TITANIC
By Micheal Holmes
White Star Line
• White Star Line’s chairman Mr William Pyrie
had the idea of making the biggest ship in the
world called the Titanic.
• He wanted to have a bigger ship than their
rival’s Cunard Line who, at that time, had the
two biggest ships called the Mauratania and
the Lucatania.
Titanic facts
• The Titanic could carry 3,500 people and crew.
• It weighed 68,000 tons fully laiden.
• William Pyrie wanted to make Titanic 90ft
longer than the Mauritania and the Lucatania
• The Titanic had four chimneys but one of
them was fake. They put it in to make it look
stronger.
Haarland and Wolffe
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Haarland and Wolffe built the Titanic.
At that time they were the best ship-builders.
It took millions of man hours to build Titanic.
The sound of the hammer’s banging off the
metal deafened many of the workers.
• The two engines were the size of two-storey
houses.
People involved
1st Class
• The first class passengers on Titanic had
brilliant facilities.
• Some of the facilities were a swimming pool, a
gym, the grand staircase, restaurants and
Turkish baths.
• Titanic was the first ship to have a swimming
pool on board.
• The first class passengers would never with
the third class passengers.
2nd Class
• The second class passengers on Titanic were
usually professionals for example, teachers or
doctors.
• They had very decent standards of food and
facilities.
Third Class
• The third class passengers came on the Titanic
to start a new life in America.
• They had good food and bedrooms.
• Their recreational deck did not have the
beautiful views of the ocean that 1st Class had.
It was called the ‘Poop Deck’.
Set Sail
• Titanic set sail on April 1912.
• It set sail from Southampton on its way for
America, first to Cherbourg and then
Queenstown/Cork.
The Sinking
• After leaving Queenstown, Titanic was sent warning
messages of icebergs in their path.
• But Captain Smith ignored these warnings and indeed
increased speed.
• An iceberg was spotted dead ahead of the Titanic
which gave no time to react other than turn the ship
• The iceberg ended up scraping the side of the ship.
• The water came in the bottom and flooded 6
compartments.
• If it had flooded 4 compartments or under it would
have been able to make it to America.
The Sinking
• A ship called the Carpathia came to rescue the
passengers.
• It took Titanic 180 minutes to sink.
• 708 people were saved and 1,500 people died.