Titanic Vocab
The main frame or
body of a ship
hull
A huge floating piece
of ice broken off
from a glacier
iceberg
90% of an iceberg
lies under water.
Whatever we see
above the water
only reveals a tiny
portion of the
massive structure.
wrecked or ruined
ship
shipwreck
People who have
stayed alive
survivors
April 22, 1912.
Lolo (Michel) and
Edmond Navratil,
survivors of the
Titanic disaster
whose father went
down with the ship.
Lolo, the last
remaining male
survivor of the
Titanic sinking,
died in 2001.
impossible to sink
unsinkable
A publicity
brochure for
Titanic
A long journey to a
distant land
voyage
The remains of
something that has
been destroyed
Wreckage
Flat markers that are
engraved with words
plaques
The front of a ship
bow
soaked
drenched
In need of immediate
help
distress
The rear (back) of a
ship
stern
Came out from mist
or darkness
loomed
Small round windows
in a ship
portholes
A small lookout
structure at the top
of a ship
crow’s nest
a structure in memory
of people who have
died
monument