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The report state that some of the lifeboats were discharged half full. Many passengers as the ship listed more severely jumped in to the sea to try and swim away from the vessel because as something that big sinks it causes a water vacuum which would drag those nearby in. Reports state that some crew who manned the lifeboats did take on and rescue some people but some refused to go back as they feared that the those in the water would over load the lifeboats sinking them as well. It was also an issue of water temperature. At the time the water was somewhere near 5 degrees. People getting into the water often didnt survive more that ten to fifteen minutes as they suffered hypothermia. The report case logged some 315 bodies recovered nearly all were still on the surface and had not drowned.

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