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  2. Lifeboats of the Titanic - Wikipedia

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    The shortage of lifeboats was not due to a lack of space; Titanic had actually been designed to accommodate up to 64 lifeboats [5] – nor was it because of cost, as the price of an extra 32 lifeboats (when it could have even held an extra 48) would only have been some $16,000, a tiny fraction of the $7.5 million that the company had spent on ...

  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. United States Senate inquiry into the sinking of the Titanic

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    Subjects covered included the ice warnings received, the inadequate number of lifeboats, the handling of the ship and its speed, Titanic ' s distress calls, and the handling of the evacuation of the ship. The subcommittee's report was presented to the United States Senate on May 28, 1912.

  5. Titanic newspaper article discovered in wardrobe after 112 years

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    A newspaper illustrating the agonizing wait facing families of those onboard the Titanic has been discovered at the back of a wardrobe in ... did not have enough lifeboats for the approximately ...

  6. 17 things you never knew about the Titanic - AOL

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    Saturday marks the 105th anniversary of one of the most iconic tragedies in history: the sinking of the Titanic.

  7. Sinking of the Titanic - Wikipedia

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    The shortage of lifeboats was not because of a lack of space nor because of cost. Titanic had been designed to accommodate up to 68 lifeboats. [86] In fact, it carried more than the regulation lifeboats legislated by the Board of Trade and indeed more than there was time to launch. [87]

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

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    The ship only carried 20 lifeboats that could accommodate 1,178 people, which was significantly less than the total number of passengers onboard. Jenny’s tragic fate What happened to Jenny on ...

  9. Edward Smith (sea captain) - Wikipedia

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    Smith did not inform his officers that the ship did not have enough lifeboats to save everyone. He did not supervise the loading of the lifeboats and seemingly made no effort to find out if his orders were being followed. [24] [26]