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    The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City on April 14, 1912 after colliding with an iceberg. Over 1,500 people lost their lives because there were not enough lifeboats for all of the passengers and crew. It took 73 years to locate the wreck of the Titanic on the ocean floor. The sinking of the Titanic was one of the worst maritime disasters in history and revealed that even advanced technology of the time could not guarantee safety.

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    The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City on April 14, 1912 after colliding with an iceberg. Over 1,500 people lost their lives because there were not enough lifeboats for all of the passengers and crew. It took 73 years to locate the wreck of the Titanic on the ocean floor. The sinking of the Titanic was one of the worst maritime disasters in history and revealed that even advanced technology of the time could not guarantee safety.

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    The Titanic sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City on April 14, 1912 after colliding with an iceberg. Over 1,500 people lost their lives because there were not enough lifeboats for all of the passengers and crew. It took 73 years to locate the wreck of the Titanic on the ocean floor. The sinking of the Titanic was one of the worst maritime disasters in history and revealed that even advanced technology of the time could not guarantee safety.

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    TITANIC: A TRAGIC ENDING

    14th April 1912


    GROUP MEMBERS

    1902610: Evangelin Barla


    1902613: Rajeev Kumar
    1902614: Sarthak Rout
    1902615: Saswata Baksi
    1902619: Sujoy Kumar Nayak
    INTRODUCTION

    • Titanic was the biggest ship made at the time when it was at service.
    • It took 3 years to build with 3000 working men. $7.5 million was spent to build it.
    • Owner: White Star Line.
    • Titanic began it’s maiden voyage from Southampton England bound for New York City
    with Captain Edward J. Smith in command.
    • Passengers aboard was categorized into:
     First Class
     Second Class
     Third Class
    CONSTRUCTION

    • Titanic was constructed on Queen’s Island (now known as the Titanic Quarter in
    Belfast Harbour, Ireland).
    • The Titanic was about 270 meters in length, which is about 1/6 of a mile and it was 53
    meters in height.
    • It used 825 tonnes of coal a day.
    • Each engine weighted 1000 tons.
    • The titanic has 29 boilers which used 159 coal burning furnaces.
    • Titanic had two 4 cylinder engines.
    • 2,566 tickets were sold in total. (1034 in 1st class, 510 in 2nd class, 1022 in 3rd class)
    A HISTORIC TRAGEDY WAS BORN

    • On the night of April 14, 1912, it was in the middle of Atlantic ocean.
    • The ice berg warnings never reached Captain Smith or the officer on the
    bridge.
    • Ice-berg spotted! They tried to turn Titanic away from the iceberg, but it was
    too late.
    • Approximately 37 seconds later the greatest maritime disaster in history began.
    Then slowly she started to sink into her watery grave.
    • Titanic sank more than two miles down to the ocean floor, where no driver
    could go alone.
    SURVIVORS

    • Only over 700 people manage to get on to a boat and survive.


    • Two-thirds of her (Titanic) passengers and crew went down with the ship:
     First class- 60.5% survived
     Second class- 41.75% survived
     Third class- 24.5% survived
     Crew- 23.5% survived
    • The people who did manage to get on a boat were picked up by the closet ship
    Carpathia.
    • 2 dogs were also saved from the Titanic.
    WHY SO MANY DEATHS?

    • There weren’t enough life boats for even half the crew onboard.
    • The boats were not fully loaded when they launched, there was one boat which
    had 12 people on when it was built for 40.
    • There was still 2 lifeboats empty when Titanic sank.
    • A lifeboat drill was Originally planned to take place on board the Titanic on
    April 14, 1912 but it had been cancelled.
    • There was a closer ship, but the Captain of that ship was asleep.
    AFTER 73 YEARS TITANIC WAS FOUND

    • 1st September 1985, a submersible named “Alvin” was sent underwater to capture the images
    of the ship wreck.
    • Titanic’s boiler was the first part of titanic to be discovered.
    • Some of the artifacts recovered were:
     Silverware
     Plates
     Chairs
     Letters
     Currency
     Jewelleries
     Clothing
     Menus
    The Voyage was very much anticipated around the globe. The white star lines employee is
    believe to have said that “even god himself couldn’t sink the ship”.
    The sinking was a wake-up call- a realization that technology can only go so far.
    THANK YOU

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