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Titanic
Titanic was the biggest passenger liner when she set off for her maiden voyage on April 10, 1912. After four days, she hit an iceberg and sank in the Atlantic Ocean resulting in the death of 1,517 people.
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How many people did the Titanic have room for?
3547 passengers and crew but she was only carrying 2228 when she sank
Were did the Titanic sail from?
The titanic started out at Southampton and only sailed for 5 days until it sank
Why did people not want to get into life boats in the Titanic?
Titanic was equipped with only 20 lifeboats. She had 14 regular lifeboats with a capacity of 65 people each, 2 emergency lifeboats (Boats 1 and 2, which were stowed in the swung-out position) with a capacity of 40 each, and 4 Englehardt collapsible lifeboats with a capacity of 47 each. The collapsibles had wooden hulls, but with canvas sides that could be cranked up when needed. Collapsibles C and D were stowed inboard of Boats 1 and 2 at the very forward part of the Boat Deck and Collapsibles A and B were stowed upside down on the roof of the Officers' Quarters on either side of #1 funnel.
There were 2228 passengers on the Titanic. Probably life boats were not made because people believed the ship was unsinkable and also because they wanted to make as much money as possible, so whoever could pay was cramped into the steerage.
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There were 2,227 people on board, but the total capacity of the 16 lifeboats and 4 collapsible boats was 1,178 people, which was only sufficient for 52% of the passengers.
There was a lack of lifeboats because of:
- Outdated maritime safety regulations : British Board of Trade laws stated that ships weighing more than 10,000 tons must carry at least 16 lifeboats with a capacity of 5,500 cubic feet - These regulations were based on the world's then-largest ship in 1890s.
- The total lifeboats of a ship were determined by the volume of the ship, i.e. the ship's GRT (Gross Registered Tons) and not by the total number of passengers and crew the ship could carry.
- the White Star Line's wish to leave the decks unobstructed so that the passengers could have better views,
- the White Star Line's wish to give the ship more aesthetics from an exterior view (for another example, the Titanic had 4 funnels, but the fourth funnel was a dummy which was added because "it made the ship look better.")
- the belief that in an emergency, Titanic's design would enable her to stay afloat long enough for her passengers and crew to be transferred safely to a rescue vessel.
- Never anticipating that everyone would have to be evacuated rapidly at the same time.
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How many survived on the titanic?
I cant name a list of all of the people, but I know that 704 people survived mostly 1st class but some 2nd and not alot of 3rd class.
Who were the rich and famous people on the titanic?
There is a really good web site that has the complete list of passengers who were on the Titanic. It lists the passengers according to which class they were traveling. 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and the passengers servants. Included in the list, is some information that was known about the person. Such as Colonel John Jacob Astor and Kenzie Dearsleywho was very rich and big in real estate and developing. This site should give you all the information you need.
The site is: www.encyclopedia-titanica.org
What time did the titanic hit the iceburg?
At around 11:40 pm on the 14th of April and sank at 2:30am on the 15th of April
Icebergs are blocks of fresh-water ice that break off from glaciers and float out to sea. Glaciers are formed in polar regions where snowfall lasts for centuries, or even millennia, without entirely melting, and is eventually compressed into ice.
In the North Atlantic, most icebergs originate from the tidewater glaciers of Western Greenland. Compressed snow becomes firm, a granular snow, transformed eventually by pressure into a dense ice. The weight of the icecap builds, causing the ice to flow as much as 60 feet a day through openings in the coastal mountains. Most arctic icebergs melt before they ever reach the Atlantic Ocean.
We located iceberg information at the National Ice Center, a federal operational center that provides sea-ice analyses and forecasts. From their page of Iceberg links, it was a short jump to the St. John's International Ice Patrol (IIP) Iceberg FAQ. The mission of the IIP is to patrol the busy, hazardous North Atlantic shipping lanes, to protect the maritime community from icebergs and to prevent disasters ofTitanic proportions.
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What is a topic sentence for a essay about the titanic?
how about, "The Titanic was indeed a great tragedy"
Is the Titanic bigger then the Twin Towers?
If the Titanic were placed vertically, both the former World Trade Center (destroyed on September 11, 2001), and the Petronas Towers are taller than the Titanic.
What class was mr Charles Augustus aldworth on the titanic?
Mr Aldworth was a chauffeur to William E. Carter
''Who said that the titanic was unsinkable?
In 1911, Shipbuilders Magazine describes Olympic and Titanic as "practically unsinkable"and the press and passengers went with it.
What group of people were asked to be witnesses at US investigation?
Many members of the crew (and one of management) were summoned to testify at the US inquiry including Bruce Ismay (Managing Director of the White Star Line), Frederick Fleet the lookout, 2nd Officer Lightoller who insisted the ship sank in one piece, Capt. Rostron of the rescue-ship the Carpathia, and lead stoker Frederick Barrett who, after that, never spoke publicly again.
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What sea did the Titanic sail?
The Titanic was en route to New York, New York, USA from Southampton, England, UK, when it collided with an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean.
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