Titanic

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Titanic
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The Titanic was the largest ship to be built
during its time.
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It had nine decks and was as tall as an
eleven-story building.
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The Titanic set sail April 10, 1912, from
England, and was sailing to America.
The Titanic was thought to be unsinkable.
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The Titanic set sail April 10, 1912, from
England, and was sailing to America.
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• Colonel John Jacob,
• Astor, considered the
• worlds richest man,
• was aboard the
• Titanic, along with
• Mr. and Mrs. Isidor
• Straus, the founders
• of Macys Department
• Store.

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Throughout the day on April, 14, 1912, the
Titanic received seven warnings of icebergs.
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Around 1140 P.M. on April 14, 1912, the Titanic
hit an iceberg.
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The iceberg that the Titanic hit was about 400
miles from Newfoundland in the Atlantic Ocean.
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The lowest part of the Titanic was divided into
sixteen watertight compartments.
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• The Titanic could stay afloat if no more than
  four of the watertight compartments had water in
  them, but there was water in five compartments,
  and eventually all of them.

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At 1225 A.M., the ship Carpathia, received the
Titanics distress call, and headed towards the
sinking Titanic.
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Women and children were allowed in the lifeboats
first.
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At 1245 A.M., the first lifeboat left the ship,
but there were only lifeboats for about half of
the passengers.
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Many lifeboats left the Titanic without being
filled with people.
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The ship stayed afloat a little more than two
hours before sinking.
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The band on the Titanic kept playing music
until the ship sank.
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More than 1,500 people died.
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The ship, the Carpathia, rescued 705 people.
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On September 1, 1985, Dr. Robert Ballard and
others, discovered the wreck of the Titanic.
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The bow of the Titanic.
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In July of 1986, Dr. Ballard explored the Titanic
with the help of Alvin and Jason Junior.
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The End