Titanic, 100 Years Later

TITANIC, 100 YEARS
LATER

THE TRAGEDY THAT SHOOK THE WORLD
April 15, 1912 The worlds largest ship sank beneath the icy waters of the North Atlantic Ocean
clamming over 1500 lives.

THE BUILDING…
• July 1907 the order was issued to begin work on two of the
White Star Lines three planned sister ships
• At the Harland & Wolff Ship yards in Belfast, Scotland
• Olympic number 400 and her larger sister Titanic number 401
• March 13, 1909 Titanic's Keel is laid
• Ten cranes were used to lift the part
• Over 11,000 workers were employed to build the Titanic

MAY 13, 1911, WORKERS POSE WITH THE
PROPELLER

TITANIC IN DRY DOCK

BOW AND STERN OF TITANIC IN DRY DOCK

HARLAND & WOLFF SHIP YARDS TODAY

TITANIC’S STATS
• Sister ships Olympic and later the Gigantic (renamed the Britannic after Titanic sank)
• Built by White Star Lines
• 882 ft. long
• 92 ft. wide
• 59 ft. above the water line
• 46,328 tons
• Three massive propellers fueled by 159 coal burning furnaces that powered 29 boilers
• Funnels 62 ft. tall

TITANIC LAUNCH MAY, 1911

TITANIC AND HER SISTER OLYMPIC

• Built to accommodate:
• 735 1 st class passengers
• Ticket price
TITANIC'S LUXURY
• Parlor Suite £870 / $4,350 ($69,600 today)
• Berth £30/$150 ($2400 today)
• 673 2 nd class passengers
• Ticket Price
• £12 ($960 today)
• 1,026 3 rd class passengers (steerage)
• Ticket Price
• £3 to £8 ($172 to $640 today)

FIRST CLASS ON THE TITANIC

PARLOR SUITE

SMOKING LOUNGE

DISHES USED IN FIRST CLASS

OLYMPIC SIZE POOL

TURKISH BATH

GYMNASIUM

DINNING ON THE TITANIC

FIRST CLASS DINNING ROOM

A DOOMED VOYAGE

APRIL 2, 1912
• The Titanic leaves dock for sea trials, which includes tests of speed, turns, and an
emergency stop. At about 8 p.m., after the sea trials, the Titanic heads to Southampton,
England.

APRIL 3-10, 1912
• The Titanic is loaded with supplies and her crew is hired.

APRIL 10, 1912
• From 9:30 a.m. until 11:30 a.m., passengers board the ship. Then at noon, the Titanic
leaves the dock for its maiden voyage. First stop is in Cherbourg, France, where the
Titanic arrives at 6:30 p.m. and leaves at 8:10 p.m, heading to Queenstown, Ireland

APRIL 11, 1912
• At 1:30 p.m., the Titanic leaves Queenstown and heads across the Atlantic for New York.

APRIL 12-13, 1912
• The Titanic continues on her journey as passengers enjoy life on the luxurious ship.

APRIL 14, 1912 WARNING'S OF ICE
• 9:00 AM: Titanic picks up wireless message from Caronia warning of field ice and
icebergs in 42ºN, from 49º to 51ºW.
• 11:40 AM: Dutch liner Noordam reports "much ice" in about the same position as the
Caronia.
• 1:42 PM: Iceberg warning received via the Baltic and "large quantities of field ice" in
latitude 41º 51'N, longitude 49º 52' W about 250 miles ahead of Titanic. Message
delivered to Captain Smith. Smith later gives it to J. Bruce Ismay, who puts it in his
pocket.
• 1:45 PM: "Large iceberg" warning received via German liner Amerika (41º 27' N, 50º 8'
W). Message not sent to the bridge.
• 5:30 to 7:30 PM: Air temperature drops ten degrees to 33ºF.
• 5:50 PM: Captain Smith alters ship's course slightly south and west of normal course -
possibly as a precaution to avoid ice.

APRIL 14, 1912 (9:20 P.M.)
• Captain Smith retires to his room with the order to rouse him "if it becomes at all
doubtful..."

APRIL 14, 1912 (9:40 P.M.)
• The last of several warnings about icebergs is received in the wireless room. This warning
never makes it to the bridge.

APRIL 14, 1912 (11:40 P.M.)
• The lookouts spot an iceberg directly in the path of the Titanic. First Officer Murdoch
orders a hard port (left) turn, but the Titanic's right side still scrapes the iceberg. Only 37
seconds passed between the sighting of the iceberg and hitting it.
• The impact, although jarring to the crew down in the forward area, is not noticed by many
of the passengers. Thirty-seven seconds have elapsed from sighting to collision.
• Had they hit dead on the ship would not have sunk

APRIL 15, 1912 (12:05 A.M.)
• Captain Smith orders the crew to prepare the lifeboats and get the passengers and crew
up on deck.

APRIL 15, 1912 (12:10 TO 1:50 AM)
• Several crew members on the Californian, some 10 to 19 miles away, see lights of a
steamer. A number of attempts to make contact with the ship with Morse lamp fail.
Rockets are observed, but as they appear so low over the ship's deck, and make no
sound, they do not seem like distress rockets, and no great concern is taken. Distance
between ships seems to increase until they are out of sight of each other.

APRIL 15, 12:15 TO 2:17 AM
• Numerous ships hear Titanic's distress signals, including her sister ship the Olympic,
some 500 miles away. Several ships, including Mount Temple (49 miles away), Frankfort
(153 miles), Birma (70 miles), Baltic (253 miles), Virginian (170), and Carpathia (58 miles)
prepare at various times to come to assist.
• Band begins to play

APRIL 15, 1912 (12:45 A.M.)
• The first lifeboat, starboard No. 7, is safely lowered away. It can carry 65 people, but
leaves with 28 aboard.
• First distress rocket fired. Eight rockets will be fired altogether.
• Fourth Officer Boxhall observes vessel approach Titanic and then disappear despite
attempts to contact her with Morse lamp
• Port-side boat No. 6 lowered with only 28 aboard (capacity of 40)
• Starboard No. 5 is lowered. Ismay is chastised by Fifth Officer Lowe for interfering with
his command. (41 aboard - room for another 24.)

APRIL 15, 1912 (1:15 AM)
• Water reaches Titanic's name on the bow and she now lists to port. The tilt of the deck
grows steeper. Boats now begin to be more fully loaded.

APRIL 15, 1912 (1:45 AM)
• Last words heard from Titanic by the Carpathia on her way to the rescue - "...Engine room
full up to boilers..."

APRIL 15, 1912 (2:10 AM)
• Captain Smith releases wireless operators from their duties

APRIL 15, 1912 (2:18 A.M.)
• The Titanic snaps in half

APRIL 15, 1912 (2:20 A.M.)
• The Titanic sinks

APRIL 15, 1912 (4:10 A.M.)
• The Carpathia picks up the first of the survivors

APRIL 15, 1912 (8:30 A.M.)
• The Carpathia picks up survivors from the last lifeboat

THE AFTERMATH

NEWS OF THE TRAGEDY

THE ICEBERG

APRIL 16, MACKAY-BENNETT IS DISPATCHED TO
SALVAGE VICTIMS

TALES OF SURVIVAL

THE SURVIVORS

THE ORPHANS: LEWIS AND LOLA

THE ACTRESS; DOROTHY GIBSON
• Survived and played herself in
the first movie about the Titanic
wearing the same dress she
wore on board

THE UNSINKABLE MOLLY BROWN

THE LAST SURVIVOR, MILLVINA DEAN
FEBRUARY 2, 1912- MAY 31 2009

AFTER TITANIC
• Out of 2227 passengers and crew 705 survived
• April 17, 1912 The Mackay-Bennett is the first of several ships to travel to the area where
the Titanic sank to search for bodies.
• April 18, 1912 The Carpathia arrives in New York with survivors.
• April 19 - May 25, 1912 The United States Senate holds hearings about the disaster.
• May 2 - July 3, 1912 The British hold an inquiry about the Titanic disaster.

TITANIC TODAY

TITANIC FOUND!!!
• September 1, 1985 Robert Ballard's expedition team discovers the wreck of the Titanic

THEN AND NOW

LIFE BOAT CRANE

TURKISH BATH

FIRST CLASS LOUNGE

STERN AND PORT SIDE PROPELLER

CGI SIDE VIEW OF THE AFT SECTION

TOP VIEW OF THE AFT SECTION

TOP VIEW OF THE FRONT SECTION

SIDE VIEW OF THE FRONT SECTION

EXPOSED ENGINES IN THE MID SECTION

HOW DID THE UNSINKABLE SHIP SINK?
• The Titanic had sixteen compartments that were isolated with watertight doors below the
waterline. The bulkheads were not watertight all the way to the top deck, because they
had doors and passageways through them. When the ship struck the iceberg, six of those
compartments were damaged and the ship began to take on water very rapidly. If the ship
had hit the iceberg head-on, the damage would not have been as severe as the number of
watertight compartments would have been minimal. Because the side of the ship was
damaged, too many compartments filled.

WHY DID SO MANY DIE
• Titanic carried 20 Life boats for 2227 people on board
• 16 that could hold 65 and four that could hold 40
• That’s a total of 1200 seats which is 1027 short of capacity
• Also the none of the life boats were launched at full capacity
• The closest ship Californian saw the flares but thought it was party

TITANIC CONSPIRACY THEORIES

OLYMPIC OR TITANIC

ONE LAST THING…
• 1898 Morgan Robertson published a
story detailing the sinking of a fictional
boat the Titan
• 800 feet long
• 3000 passengers
• 24 life boats (not enough)