The Titanic

Identity Card :

Name : RMS TitanicPopulation : 2201 persons

Architect : Thomas AndrewsCaptain : Edward Smith

Length : 291 mWidth : 31 m

Weight : 46 328 TonnesHeight : 33 m

Number of cabins : 762Number of chimneys : 4

Map :

Amandine : - Hello ! Léontine : - Hello ! Amandine : - I would like to have informations on the Titanic, please. Léontine : -Yes, what are your questions ? Amandine : - When was It built and who did it ? Léontine : - It was built in 1907 by the architect Thomas Andrews. Amandine : - What was its route and where did it sink ? Léontine : - It left the harbour of Southampton, stopped at Cherbourg and Queenstown, then, had to cross the Atlantic ocean and arrive to New York but it sank in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.Look at the map, there is the route. Amandine : - Ok, thank you but…why did it sink ? Léontine : - It sank because it was navigating quickly when it hit an iceberg that the watchtower had not seen. Its five first compartments filled up with water and it began to sink.

 Amandine : - When did it hit the iceberg and when was it under the water ? Léontine : - It hit the iceberg in April, the fourteenth, 1912 at twenty to twelve and it sank at twenty past two, three hours later. Amandine : - How many persons died and how many persons survive ? Léontine : - 1491 persons died and 2201 survived. Amandine : - Did we find the wreck ? 

Léontine : - Yes, in September, the first, 1985. Amandine : - Ok, thank you for the informations !

Léontine : - With pleasure. We have postcards of Titanic. If you want them, here you are.

Postcard :

Amandine : - Thank you ! Good bye ! Léontine : - Good bye !

This was the Titanic at Southampton, in April, the tenth, nineteen twelve.

The Titanic may have hit this iceberg.

This is the Titanic sinking.

Here are thirteen boats of the Titanic.

Here is one boat with very few survivors

And this is the wreck.