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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. Edward Smith (sea captain) - Wikipedia

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   Harry Senior, one of Titanic ' s stokers, and second class passenger Charles Eugene Williams, who both survived aboard Collapsible B, stated that Smith [36] swam with a child in his arms to Collapsible B, which Smith presented to a steward, after which he apparently swam back to the rapidly foundering ship. Williams' account differs slightly ...

4. 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.

5. 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 ...

6. A Night to Remember (1958 film) - Wikipedia

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   White Star Line Chairman J. Bruce Ismay steps into one of the last lifeboats. Passengers—among them Murphy, Gallagher and Farrel—retreat towards the stern as it rises into the air, while Lightoller and other able seamen struggle to free the two remaining collapsible lifeboats, as the Titanic ' s bow submerges. Captain Smith shouts through ...

7. Titanic sub update: Details about design of submarine may ...

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   Had the ship been equipped with enough lifeboats for passengers, or had fewer of the watertight compartments been breached, perhaps more lives could have been saved.” Skylar Baker-Jordan writes:

8. 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 ...

9. SS Californian - Wikipedia

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   Titanic ' s Captain Edward Smith had felt the ship was close enough that he ordered the first lifeboats launched on the port side to row over to the ship, drop off the passengers, and come back to Titanic for more. Moreover, lifeboat occupants reported the other ship's lights were seen from the lifeboats throughout the night; one lifeboat rowed ...