• 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.
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– 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.
First ClassParlor Suite
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 It cost $4,350 for a first class parlor suite, $60 for a
second class ticket, and $40 for a third class ticket.
2nd Class Room
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3rd Class Room
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Titanic’s Iceberg
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 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.
85% of an iceberg is under water.
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Titanic Survivors
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RMS Carpathia
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 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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Bow of the Titanic
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Dr. Robert Ballard
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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.
Titanic’s propeller
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Titanic wreckage
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Deck of the Titanic
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