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The ship was supplied with 20 lifeboats; enough for 1,178 people.
Around 1,500 people perished in the Titanic disaster.
The ship was launched on May 31, 1911.
The ship was ordered to be built on Sept. 17, 1908.
Curious fact: In 1898 (14 years before Titanic sailed), a FICTION novel told the story of the passenger liner The Titan. The plot included the idea that the Titan was unsinkable. In the book, the ship hit an iceberg, sank, but did not have enough lifeboats for all of the passengers.
Curious fact: Milvinia Dean was the YOUNGEST survivor, just nine weeks old as the ship began its voyage. She died at age 97 in 2009.
Just 3% of first class women perished. While, 54% of third class women perished.
Further official hearings found that the SS Californian COULD have saved many more lives had they turned around when they saw Titanic stopped in the sea.
Two hours after the last of the Titanic went into the sea, the Carpathia arrived on scene and helped rescue over 700 survivors.
More men than women were left on the boat after hitting the iceberg. This was due in part to the old saying "Women and children first."
Curious fact: Violet Jessup survived the sinkings of the Brittanic and the Titanic AND was also aboard the Olympic when it was rammed by another ship.
Of the children who died 5 out of every 6 first class children survived. ALL of the 2nd class children survived. However; 52 out of the 79 third class children died in the disaster.
The loss of the RMS Titanic is the third greatest NON-military loss of life shipping disaster of all time.
The German ship Wilhelm Gustav was torpedoed by the Red Army of Prussia, losing over 9,000 lives.
The White Star Line replaced the aging passenger liners the Teutonic and the Majestic with the Titanic and her two sister ships.
The Mauritania and Lusitania were known for their speed.
The Dona Perez was a passenger ferry that collided with an oil freighter in the middle of the night in 1987. The life jackets were locked away, forcing passengers to jump into flaming shark-infested waters; resulting in a total loss of life of over 4,000 people.
The RMS Lusitania was another British passenger liner that sank. In May 1915 a German military submarine torpedoed and sank the ship; killing 1,198 of the 1,959 passengers.
The passengers were noticeably split into some of the wealthiest people in the world and immigrants from Europe seeking to start a new life in North America.
The Titanic was preceded by The Olympic and followed by The Brittanic.
The White Star Line company opted to build the Titanic with the plan of competing on size and luxury; rather than speed of the ship.
The White Star Line felt pressure from other ship companies, like Cunard; which launched the Mauritania and Lusitania.
Official hearings after the Titanic disaster had four major findings: the lifeboat policy was inadequate, Captain Smith failed to heed the iceberg warnings given by other ships, lifeboats were under-filled, and the ship was traveling too fast for dangerous ice conditions.
The cost of the Olympic and the Titanic was over 3 million British pounds.
One notable safety legacy was the 1914 International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea; which still governs maritime safety today.
The news of the Titanic sinking was met with shock and awe. It led to major maritime safety improvements.
The ship's maximum speed was 28 MPH.
The ship help 2, 435 passengers and 892 crew members; for a total of 3,327 people aboard.
The ship set sail for the first time on April 10, 1912.
The ship hit an iceberg @11:40 PM on April 14, 1912.
The ship hit an iceberg and the berg broke open 5 out of the 6 watertight compartments.
The ship sailed from Southhampton, England; stopping in Cherbourg and Queenstown, before beginning the cross-Atlantic voyage to New York City.
The ship was 882 ft., 9 inches long.
The ship sank after 2 hours and 40 minutes; early in the morning of April 15, 1912.
The ship was not equipped with enough lifeboats. The total equaled just 20.
The ship was equipped with the latest in safety and technology (like remote activated watertight doors).
The ship was one of three Olympic class ocean liners.
Thomas Andrews, the architect of the Titanic, died aboard the ship as it sank.
