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Titanic ~A Social Disaster

Titanic ~A Social Disaster. Titanic Facts & Figures. The Titanic steamed out of Southampton on April 10, 1912 At the time ocean liner was only form of trans-Atlantic travel Wide disparity between class of passengers 1 st Class- Rich, affluent, traveling for pleasure

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Titanic ~A Social Disaster

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  1. Titanic ~A Social Disaster

  2. Titanic Facts & Figures The Titanic steamed out of Southampton on April 10, 1912 At the time ocean liner was only form of trans-Atlantic travel Wide disparity between class of passengers 1st Class- Rich, affluent, traveling for pleasure 2nd Class- Businessmen and less affluent families 3rd Class- Poor, mostly immigrants

  3. Facts and Figures cont. • Distribution of Passengers & Crew • First Class Men 175 • First Class Women 144 • First Class Children 6 • 2nd Class Men 168 • 2nd Class Women 93 • 2nd Class Children 24 • 3rd Class Men 462 • 3rd Class Women 165 • 3rd Class Children 79 • Crew Men 885 • Crew Women 23 TOTAL 2224

  4. Lifeboat Quantity & Capacity 14 Lifeboat- 65 passengers per boat 2 Emergency Boats- 40 passengers 4 Engelhardt collapsible boats- 47 passengers Total capacity for all boats = 1178 passengers Just over 50% of total passengers Reasons given for not enough lifeboats: Due to heavy traffic in N. Atlantic rescue ship would be nearby Passengers could be ferried between two ships Unlikely that Titanic would sink

  5. Separation of Classes • Immigration laws required locked barriers on immigrant ships to prevent the spread of disease • Ships not in compliance could be held in Quarantine for up to 40 days, until all passengers were medically examined (not just steerage) • Such a delay was expensive and hurt a company’s reputation, so passenger segregation was taken seriously

  6. Usage of Gates in 3rd Class • Since travelers in 3rd class were considered to be more likely carriers of infectious diseases the gates were used to separate these passengers • On the night of the collision there are conflicting accounts of the position of these gates or barriers: open or closed-unlocked or locked

  7. Bibliography Lord Mersey's Report (British Parliamentary Papers, Shipping Casualties (Loss of the Steamship "Titanic"), 1912 Lord, Walter. A Night to Remember. New York: Bantam Books, 1955. Lynch, Don and Ken Marschall. Ghosts of the Abyss: A Journey into the Heart of the Titanic. Toronto: Madison Press Books, 2003.

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