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The Titanic could carry 3,547 people in speed and comfort, [3] and was built on an unprecedented scale. Her reciprocating engines were the largest that had ever been built, standing 40 feet (12 m) high and with cylinders 9 feet (2.7 m) in diameter requiring the burning of 600 long tons (610 t) of coal per day.
The crew of the RMS Titanic were among the estimated 2,240 people who sailed ... survived. Several Titanic survivors ... Date of death Age at time of disaster
Fewer than a third of those aboard Titanic survived the disaster. Some survivors died shortly afterwards; injuries and the effects of exposure caused the deaths of several of those brought aboard Carpathia. [234] The figures show stark differences in the survival rates of the different classes aboard Titanic. Although only 3% of first-class ...
The Titanic sank in the early hours of April 14, 1912, after months of being declared the "unsinkable ship." The maritime disaster took the lives of approximately 1,500 people who either sank with ...
The Titanic's sinking claimed over 1,500 lives. There were well-known people among the casualties. 12 famous people who died on the Titanic — and 11 who survived
The Titanic has fascinated society since its fateful voyage in 1912. These four survivors lived out their lives in Texas. ... A search is underway for five people who made a submarine expedition ...
The RMS Titanic departing Southampton, on 10 April 1912 ; five days later, after colliding with an iceberg, it sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. A total of 2,240 people sailed on the maiden voyage of the RMS Titanic, the second of the White Star Line's Olympic-class ocean liners, from Southampton, England, to New York City. [1]
Of the approximate 2,200 people on board, over 1,500 did not survive. After the disaster, there was interest in the iceberg itself to explain the circumstances of the collision and the resulting damage to the supposedly unsinkable ship.