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The sinking was one of the worst maritime disasters in the Second World War, and one of the worst maritime disasters in history involving a children's ship. [4] While only 54 of 112 children of the Titanic died, [5] 98 of 123 children on the City of Benares were lost. [6] On the Lusitania 94 children were lost.
Titanic was 882 feet 9 inches (269.06 m) long with a maximum breadth of 92 feet 6 inches (28.19 m). The ship's total height, measured from the base of the keel to the top of the bridge, was 104 feet (32 m). [16] Titanic measured 46,329 GRT and 21,831 NRT [17] and with a draught of 34 feet 7 inches (10.54 m) and displaced 52,310 tonnes. [5]
Of the groups shown in the table, 49 per cent of the children, 26 per cent of the female passengers, 82 per cent of the male passengers and 78 per cent of the crew died. The figures show stark differences in the survival rates between men and women, and of the different classes aboard Titanic, especially among women and children. Although less ...
The public's fascination with the Titanic spans generations — and there's no question as to why. The $7.5 million (over $200 million today) luxury ocean liner was a representation of grandeur ...
The Titanic's sinking claimed over 1,500 lives. There were well-known people among the casualties. 12 famous people who died on the Titanic — and 11 who survived
Lightoller was born in Chorley, Lancashire, on 30 March 1874, [8] into a family that had operated cotton-spinning mills in Lancashire since the late 18th century. His mother, Sarah Jane Lightoller (née Widdows), died of scarlet fever shortly after giving birth to him.
World War II Frederick Fleet (15 October 1887 – 10 January 1965) was a British sailor , crewman and a survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic . [ 1 ] Fleet, along with fellow lookout Reginald Lee , was on duty when the ship struck the iceberg; Fleet first sighted the iceberg, ringing the bridge to proclaim: "Iceberg, right ahead!"
Stoudenmire died in 1975 at the age of 84. But his photo isn't the only iceberg photo in existence that some claim to be an image of what may have sunk the mighty Titanic. Several photos of ...