Southampton's Sea City and Titanic Museum
No single memorial to the Titanic victims was ever contemplated, and most are still un-commemorated.
Sectional memorials in Southampton are as follows:
1) Engineer Officers: Situated in East Park opposite the Cenotaph, it is the largest and probably the most well-known. It is dedicated to the engineer officers, none of whom survived the disaster. It was designed by Messrs. Whitehead and Son and unveiled in April 1914. It is built of grey granite and bronze, and is 30 feet long by 20 feet high. In the centre a winged angel is flanked by relief representations of engineer officers. It is Grade II listed.
2) Titanic Crew: This memorial to the crew of the Titanic (stewards, sailors and firemen) originally stood at the southern end of the Common near the end of Cemetery Road. It is a drinking fountain made of Portland Stone by Garret and Haysom of East Street. It was unveiled in 1915 by Mr. Bullions Moody. It now stands in Holy Rood Church.
3) Musicians: A plaque to the memory of the musicians, who, according to reports, played on almost to the moment the ship sank, was erected in the old Central Library, Cumberland Place, in 1913 by the local branch of the Amalgamated Musicians Union. The building and plaque were destroyed by enemy action during the Blitz in 1940. An exact replica was commissioned in 1990 and placed on the wall of a modern office building in Cumberland Place.
4) Sea-post officers: A bronze tablet set in a pillar in the main post office on the High Street was was erected by members of the postal and telegraph services.
5) Musicians: A further memorial to the musicians, a metal tablet, was erected in St Mary’s Church. It survived the Blitz and was subsequently re-erected on a wall in the Seamen's Chapel.
6) Restaurant staff. A brass plate in St Joseph’s Roman Catholic Church in Bugle Street commemorates the restaurant staff of the Titanic. Many were local men, but about sixty were Italians, and probably attended St Joseph’s when they were in Southampton. Luigi Gatti, who managed one of the restaurants on board, lived in Southampton and also ran a restaurant in the town.
7) A plaque on the wall of Canute Chambers in Canute Road records the fact that this was the headquarters of White Star Line in 1912 and that hundreds of people waited here for news of their loved ones.
8) Two memorials to local victims were erected in local churches, one in St Augustine’s Church in Northam and the other at Holy Trinity, Millbrook. The wooden tablets erected in St Augustine’s were later moved to the Maritime Museum on Town Quay and are now in SeaCity Museum.
9) There are other memorials to individuals in the churchyards of the town.
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R.M.S. Titanic A Visual Tour Round Southampton 7th August 2017
In this video you see before you is one I have created as a visual tour around various places in Southampton about the White Star Shipping Company Passenger Ship the R.M.S.Titanic and is in memory of all those 1,500 passengers plus and crew who lost their lives and to all those who were saved, many of the ship's crew came from Southampton when the Titanic sank on 15th April 1912.
In the video you will see where some passengers got off the train from London at the Docks Terminus Station adjacent to the South Western Hotel. See a view of the Hotel with a view of the White Star Shipping Offices (Canute Chambers) where relatives waited to hear of updated news about the Titanic sinking.
The Old Post Sorting Office Building where mail was sorted prior to being loaded on board the Titanic. A view in Oxford Street and of The Grapes Public House where some crew members were drinking and a couple of them missed the departure of Titanic.
Then there is a view of the Sailors Home in Oxford Street where some crew members took lodging before sailing on the Titanic.
Also there are views of some of the different memorials to Titanic and to those involved in the sinking of Titanic that survived.
So please enjoy watching my video which has taken me a few months to put together.
Ghosts of Titanic victims haunt Southampton
Nowhere suffered as much from the sinking of the Titanic as the British city of Southampton, and a century after the disaster the city wants to tell the largely forgotten story of its 549 residents who died. Duration: 00:56
Southampton becomes more and more of tourist destination
Southampton becomes more and more of touristic destination
By: Egle Dementjevaite
Many historical places attracts visitors to Southampton already, but Southampton City Council believes there are more things that could be done to make it even more of touristic destination, especially before 2012 London Olympics.
The tourism industry will be one of the biggest market to benefit from 2012 Games.
In stimulating tourism, the London 2012 Games creates opportunities for airlines, train companies, hotels, restaurants and visitor attractions across the UK. Southampton City Council plans to capitalize on this and maximise the benefits for business in Southampton by drawing people out of London and into Southampton.
The Sea City Museum to be opened in 2012
Southampton is very famous and closely related to Titanic, which pulled away from White Star Dock on 10th April 1912. Five days later in the early hours of 15th April she sank with great loss of life striking on iceberg.
Titanic's first public museum has been opened on the same year after the incident. Many items have been given to the City, relating to the crew members by their families.
Now the new Sea City Museum will open in 2012- 100 years after embarked. The heritage museum will house a Titanic collection. It will reveal stories of the crew members that lost their lives and passengers who were on board.
New place to visit
The huge anchor from the city's beloved cruise- liner the Queen Elizabeth 2, which has a strong connection to Southampton, has been hosted into place in Southampton High Street.
The steel anchor is 4,3 meters high and 2, 7 meters wide.
This will add an important heritage site to the city. It will also raise the profile of the QE2 Mile and ultimately attract more people to Southampton's Old Town.
Nice changes have already been done in the city. But surely there will be more things to come before 2012.
La Vita Café, Memorial Church, Titanic Berth 44, Where's My Challenge HQ - Day 4 - Ken's Vlog #534
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20 Rare photos of Titanic [Memorial]
This are twenty photos of titanic that has been lost or very rare.
RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. The sinking of Titanic caused the deaths of more than 1,500 people in one of the deadliest peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. The RMS Titanic, the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service, was the second of three Olympic class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line, and was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast with Thomas Andrews as her naval architect. Andrews was among those lost in the sinking. On her maiden voyage, she carried 2,224 passengers and crew.
Under the command of Edward Smith, the ship's passengers included some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as hundreds of emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia and elsewhere throughout Europe seeking a new life in North America. The first class accommodation was designed to be the pinnacle of comfort and luxury, with an on-board gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and opulent cabins. A wireless telegraph was provided for the convenience of passengers as well as for operational use. Though Titanic had advanced safety features such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors, there were not enough lifeboats to accommodate all of those aboard due to outdated maritime safety regulations. Titanic only carried enough lifeboats for 1,178 people—slightly more than half of the number on board, and one-third her total capacity.
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A Walk Around The RMS Queen Mary, Long Beach, California
The RMS Queen Mary is a retired ocean liner that sailed primarily on the North Atlantic Ocean from 1936 to 1967 for the Cunard Line – known as Cunard-White Star Line when the vessel entered service. Built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, Queen Mary, along with RMS Queen Elizabeth, were built as part of Cunard's planned two-ship weekly express service between Southampton, Cherbourg and New York. The two ships were a British response to the express superliners built by German, Italian and French companies in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Queen Mary was the flagship of the Cunard Line from May 1936 until October 1946 when she was replaced in that role by Queen Elizabeth.
Queen Mary sailed on her maiden voyage on 27 May 1936 and captured the Blue Riband in August of that year;[4] she lost the title to SS Normandie in 1937 and recaptured it in 1938, holding it until 1952 when she was beaten by the new SS United States. With the outbreak of the Second World War, she was converted into a troopship and ferried Allied soldiers for the duration of the war.
Following the war, Queen Mary was refitted for passenger service and along with Queen Elizabeth commenced the two-ship transatlantic passenger service for which the two ships were initially built. The two ships dominated the transatlantic passenger transportation market until the dawn of the jet age in the late 1950s. By the mid-1960s, Queen Mary was ageing and, though still among the most popular transatlantic liners, was operating at a loss.
After several years of decreased profits for Cunard Line, Queen Mary was officially retired from service in 1967. She left Southampton for the last time on 31 October 1967 and sailed to the port of Long Beach, California, United States, where she remains permanently moored. Much of the machinery, including one of the two engine rooms, three of the four propellers, and all of the boilers, were removed. The ship serves as a tourist attraction featuring restaurants, a museum and a hotel. The ship is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has accepted the Queen Mary as part of the Historic Hotels of America.
Southampton in England - Besuch mit der Aida Prima
Besuch der englischen Stadt Southampton mit Titanic Museum.
Views of Southampton part one. Oxford street and surrounding area
Volg of Oxford Street, south western House and Queen’s Park Southampton.
Views of the architecture and builds. Plus one of only two LGBT venues in the city
Exploring The Titanic Bow Starboard Side 2018, High Detail!
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RMS Titanic Ethereal Side Scan. Stern Starboard; Stern from above;
RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912, after it collided with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. There were an estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard the ship, and more than 1,500 died, making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. The RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service and was the second of three Olympic-class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line. The Titanic was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Thomas Andrews, her architect, died in the disaster.
Titanic was under the command of Edward Smith, who also went down with the ship. The ocean liner carried some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as hundreds of emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia and elsewhere throughout Europe who were seeking a new life in the United States. The first-class accommodation was designed to be the pinnacle of comfort and luxury, with an on-board gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and opulent cabins. A high-powered radiotelegraph transmitter was available for sending passenger marconigrams and for the ship's operational use. Although Titanic had advanced safety features such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors, there were not enough lifeboats to accommodate all of those aboard, due to outdated maritime safety regulations. Titanic only carried enough lifeboats for 1,178 people—slightly more than half of the number on board, and one third of her total capacity. The ship carried a total of 16 lifeboat davits which could lower three lifeboats each, for a total of 48 boats. However, Titanic carried only a total of 20 lifeboats, four of which were collapsible and proved to be hard to launch during the sinking.
After leaving Southampton on 10 April 1912, Titanic called at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown (now Cobh) in Ireland before heading west to New York. On 14 April, four days into the crossing and about 375 miles (600 km) south of Newfoundland, she hit an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. ship's time. The collision caused the ship's hull plates to buckle inwards along her starboard (right) side and opened five of her sixteen watertight compartments to the sea; she could only survive four flooding. Meanwhile, passengers and some crew members were evacuated in lifeboats, many of which were launched only partially loaded. A disproportionate number of men were left aboard because of a women and children first protocol for loading lifeboats. At 2:20 a.m., she broke apart and foundered—with well over one thousand people still aboard. Just under two hours after the Titanic sank, the Cunard liner RMS Carpathia arrived at the scene, where she brought aboard an estimated 705 survivors.
The disaster was met with worldwide shock and outrage at the huge loss of life and the regulatory and operational failures that had led to it. Public inquiries in Britain and the United States led to major improvements in maritime safety. One of their most important legacies was the establishment in 1914 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), which still governs maritime safety today. Additionally, several new wireless regulations were passed around the world in an effort to learn from the many missteps in wireless communications which could have saved many more passengers.
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RMS Titanic (/taɪˈtænɪk/) was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912, after it collided with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. There were an estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard the ship, and more than 1,500 died, making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. The RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service and was the second of three Olympic-class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line. The Titanic was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Thomas Andrews, her architect, died in the disaster.[2]
Titanic was under the command of Edward Smith, who also went down with the ship. The ocean liner carried some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as hundreds of emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia and elsewhere throughout Europe who were seeking a new life in the United States. The first-class accommodation was designed to be the pinnacle of comfort and luxury, with an on-board gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and opulent cabins. A high-powered radiotelegraph transmitter was available for sending passenger marconigrams and for the ship's operational use. [3] Although Titanic had advanced safety features such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors, there were not enough lifeboats to accommodate all of those aboard, due to outdated maritime safety regulations. Titanic only carried enough lifeboats for 1,178 people—slightly more than half of the number on board, and one third of her total capacity. The ship carried a total of 16 lifeboat davits which could lower three lifeboats each, for a total of 48 boats. However, Titanic carried only a total of 20 lifeboats, four of which were collapsible and proved to be hard to launch during the sinking. [4]
After leaving Southampton on 10 April 1912, Titanic called at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown (now Cobh) in Ireland before heading west to New York.[5] On 14 April, four days into the crossing and about 375 miles (600 km) south of Newfoundland, she hit an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. ship's time. The collision caused the ship's hull plates to buckle inwards along her starboard (right) side and opened five of her sixteen watertight compartments to the sea; she could only survive four flooding. Meanwhile, passengers and some crew members were evacuated in lifeboats, many of which were launched only partially loaded. A disproportionate number of men were left aboard because of a women and children first protocol for loading lifeboats.[6] At 2:20 a.m., she broke apart and foundered—with well over one thousand people still aboard. Just under two hours after the Titanic sank, the Cunard liner RMS Carpathia arrived at the scene, where she brought aboard an estimated 705 survivors.
The disaster was met with worldwide shock and outrage at the huge loss of life and the regulatory and operational failures that had led to it. Public inquiries in Britain and the United States led to major improvements in maritime safety. One of their most important legacies was the establishment in 1914 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), which still governs maritime safety today. Additionally, several new wireless regulations were passed around the world in an effort to learn from the many missteps in wireless communications—which could have saved many more passengers.[7]
The wreck of Titanic was first discovered in 1985 (more than 70 years after the disaster), and the vessel remains on the seabed. The ship was split in two and is gradually disintegrating at a depth of 12,415 feet (3,784 m). Since her discovery in 1985, thousands of artefacts have been recovered and put on display at museums around the world. Titanic has become one of the most famous ships in history; her memory is kept alive by numerous works of popular culture, including books, folk songs, films, exhibits, and memorials. Titanic is the second largest ocean liner wreck in the world, only beaten by her sister HMHS Britannic, the largest ever sunk.
Is the Titanic exhibit haunted?
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Exploring The Titanic Stern Starboard Side 2018, High Detail!
Exploring the Titanic Stern from starboard side. High resolution zoom on details! RMS Titanic Ethereal Side Scan.The Stern from above;
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RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912, after it collided with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. There were an estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard the ship, and more than 1,500 died, making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. The RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service and was the second of three Olympic-class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line. The Titanic was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Thomas Andrews, her architect, died in the disaster.
Titanic was under the command of Edward Smith, who also went down with the ship. The ocean liner carried some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as hundreds of emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia and elsewhere throughout Europe who were seeking a new life in the United States. The first-class accommodation was designed to be the pinnacle of comfort and luxury, with an on-board gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and opulent cabins. A high-powered radiotelegraph transmitter was available for sending passenger marconigrams and for the ship's operational use. Although Titanic had advanced safety features such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors, there were not enough lifeboats to accommodate all of those aboard, due to outdated maritime safety regulations. Titanic only carried enough lifeboats for 1,178 people—slightly more than half of the number on board, and one third of her total capacity. The ship carried a total of 16 lifeboat davits which could lower three lifeboats each, for a total of 48 boats. However, Titanic carried only a total of 20 lifeboats, four of which were collapsible and proved to be hard to launch during the sinking.
After leaving Southampton on 10 April 1912, Titanic called at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown (now Cobh) in Ireland before heading west to New York. On 14 April, four days into the crossing and about 375 miles (600 km) south of Newfoundland, she hit an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. ship's time. The collision caused the ship's hull plates to buckle inwards along her starboard (right) side and opened five of her sixteen watertight compartments to the sea; she could only survive four flooding. Meanwhile, passengers and some crew members were evacuated in lifeboats, many of which were launched only partially loaded. A disproportionate number of men were left aboard because of a women and children first protocol for loading lifeboats. At 2:20 a.m., she broke apart and foundered—with well over one thousand people still aboard. Just under two hours after the Titanic sank, the Cunard liner RMS Carpathia arrived at the scene, where she brought aboard an estimated 705 survivors.
The disaster was met with worldwide shock and outrage at the huge loss of life and the regulatory and operational failures that had led to it. Public inquiries in Britain and the United States led to major improvements in maritime safety. One of their most important legacies was the establishment in 1914 of the International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea (SOLAS), which still governs maritime safety today. Additionally, several new wireless regulations were passed around the world in an effort to learn from the many missteps in wireless communications which could have saved many more passengers.
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Rare photos of the titanic. Photo of the ticket to the ship, menus. People.
Titanic (English Titanic) - British transatlantic steamship, the second liner of the class Olympic. Built in Belfast at the Harland and Woolf shipyard from 1909 to 1912, commissioned by the White Star Line shipping company. At the time of commissioning, it was the largest vessel in the world. On the night of April 14 to 15, 1912, during the first flight, crashed in the North Atlantic, facing an iceberg.
The Titanic was equipped with two four-cylinder steam engines and a steam turbine. The entire power plant had a capacity of 55,000 liters. from. The ship could reach speeds of up to 23 knots (42 km / h). Its displacement, exceeding the steamer twin Olympic by 243 tons, was 52 310 tons. The hull of the vessel was made of steel. The hold and lower decks were divided into 16 compartments by bulkheads with sealed doors. When the bottom was damaged, the water in the compartments was blocked by a double bottom. Shipbuilder magazine called the Titanic practically unsinkable, this statement was widely spread in the press and among the public. In accordance with obsolete rules, the Titanic was equipped with 20 lifeboats, with a total capacity of 1178 people, which was only one third of the maximum load of the steamer.
The cabins and public spaces of the Titanic were divided into three classes. First class passengers were provided with a swimming pool, a squash court, an à la carte restaurant, two cafes, a gym. In all classes there were dining and smoking lounges, open and closed promenades. The most luxurious and exquisite were the interiors of the first class, made in various art styles using expensive materials such as mahogany, gilding, stained glass, silk and others. Cabins and salons of the third class were designed as simply as possible: the steel walls were painted white or covered with wooden panels.
April 10, 1912 Titanic went from Southampton on his first and only flight. Having made stops in the French Cherbourg and Irish Queenstown, the ship entered the Atlantic Ocean with 1,317 passengers and 908 crew members on board. The ship was commanded by Captain Edward Smith. On April 14, the Titanic radio station accepted seven ice warnings, but the airliner continued to move almost at maximum speed. To avoid the encounter with floating ice, the captain ordered to go slightly to the south of the usual route.
At 23:39 on April 14, a forward looking man reported to the captain's bridge about the iceberg right at the rate. Less than a minute later there was a collision. After receiving a few holes, the ship began to sink. First of all, women and children were put in boats. At 2:20 on April 15, breaking into two parts, the Titanic sank, killing 1496 people. 712 rescued people picked up the ship Carpathia.
The fragments of the Titanic are buried at a depth of 3,750 m. They were discovered for the first time by the expedition of Robert Ballard in 1985. Subsequent expeditions raised thousands of artifacts from the bottom. The fore and aft parts have gone deep into the bottom mud and are in a deplorable state, lifting them to the surface intact is not possible
The Real Titanic - Unseen photos (1912)
Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning hours of 15 April 1912, after it collided with an iceberg during its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. There were an estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard the ship, and more than 1,500 died, making it one of the deadliest commercial peacetime maritime disasters in modern history. The RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service and was the second of three Olympic-class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line. The Titanic was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Thomas Andrews, her architect, died in the disaster.[2]
Titanic was under the command of Edward Smith, who also went down with the ship. The ocean liner carried some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as hundreds of emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia and elsewhere throughout Europe who were seeking a new life in the United States. The first-class accommodation was designed to be the pinnacle of comfort and luxury, with an on-board gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and opulent cabins. A high-powered radiotelegraph transmitter was available for sending passenger marconigrams and for the ship's operational use. Although Titanic had advanced safety features such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors, there were not enough lifeboats to accommodate all of those aboard, due to outdated maritime safety regulations. Titanic only carried enough lifeboats for 1,178 people—slightly more than half of the number on board, and one third of her total capacity.
Titanic - History Documentary - The Unsinkable Ship
Subscribe Please???? - RMS Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in 1912 after the ship struck an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. Of the estimated 2,224 passengers and crew aboard, more than 1,500 died, making it one of modern history's deadliest peacetime commercial marine disasters. RMS Titanic was the largest ship afloat at the time she entered service and was the second of three Olympic-class ocean liners operated by the White Star Line. She was built by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. Thomas Andrews, chief naval architect of the shipyard at the time, died in the disaster.
Titanic was under the command of Capt. Edward Smith, who also went down with the ship. The ocean liner carried some of the wealthiest people in the world, as well as hundreds of emigrants from Great Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia and elsewhere throughout Europe who were seeking a new life in the United States. The first-class accommodation was designed to be the pinnacle of comfort and luxury, with an on-board gymnasium, swimming pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and opulent cabins. A high-powered radiotelegraph transmitter was available for sending passenger marconigrams and for the ship's operational use. Although Titanic had advanced safety features such as watertight compartments and remotely activated watertight doors, it only carried enough lifeboats for 1,178 people—about half the number on board, and one third of her total capacity—due to outdated maritime safety regulations. The ship carried 16 lifeboat davits which could lower three lifeboats each, for a total of 48 boats. However, Titanic carried only a total of 20 lifeboats, four of which were collapsible and proved hard to launch during the sinking.
After leaving Southampton on 10 April 1912, Titanic called at Cherbourg in France and Queenstown (now Cobh) in Ireland before heading west to New York.[7] On 14 April, four days into the crossing and about 375 miles (600 km) south of Newfoundland, she hit an iceberg at 11:40 p.m. ship's time. The collision caused the hull plates to buckle inwards along her starboard (right) side and opened five of her sixteen watertight compartments to the sea; she could only survive four flooding. Meanwhile, passengers and some crew members were evacuated in lifeboats, many of which were launched only partially loaded. A disproportionate number of men were left aboard because of a women and children first protocol for loading lifeboats.At 2:20 a.m., she broke apart and foundered with well over one thousand people still aboard. Just under two hours after Titanic sank, the Cunard liner RMS Carpathia arrived and brought aboard an estimated 705 survivors.
The wreck of Titanic was discovered in 1985 (more than 70 years after the disaster) during a US military mission, and it remains on the seabed. The ship was split in two and is gradually disintegrating at a depth of 12,415 feet (3,784 m). Thousands of artefacts have been recovered and displayed at museums around the world. Titanic has become one of the most famous ships in history; her memory is kept alive by numerous works of popular culture, including books, folk songs, films, exhibits, and memorials. Titanic is the second largest ocean liner wreck in the world, only beaten by her sister HMHS Britannic, the largest ever sunk, although she holds the record as the largest sunk while actually in service as a liner due to Britannic being used as a hospital ship at the time of her sinking. The final survivor of the sinking, Millvina Dean, aged two months at the time, died in 2009 at the age of 97.
It was these watertight bulkheads that inspired Shipbuilder magazine, in a special issue devoted to the Olympic liners, to deem them “practically unsinkable.”
But the watertight compartment design contained a flaw that was a critical factor in Titanic’s sinking: While the individual bulkheads were indeed watertight, the walls separating the bulkheads extended only a few feet above the water line, so water could pour from one compartment into another, especially if the ship began to list or pitch forward.
The second critical safety lapse that contributed to the loss of so many lives was the number of lifeboats carried on Titanic. A mere 16 boats, plus four Engelhardt “collapsibles,” could accommodate just 1,178 people. Titanic could carry up to 2,435 passengers, and a crew of approximately 900 brought her capacity to more than 3,300 people.
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Reflecting the White Star Line's reputation for superior comfort and luxury, the RMS Titanic had extensive facilities for First-Class passengers which were widely regarded as the finest of her time. In contrast to her French and German competitors, whose interiors were extravagantly decorated and heavily adorned, the Titanic emphasised comfort and subdued elegance more in the style of a British country manor or luxury hotel. Titanic's enormous size enabled her to feature unusually large rooms, all equipped with the latest technologies for comfort, hygiene, and convenience. Staterooms and public spaces recreated historic styles with a painstaking attention to detail and accuracy. There were a wide range of recreational and sporting facilities in addition which provided ample opportunity for amusement during a voyage.
Although closely similar to her sister ship and predecessor the RMS Olympic, Titanic featured additional First-Class staterooms, augmented public rooms, and myriad minor improvements to enhance her luxury and comfort.