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Steerage referred to the lowest-cost (and lowest class) accommodations on board a vessel. Generally this was the lowest deck of the ship, where the control lines for the rudder could be found; hence the name, a derivation of 'to steer'.
Steerage accommodations were noisy, cramped, crowded, with limited amenities such as toilets. The passengers were also among the last to be notified of the danger, and the last to be let on board the few lifeboats; as a result, while around 95% of the first-class women and children survived the disaster, less than 45% of those traveling in steerage did; and the men fared even worse.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoIt is also known as 3rd class because steerage is where people with not a lot of money stay on a ship. For example on the Titanic crew members called 3rd class steerage.
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∙ 12y agoFirst and second class sleeping compartments.
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∙ 13y agoSteerage is 3rd class people
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What was the name of the steerage band in titanic?
Gaelic Storm
What was the name given to the cheapest accommodation on ships such as the Titanic?
steerage
What name was given to the cheapest accommodation on ships such as the Titanic etc?
steerage
What were lowest class passengers on the titanic called?
3rd class, or steerage.
How bad was the steerage conditions on the Titanic?
very good, ice cream and chocolate
What is on the Titanic?
Steerage is 3rd class people
What was the name of the steerage band in titanic?
Gaelic Storm
What cabins did second class people stay in the Titanic?
Steerage
What was the name given to the cheapest accommodation on ships such as the Titanic?
steerage
Did every one on the titanic have a room?
No. The people in steerage didn't have rooms.
What name was given to the cheapest accommodation on ships such as the Titanic etc?
steerage
What were lowest class passengers on the titanic called?
3rd class, or steerage.
How bad was the steerage conditions on the Titanic?
very good, ice cream and chocolate
What did steerage passengers do for activities?
The Titanic provided the General Room, where steerage passengers could sit, read, play cards, and otherwise pass the time.
What class of passengers had the highest causality rate on the Titanic?
Those in steerage. In most shipwrecks of that era, passengers in steerage had the least chance of successful escape or rescue.
Who paid the least money for their ticket on the titanic?
(Third-class (also known as 'steerage').
Where did third class eat on titanic?
Third class ate in the General Room, which was the heart of the Steerage, or Third Class. There was also a smoke room for each class, so the Steerage smoke room was where the steerage class went to have a puff.
