeboats for half the passengers, the first few boats to leave the ship were more than half empty
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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).
