Titantic (April 14, 1912)

That is some sad statistic there... that was a sad day for men and British men especially.

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Of a total of 2,223 people aboard the Titanic only 706 survived the disaster and 1,517 perished. The majority of deaths were caused by hypothermia in the 28 °F (−2 °C) water. At this water temperature, death could be expected in less than 15 minutes.

Men and members of the 2nd and 3rd class were less likely to survive. Of the male passengers in second class, 92 percent perished. Less than half of third-class passengers survived.

6 of the 7 children in first class survived. All of the children in second class survived, whereas less than half were saved in third class. 4 first class women died, 86 percent of the women survived in second class and less than half survived in third class. Overall, only 20 percent of the men survived, compared to nearly 75 percent of the women. Men in first class were four times as likely to survive as men in second class, and twice as likely to survive as those in third.

Another disparity is that a greater percentage of British passengers died than American passengers; some sources claim this could be because many Britons of the time were polite and queued, rather than forcing their way onto the lifeboats. The captain, Edward John Smith, shouted out: "Be British, boys, be British!" as the ocean liner went down, according to witnesses.

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There are no living survivors of the Titanic disaster. The last living survivor was Millvina Dean, who was only nine weeks old at the time of the sinking. She died on 31 May 2009, the 98th anniversary of the launching of the ship's hull. She lived in Southampton, England.

I wonder if it's a bad thing to be fascinate by this history x___X;;

no because we learn from past mistakes, well not all of them........

Even though we learn, we tend to walk right into it regardless.

It's cause we think we have the answer the second or third time around!

Humans................ we are such self-destructive creatures.

that is how we don't over populate the universe.

Titanic, got yah.

titanic was a poorly made indestructible ship, we learned alot from it and have ships that would seal themselves off if they were hit by a torpedo now.

R&R wrote:

that is how we don't over populate the universe.

Yet, we are still overpopulated =w=;;

R&R wrote:

titanic was a poorly made indestructible ship, we learned alot from it and have ships that would seal themselves off if they were hit by a torpedo now.

Man what? Seal themselves, how the hell? o__O;;

diffrent compartments and doors that close if the hull there is breached. so science.

=.= Uhhh huh......... like what happened in the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (the movie with Sean Connery)?

never seen it.

I liked it

BRITISHY!!!

Fun Facts:

-Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
-There were no cats on the Titanic. Cats were often brought on ships as a form of good luck. --They also controlled rodents.
-The Titanic is about as long as the Empire State building is tall.
-The Tower Bridge, located in London England, is approximately the same length and height as the Titanic.
-There were 13 couples on board celebrating their Honeymoons.
-Captain Smith was planning to retire after Titanic's maiden voyage.
-The Titanic had 4 elevators (3 in First class and 1 in Second class).
-At the time, Titanic's whistles were the largest ever made.
-Titanic's whistles could be heard from a distance of 11 miles.
-The Titanic carried 900 tons of baggage and freight.
-The Titanic used 14,000 gallons of drinking water every 24 hours.

must have been first class dogs.

Soul wrote:

Fun Facts:

-Two dogs were among the Titanic survivors.
-There were no cats on the Titanic. Cats were often brought on ships as a form of good luck. --They also controlled rodents.
-There were 13 couples on board celebrating their Honeymoons.

Lmao... first class dogs, nice one XD

;< No cats, tsk tsk!!! Wow, no wonder it sank o.O;;

the cats would have fixed the hole themselves to keep out of the water. thus the magic of the modern boat cat.

... they would have to touch the water, and cats dun like water ;<

they would use magic.

Actually the turkish van cat likes water qutie a lot.

good thing there were no turkeys then.

Turkeys, cool story bro. How 'bout them titanics?

how bout them first class dogs?

How bout them thirteen couples on their honeymoon.