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Titanic Lifeboat No. 1 was a lifeboat from the steamship Titanic. It was the fifth boat launched to sea, over an hour after the liner collided with an iceberg and began sinking on 14 April 1912 . With a capacity of 40 people, it was launched with only 12 aboard, the fewest to escape in any one boat that night.
Intertitle: [ Quartermaster Hitchens of the Titanic who went down with the ship and was afterwards picked up. ] Mid-shot of Hitchens talking to a policeman. Intertitle: [ Father Hogue, a passenger of the Carpathia who first sighted the Titanic lifeboats. ] Two shots of Father Hogue on deck. A crew member enters a cabin behind him.
Only Lifeboats No. 3 and No. 15 returned to retrieve survivors from the water, some of whom later died. Although the number of lifeboats was insufficient, Titanic complied with maritime safety regulations at the time and even went over regulations by adding four collapsibles. The sinking showed that the regulations were outdated for such large ...
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Now, new photos taken this summer show that the view has changed dramatically. In the years since the Titanic sank after hitting an iceberg in 1912, we have become familiar with haunting images of ...
The Attorney General, Sir Rufus Isaacs, presented the inquiry with a list of 26 key questions to be answered. When news of the disaster reached the UK government the responsibility for initiating an inquiry lay with the Board of Trade, the organisation responsible for British maritime regulations and whose inspectors had certified Titanic as seaworthy before her maiden voyage.
The Carpathia reached the scene at 5:30 a.m., three hours after the Titanic went down with 1,503 passengers and crew. ... image of what may have sunk the mighty Titanic. Several photos of icebergs ...
Thomas Roussel Davids Byles (26 February 1870 – 15 April 1912) was an English Catholic priest who was a passenger aboard the RMS Titanic on its maiden voyage when it sank after striking an iceberg during the night of 14–15 April 1912. He was reported as being amidst the throng of trapped passengers on the ship's rear deck in its final ...