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Titanic Lifeboat Capacity Math Explained
The ship carried only 20 lifeboats, which could hold a maximum of 1,178 people. With over 2,200 people on board, there was only space for about half. Worse, many boats were launched half-empty due to confusion, leaving over 1,500 people behind.
Chapter 1
Engineering a steel giant
Chapter 2
A floating society of contrasts
Chapter 3
The collision and the cold night
Chapter 4
Rescue and the aftermath
Chapter 5
How the night changed the ocean
Ch 3 · The collision and the cold night
artiteacher Test your Titanic survival and engineering knowledge. Choose the best fit between float and freeze in this interactive historical game.
artiteacher The iceberg did not slice the ship open, but buckled the steel plates along the bow.
Fun Fact
Iceberg's ancient origin: The iceberg that struck the Titanic likely broke off from Greenland about three thousand years before the collision.
artiteacher The Titanic received multiple wireless iceberg warnings from other vessels on the day of the collision.
Glossary
iceberg (noun)
A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier and carried out to sea. The Titanic struck one in the North Atlantic at 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912.
A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier and carried out to sea. The Titanic struck one in the North Atlantic at 11:40 p.m. on April 14, 1912.