The document provides extensive details about the Titanic, including its construction, maiden voyage that ended in disaster, and some of the notable passengers who perished when the ship sank after colliding with an iceberg in the North Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912. Some key facts presented include that the Titanic was built by White Star Line and owned by American businessman J.P. Morgan, it carried over 2,200 passengers and crew but had only 16 lifeboats with a capacity of 1,178, and many wealthy and famous people were among the more than 1,500 who lost their lives when the ship went down in less than three hours after striking the iceberg.

1. TITANIC

2. TITANIC

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For nearly 100 years - people from all around
the globe have been fascinated with the
TITANIC disaster. It's one of the most talked
about disasters in world history.
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4. • The history of the Titanic began at a dinner party in a London mansion in 1907. Then
J.Bruce Ismay, managing officer of the White star Line, a prominent ship operating
company, and Lord James Pirrie devised plans to build three magnificent ships that would
set a new standard for luxury and elegance. The first two would be named Olympic and
Titanic while the third, to be built later, would be the Britannic.
• The White Star Line started production on the Olympic in December of 1908, while work
on the Titanic started the following March. The Titanic included amenities that many of its
passengers had never enjoyed in their own homes, such as electric light and heat in every
room.
• The Titanic was officially launched from Southampton ,England, on April 10, 1912.
While the ship carried more than 2,200 passengers and crew, Titanic was equipped with
only 16lifeboats, with a capacity of 1,708.

5. • The Titanic sailed first to Cherbourg, France, to pick up additional passengers, and
then to Queenstown, Ireland, before setting out to sea for the transatlantic voyage to
New York.
• The first three days of the voyage passed without incident, while the fourth did not.
Although the Titanic had received five ice warnings throughout the day on April 14,
Captain Edward Smith decided not to slow down and continued on at 21 knots (25
mph). At 11:40 PM, lookout Ferd Fleet spotted an iceberg and notified the bridge.
• First Officer William Murdoch then ordered the ship turned hard to port and the
engine room was signaled to reverse direction. The ship did move slightly, but could
not avoid the iceberg, which tore a 300 feet-long hole in the ship, causing
compartments to begin filling with water.

6. • Twenty-five minutes after the crash, the ships officers ordered the lifeboats
uncovered and began preparing the passengers and crew for evacuation. The first
lifeboat was launched twenty minutes after the orders were given. Despite having a
carrying capacity of 68, the first lifeboat launched with only 28 passengers.
• When the last boat launched, there were more than 1,500 passengers left on board.
The lifeboats contained mostly women and children. However, J. Bruce Ismay
managed to escape by sneaking onto one of the last lifeboats.
• At approximately 2:10 AM, the stern, or rear of the ship, rose out of the water and
shortly thereafter the weight of the raised stern caused the ship to split in two.
• The bow, or front of the ship, slowly sunk as the stern settled back into the water.
Then, the stern filled with water until it disappeared into the ocean. More than 1,500
souls were lost in the "greatest maritime disaster in history".

7. • Many attempts have been made to find the wreck of the Titanic, yet it wasn't
until 1985, when an expedition combining teams from IFREMER and Woods
Hole Oceanographic Institute discovered the famous ship.
• The team, led by Robert Ballard and Jean-Luis Martin, took the first
photographs of the Titanic in 73 years. More than 90 years later, people
continue to be fascinated with the Titanic. The disaster and its survivors have
been the subject of four movies, a Broadway musical and countless books.
• The movie Titanic, written and directed by James Cameron, is the most
expensive film ever made and in 1998 it won 11 Academy Awards. The Titanic
recently made headlines again in 2001, when a New York couple announced
they would be wed in a deep-sea submersible at the Titanic gravesite.

8. Lifeboat:
Titanic was equipped with only 16 lifeboats, with a capacity of 1,708.

9. Who Really Owned the Titanic?

10. J.P. Morgan

11. The Titanic, registered as a British mail ship was really owned by
the American railroad tycoon, John Pierpont (J.P.) Morgan. He
had most of the controlling interest in the American railroads and
was looking to expand his ownership to seize control of the
Atlantic shipping trade. He succeeded in acquiring the White Star
Line in 1902.
John Pierpont Morgan He was born on Monday 17th
April 1837 in Hartford (CT, USA), he was almost 75 when the
Titanic sank. He had his very own private suite and promenade
deck on the Titanic. He was supposed to join her for her maiden
voyage but cancelled his passage, sparing him the fate of many
of the other millionaires. He died on Monday 31st March 1913.

12. Titanic's Sister Ships

13. The Titanic was the second of three large liners intended to work the
Southampton-New York "shuttle" service. The sister ships were planned
to be near identical.
Olympic & Titanic in Belfast

14. •Launched on 20th October 1910 Olympic was the first of the trio of White Star
Liners. Under the command of Captain E.J. Smith (who was later to command
the Titanic) she sailed on June 14th 1911 on her Maiden voyage to New York.
•The Olympic was received well, but on 20th September 1911 she was involved
in a collision with cruiser HMS Hawke. After limping back to Belfast she was
repaired using components from her sister (Titanic) then under construction.
•After the Titanic disaster, Olympic underwent various safety improvements
including lifeboats for all aboard, and in October 1912 she returned to Belfast
again for installation of an inner watertight skin.

15. Sinking of the
Titanic

16. The place wher e t he ship sank

17. Titanic passengers:
The passengers on the Titanic have become as infamous as the sinking of the ship itself.
While the tragic sinking would have no doubt been met with shock, the tragedy was
manifested by large number of first class and notable Titanic passengers who perished in
the ship's disaster. There were 2228 people on board of the Titanic, 337 in first class, 285
second class, 721 in third class and 885 crew members.
Some passengers taking a stroll.

18. Miss Elizabeth Gladys Dean

19. Miss Elizabeth Gladys Dean, better known as Millvina, was born on 2 February 1912. She
was the daughter of Bertram Frank Dean and Georgette Eva Light Dean. In April, 1912 she
was only nine-weeks-old and was, with her parents and elder-brother Bertram, about to
emigrate to Wichita, Kansas where her father hoped to open a tobacconist shop.Millvina
boarded the Titanic at Southampton with her parents and brother.
Millvina, her mother and brother were all rescued. They returned to England
aboard the Adriatic. It was on the Adriatic that Millvina became quite a spectacle: that such a
tiny baby could have came through the ordeal alive. First and Second Class passengers on
the Adriatic queued to hold her, and many took photographs of her, her mother and brother,
several of which were published in contemporary newspapers.
"[She] was the pet of the liner during the voyage, and so keen was the rivalry
between women to nurse this lovable mite of humanity that one of the officers decreed that
first and second class passengers might hold her in turn for no more than ten minutes"
In April, 1996 she visited Belfast for the first time, as guest of honour for a
Titanic Historical Society convention. Millvina was the last living-survivor. She lived in
retirement in Southampton, England and was kept very busy attending conventions;
appearing in documentaries, TV series and radio shows; signing huge amounts of
autographs; and relating her tales to school groups.

20. She died 31st May 2009 after a

21. The infamous ship set sail on April 10,
1912 under the command of Captain John
Smith. Facts about Captain John Smith,
his life and his tragic death aboard the ship
are often the subject of much debate and
study.
Many historians feel that the tragedy
could have been avoided in it's entirely had
Captain Smith acted differently. Others
aren't so sure. Certainly a number of other
factors contributed to the heavy loss of life,
including the lack of life boats.
Captain J. Smith

22. Famous passengers on the Titanic included Molly
Brown, wife of a Colorado silver mine
entrepreneur, and John Jacob Astor. Molly Brown
became famous in her own right for being the only
woman to have rowed a lifeboat to safety.
Titanic survivor stories have given the world a
wealth of information regarding what actually
happened during the fateful last minutes of the ill
fated luxury liner and the people in the Titanic.
Diaries of the Titanic passengers have revealed
the sinking of the infamous ship was a story rich in
tragedy, triumph and despair,
sacrifice and selfishness.
Molly Brown

23. One of the most touching stories
regarding the passengers on the
Titanic is the tale of an elderly
wealthy couple, the Straus'. When it
became apparent that no male
passengers on the Titanic could be
allowed to board the limited lifeboats,
Mrs. Straus chose to stay by the side
of her husband; even though it meant
certain death. The couple perished
with the ship.
Mr. and Mrs. Straus

24. Titanic Crew & Titanic passengers ...
The Major Players!

25. Edward John Smith: Captain
RMS Titanic
(January 27, 1850 - April 15, 1912)

26. Bruce Ismay -
Titanic Survivor - Managing Director: White Star Line
(December 12, 1862 - October 17, 1937)

27. Thomas Andrews - Chief Designer:
RMS Titanic
(Febuary 7, 1873 - April 15, 1912

28. 1st Officer William Murdoch
(Feb 28, 1873, - April 15, 1912)

29. Margaret (Molly) Brown -
Titanic Survivor
(July 18, 1867 - October 26, 1932)
"The Unsinkable Molly Brown"
American Socialite who helped passengers to the lifeboats - and later
assisted in rescue efforts

30. John Jacob Astor: Wealthy American Businessman
(July 13, 1864 - April 15, 1912)
In 1897 - with the help of his cousin - William Waldorf Astor, the famous
Waldorf-Astoria hotel in NYC was built

31. Benjamin Guggenheim: Wealthy American Businessman
(October 26, 1865 - April 15, 1912)
Just before the titanic sank, Benjamin Guggenheim was noted for saying ...
"we've dressed in our best, and are prepared to go down like gentlemen”

32. Isidor Straus: Co-Owner Macy*s Department Store
(Febuary 6, 1845 - April 15, 1912) and his wife -
Rosalie Ida Blun (1849 - April 15, 1912)
Isidor Straus tried to get his wife into a lifeboat, but she refused to go,
saying ... "We have been together for many years - where you go, I go"

33. Frederick Fleet
(October 15, 1887 – January 10, 1965)
Forward Lookout who first announced the sighting of the
iceberg ...
He also survived of the sinking of the RMS Titanic

34. The first live Titanic pictures were
taken on September 1, 1985, the
day the Wreckage of the ship was
finally discovered. For the next
several months numerous
sketches of the Titanic ship were
developed based on the initial
Titanic wreck photos taken that
day.
Pictures

35. Thousands of underwater pictures
were taken during the 1986 Titanic
expedition. In later trips to the deep,
artifacts would be recovered from the
wreckage of the Titanic. In total, more
than 5,000 pieces would be recovered
from the wreckage site. Today, the
wreckage of the Titanic is considered
by many to be a memorial to the lives of
the 1,522 people who died when the
ship sank on an early spring morning in
1912.

36. Titanic Construction

37. The gantry
The bow under the gantry

38. The stern under the gantry

39. Propeller axe

40. Huge propellers
Fitting out

41. Fitting out
Cylinder

42. Anchor

43. Inside the Titanic

44. Barber Shop
Gym

45. Bath Tub

46. Engine
BoilerRoom

48. RadioRoom 1
RadioRoom2

51. Titanic Chain

52. Titanic-Boarding

53. Titanic Leaving

54. TITANIC After Sink

55. The search vehicle Argo begins a two-hour descent to
the hull of the Titanic in the North Atlantic Ocean.

56. Two four-story-high reciprocating engines (one of which is
pictured here) drove the Titanic's outboard propellers.

57. Lights from the Mir 2 submersible illuminate the port
anchor winch on the foredeck of the sunken Titanic.

58. In the early morning hours of September 1, 1985, oceanographer Robert Ballard and
photographer Emory Kristof found and photographed the shipwreck of the century, the R.M.S.
Titanic. Kristof and his crew used a submersible search vehicle and a towed sled with a still
camera to shoot more than 20,000 frames, including this one of the ocean liner's starboard
propeller.

59. An intact glass pane from the window of Captain Edward J. Smith's
cabin hangs open on the Titanic, which lies two and a half miles (four
kilometers) beneath the North Atlantic Ocean.

60. The Mir 1 submersible illuminates the bow railing of the Titanic.

61. A ceramic bowl and other debris from the Titanic litter the
floor of the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Newfoundland.

62. A hull fragment from the Titanic lies on the ocean floor.

63. An opening on the starboard side of the ship's hull could be damage
from the Titanic's collision with an iceberg on April 14, 1912. About
1,500 people died when the ship sank, breaking in two.

64. Pipes and the captain's bathtub are shown in this photo of what
remains of the captain's cabin on the Titanic, more than two miles
underwater in the north Atlantic. The picture was taken in July 2003.

65. One Of Titanic's Gigantic Engines. They Look Small
Here But In Actuality They Are The Length Of The Keel
To The Deck.:

66. Painting Of The Deck The Gym
Windows Are Visible Aswell.
Shoes Laying On The Ocean Floor Where A
Body Once Lay

67. The Submersible Jason Jr. Looking
Into A Window.
The Rudder Of The Titanic.

68. The Stand Where The Wheel Once Was
Attached To It. This Is All That Remains Of The
Wheel House Now
A Piece Of A Staircase
That Hasn't Decayed

69. The Windows Of the Officer's Quarters

70. The "Big Piece" Which They Raised From The Ocean. It Was Over 20
Feet Long And Weighed About 18 Tons. The First Attempt in 96 Was
Unsuccessful But The Second in August Of 97 Was A Success

71. Pieces Of The
Chandeliers Hangs
From The Roof

72. One Of The Ship's Telemotor's

76. Boiler
Engine

77. Notes

79. Titanic Movie
Titanic (1997)
Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate
Winslet, Bill Paxton, Billy Zane
based a screenplay by director
James Cameron, whose fictional love
story is intertwined with a chronicle of
the April 1912 Titanic sinking

80. Bernard Hill
Born:
December 17, 1944
Birthplace: Manchester,
England, UK
Captain Edward John
Smith
Born: January 27, 1850
Birthplace: Hanley, Stoke-
on-Trent, England
Died: April 15, 1912,
Atlantic Ocean (perished
during sinking of RMS
Titanic)
Reel Face: Real Face:

81. Kathy Bates
Born:
June 28, 1948
Birthplace:
Memphis,
Tennessee, USA
Margaret "Molly" Brown
Born: July 18, 1867
Birthplace: Hannibal,
Missouri
Died: October 26, 1932
Barbizon Hotel, New York
City
(brain tumor)

82. Eric Braeden
Born:
April 3, 1941
Birthplace: Kiel,
Germany
John Jacob Astor
Born: July 13, 1864
Birthplace: Rhinebeck, New
York
Died: April 15, 1912
Atlantic Ocean
(perished in Titanic disaster)

83. Victor Garber
Born:
March 16, 1949
Birthplace: London,
Ontario, Canada
Thomas Andrews
Born: February 7, 1873
Birthplace: Comber, County
Down, Ireland
Died: April 15, 1912
Atlantic Ocean
(perished in Titanic sinking)

84. Questioning the Story

85. Were Jack and Rose based on real people?
No. Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater, portrayed in the
movie by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, are almost
entirely fictional characters (James Cameron modeled the
character of Rose after American artist Beatrice Wood, who
had no connection to Titanic history). The movie's love story
is also fiction.

86. I heard there was a J. Dawson on board the
Titanic, is that true?
Yes. A man who signed his name J.
Dawson did board the Titanic.
However, the J. stood for Joseph, not
Jack. Born in Dublin, Joseph Dawson
was a member of the Titanic crew. He
worked as a coal trimmer (it was his job
to even out the piles of coal that were
shoveled into the ship's furnaces)

87. Who sketched Jack's drawing of Rose that
we see in the movie Titanic?
Director James Cameron did the sketch of Rose
(Kate Winslet) wearing the necklace. It is
actually Cameron's hand, not Leonardo
DiCaprio's, that we see sketching Rose in the
movie. James Cameron also drew all of the
pictures in Jack's sketchbook.

88. Were the movie's underwater shots of the
Titanic wreckage real?
Yes. Most of the underwater shots of the Titanic wreckage are real. In
1995, James Cameron hired the Russian vessel Akademik Mstislav
Keldysh and its two submersibles.
He made a total of twelve dives to film the underwater close-ups at a
depth of 12,500 feet below the North Atlantic. Special cameras and
housings were designed to withstand the 6,000 pounds per square inch of
water pressure.
Each dive lasted approximately fifteen hours, but the cameras could
only store 500 feet of film, which meant that only twelve minutes of footage
could be shot per dive. As a result, a few of the underwater shots had to
be faked.

89. Were any of Pablo Picasso's paintings lost
with the Titanic?
No. After Rose (Kate Winslet) boards the ship in the
movie, we see her displaying authentic paintings by the
then barely-known painter, Pablo Picasso. Cal (Billy Zane)
comments that the artist will never amount to anything.
This is an obvious point of humor in the movie, but it
also raises the question as to whether or not these
paintings were in fact part of Titanic history.

90. Yes. Joseph Phillippe Lemercier Laroche was
the only black man to perish in the Titanic
sinking. Laroche, shown on the right in a family
photo, was on board with his pregnant wife
Juliette and their two young daughters.
The story of this interracial family was not
known until 2000, three years after the movie's
release, when the Chicago Museum of Science &
Industry and the Titanic Historical Society
revealed the information as part of a Titanic
exhibit.
Were there any black passengers on board
the Titanic?

91. Did Bruce Ismay really encourage Captain Smith
to go faster?
During the U.S. Senate's Inquiry into the disaster, Bruce Ismay, the
Managing Director of the White Star Line, said the following, "I
understand it has been stated that the ship was going at full speed. The
ship never had been at full speed. The full speed of the ship is 78
revolutions. She works up to 80.
So far as I am aware, she never exceeded 75 revolutions. She had
not all her boilers on. None of the single-ended boilers were on." Ismay
said that it was their intention to work the ship up to its full speed of 80
revolutions either on the next day (Monday) or two days later (Tuesday),
depending on the weather.

92. Did pieces of ice from the iceberg really land on
the promenade deck?
Yes. Mrs. Churchill Candee, of Washington, said the following
about the ice, "The first thing I recall was one of the crew
appearing with pieces of ice in his hands. He said he had gathered
them from the bow of the boat.
Some of the passengers were inclined to believe he was
joking. But soon the situation dawned on all of us." Survivor
William Lucas reported seeing "about a couple of tons" of ice "on
the forewell [deck] on the starboard side" of the ship.
Fourth Officer Joseph Groves Boxhall said that he found "a
little ice in the well deck covering a space of about three or four
feet from the bulwarks right along the well deck, small stuff."

93. Did the Titanic's band continue to play as
the ship went under?
Yes. 33-year-old Wallace Henry Hartley, a
violinist, was the bandleader on the Titanic.
Hartley (left) had a fiancée in Boston Spa, near
Wetherby in Yorkshire, and he had spent time
with her before leaving on the Titanic.
After the ship struck an iceberg, Wallace
Hartley assembled his eight-man band, and they
eventually ended up on the Boat Deck near the
entrance to the Grand Staircase.
There, they played ragtime and waltzes.
Specifically, survivors reported them playing
"Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "In the
Shadows". No one is certain what the last song
was that the band played as the ship went down.

94. Were the third class passengers really locked
below as the movie Titanic suggests?
Yes, but not exactly in the way that the film implies. Titanic history tells us
that gates did exist which barred the third class passengers from the other
passengers. However, these gates weren't in place to stop a third class
passenger from taking a first class passenger's seat on a lifeboat.
At the time of the sinking, some stewards kept gates locked waiting for
instructions, while others allowed women and children to the upper decks.
As a result of poor communication from the upper decks, the dire reality of
the situation was never conveyed. The crew failed to search for
passengers in the cabins and common areas, and the fact that some third
class passengers did not speak English, also presented a problem. As a
result, many of the third class passengers were left to fend for themselves.
Only 25 percent of the third class passengers survived the disaster.

95. Did Officer Murdoch really commit suicide after
shooting passengers and accepting a bribe?
After the release of James Cameron's 1997
movie Titanic, Officer William Murdoch's
surviving relatives, other historians, and
people from Murdoch's hometown of
Dalbeattie, Scotland were angered over
Cameron's decisive portrayal of First Officer
Murdoch (right).
In the film, he turns his gun on himself
after shooting two passengers who are
rushing a lifeboat. Based on witness
testimony, historians are fairly certain that an
officer did commit suicide, but it can't be
said with absolute certainty that it was First
Officer Murdoch. Also, there is no evidence to
suggest that Murdoch ever took a bribe.

96. Did some of the passengers choose to go down
with the ship?
Yes. Near the end of the movie Titanic, we see an old couple embracing in
bed as water pours into their cabin. The couple is first class passengers
Isador and Ida Straus (left). Isador was the co-owner of Macy's department
store. In real life, Isador and Ida were both offered a place on Lifeboat No.
8, but Isador chose to stay on the Titanic so long as there were women who
remained on the ship.
Ida refused to abandon her husband. Witnesses on the deck
and in Lifeboat No. 8 heard Ida tell her husband, "We have been living
together for many years. Where you go, I go." The couple was last seen
sitting on a pair of deck chairs (not lying in bed like in the movie). Only
Isador's body was recovered and identified.

98. Did the Titanic's lights continue to burn until just before
the ship went under?
Yes. Dr. Washington Dodge, a Titanic survivor who observed the ship's final
moments from a lifeboat, said the following in an April 20, 1912 San Francisco Bulletin
article, "We saw the sinking of the vessel. The lights continued burning all along its
starboard side until the moment of its downward plunge. After that a series of terrific
explosions occurred, I suppose either from the boilers or weakened bulkheads." This
account is nearly identical to what is shown in the movie.
Did the Titanic really break apart as it sunk?
Yes. For years, whether the Titanic broke apart as it went under was a highly
debated element of Titanic history. Some survivors testified that the ship did break apart as
it sunk, while others said that it went under intact. Much of the uncertainty surrounding this
was put to rest in 1985 when the wreck of the Titanic was discovered in two separate
portions on the sea bottom. It is very likely that the ship broke apart much like the movie's
depiction.

99. Were any of the passengers rescued from the
water like Rose?
Yes. Only two of the sixteen lifeboats went back to pick
up survivors, and they ended up saving six. The first was
Quartermaster Perkis in Lifeboat 4, who was able to pull
5 people from the water but only 3 survived.
The second boat was Lifeboat 14 headed by Fifth
Officer Harold Lowe (right), who had gathered nearby
lifeboats together to free up room in one of them.
When Lifeboat 14 returned to where the Titanic had
sunk (approximately 150 yards away), Officer Lowe and
a working crew of six men picked up four survivors from
the water. One of the four men found in the water, a
William F. Hoyt from New York, died in the lifeboat.

100. How long could the people have remained alive in
the water?
On the night of the Titanic sinking, the temperature of the salt water was likely
around 28° F. The human body loses heat to the water about 30 times faster
than it does to the air. When the core body temperature falls to approximately
89° F, a decrease in consciousness occurs.
If the core temperature cools to below 86° F, then heart failure becomes a
major concern, as it is the most common cause of hypothermia-related deaths.
The people in the bone chilling 28° water above the sinking Titanic would have
had anywhere from several minutes to an hour to live, depending on their
physical condition and how much they flailed.
Some people in the water might have believed that swimming would help
their body to generate heat. In reality, people who swam or moved around a lot
would have lost heat 35-50% faster and been susceptible to exhaustion.
There were even several people who died from hypothermia in the Titanic
lifeboats, because they were open and gave no protection against the cold.
Regulations have since been put in place that require lifeboats to be fully or
partially enclosed.

102. Was the Heart of the Ocean (Coeur de la Mer) a real
diamond?
No. The Heart of the Ocean diamond is a fictional device that James
Cameron added to the plot in order to give Brock Lovett (Bill Paxton) a
reason to hear Rose's story. The Heart of the Ocean is based on the
famous Hope Diamond that King Louis XVI of France gave to Marie
Antoinette to add to her jewelry collection.
The Hope Diamond is currently on display at the Smithsonian
Natural History Museum in Washington, D.C. It holds no place in Titanic
history. As a result of moviegoer fantasies surrounding the fictional
Heart of the Ocean, the Asprey & Garrard jewelry company decided to
make a real Heart of the Ocean diamond necklace. The 170-carat
sapphire, surrounded by sixty-five 30-carat diamonds, was worn by
Celine Dion during her performance of "My Heart Will Go On" at the
1998 Academy Awards Ceremony. The necklace later sold at a benefit
auction for $2.2 million.

103. Thanq for Your
Time
With Love….
RAMYA
SOMPALLI