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R.M.S. TITANIC What have we missed?

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R.M.S. TITANIC

What have we missed?

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DOE S ANYONE R E ALLY KNOW

WHY SHE SANK?

How many theories have there been?

Have any of them been proven?

Have any of them created reasonable doubt?

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HOW ABOUT

We talk about what we do know?

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THE BEGINNING

Titanic was built at a shipyard

in Belfast, Ireland in 1909.

It took 3 years to complete.

It was built by Harland &

Wolff, shipbuilders For White

Star Line.

2000 steel plates held together

by 3 million rivets, formed the

hull.

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SIZE Weight: 46,000 tons

Length: 882 feet long (4 city blocks)

Height: 175 feet ( 11 stories)

9 decks with a capacity of 3500

passengers and crew

Was the largest moving object in the

world, at that time

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POWER 20 Boilers & 162

Furnaces.

Burned 650 tons of coal

per day.

4 Smoke Stacks 22 feet

wide and 6 stories high.

Cranked out 16,000

horsepower.

Top Speed was 24 knots.

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SCHEDULE

Titanic’s first and only voyage departed from South Hampton, England on

April 10,1912. With a projected arrival in New York City on April 17, 1912,

She departed with 2200 passengers and crew, with only lifeboats for 1178.

On April 18,1912, The Carpathia arrives in New York with the survivors of Titanic

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75,000 lbs of Fresh Meat

40 tons of Potatoes

35,000 lbs of Tomatoes

7000 heads of Lettuce

15,000 gals of Fresh Milk

40,000 Fresh Eggs

35,000 lbs of Onions

DINING

800 bundles of Asparagus

10,000 lbs of Carrots

36,000 Oranges

36,000 Apples

800lbs of Tea

15,000 bottles of Beer

1500 bottles of Champagne

There was a lot to eat

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THERE WAS LOTS TO DO

Dark Room

Swimming Pool

Turkish Bath

Cigar RoomGym

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2nd Class Ticket

1st Class ticket = $4,300

In present day

3rd Class ticket =

$36.00 present day

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What you paid made more difference then one would have thought.

Passenger survival rates

1st Class 60%

Crew less than 25%

2nd Class 42 %

3rd Class 25%

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FATEFUL NIGHT

On April 14,1912 cruising at 22 knots, Titanic

Hit an iceberg at 11:40 pm.

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The iceberg cut a hole in

the hull 245 feet long.

Water rushed in at a

estimated 7 tons per

second.

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REST IN PEACE

Titanic’s final resting place is 350 miles SE

of Newfoundland, Canada. At 2.3 miles below

the surface.

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The world’s first unsinkable ship took 3 years to build and 3 hours to sink.