rms Titanic

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rms Titanic
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Construction of the Titanic

• RMS Titanic was a British ship built by the
  Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast

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Who Built the Titanic?

• 14,000 men worked at the Harland Wolff shipyard
  in Belfast.
• 3,000 of whom worked for 3 years to construct
  the Titanic.
• It was the main source of work in Belfast at the
  time.
• 6 of my uncles and both grandfathers worked there
• The weekly wage of a Harland Wolff construction
  worker was 2 ( 2.40)

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Cranes of the Shipyard Samson Goliath
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The Ship of Dreams

• The Titanic was the biggest and most luxurious
  ship of her time with an on-board gym, swimming
  pool, libraries, high-class restaurants and
  magnificent cabins.
• It was also named The Ship of Dreams and The
  Unsinkable Ship

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Titanics Planned Route

• The Titanic set sail from South Hampton in
  England and was destined for New York
• It hit the iceberg 450 miles from its destination

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Passengers

• Her passengers included some of the wealthiest
  people in the world
• As well as hundreds of emigrants from Great
  Britain and Ireland, Scandinavia and elsewhere
  throughout Europe seeking a new life in North
  America

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The Crew

• Under the command of the captain Edward Smith
• 885 crew members aboard
• the titanic
• Only 22 of male crew
• members survived

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The Titanic Hits an Iceberg

• After 5 warnings previously ignored
• At 11.40 pm (ship's time), a lookout spotted an
  iceberg immediately ahead of Titanic
• He alerted the Captain
• However it was too late.
• The Titanic struck the iceberg, creating a series
  of holes in it.
• It soon became clear that the ship was doomed.

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The Titanic Sinks

• At first passengers did not realise how bad the
  situation was so many people were not ready to
  get into the lifeboats.
• As it became obvious that the Titanic was
  sinking, the rush to get on a lifeboat became
  desperate.
• Women and children were to be rescued first
• To the horror of everyone on board, there were
  not enough lifeboats to save everyone.
• To sink completely, it took 2 hours and 40
  minutes it then broke in half.

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Life Boats

• The Titanic was able to carry 64 lifeboats (a
  total well over the ships maximum capacity of
  3547 people)
• However only carried 20 which could only rescue
  33 of the ships capacity.

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Final Resting Place

• The remains of the Titanic were found in 1985 by
  Dr. Robert Ballard 13,000 feet below the surface
  of the Atlantic Ocean

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Titanic Museum Belfast

• This museum is new to Belfast.
• It was opened in April of last year to celebrate
  the centenary (100 years) of The Titanics voyage
• Inside is a reconstruction of the Titanic

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Inside the Museum - Reconstruction
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• http//www.englishblog.com/2012/04/titanic-resourc
  es.html.UPLGI28md5w
• http//www.youtube.com/watch?vVAW5hBz4a2U