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No, Titanic had twenty lifeboats.
The lifeboats varied but there was a direct correlation between time and utilization - in other words, the first ones went out with many unused seats and the last ones were overflowing.
First class passengers were the first allowed in the lifeboats with most lifeboats admitting women and children first then filling the remaining seats with any other first class men.
There should have been at least 20 lifeboats and the lifeboats the titanic released that night where not all the way full so a lot of people died more than necessary.
Many people stayed on the ship because they thought the Titanic was not sinking and it was safer.
The first boat was launched from Titanic at 12:40 AM.
The Captain didn't make that decision. The decisions regarding filling the lifeboats were taken by First Officer Murdoch and Second Officer Liteholler.
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.