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The Titanic Disaster By Luke. Contents. Construction. Facilities Onboard. Maiden Voyage. Iceberg Collision. The Sinking. Survivors. Construction. Construction of the titanic began in 1909. They had to make alterations to the ship yard so they could fit the titanic and its sister ship.
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Contents Construction Facilities Onboard Maiden Voyage Iceberg Collision The Sinking Survivors
Construction • Construction of the titanic began in 1909. • They had to make alterations to the ship yard so they could fit the titanic and its sister ship. • The 4 funnels on titanic were constructed away from the ship yard. • The titanic was fitted with 16 water tight compartments. • After the titanic’s main parts were complete ten months were then spent fitting out the interior. • The titanic had three huge propelers.
Facilities Onboard • There were a lot of facilities onboard such as gymnasium, heated pool( the first on a ship), squash courts, a library, turkish bath it had wireles radio and many more things.
Maiden Voyage • Its maiden voyage started in south Hampton and was supposed to go to new York. • It also stopped at the coast of France to pick up more people. • The captain that took it on the maiden voyage was Captain .J .Smith. He was a captain known to take ships on their maiden voyage.
Iceberg Collision • The titanic hit the iceberg at 11.40 pm at night. • When it hit 6 of the water tight compartment got flooded. • Before the collision the look out spotted it 50 seconds before it hit.
The Sinking • When it sunk it split in two. • The band carried on playing until it went down. • Half the people were still on board when it sank . • Most of the people that were on board were men.
Survivors • Only half the people on board survived. • The amount of people survived out of 2223 was706. • 31.8% of the people survived and 68.2%died. • The white star line sent a ship out to retrive bodies so they could get a proper buirial.