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 RMS Titanic
18th of April. Three days after the ship sank.
92ft 6in. The Titanic was 92ft 6in wide and 882ft 9in long.
Captain Rostron. The Carpathia took survivors on board and brought them to North America.
| At 10 o'clock, Fred Fleet and Reginald Lee took over lookout watch from which two other lookouts? | Ultimate Titanic Trivia
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Archie Jewel and George Symons. Fred Fleet was the first person to spot the iceberg and report it to the bridge.
| From which London train station did most of the first and second class passengers board to travel down to Southampton? | Ultimate Titanic Trivia
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1st September 1985. By Robert Ballard.
| One crewman deserted at Queenstown. Can you name him? | RMS Titanic
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Fireman J. Coffy. Do you suppose he had a premonition?
| What time did the first distress call go out (By wireless)? | RMS Titanic
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12:15 am. Senior Wireless Operator Jack Phillps sent CQD - the usual distress call at that time. It was at 12:45 that he switched the call to SOS-the first ever sent by a British ship in history.
| What were the Titanic's call letters (for the wireless)? | RMS Titanic
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| How many lifeboats did the Titanic have altogether? | RMS Titanic
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20. 16 lifeboats, and 4 collapsibles, known as 'Englehardts'.
| How many people could all of the lifeboats hold? | RMS Titanic
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1178. According to the Board of Trade regulations, a ship the size of the Titanic was only required to carry enough boats for 962 people. The White Star Line complained that nobody appreciated their 'thoughtfulness' in carrying enough boats to hold 1178!
2207. There were 1316 passengers and 891 crew according to the US Inquiry figures.
| How many passengers were there in lifeboat number 1? | RMS Titanic
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5. There were only 5 passengers - the other 7 were crewmen. The passengers were Sir Cosmo Duff Gordon, Lady Duff Gordon, her secretary, and two male American passengers.
| Who was the only adult male passenger Second Officer Charles Lightoller allowed into a lifeboat? | RMS Titanic
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Major Arthur Godfrey Peuchen. Major Puchen was allowed into boat number 6 to help fill out the crew, as there was only one crewman in the boat. Major Peuchen had to swing out on the forward fall and slide down the rope to get in!
| Which Officer told White Star President Bruce Ismay off when he kept getting in the way of launching boat number 5? | RMS Titanic
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Fifth Officer Lowe. He hung on to the davit with one hand and waved his other in a huge circle yelling 'Lower away! Lower away! Lower away!' 5th Officer Lowe told him to 'Get the hell out of the way....'
| What lifeboat was the 'Unsinkable Molly Brown' in? | RMS Titanic
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6. She was irrepressible! She organized the women, two to an oar. One held the oar in place, while the second did the pulling.
| Which lifeboat was the only one to return to try to pick up people struggling in the water? | RMS Titanic
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Boat 14. In most of the boats, there was a timid suggestion, a stronger refusal and nothing done!
| Who headed the US Inquiry into the disaster? | RMS Titanic
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| At approximately what time on April 15, 1912, did Titanic sink? | Titanic Trivia
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2:20 A.M.. The Titanic struck the iceberg at around 11:35 PM, and sank at approximately 2:20 A.M. Thus, the Titanic sank in less than 3 hours.
red. The Titanic's hull was red below the waterline and black above it.
Down by the bow with stern rising. The Titanic went down by the bow (Front) first because that was where the water was entering quickest. The watertight bulkheads were not sealed above deck E, so the water spilled back and back, just like putting water in an ice cube tray, until the weight of the water pulled the ship down, and caused the stern to rise.
| Approximately how many people were on board the night the Titanic sank? | Titanic Trivia
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2200. There were about 2200 people on board that fateful night. About 700 survived the wreck, while 1500 died.
3. Three screws was by then standard for most large liners in the White Star Line.
| For many years, there has been much controversy surrounding WHICH thing that may have happened during the sinking? | Titanic Trivia
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The ship breaking apart before sinking. Many have argued that the ship broke apart the night of the sinking because of all the weight being forced on the weakest points of the ship, while some say that the ship went down in one piece. As for the other three, no evidence has been found to support any of them.
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