Titanic carried 20 lifeboats, enough for 1178 people.
There were 712 survivors of Titanic in the lifeboats.
Of the 2,208 people on board Titanic, 1,496 could not get into the lifeboats; 68%.
Titanic could hold 46,000 tons of weight. Lifeboats don't way more then a few hundred pounds. If Titanic had 75 lifeboats, each one carrying 40 people, then 3000 people could have lived, titanic had a little more then 2200.Titanics lifeboats were estimated to carry as many as 70 people but the last one, lifeboats D fully had about 75 after taking off passengers from overturned lifeboat B.
Titanic's fourteen standard lifeboats, at 30 ft. long, could fit about 70 people if need be. The two cutters and four Englehardts were slightly smaller and thus could carry slightly fewer people.
On the Titanic, there were not enough lifeboats to accommodate all passengers and crew; the ship carried 20 lifeboats, which could hold about 1,178 people, while over 2,200 were on board. This left a significant number of individuals without space in the lifeboats during the evacuation. Many lifeboats were launched partially filled, as there was confusion and chaos during the sinking, and some people were hesitant to leave the ship. Ultimately, a considerable amount of lifeboat capacity went unused due to these circumstances.
I believe 15 or 20
If there had been more lifeboats aboard the Titanic, then yes more people could have been saved. There was time and capacity to save more lives even with the original amount of lifeboats, but because of the lack obvious signs of damage and danger, many were reluctant to leave the boat to get on the much smaller lifeboats. The lifeboats were designed to hold 40 people, but many were launched only partly full.
There were 712 survivors of Titanic in the lifeboats.
Of the 2,208 people on board Titanic, 1,496 could not get into the lifeboats; 68%.
Titanic could hold 46,000 tons of weight. Lifeboats don't way more then a few hundred pounds. If Titanic had 75 lifeboats, each one carrying 40 people, then 3000 people could have lived, titanic had a little more then 2200.Titanics lifeboats were estimated to carry as many as 70 people but the last one, lifeboats D fully had about 75 after taking off passengers from overturned lifeboat B.
Titanic's fourteen standard lifeboats, at 30 ft. long, could fit about 70 people if need be. The two cutters and four Englehardts were slightly smaller and thus could carry slightly fewer people.
On the Titanic, there were not enough lifeboats to accommodate all passengers and crew; the ship carried 20 lifeboats, which could hold about 1,178 people, while over 2,200 were on board. This left a significant number of individuals without space in the lifeboats during the evacuation. Many lifeboats were launched partially filled, as there was confusion and chaos during the sinking, and some people were hesitant to leave the ship. Ultimately, a considerable amount of lifeboat capacity went unused due to these circumstances.
1,228 if all boats were filled to capacity.
Most of them could fit over 60 people but a few had less capacity.
All twenty of Titanic's lifeboats were used one way or another, including the overturned boat B. Some went underfilled but two were discharged with 70 people: boats #11 and #15.
1,178 people
20 in each