• The Titanic was a British Royal Mail Steamer.

• It took 15,000 ship builders 3 years to build the Titanic.

• It cost $7.5 million to build in 1909-1912.

• The Titanic had 10 decks.• The Titanic was about

882 feet long and about 92 feet wide.

• It weighed 46,328 tons.

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Lifeboats

• The Titanic carried 20 lifeboats. www.historyonthenet.com

– 14 wooden which held 65 persons each– 2 wood cutters which held 40 persons each– 4 Englehardt Collapsibles which held 47 persons each

The total capacity of all the lifeboats was 1,178 persons.

Englehardt Collapsible Lifeboat

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RMS Titanic’s Voyage The Titanic began her maiden voyage on April 10, 1912. She set sail from Southampton, England and was

headed to New York City. There were 2, 435 passengers on board.

1st Class = 735 passengers 2nd Class = 674 passengers 3rd Class = 1,026 passengers

There were 885 crew members on board. It cost $4,350 for a first class parlor suite, $60 for a

second class ticket, and $40 for a third class ticket.

First ClassParlor Suite www.titanic.com

3rd Class Room www.exn.ca

2nd Class Roomwww.euronet.nl

The Sinking

On April 14th, at 11:40pm, the Titanic struck an iceberg on its starboard bow.

An iceberg is a mountain of ice. 85% of an iceberg’s bulk is below the water. The iceberg that the Titanic struck was over 5,000 years

old. The iceberg was 50-100 feet high and 200-400 feet long. The Titanic received 6 warnings about the icebergs.

Titanic’s Iceberg www.uscg.mil

85% of an iceberg is under water. tea.armadaproject.org

It took 2 hours and 40 minutes for the Titanic to sink. The rescue ship, Carpathia, took four hours to reach the

site of the sinking. The Carpathia rescued 705 survivors and took them to

New York. Most of the 1,523 people who died when the Titanic

sank froze due to the freezing temperatures.

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RMS Carpathiawww.postalmuseum.si.edu

Titanic Survivors 3info2u.com

Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel led the team that discovered the wreckage of the Titanic on September 1, 1985.The wreckage was located about 300 miles southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.It was 12, 500 feet down on the ocean bottom.They used a mini-sub named Alvin and a robotic camera named Jason Jr. to take photos of the wreckage.

Bow of the Titanicwww.titanic-facts.com

Titanic’s propellerwww.history.com

Dr. Robert Ballardwww.greatertalent.com

Titanic wreckagenews.bbc.co.uk

Deck of the Titanicwww.rmwexplorations.com