What are facts about the titantic?

Answer 1

• The ship was loaded with only enough lifeboats to hold half of the Titanic passengers. There were 20 of them with a total capacity of 1178 people.
• Some of the limited lifeboats were lowered to the waters only half-full.
• Further facts on the Titanic indicate that the ship received information earlier regarding the presence of ice floes in the vicinity, yet continued to speed full throttle ahead towards tragedy.
• Among the property reported as lost on the Titanic were over 3000 bags of mail and an automobile.
• Each first class passenger paid a whopping $4,350 for a parlor suite ticket and $150 for a berth ticket.
• The ship contained a heated swimming pool, a first for any sailing vessel.
• The ship was still so brand new when passengers boarded it on April 10, 1912 that the paint was still wet in some spots.
• Every stateroom contained electric lighting and heat.
• Of the 1517 people of perished in the sinking of the Titanic, only 306 bodies were recovered.
• The largest percentage of survivors came from first class passengers.
• Even though directions have been given for women and children to board the lifeboats first, a number of men were reported as survivors while a surprisingly large number of women and children perished in the disaster. Most of the women and children lost in the sinking came from second and third class.
• sadly, Captain Smith had made plans to retire after seeing the Titanic safely across the Atlantic on her maiden voyage.
• It cost $7,500,000 to build
• It took three years to fully construct the ship.
• Among the provisions when the Titanic set sail in Southampton, England were 40,000 eggs, 75,000 pounds of fresh meat and 1,000 bottles of wine.
• The Titanic's total capacity was 3547 passengers + crew.
• The Titanic's weight fully loaded was 46,328 tons.
• The Titanic was 882 feet/268 meters long.
• There were 29 boilers on board of the ship.
• The ship consumed 825 tons of coal in one day.
• The top speed of the Titanic was 23 knots.

Answer 2

Right.

The Titanic was remarkable because for it's time it was the biggest man-made ship. It had the biggest capacity and the most elaborate cabin areas, surpassing those before it and even it's twin sister. It was claimed to be unsinkable, the first ship to ever be able to say this.

HOWEVER, it did sink, unfortunately, EPIC FAIL.

Edit by someone: You forgot the big death toll of 1,502 people of the 2,224 people

Answer 3

The TITANIC disaster of 1912? What's important about it? First of all, it showed that despite the technology of that fairly modern age (they thought of themselves as very modern, considering how many things were invented over the last 50 years or so), Mother Nature was still more powerful and dangerous. Mankind's best ship and engineered with all kinds of science and skill was sent to the bottom by a big stupid slow-moving hunk of ice.

Secondly, the TITANIC disaster showed that passenger ships needed to plan for sinking ships a lot better. They should have had more lifeboats. They should have had a better plan for launching them, especially if the ship was tilted and leaning to one side (which most ships do when they are flooding with water). They should have had a better-trained and disciplined crew to make sure the lifeboats were nearly fully loaded with people, not set free in the ocean with only a few people in a boat made to hold 50 or 60.

Answer 4

Titanic was built in Belfast, Northern Ireland by Harland & Wolff for transatlantic passage between Southampton, England and New York City. It was the largest and most luxurious passenger ship of its time and was reported to be unsinkable.

Answer 5

because its about a ship that should not have sunk but did