Why didn't they have more lifeboats on the Titanic?

Answer 1

It was widely believed to be unsinkable. The design and construction were supposedly such that the risk of sinking was considered virtually nil. See the Snopes page linked below.

Not only did they not have enough life boats, but they were not filled properly. For example, lifeboat 2 had 28 people when it could hold 65.

The life boats were actually designed to be able to be stacked inside of each other, but the people who put them on board thought that the deck would look too cluttered if they put the required number of life boats on board.

there was not any space on the titanic to fit all the ship.!!!!
Today, it seems baffling that the number of lifeboats on the Titanic met maritime standards. Representations about the Titanic's then-advanced design have been reduced to misleading sound bites and conflated with details of a strangely-prescient 19th century novel about a strikingly similar disaster befalling a purportedly unsinkable ship ("The Titan"). This has led to the meme that because the Titanic was considered "unsinkable," she didn't carry enough lifeboats.

The Titanic was actually claimed to be disaster proof rather than unsinkable. The notion was that even if the Titanic sank, it would take so long to do so, and proceed in such a way, no lives would be lost apart from any lost in the initial collision, explosion or other incident leading to the event. Her sister ship, the Olympic, had collided with a Royal Naval warship and made it back to port. (The warship fared far worse.)

The reason the Titanic's maiden voyage became a famous disaster nonetheless was because of lethal miscalculations in a literal, mathematical sense. Had the Titanic's structure coped with the impact as engineers were certain it would, the famous tilt into the ocean and rapid submersion would never have happened. Both the rate at which she sank, and as importantly the stability and level of the ship as she went down, would have been far less drastic.

Because she was steaming through well-traveled waters, carrying flares and the most advanced distance communication equipment available, it was assumed that a number of other ships would be on the scene quickly after anything went so terribly wrong. In that case, there were more than enough lifeboats to transfer the passengers and crew.

Summarily, the principal error in judgment was made when the engineers over-estimated the genius of their design. The rapid decay in the ship's viability was later traced to specific flaws in the compartmentation of its sub-structure. Loss of life was therefore inevitable absent the greater number of lifeboats that their calculations deemed a waste of space.

Secondarily, they made the classic engineers' error of assuming that the interaction of human beings is purely mathematical. (Only military engineers are trained to cope with this under the rubric of the "fog of water.") Two series of stumbles resulting from human fallibility occurred that night. As well documented elsewhere, there was substantial confusion within the sea lanes leading to tragedies such as the nearest vessel either misinterpreting or ignoring the distress flares. Even more lives were lost as a result.

Second, many life boats were launched hastily, with ample room left for other passengers. In fairness to the crew, which by accounts performed admirably, they had been trained to expect a rapid response from nearby vessels and had been told the ship would take long enough to sink that several trips would be both possible and necessary.

Assigning either evil intent or pure stupidity as the cause of any disaster is tempting. It is comforting, in a way, as it removes the cause from the likes of ourselves and suggests such things are rare and avoidable. The truth makes such events even more tragic, yet more readily understandable.

Answer 2

because the owner said 1rst class aren't paying to look at lifeboats the paying to look at the ocean but if he did put more lifeboats on there would only probably be 90 that died
In the time of Titanic the number of lifeboats a ship needed was based on the tonnage. Titanic could legally sail with only enough lifeboat space for less that a third of the passengers. Titanic had enough lifeboats for a bit less than half so Titanic had more lifeboats that the law said she needed.

The reason ships did not need lifeboats for all the passengers is because the transatlantic routes were heavily shipped and it was thought that a ship would always be close by and lifeboats would be used to ferry people between the two ships.

The Titanic did have space for another row of lifeboats because the directors of the White Star Line did think that the law on the amount of lifeboats was going to be updated so they put in new davits that could hold another row of lifeboats so if it was updated they could keep the davits that were already on the ship.
In the time of Titanic the number of lifeboats a ship needed was based on the tonnage. Titanic could legally sail with only enough lifeboat space for less that a third of the passengers. Titanic had enough lifeboats for a bit less than half, so Titanic had more lifeboats than the law said she needed.

The reason ships did not need lifeboats for all the passengers was because the transatlantic routes were heavily traveled and it was thought that a ship would always be close by for rescue. Lifeboats would be used to ferry people between the two ships.

Nobody but some newspapers said the Titanic was unsinkable. The closest anybody but newspapers came to saying it was unsinkable was when it was being advertised and on the poster it said "Titanic is as unsinkable as is reasonably possible. "
The engineers of the Titantic were completely confident in the ship's safety, so as a cost- and space-cutting measure they skimped on the lifeboats.

In the time of Titanic the number of lifeboats a ship needed was based on the tonnage. Titanic could legally sail with only enough lifeboat space for less that a third of the passengers. Titanic had enough lifeboats for a bit less than half so Titanic had more lifeboats that the law said she needed.

The reason ships did not need lifeboats for all the passengers is because the transatlantic routes were heavily shipped and it was thought that a ship would always be close by and lifeboats would be used to ferry people between the two ships.

The Titanic did have space for another row of lifeboats because the directors of the White Star Line did think that the law on the amount of lifeboats was going to be updated so they put in new davits that could hold another row of lifeboats so if it was updated they could keep the davits that were already on the ship.

Because they didn't think it would sink.

that's true but they also thought that there wouldn't be people over 150kg

Because the British Board of Trade's regulations only required Titanic to have lifeboat space for 962 people. The Titanic actually carried more lifeboats than the law required; four collapsible lifeboats were added, bumping her lifeboat space up to 1178 people; still less than half of Titanic's total capacity of passengers and crew. It's important to consider the fact that NO ships at this time carried enough lifeboats for everyone aboard. This changed after the Titanic disaster.
Because it was said that "Titanic is the unsinkable ship"... Boy, were they wrong.. :( So, instead of having 65 lifeboats like supposed to, they had 20..
They only put a few lifeboats on the Titanic because no one believed that it could possibly sink. The way the Titanic was designed, even if there was a hole in the hull, the crew could simply close the compartments. However, due to the fact that the Titanic was trying to break a speed record, the Titanic's crew did not slow down when they entered the iceberg field.
At that time in history there were no rules or regulations on life boats. So to have any were a luxury, it was after the Titanic people started getting scared and regulations were made to have them on board.

There were not enough boats for the passengers but she actually provided more lifeboat accommodation than was legally required.

She had 20. The US would have required 42 boats with a capacity of 2,367. Mathematically, she would have needed 51 boats to handle all the passengers and crew.

Answer 3

They had lifeboats to save the people on the boat. All ships are requiered to have lifeboats just incase. but the titanic didnt actually have enough lifeboats to save everyone which they should have. they took them off because they didnt think it looked nice

Answer 4

Titanic had so little lifeboats because the owner of the ship thought it was unsinkable because of the amount of bulkheads it had but it hit 1 to much for the titanic to last longer. It turns out that only 5 days before the sinking the fifth out of the 15 bulkheads had set on fire which caused that section to become weaker.

Answer 5

The Titanic was thought to be unsinkable, therefore it was not expected to need a sufficient number of lifeboats to ensure the safety of all the passengers and crew.

Answer 6

The White Star Line didn't think that they were needed, for the Titanic was designed to stay afloat with 4 watertight compartments breached (hence the ship being deemed "unsinkable")

Answer 7

Bad planning and estimation, and no laws about the number of required life boats on the ship.

Answer 8

no room plus said it was unsinkable