THE TITANIC P.O

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THE TITANICP.OSHEA
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IRELAND

• One of the most famous ships in the last 100
  years has a direct connection to Ireland.
• This was the famous Titanic. She was built in
  Belfast and had her maiden (first) voyage in
  April 1912.
• She was thought of as unsinkable.

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LUXURY

• In her time she was one of the most luxurious
  ships. On the inside she was like a high-class
  hotel. They wanted to convey an impression that
  the passengers were in a floating hotel rather
  than a ship.
• One said, on entering the ship's interior a
  passenger would "at once lose the feeling that we
  are on board ship, and seem instead to be
  entering some great house .

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Famous Passengers

• She had 1,317 passengers on board on her first
  voyage.
• There were many famous people on board also.
• John Jacob Astor( a millionaire), Benjamin
  Guggenheim (industrialist), the unsinkable
  Molly Browne (called this because she didnt sink
  with the ship!) and more.

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THE VOYAGE

• She first of all went to Cherbourg , in France.
  She then returned and picked up passengers in
  Queenstown (Cobh)
• At that time of the year icebergs were floating
  around the North Atlantic.
• And on the 15th of April she collided with one of
  them.

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ICEBERG

• There had been warnings about icebergs but the
  ship didnt reduce its speed. They wanted to beat
  a record for the quickest crossing.
• The iceberg made a huge horizontal hole in her
  hull just below the water line.

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SINKING

• Unfortunately there were not enough lifeboats on
  board for all the passengers.
• As she sank she split in two. Only about 705
  people were saved.
• Women and children were allowed on the lifeboats
  first. This is a tradition at sea.
• The captain, Cpt Smith, went down with his ship
  (another seagoing tradition).

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NEWS

• Of course , the unsinkable Titanic made the
  news for days afterwards.
• There was an inquiry into why there were not
  enough lifeboats and a law was made requiring all
  ships to carry enough lifeboats for all their
  passengers.

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NOWADAYS

• There were many books written and films made
  about the Titanic .
• But you may know the most recent one which
  starred Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio.
• It was one of the most popular films of the year.

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SEABED

• The wreck was discovered by a French and American
  team led by Robert Ballard and Jean-Louis Michel
  on 1 September 1985 at 102 in the morning.
• Many trips have been made to the wreck and
  articles retrieved from it.

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IRELAND AGAIN

• A new museum was opened recently in Belfast which
  is dedicated to the Titanic.
• So, in a funny way, the Titanic has returned
  again to the place where she was built.