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With the waves crashing under its hull and a column of smoke rising high from the chimneys of the ship, the Titanic stands as one of the greatest ships in modern history. But with the release of the movie, some Titanic facts have become murky. For history buffs of the world, it is quite important to know the real facts about the Titanic and be able to educate other people about them. With so many facts about Titanic floating around the internet — why is it important to distinguish real facts and fiction about this grand ship?
For its time, the Titanic was one of the greatest luxury ships that could, theoretically, sail across the Atlantic ocean. With its only voyage, it became not only a reason for increased safety regulations, but also the titular character of the movie Titanic. After all, the Titanic facts you know most likely came from the movie. But with fiction comes the danger that one Titanic fact presented incorrectly can change our thinking about it. After all, sad Titanic facts were a bit dramatized to draw in more of our attention. Reality becomes much more interesting when you find out the real Titanic facts and history.
Looking for facts on the internet is like sailing through an uncharted ocean. It is unclear what is real and what is fictional. But no worries, like the northern star in the sky, the list we compiled below might be the navigational guide you need. Below, you might find some Titanic facts you didn’t know or which were shown in the movie with details changed for the drama. If the fact was able to raise some flags of curiosity, upvote it. If you know a bit more about the presented fact, comment down below and add some of your own information about the journey of that fact. Best of sailing through the facts!
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#1
Without her husband Isidor, Ida Straus steadfastly refused to board the lifeboat.
Ida and Isidor Straus, the New York-based founders of Macy's Department Store, offer what may be one of the most tragic love stories from the Titanic. Ida wouldn't get in the lifeboat without her husband, who declined a space when it was offered to him because he knew there were still women and kids on board. They perished together.
$cagsy 3 years ago
Forget Jack and Rose, that's a real love story right there. Sad and beautiful.
Gennifer Miller 3 years ago
The Strauss's were supposed to be that elderly couple in the bed, eh? Nobody really knows what happened to them after they didn't get in the lifeboat.
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Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago
Staring into the face of death Ida’s decision was truly brave and noble. I wonder if she had any second thoughts on the matter once she was actually in the ice water. Perhaps not since I’m sure she was smart enough to arrange the details of her circumstance in her head as she chose to stay on board the ship.
Kathy Bittle 3 years ago
True. It is said that she said, "as we have lived so shall we die... together."
Christina Elzabad 2 years ago
That is true and real love...they really show how real love should be.
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#2
The chief baker treaded water for two hours before being rescued.
Before being discovered, the head baker, Charles Joughin, is said to have floated in the sea for two hours. He insisted that the enormous amounts of whiskey he drank prior to the ship sinking kept his body warm enough to withstand the chilly water.
Deborah Harris2 3 years ago
He was the last person aboard the Titanic and drank the whisky whilst throwing deckchairs into the sea for him to hold onto. He actually re-joined the Navy after surviving the sinking.
Angie Falzarano 3 years ago
My understanding he also handed out bread to passengers on the deck
#3
The Titanic's youngest passenger was a 2-month-old baby.
In addition to being the oldest survivor, Millvina Dean was also the youngest passenger on board. 2009 saw her passing away at the age of 97.
#4
It's possible that an optical illusion kept from detecting the iceberg in time. Tim Maltin, a historian, claims that super refraction was probably induced by atmospheric conditions the night the ship sank, which may have concealed the iceberg. This may help to explain why the iceberg wasn't discovered until the ship was too close to it to avoid it.
Garth Bock 3 years ago
Super Refraction concealed the iceberg until it was too close to avoid it... Ohhhh.. now I understand the current mess our country is in...
#5
Two young brothers survived the ship without a guardian.
The only children to survive the Titanic without a parent were Edmond and Michel Navratil, who made history in that regard. They were known as the "Titanic Orphans" and were two years apart in age. In order to take them to America, their father, Michel Sr., abducted them from their mother, with whom he had broken up. When he placed his kids in a lifeboat, that was the last time anyone saw him.
Kathy Bittle 3 years ago
His father told him to tell his wife when she came to get them that he loved her dearly and still does. He told his eldest son to tell his mother tgat,knowing he was going to die.
Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago
“The father got what he deserved.” You’re a fascinating person Skylar.
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#6
Milton Hershey was supposed to be on the Titanic.
Milton Hershey, the entrepreneur behind the renowned Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar, sent a $300 payment to reserve his stateroom on the RMS Titanic. Hershey and his wife missed the trip because work took priority.
Garth Bock 3 years ago
And my family wonders why my work "causes" me to miss get togethers... They are like the Titanic... except they keep backing up and hit the "iceberg" over and over. (Our family motto is " We put the Fun in DisFunctional")
Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago (edited)
I recall reading (somewhere) that Henry Clay F***k was scheduled to be on board but he cancelled because his wife Adelaide had some health issue.
#7
On the day of the crash, a lifeboat practice was planned, but it was canceled for unknown reasons. Captain Edward Smith took the choice to call off the drill.
Kathy Bittle 3 years ago
I knew the drill got canceled but I've never read that it was the Captain that canceled it
Davin Peterson 3 years ago
Maybe Captain Smith thought it was too cold or he didn't want to interrupt Sunday services. Whatever the reason is, we don't know why he chose to cancel the drill
#8
Only half the passengers would have been saved if the lifeboats' total capacity had been used.
Fenchurch 3 years ago (edited)
Because they apparently spoiled the lines of the ship, making it look too cluttered, so were deliberately left off. Barstards
Simon Nolan 3 years ago
Titanic actually had more lifeboats than was deemed necessary as the amount was based off of gross tonnage not souls onboard.
Load More Replies... Angie Falzarano 3 years ago
They didn't have enough lifeboats to begin with. I believe laws were change after it sank
Garth Bock 3 years ago
Watching both the current movie and the 1958 A Night to Remember and how some of the first class passengers acted near the end tells us..... "Karen's" have been around for a long time.
#9
Benjamin Guggenheim faced disaster in style.
When they learned that the ship was sinking, American businessman Benjamin Guggenheim and his servant Victor Giglio dressed into their best evening attire. According to reports, Guggenheim stated, "We've dressed up in our best and are prepared to go down like gentlemen."
#10
A first class parlour suite aboard the Titanic cost $4,350 (£875), as opposed to the average cost of a First Class berth, which was £30 on the ship.
Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago
The value of one dollar in 1912 is the same as $30.72 in 2022 dollars. (According to the Google search I just did on inflation since 1912.)
Elizabeth Milliken 3 years ago
For the mental math challenged among us, that means a first class parlour suite would cost $133,632 in today's dollars.
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The Titanic took two hours and 40 minutes to sink.
The New York Times ran a headline stating that the Titanic sank four hours after colliding with the iceberg in its initial report on the tragedy. The fact that the ship sank more quickly was not widely known by the general public.
Kathy Bittle 3 years ago
ALL of the water tight bulkheads were not capped off and should have been. This is why it sank so fast
#12
The first lifeboat was released an hour after the iceberg struck. It could appear logical for a ship to instantly release safety lifeboats upon hull breach. However, it took the Titanic an entire hour before it launched her first lifeboat.
Angie Falzarano 3 years ago
I think they took that long because they really didn't think it would sink.
Kathy Bittle 3 years ago
It took time to investigate the level of damage because the ship was huge AND basically unknown to most of the crew as it was their Maiden Voyage
Simon Nolan 3 years ago
They surveyed the damage, sealed the water tight bulkheads which didn't go all the way up through the ship and turned the pumps on. I imagine cold temperature, noise and confusion with staff not knowing what it is they need to do and passengers worried.
#13
Tens of thousands of dollars were paid for the final lunch menu from the Titanic.
The final first-class lunch menu from the Titanic was purchased by a private collector for $88,000 on September 30, 2015, at an online auction. The collector overpaid by $18,000 compared to the initial ceiling price.
#14
13 couples aboard the Titanic were on their honeymoon. The lifeboats were prioritized for newlyweds among other people.
#15
While building the Titanic 8 people died and 28 serious accidents, 218 minor accidents were also reported by the Harland and Wolff company.
Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago
Since Qatar was awarded the 2022 World Cup in December 2010, 6,500 migrant workers have died in building those facilities. This could be a good argument for the United States having the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA).
Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago
That figures out to more than one and a half deaths per day. Qatar couldn’t have killed them off faster without establishing firing squads.
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A P 3 years ago
I'm guessing a lot of people died every year in the large scale ship building industry back then. I used to build semi, and in a couple years, we had 1 accidental death, 1 heart attack, and several maimings. That's with modern practices and much smaller scale materials.
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Maartje 3 years ago
Tbh 8 people dying really isn't that many. Every death is one to many of course but for such a big construction I'd have expected more.
A P 3 years ago
Yeah, as I commented, at a modern semi factory over a couple years we had 2 deaths, one a heart attack and the other a crush, and many maimings. All with modern practices, equipment, and safety regs. I'm guessing shipbuilding back then was much worse.
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Although the Titanic could have carried 64 lifeboats, it only carried 20. Many of the Titanic's lifeboats were not fully occupied with the number of passengers they were designed to carry.
Simon Nolan 3 years ago
If the lifeboats where filled to capacity then 1500 people would have survived. At full capacity Titanic would have had 3300 people onboard, consisting of 2400 passengers and 900 crew. Which means she had enough life boat capacity for half of her quota. That is a scary thought.
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Debbie Thomas 1 year ago
Titanic herself was meant to act as a lifeboat, but no one imagined the ship taking the kind of damage she did.
Kathy Bittle 3 years ago
Because the crew were not trained and aware of the number of men the boats could safely carry
Garth Bock 3 years ago
Many of the lifeboats were not fully occupied....First Class Karen's... that's why
ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 3 years ago
You can't go full "Karen" on this. Women and children were put first. Likely many did not have a say in that. Some women chose to stay behind. I'm sure many felt they deserved to be put first. But you can't put some modern blanket statement on the situation.
Load More Replies... #17
The Titanic sank very fast.
The ship split in two, with the bow falling at an estimated 35 mph to the ocean floor and the stern falling at an estimated 50 mph.
Simon Nolan 3 years ago
882ft long 175ft high and GRT of 46000 she was big, the largest ship afloat when she was built. The pressure of the water barreling in and sinking the bow, I'm surprised that she didn't break up a lot quicker.
Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago
No. I’m thinking that you are so very in the moment that time slows down greatly. Once when a two story high ladder broke beneath me the fall seemed to happen in slow motion.
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Misty Pendergrast 3 years ago
It's referring to the speed at which the pieces sank, not the time from impact.
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The iceberg that hit the ship may have jutted out 100 feet above water.
It's estimated that the iceberg the Titanic struck was 50 to 100 feet above the water. It's believed that the iceberg's total length was between 200 and 400 feet.
Kathy Bittle 3 years ago
Ir was so dark that night and it hit it I believe at 11:40pm .... almost midnight. Not easy to see out on a black sea
Simon Nolan 3 years ago
The lookouts didn't have binoculars, they were held by an officer who was reassigned to another vessel. It was a moonless night and Titanic was moving quickly through an ice field. I do wonder had she struck the iceberg head on whether the damage would have pierced 5 compartments?
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When the ship sank, the sea water's temperature was below freezing.
Water temperatures were as low as -2 degrees Celsius, according to measurements made by Captain Stanley Lord of the SS Californian, a ship that was nearby when the Titanic sank.
$cagsy 3 years ago
I can't even begin to imagine the ordeal of those poor people in the water. Frozen and drowning. Horrific.
A P 3 years ago
Definitely a horrific loss of life, but at least those are some of the kinder ways to perish, especially hypothermia. Not great, but Def beats getting stuck in something like an engine fire.
Load More Replies... Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago
I read one story that reported a lot of screaming that night. Fortunately that is an experience I am required to imagine and not better understand.
#20
The ship took over three years to build. Beginning in 1909 and continuing for three years, the White Star Line's Titanic was constructed at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland.
Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago
If they took one more year to build the ship the iceberg would have already melted.
#21
Less than a third of all people aboard the ship survived. Only 705 passengers and crew members made it back home.
#22
Customers in first class had access to a heated pool.
First-class travelers received exquisite service and numerous luxuries since they could afford the tickets. First-class benefits for the wealthy included reading in the library, playing tennis on a squash court, dining in upscale Parisian cafés, and relaxing in tea gardens.
Garth Bock 3 years ago
Not unlike the prisons we have for our white collar criminals like the Chrisley's and Elizabeth Holmes
Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago
Without already knowing her story, Elizabeth Holmes looks like the purest of sweethearts.
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Doozle bug 2 years ago
And the builders are proud of the fact it still contains water! I’ll see myself out
#23
Six iceberg warnings before collision. Captain Edward Smith apparently never received the most important iceberg warning due to the absence of the prefix MSG, which stands for Masters' Service Gram. The captain would have had to personally acknowledge receiving the message under this designation. The senior radio operator dismissed the message as unimportant because it lacked the MSG prefix.
#24
The Titanic lies 12,600 feet underwater.
Nearly 2.5 miles below the ocean's surface, around 370 miles off the Canadian province of Newfoundland, are the remains of the Titanic. The ship split in two, with a 2,000-foot gap in the seabed separating the bow and stern.
Simon Nolan 3 years ago
Something like 73% of the planet is covered in water, I would hazard there are millions of wrecks waiting to be discovered. Finding Titanic was a good thing, it would have brought closure to survivors who lost loved ones. But document the items and then leave it be.
Garth Bock 3 years ago
There it should lie.. undisturbed forever.. as a testament to man's follies... a reminder of our failures.. and a monument to those to gave their lives so others may live...
Sam NoName 3 years ago
Undisturbed? You know there's a museum that has pieces of the titanic along with items right? Not really undisturbed not to mention its quickly disintegrating so people will keep checking up on it till its fully gone
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The boat's hull sustained a 300-foot gash from the iceberg. Titanic Captain Edward Smith thought the ship had just skimmed the top of the iceberg, but when the crew examined the scene of the impact, they found that five compartments had already started to flood with water and that the bow was already starting to submerge.
#26
First-class travelers received an 11-course meal for their final dinner. There were appetizers d'oeuvres like oysters, entrees like filet mignon, and sweets like chocolate and vanilla eclairs on the menu.
$cagsy 3 years ago
Ironic that they ate seafood shortly before becoming seafood. Sorry, is it too soon? It is? Forget I said anything, carry on.
Eric Mitchell 3 years ago
A tragedy for the passengers, but a joyous night of freedom and an all-you-can-eat buffet for the lobsters in the kitchen.
Load More Replies... Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago
I imagine that many of them had a sense of privilege at dinner that day. Of coarse they should have, however, life has its peculiarities.
Garth Bock 3 years ago
The lobsters in the kitchen we're the only ones happy about the sinking..
#27
Following the crash, just a small number of bodies were recovered. There were only 306 bodies pulled from the icy water by rescue ships. Halifax, Nova Scotia, received a large number of the deceased.
Simon Nolan 3 years ago
Not really surprising, it took 83 years to find her in the North Atlantic. That is a lot of water and depth with a large eco system that probably made use of the available nutrients.
Potato_tot 3 years ago
the author meant the night of the sinking not the discovery of the wreck
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ί𝔫ＣίŦᵃт𝐔𝐬 3 years ago
I have never heard of a living person being referred to as a "body."
Load More Replies... Garth Bock 3 years ago
Crash ? The Titanic "crashed" into the iceberg then sank... Tag should read "Following the sinking.."
#28
There were 840 staterooms in all, 416 in First Class, 162 in Second Class, and 262 in Third Class.
Garth Bock 3 years ago
I was on a Disney ship like that once... My ticket was so inexpensive I was on the French Deck.... I was told it was pronounced... KAAAAR-GO !
#29
The hymn "Nearer My God To Thee" was reportedly the band's last song, according to both British and American passengers, but this cannot be verified. The hymn was performed to different melodies in the two nations, which increased the uncertainty.
#30
Only three of Titanic's four funnels worked.
Four funnels were present on the sturdy ship, but only three of them actually discharged soot. The other was just employed for ventilation while adding to the ship's regal appearance.
#31
The Titanic cost over $7.5 million to construct ($200 million with inflation).
Early 20th-century estimates for the enormous ship's construction cost were $7.5 million, or $183.4 million in today's value.
#32
Finding the ship's ruins took more than seven decades. After the Titanic sank, the wreckage wasn't discovered until 1985. With the aid of a robot submarine, the debris was found by Dr. Robert D. Ballard of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Massachusetts and a group of American and French experts.
BoredNoof 3 years ago
Looks like the first sentence is either mistyped or was copied from an older report. The Titanic went down in 1912 - 110 years ago.
Simon Nolan 3 years ago
He was doing some works for the American government, checking sunken nuclear submarines to make sure their plutonium was still intact. He had literally a few days left afterwards and discovered her.
#33
There were only two bathtubs available for all third-class passengers. On the Titanic, there were 706 third-class passengers who paid between 3 and 8 pounds to travel, yet there were only two bathtubs available to them.
Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago
Unfortunately, most all of the third class passengers got a bath that night.
#34
A specific bacteria is slowly consuming the wreckage.
At some point, rust-eating bacteria will completely consume whatever remains of the Titanic at the bottom of the ocean. 'Halomonas titanicae', a type of microbe that can attach to steel surfaces, creates the rusticles visible on the wreckage's hull.
#35
The ship was just under 900 feet long.
The Titanic was the largest ship at the time, measuring 882 feet and 9 inches in length. The Symphony of the Seas from Royal Caribbean, which measures close to 1,200 feet in length, is now the largest cruise ship.
Krystal Garrison 3 years ago
Update: Wonder of the Seas surpassed that with it's launch in March 2022.
#36
20 horses were needed to transport the main anchor. More over 30,000 pounds, or 16 tons, were in the main anchor of the ship. Twenty horses were needed to haul the anchor two miles from the Netherton, England, casting site to the Dudley, England, train station in 1911.
Garth Bock 3 years ago
Kinda like the effort it too me to haul my "anchor" (aka my Ex) into court... 😄
Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago
Anchor as in dead weight rather than as in your foundation?
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There were 40,000 fresh eggs aboard the ship. To put it another way, there were around 3,333 dozen eggs on the Titanic, the bulk of which are assumed to have perished together with the ship.
$cagsy 3 years ago (edited)
Sorry, what? How come only 'the bulk' of these eggs were assumed to have perished? Did some of them sprout legs and hop in a lifeboat? Eggstraordinary (couldn't help myself, sorry).
Pedantic Panda 3 years ago (edited)
I'm guessing some of them were eaten before it struck the iceberg, nothing eggceptional.
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Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago
Odd. This is the first time I’ve ever seen the matter of how many fresh eggs there were on the Titanic come up for consideration.
#38
6,000 artifacts were recovered from the wreckage site.
A lot of people are interested in Titanic-era artifacts. A violin that fetched $1.7 million at a UK auction house in 2013 was one among the 6,000 artifacts that were discovered. 2011 saw the $336,000 sale of the Titanic's ship plan.
#39
The iceberg was first spotted at 11:30 p.m. on April 14.
The iceberg was discovered by a lookout, who hurriedly rang the alarm bell. To avoid hitting it, the ship quickly turned at a severe angle, but it was already too late.
Doug Israel 3 years ago
If the ship never turned but hit the iceberg head on it wouldn't have sank. It sank because the side brushed the iceberg and six water tight compartments were peeled open like a can of sardines.
#40
There are a lot of theatrically released documentaries and films about the Titanic. The most notable ones are:
"Titanic" by Jean Negulesco was released in 1953, "A Night to Remember" by Roy Baker in 1958, and "Titanic" by James Cameron in 1997.
Elizabeth Milliken 3 years ago
There was also one made within a few years of the sinking staring (or at least featuring, I don't actually remember the exacts) a survivor wearing the actual dress she was wearing that night.
#41
Edward John Smith was the captain of the RMS Titanic, and perished when the ship sank on her maiden voyage.
Simon Nolan 3 years ago
R.M.S standing for Royal Mail Steamer, Titanic was carrying mail to America.
Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago
Maybe he could have secured a seat on a lifeboat and maybe he thought that subsequent chit-chat would have been embarrassing.
#42
John Jacob Astor IV was the wealthiest man aboard.
With an estimated wealth of almost $150,000,000 at the time, the heir to the Astor family fortune was by far the richest person aboard the ship. He perished along with the ship.
Kirby Kaz 3 years ago
That must be where the storyline from Futurama's The Mutants are Revolting episode came from
David Pierce 3 years ago
I thought the same thing. Can't wait for the new episodes to hit.
Load More Replies... Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago
John the IV was the richest person aboard the ship that evening and he was just as deep into oblivion later that night as all of the others.
#43
The first lifeboat could have held 65 people, but only 28 individuals managed to board it.
Lauren Rainey 3 years ago
It’s horrible that some people were so entitled they wouldn’t let other people on the life boat
Simon Nolan 3 years ago
The Titanic crew didn't fill the lifeboats to capacity because they believed they might buckle.
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Zathaniel Zajis 3 years ago
It wasn't entitlement. It was the "unsinkable motto. Most thought if they went out in the boat they would be brought back to the ship shortly. "God himself could not sink this ship" Karen's were not a thing back then. Please quit mixing modern tropes with this maritime tragedy.
#44
Three dogs were rescued from the ship. Nine dogs were on board, but only three made it out alive: two Pomeranians and a Pekinese.
Gene Perry 1 year ago
Another way to say this ... 30% of the dogs aboard survived, while only 33% of steerage class children survived. Look it up!
#45
The Titanic slipped beneath the ocean's surface at 2:20 a.m. on April 15, 1912. The ship had struck an iceberg two and a half hours before.
#46
The time between the iceberg detection and the accident was not nearly a full minute. The Titanic is claimed to have struck the iceberg after only 37 seconds had passed when the iceberg was first seen.
#47
There were 8 musicians on board the Titanic, all of whom worked for the Liverpool-based agency C.W. and F.N. Black.
Garth Bock 3 years ago
There is a story that the agency tried to bill the grieving families for the instruments and suits the band was wearing. Music agencies still haven't changed..
#48
Only 23 of the 908 crew on board were female. True gender equality was present in the first class. There were nearly equal numbers of male and female passengers. On the other hand, there were 70% more men than women in third grade. The group was mostly made up of men. There were 867 males on the crew and only 23 women. However, only 20 of the female crew members made it to land, compared to 191 of the men.
Alice Teasdale 3 years ago
I came here to say this! 676 of the male crew died and only 3 of the women.
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However, only 87% of the female crew members survived compared to 22% of the men.
Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago
If only 23 out of the 908 workers were female then that just didn’t give the male crew enough opportunities for sexual harassment.
#49
New evidence suggests a fire in the ship's hull caused the ship's demise. The accident may have been caused by a fire that broke out on board the ship just before it left port, according to the documentary "Titanic: The New Evidence." Journalist Senan Molony claims that the continuous fire in the ship's hull may have caused the metal to deteriorate. Prior to the ship's departure, the fire raged for three weeks at temperatures of 1,800 degrees Fahrenheit.
Simon Nolan 3 years ago
When Titanic was getting ready to sail, there was a shortage in coal. So the White Star Line went round and purchased coal from other vessels because putting back her departure date would ruin them. The documentary states that a fire broke out in one the coal storage areas close to where the iceberg hit. The heat from the fire would have warped the metal and decreased it's integrity. Then she gets struck at that point by an iceberg and shreds like a sardine can.
Load More Replies... Garth Bock 3 years ago
The fire weakened the metal in the hull which made it more brittle in the cold water
Brandon Parisien 3 years ago
The coal on board was on fire..to get rid if it they tossed it in the boilers (which is why tge ship was going so fast). The iceberg hit the fire damaged side.
#52
Some 100,000 people attended the launch of the ship On May 31, 1911, at Belfast, the enormous White Star liner entered the water for the first time. The just-over-minute-long launch was viewed by an estimated 100,000 people, or nearly one-third of Belfast's population.
#53
The ship burned an estimated 825 tons of coal per day. The Titanic was far from a light vessel, weighing nearly 46,000 tons. This massive vessel heated 29 boilers, consuming an estimated 825 tons of coal per day in 159 furnaces.
Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago
Forgive me for thinking that climate change would be even worse if the Titanic didn’t sink.
#54
Royal Mail Steamer (RMS) Titanic was the official name of the ship. Since the middle of the 19th century, people have used the abbreviation RMS for Royal Mail Steamers. The distinction served as a badge of excellence because mail delivery was required on time, and ships were fined for late arrivals. The appellation was given to about 200 ships, including the Titanic.
Garth Bock 3 years ago
There has been no mention of the trio... Titanic's sister ships..... The Olympic and The Britannic. The Olympic was launched first in 1911 followed by Titanic in 1912 and the Britannic in 1915 (after some modifications). All them met disastrous fates.
#55
The Titanic's top speed was 23 knots. A speed of 23 knots is about similar to 26 mph. The typical cruise ship travels at 20 knots, or 23 mph, today. The Harmony of the Seas from Royal Caribbean has a top speed of 25 knots or just about 29 mph.
Raymond Pobiak 3 years ago
Screw Titanic’s top speed. In retrospect I’m sure that most passengers would have been content to stay at anchor indefinitely.
#56
Over 100,000 pictures were taken of the shipwreck in 2012 by underwater robots. Over 100,000 images of hundreds of objects that were probably a part of the ship were captured by an expedition that sent underwater robots to the wreckage and used sonar imaging to study the objects. The 3-by-5-mile debris field might be mapped by
#57
The titanic was launched by Robert Falconer Keith, the head foreman shipwright at Harland & Wolff.
#58
Liquor and cigars were easily accessible onboard. Onboard the ship, there were 1,500 bottles of wine and 20,000 bottles of beer. There was plenty of alcohol onboard, and there were also 8,000 cigars, all of which were accessible to first-class passengers.
#59
The Titanic was on her maiden voyage, a return trip from Britain to America. The outward route was to be Southampton, England – New York, USA.
What do you think ?
The_Bipolar_Express_1225 3 years ago
Such a beautiful lady. So sad she and her passengers had to go in such a terrible way. ❤️
The_Bipolar_Express_1225 3 years ago
Such a beautiful lady. So sad she and her passengers had to go in such a terrible way. ❤️
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