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How many people survived the Titanic sinking? How many died?

Question #20488. Asked by Joe.
Last updated Aug 10 2022.

fpgjc
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fpgjc

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Out of a total 2227 passengers and crew only 705 people survived the Titanic sinking, of these 3 died after being rescued by the Carpathia. Hundreds died in the freezing waters, none of the half empty lifeboats attempted to rescue anyone from the water. Most of the survivos came from the 1st class passengers with 3rd class having the worst survival rate.

link http://www.curiosityaroused.com/history/how-many-people-survived-the-titanic/


Response last updated by gtho4 on Aug 10 2022.
Jul 10 2002, 11:47 AM
Brainyblonde
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Brainyblonde
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The Titanic sank at 2:20 the next morning. There had been enough lifeboats on board for barely half the passengers and crew. In this tragedy -- the worst maritime incident during peacetime -- only 705 people from a total of 2,223 survived. (These numbers are approximate. No Titanic passenger list is known to be entirely accurate.)
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic#Maiden_voyage

Mar 06 2004, 11:29 AM
myjoey
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myjoey
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Answer has 11 votes.
Of a total of 2,223 people, only 706 survived. 1,517 perished.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic#Passengers

May 31 2006, 6:13 AM
Beeker75
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Beeker75
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Answer has 21 votes.
People on board: 2228

337 First Class
285 Second Class
721 Third Class
885 Crew

Survived: 705
Perished: 1523
Note: There are quite a few opinions about the number of survivors. I have seen estimates from 701 to 713. I have chosen the numbers most often and recently used.

link http://www.keyflux.com/titanic/facts.htm

Aug 08 2006, 9:01 PM
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zbeckabee
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Note:

On May 6, 2006, the last American survivor, and the last survivor to have memories of Titanic's sinking, Lillian Gertrud Asplund, died at her home in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. Asplund, who was just 5 years old at the time, lost her father and three brothers (including her fraternal twin) in the tragedy. Her mother Selma Asplund and brother Felix, then 3, survived. Selma Asplund had died on the anniversary of the sinking in 1964.

At the time of Lillian Asplund's death, survivors Barbara Joyce West Dainton of Truro, England, ten months old at the time of the sinking, and Elizabeth Gladys "Millvina" Dean of Southampton, England, who was two months old, were still living, but were too young to have memories of the catastrophe. Therefore, with the death of Lillian Gertrude Asplund, first-hand experience of the Titanic's sinking has passed out of living memory.

link https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2006/05/09/lillian-asplund-99/c32ec6f0-ae71-4fa5-a649-5c27c23fc65e/


Response last updated by gtho4 on Jul 10 2021.
Aug 09 2006, 7:40 AM
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Complement: 2,208 (maiden voyage)
First-class: 324
Second-class: 285
Third-class: 708
Crew: 891
Survivors: 712 (estimate)
link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titanic

This link lists individual survivors (in red).
link https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/titanic-survivors/


Response last updated by gtho4 on Jul 10 2021.
Feb 06 2008, 9:40 AM
intergalactic9
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Out of the 705 people that survived, Millvina Dean is now the only one still living. She was two months old at the time.

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millvina_Dean

link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RMS_Titanic#Last_living_survivor

Jun 22 2008, 5:41 AM
McFlyFave
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The Titanic’s 705 surviving passengers and crew sat or stood wrapped in blankets aboard the Carpathia. No one else from the Titanic was ever found alive. More than 1,500 had perished.
link http://www.nationalgeographic.com/ngkids/9607/titanic.html


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