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- The Six Forgotten Chinese Passengers. In a deleted scene from Cameron's 1997 film, a Chinese passenger is pulled into lifeboat 14 under Harold Lowe's orders.
- Lucy Noël Martha Leslie, Countess of Rothes. Lucy Noël Martha Leslie, Countess of Rothes was a British philanthropist and was seen as a heroine during Titanic's sinking as she helped command her lifeboat.
- Third Officer Herbert Pitman. Herbert Pitman, like many others, was asleep during Titanic' collision. He was informed of the collision by Boxhall and was then ordered to help prepare the lifeboats on the starboard side of the ship.
- Frederick Barrett. Frederick Barrett was working in boiler room 6 when Titanic struck the iceberg. He was in the boiler room when water started pouring in, and he had to evacuate the boiler room despite being told to remain there.
50 minutes ago · The British-flagged RMS Titanic sank on April 15, 1912, after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage to New York City. Around 1,500 people died. Around 1,500 people died.
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Construction of the RMS Titanic began in 1909 in Belfast, Ireland. It took 26 months and the work of thousands of laborers to build. But even though the ship attracted attention for its size — at 882 feet long, the Titanic was then the largest ship ever built— some believe it was flawed from the start. Some have theorized that the Titanic was built...
The Titanic left Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912. Just days before the Titanicsank, passengers were photographed on the deck strolling by the lifeboats, completely unaware that they'd soon have to be put to use. Indeed, the first couple of days of the Titanic'svoyage were peaceful. It made stops in Cherbourg, France, and Queenstown, Ireland...
Upon hearing the Titanic's distress call, the Carpathiahad charged to its rescue. The captain, Arthur Henry Rostron, steered the ship through 58 miles of treacherously icy waters and arrived at around 3:30 or 4 a.m. By then, the Titanichad disappeared into the North Atlantic. "On all sides we could see lifeboats making laboriously toward us, some d...
Why did the Titanicsink? Many theories have been suggested over the years. Some point to the ship itself. In addition to its cheaper rivets and its compartments, one theory suggests that the ship had suffered from a coal fire, which weakened its hull. Another postulates that the ship's navigation system malfunctioned because of interference from th...
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Oct 10, 2021 · Captain Smith went down with the sinking ship, but there are conflicting reports of how he died. Titanic depicts a popular account of Smith's death, as a scene shows him enter the ship's wheelhouse before the room floods and water engulfs him. Some eyewitnesses claimed to have seen Smith jump into the ocean from the Titanic's bridge.
Explore the Titanic history behind the 1997 James Cameron Titanic movie. See photos and video of the ship, crew, and passengers prior to the sinking and listen to Titanic survivor accounts.
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Alfred Cotton died in the sinking and his body, if recovered, was never identified. Alice Cotton, despite handouts from the Titanic Relief Fund, reportedly struggled to bring up her boys and the eldest, William was sent away to live with relatives.