RMS Titanic
Passengers in first class were 44 percent more likely to survive compared to other passengers.
The Titanic rests at a depth of 12600 feat and 370 miles south off the coast of Newfoundland.
Evidence suggests that it wasn't
just an ice burg that sank the
unsinkable. There was a coal fire
that was burning inside the ships
fuel bunker with the temperatures
reaching over 538 degrees celcius.
The fire was burning under bunker
number 6 which is exactly where
the ice burg hit. Under these
temperatures steel can become brittle
which could of made the ice burg's
damage much worse.
In 1985 the wreck of the
Titanic was found by accident
on a secret United States Navy
investigation of two wrecked
nuclear submarines.
As the Titanic left the Southampton docks it nearly collided into another ship. If this collision happened it would of cut the Titanic's maiden voyage short saving over 1500 lives.
The Titanic was 883 feet long
and 92 feet wide.
The dining saloon was the
largest room on the Titanic
and it could seat 550 passengers.
The wealthiest passengers
were treated to dinners
consisting of 13 courses,
these could last up to 5 hours
The Titanic would use
850 tonnes of coal each
day to power itself across
the Atlantic Ocean.
An evacuation drill that
was scheduled a few hours
before the collision was cancelled for unknown reasons
by Captain Smith.
In 2010 a new bacteria was discovered by Henrietta Mann inside the Titanic's rusticles and he named it Halomonas titanicae in tribute to the ship.