The Titanic was an 883-foot passenger liner built by White Star Line that set sail from Queenstown, Ireland on its maiden voyage to New York on April 11, 1912 carrying over 2,200 people. In the early morning of April 15th, the Titanic struck an iceberg in the North Atlantic and sank within three hours, resulting in the deaths of over 1,500 people as there were not enough lifeboats for all aboard. The wreck of the Titanic was rediscovered in 1985 on the ocean floor over 2 miles deep.
2. Building the Titanic
Built by the White Star Line
883 ft long
92 ft wide
46,328 tons
104 ft high
29 boilers
3 propellers
3 million rivets
16 water-tight
compartments
3.
4. Setting Sail
Set sail on Thursday April 11, 1912
2223 people on board
Left Queenstown, Ireland for New York
The captain’s name was Edward J. Smith
5.
6. Disaster!
11:40 pm Sunday, April 14, 1912
the Titanic hit an iceberg
The hole was over 300ft long
First lifeboat was launched at
12:40 am with only 19 people on
board
It took 160 minutes for the
Titanic to sink
7.
8. Rescue!
Carpathia comes to the rescue
When it received the SOS it was 60
miles away
Some of the people were in lifeboats
for 4 hours
1517 souls perished
Only 706 people survived
13. Rediscovery
"The debris field hit me the most, here in that ghostly expanse of sea
floor 350 miles off Newfoundland, the people who died during the early
hours of April 15th 1912, leaves me with this everlasting memory"
~ Dr. Robert Ballard ~
14. Last Living Titanic Survivor
Millvina Dean, age 97
Died in 2009
Only 2 months old at time
of sinking
Rescued with mother and
older brother, Bertram
Lowered into lifeboat in mailbag
Father did not survive
Has no memory of the
tragedy
