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  2. Lifeboats of the Titanic - Wikipedia

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    Additionally, even if the ship did have more lifeboats, due to the laborous task of launching lifeboats using davits, there was only enough time to launch all but two boats before the ship began its final plunge. A total of 1,503 people lost their lives when the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. Many of them had not made it into a boat.

  3. Changes in safety practices after the sinking of the Titanic

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    After the Titanic disaster, the United States Navy assigned the Scout Cruisers USS Chester and USS Birmingham to patrol the Grand Banks for the remainder of 1912. In 1913, the U.S Navy could not spare ships for this purpose, so the Revenue Cutter Service (forerunner of the United States Coast Guard) assumed responsibility, assigning the Cutters Seneca and Miami to conduct the patrol.

  4. Titanic - Wikipedia

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    In accordance with accepted practices of the time, as ships were seen as largely unsinkable and lifeboats were intended to transfer passengers to nearby rescue vessels, [163] [k] Titanic only had enough lifeboats to carry about half of those on board; if the ship had carried the full complement of about 3,339 passengers and crew, only about a ...

  5. Titanic sub update – YouTuber reveals he was invited on fated ...

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    Follow live updates on the OceanGate Expeditions submersible catastrophe as scrutiny grows over CEO Stockton Rush and Coast Guard rescue costs

  6. Titanic newspaper article discovered in wardrobe after 112 years

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    Just four days later, the Titanic’s maiden voyage was transformed into an international tragedy when the ship struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic at 11:40 p.m. April 14.

  7. What is a 'catastrophic implosion'? How pressure but no pain ...

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    At Titanic depths, some 12,500 feet down, the water pressure is nearly 400 times more than at the ocean's surface — some 6,000 pounds would have been pressing down on every square inch of Titan ...

  8. Margaret Brown - Wikipedia

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    Margaret Brown (née Tobin; July 18, 1867 – October 26, 1932), posthumously known as the "Unsinkable Molly Brown", was an American socialite and philanthropist. She was a survivor of the RMS Titanic, which sank in 1912, and she unsuccessfully urged the crew in Lifeboat No. 6 to return to the debris field to look for survivors.

  9. The Tragic Story of Jenny, the Titanic Cat - AOL

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    The sinking of the R.M.S. Titanic is widely regarded as one of the most tragic events of the 20th century. While the deaths of thousands of passengers and several animals, including dogs and ...