RMS Titanic 15 April 1912

What do you know about the Titanic?

 20 Lifeboats (14 could hold 65 people each, 4 could hold 47 and 2 could hold 40 people each).  There were 2200 passengers on the Titanic  These lifeboats could only hold 1200 people- 1,000 were left with no way off the boat.  RMS Titanic hit an iceberg in the evening on 14 April sank in the early morning of 15 April 1912 in the Northern Atlantic Ocean  710 people survived, were taken to New York by RMS Carpathia Facts about the Titanic

 Women and children were the first to be loaded into lifeboats  The vast majority of people who died were men, and crew  Almost 70% of the passengers on board were killed by the cold water (28 Degrees F) More Facts About The Titanic

How the Titanic sank

 Worldwide shock and outrage  Shattered public faith  Man runs machines and conducts science  Human error  Regulation and operational protocol necessary  Major improvements in maritime safety  International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea SOLAS International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea Aftermath of the Titanic