Titanic

By Murt O Brien

Building the TitanicThe Titanic was built in Belfast in 1912The cost to build the ship was €7.5 million (€400 million today)It was built in Hartland and Wolff shipyardEach worker was given £2 a week in wages

Leaving the PortIts was divided into 3 parts; the upper deck

for the upper class; the middle deck for the second class and the lower deck for the third class (not so wealthy)

Titanic left Belfast on 2nd April 1912 and picked up passengers in Southampton and Cobh.

Inside the ShipThe Titanic was over 200 metres long. It

would be longer than Rosegreen Hurling fieldThe first class passengers had the best

furnitureThe first class people ate the best food and had entertainment every night

• 2nd and 3rd class passengers rooms were basic.

• The space was very small and very plain.

• They ate together in one big room where they had to get the food themselves. It was like a buffet

Captain of the ShipThe captain was called Edward J. SmithHe was to blame for this tragedy, he never

listened to calls warning of ice-bergs.All he wanted is to break the record in being

the fastest ship to sail from Ireland to America. He did not

succeed as the ship sank.

The IcebergThis is the Iceberg the Titanic hitThe iceberg under water that we cannot see is much bigger than the iceberg over waterCaptain Smith and his lookouts never saw this iceberg until it was too late. I wonder if there are parts of Titanic stuck on the Iceberg today?

The Titanic hits the Iceberg

When the Titanic hit the iceberg the bolts came loose and water went into the shipPeople were panicking and in less than an hour the 3rd class area was flooded. People began searching for life boats and jackets

Passengers There was 2200 passengers on the Titanic1500 died when the ship sankPeople tried to jump on lifeboats in search of safety. The people who did not get on a lifeboat died in the freezing water.

The EndWatch how the Titanic Flooded.

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