How many died Titanic?

The RMS Titanic, a luxury steamship, sank in the early hours of April 15, 1912, off the coast of Newfoundland in the North Atlantic after sideswiping an iceberg during its maiden voyage. Of the 2,240 passengers and crew on board, more than 1,500 lost their lives in the disaster.
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How many Titanic survivors are still alive?

No, there are no more living survivors from the Titanic. The last living survivor was Millvina Dean, who was the youngest passenger on the Titanic when she was only an infant. Dean was only two months old when her family decided to move from England to Kansas in the United States to open a tobacco shop.
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What famous person died on the Titanic?

John Jacob Astor IV was one of the richest men in the world when he died on the Titanic. Here's a look at the life of the multi-millionaire.
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How many children died in the Titanic?

How many children died on the Titanic? Of the 109 children traveling on the Titanic, almost half were killed when the ship sank – 53 children in total. 1 – the number of children from First Class who perished. 52 – the number of children from steerage who perished.
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Why did so many died on the Titanic?

The main reason for the high death toll was that the ship had only 20 lifeboats. As they pulled away from the sinking ship, many were only half-full or even less. Even if all had been filled to capacity, only half the people would have been saved. Why didn't Titanic carry enough lifeboats for everyone on board?
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How cold was water when Titanic sank?

The temperature of the water was -2.2 degrees Celsius when Titanic was sinking.
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Who is to blame for the Titanic sinking?

Materials scientists Tim Foecke and Jennifer Hooper McCarty have cast blame on the more than 3 million rivets that held the hull's steel plates together. They examined rivets brought up from the wreck and found them to contain a high concentration of “slag,” a smelting residue that can make metal split apart.
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Are there still bodies on the Titanic?

No one has found human remains, according to the company that owns the salvage rights. But the company's plan to retrieve the ship's iconic radio equipment has sparked a debate: Could the world's most famous shipwreck still hold remains of passengers and crew who died a century ago?
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Was anyone born on the Titanic?

Decades after the liner sank scientists conducted a DNA test on the remains of the baby in 2002. The original test identified the baby as Eino Panula by matching his DNA to that of living family members in Finland.
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How many dogs were on the Titanic?

There were twelve dogs on the Titanic. Here's what happened to them. Most of the attention around the sinking of the Titanic goes to the people who died and the engineering flaws that doomed the ship. But there were also dogs along board, whose last moments are surprisingly storied.
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Was Jack and Rose real?

You probably already knew that Jack and Rose, the main characters in the 1997 movie Titanic, weren't real. Like all films “based on a true story,” the movie added its own fictional elements to historical events.
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What rich man died on the Titanic?

John Jacob Astor was the wealthiest passenger aboard Titanic. He was the head of the Astor family, with a personal fortune of approximately $150,000,000.
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Did any third-class survive Titanic?

The majority of the 700-plus steerage passengers on the Titanic were emigrants. Only 25 percent of the Titanic's third-class passengers survived, and of that 25 percent, only a fraction were men. By contrast, about 97 percent of first-class women survived the sinking of the Titanic.
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Is Rose from Titanic still alive?

Answer: Yes, she died on Mar 12, 1998 at the age of 105.
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How much of the Titanic movie is true?

No. Jack Dawson and Rose DeWitt Bukater, portrayed in the movie by Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, are almost entirely fictional characters (James Cameron modeled the character of Rose after American artist Beatrice Wood, who had no connection to Titanic history). The movie's love story is also fiction.
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Did Rose Survive the Titanic?

In 1912 she was returning to America aboard the RMS Titanic, with her aristocratic fiancé Caledon Hockley. However, during the voyage she and third-class passenger Jack Dawson fell in love. The voyage came to an abrupt end when the ship struck ice and sank. Rose survived the ship's sinking, but Jack did not.
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Who was pregnant on the Titanic?

Madeleine Astor, then five months pregnant, boarded the Titanic as a first-class passenger in Cherbourg, France, with her husband; her husband's valet, Victor Robbins; her maid, Rosalie Bidois; and her nurse, Caroline Endres.
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Who saw the iceberg first?

Lookout Frederick Fleet

Frederick Fleet, one of the two lookouts in the crow's-nest of the Titanic, was the first man to see the iceberg that sank the liner.
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Who was the most famous person on the Titanic?

Top 10 Most Notable People on Titanic
  • 1) John Jacob Astor IV. "The ladies have to go first... ...
  • 2) Margaret Brown (The Unsinkable Molly Brown) ...
  • 3) Benjamin Guggenheim. ...
  • 4) Captain Edward John Smith. ...
  • 5) Isidor and Ida Straus. ...
  • 6) Thomas Andrews. ...
  • 7) Lady Duff Gordon. ...
  • 8) Lady Countess Rothes (Lucy Noël Martha Dyer- Edwards)
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Did they find skeletons on Titanic?

We've seen pairs of shoes, which would strongly suggest there was a body there at one point. But we've never seen any human remains.”
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Was the Titanic captain found?

Smith's body was never recovered, and his final moments remain a mystery—with no shortage of conflicting accounts. Smith's body was never recovered, and his final moments remain a mystery—with no shortage of conflicting accounts.
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Can you scuba dive to the Titanic?

You cannot scuba dive to the Titanic due to its depth at 12,500 feet. Air consumption: one standard tank lasts 15 minutes at 120 feet. Supply for 12,500 feet would be impossible to carry even with a team. The deepest dive on record with special equipment, training and a support team is 1,100 feet.
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What were Captain Smith's last words?

The last words of the ship's captain, Edward Smith, were: “Well boys, you've done your duty and done it well. I ask no more of you. I release you. You know the rule of the sea.
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What were the 10 mistakes that sank the Titanic?

  • This ill-fated ocean liner will forever be burned in our minds as one of the most pivotal tragedies of the 20th century. ...
  • Tides – higher waters bring a higher risk.
  • Climate – warmer weather bring impending doom.
  • Portholes – an oversight leading to a downfall.
  • Watertight doors – a logical approach which proves deadly.
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Why did Captain Smith ignore the iceberg warnings?

According to Mr. Cooper, the author of a book on Captain Smith, Smith was not ignoring the ice warnings; he was simply not reacting to them. Ice warnings were just warnings that a ship sent saying that they had seen ice at a certain location (Kasprzak, 2012).
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