Several reasons.
Regulations at the time set the number and capacity of the lifeboats according to tonnage - not number of passengers - so as far as governments and authorities were concerned, Titanic was OK.
The owners thought that the full number of lifeboats would have made the ship ugly, cluttered.
The engineers meant that with the number of different "water proof" compartments, the ship would remain afloat long enough even in a bad accident for the boats they had to be able to ferry all passengers into safety.
There was a safety limit to how many lifeboats a ship could carry. Actually, the Titanic was carrying more lifeboats than it should have been, and there still weren't enough.
They removed some of the lifeboats because they thought it looked too cluttered and they thought that it was unsinkable so they didn't think that they would need them.
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Because the designers of the titanic didn't whant the deack to look crowded.
all of them where used but most did not have the number that they where designed for they normally have much less
The Titanic carried 20 lifeboats with a total seating capacity of 1,178 people
There were only 20 lifeboats on the Titanic. They thought lifeboats looked bad, and said the Titanic was unsinkable, so they decided they were unneeded. Unfortunately, this turned out to be a very bad decision.
Titanic carried a total of 20 lifeboats
There was 20 lifeboats on the Titanic. My opinion is that they should have had more lifeboats because people travelled on Her for a reason.
The Titanic didn't have enough lifeboats. It had only 20 lifeboats and it was only enough for half of the maximum capacity of passengers and crew, which was 2,435 passengers and 892 crew members. The 20 lifeboats could've only held 1,178 people, but some of the boats were only launched half-full since the crew members thought that too much weight would cause the lifeboats to swamp, or sink
No, there were only 20 lifeboats.
The Titanic carried 20 lifeboats with a total seating capacity of 1,178 people
There were only 20 lifeboats on the Titanic. They thought lifeboats looked bad, and said the Titanic was unsinkable, so they decided they were unneeded. Unfortunately, this turned out to be a very bad decision.
All 20 lifeboats were discharged.
Titanic carried a total of 20 lifeboats
There was 20 lifeboats on the Titanic. My opinion is that they should have had more lifeboats because people travelled on Her for a reason.
There were 20 lifeboats, which was only enough for half of the maximum capacity of passengers
The Titanic didn't have enough lifeboats. It had only 20 lifeboats and it was only enough for half of the maximum capacity of passengers and crew, which was 2,435 passengers and 892 crew members. The 20 lifeboats could've only held 1,178 people, but some of the boats were only launched half-full since the crew members thought that too much weight would cause the lifeboats to swamp, or sink
No, Titanic had twenty lifeboats.
Lifeboats: 20 for 1,178 people
She was the only one who exhorted the crew of one of the 20 lifeboats to return to look for survivors
Titanic carried 20 lifeboats, enough for 1178 people.