History Detectives

Investigating the Titanic Disaster

Question

Answer

How long and wide was Titanic?

The Titanic was 296.1 metres long

How many tonnes did it weigh?

The Titanic weighed 52,310 tonnes

Why was the ship claimed to be ‘unsinkable’?

With all the technology and time they’ve put into it they called it the unsinkable ship for how big and luxurious it is.

What facilities (things to do) were there for first class passengers on the Titanic?

Gymnasium, Smoking Room, Reading and Writing room, Reception Room, Restaurant lounge and more.

What might people have had for lunch on Titanic’s last day?

I don’t they have anything cause this happen at 2am in the morning before they could have lunch.

How many people were on the Titanic altogether?

An estimate is 2,224 passengers and crew on board the titanic

Why was the ship going so fast?

The older sibling of the Captain told the Captain the go full speed at the highest speed the Titanic could go.

Why did the lookout not see the iceberg coming?

One reason is that there binoculars were locked up so they couldn’t get them

Why could the ship not turn quickly enough?

The ship Captain told everyone to go left but they turned right and they noticed the mistake and it was to late.

How many life boats were there?

There are 20 lifeboats

Each lifeboat could hold 70 people. How many people could the lifeboats hold altogether?

70 x 20 = 1400 so all the lifeboats could hold 1,400 in total

What was the name of the ship that rescued passengers in the lifeboats?

The ship that saved the titanic was RMS Carpathia

How many people were reported to have died the next day by the New York Times?

332 people did the next day

How many people actually died?

1,500 people died on the titanic

How might the tragedy have been avoided?

By going slower so the ship has enough time to turn around. Also if they didn’t get confused with turning right rather than left.