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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.
5,562 Questions
Did Howard Irwin survive the Titanic?
Yes, he survived, wrote genealogies of his family and died in 1953 in New Jersey.
What made the Titanic people decide to put fewer lifeboats?
I believe thast it was because the creator of the Titanic felt that it would take away from the beauty of the ship. And being coined "unsinkable". On its maiden voage the passangers may have been a bit too many but they where on a course. Full steam ahead !!! (I mean i wasnt there but that's what I think).
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- The Titanic had as many lifeboats as was required by law during the period she was built.
- At the time the ship was considered to be capable of staying afloat long enough to be its own life boat.
What is fake about the Titanic?
No. 4 smokestack was not functional on the doomed liner. Titanic had three propeller shafts ( one turbine, running on waste heat from l and 2 which were big recips, but not four. ON the other hand, the Aquitania ( Cunard liners) had both four stacks and Four shafts, no fakery here!
Did the captain on the Titanic live or die?
When Titanic sank, Captain Smith went down with the ship.
How many people were reported to have died the next day by the New York Times in the Titanic?
The New York times said 1,500 people died on the titanic
Millionaire died on the titanic?
John Jacob Astor IV a 47 year old man who married 18 year old Madeline. His wife was in labor in the ship, during the sinking he asked one of the officers if he can come with her. The Officers weren't allowing men into the lifeboats. He was last seen smoking a cigarette in one of the decks. His body was recovered few days after the sinking. They say he was crushed by one of the smokestacks.
Are any titanic survivors still living?
No.
The last survivor died in May 2009. She was the youngest person on board at the time of the sinking (9 weeks old) and also lived the longest after it.
Who was the man Rose Dawson was supposed to get married to in Titanic?
Caledon "Cal" Hockley, played by Billy Zane.
Where did the titanic go after leaving Belfast?
It never went to Belfast, only Queenstown. If your asking where it went then it went to USA but sunk in the attempt
Why could the titanic not turn fast enough?
The Titanic was going at 21 knots at the time and it was extremely cold out, calm seas though. As it got closer to the iceberg they pulled it full reverse (23 Knots back, really it just made the Titanic go faster). After that it smashed into the iceberg and the boiler rooms flooded.
How it could have been avoided:
- Titanic is warned by nearby ships like the Californian
- Titanic slows to half speed
- Captain closes watertight doors when iceberg spotted
- Crew turns the ship directly into the iceberg
- Carpathia is morsed for CQD and SOS
- Lifeboats are launched
OR:
The ship could have also made it's way out of it, half speed with 2 compartments flooded and limping it's way to New York.
175 ft (53.3 m) (Keel to top of funnels)
It was 882 1/2 ft. long and it was 92 1/2 ft. wide.
The RMS Titanic was one of 3 Olympic-class cruise liners built in the 1910s for White Star Line. her length was 882.5ft (269 m) or nearly 3 football fields.
882 feet 9 inches (269 m) from stem to stern.
What ships gave the titanic warnings about ice bergs?
There was about 20 iceburg warning the titanic received on the day of the collision.
Titanic's keel was laid on March 31st in 1909 and she set sail from Southampton on April 10th, 1912 (while still putting on finishing touches like being painted that very day).
Did the Titanic fired fireworks?
No- some unconfirmed rumours say that he shot himself out of guilt and shame as the ship was taking her last plunge, but this is unlikely.
He didn't survive the sinking, but he definitely wasn't assassinated, and the prospect of suicide is very remote.
What was the number of watertight compartments on the titanic?
There are SIXTEEN watertight compartments on the titanic
Why did Frederick Fleet say he did not see the iceberg sooner?
From the crow's nest mounted halfway up the forward mast. These old-fashioned look-out positions were still in use even in the Titanic's day- it was accessed by ladder and equipped with a telephone connected to the bridge, which Fleet used to alert the night crew once he spotted the iceberg.
The crow's nest is still there on the wreck, but was damaged in 1987 during a sloppy attempt to salvage the forward mast's running-light by a French submersible that was raiding the wreck for souvenirs.
How many brother and sisters did Elizabeth the first have?
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon was the only sibling of Queen Elizabeth II. She was a controversial member of the Royal Family due to excessive drinking and smoking, as well as having extramarital affairs.
Do the people who died in Titanic haunt it?
Titanic could be haunted if you interpret some sources that way.
According to New York City Titanic historian-and-tour-guide Andrea Janes "Ships passing by the site, which is off the coast of Newfoundland, have actually reported seeing orbs. Orbs, as any ghost hunter can tell you, are little balls of light-energy signifying supernatural presence. Multiple orbs have been spotted hovering near the Titanic site, on more than one occasion.
Furthermore, submarines sailing near the site have reported hearing strange signals and interference on their radios, including SOS messages that have no verifiable source."
What where the first signs that something was wrong on the titanic?
its when the Engines of the Titanic stopped running and the sloping on the decks as the bow began to get pulled under the water
