The titantic

2. Built by the White Star Line
883 ft long
92 ft wide
46,328 tons
104 ft high
29 boilers
3 propellers
3 million rivets
16 water-tight compartments
Building theTitanic

3. Building theTitanic

4. Set sail on Thursday April 11, 1912
2223 people on board
Left Queenstown, Ireland for NewYork
The captain’s name was Edward J. Smith
Setting Sail

5. Setting Sail

6.  11:40 pm Sunday, April 14, 1912 the
Titanic hit an iceberg
 The hole was over 300ft long
 First lifeboat was launched at 12:40 am with only
19 people on board
 It took 160 minutes for the Titanic to sink
Disaster!

7. Disaster!

8. Carpathia comes to the rescue
• When it received the SOS it was 60 miles away
Some of the people were in lifeboats for 4 hours
1517 souls perished
Only 706 people survived
Rescue!

9. Rescue!

10. It was rediscovered in 1985 by Robert Ballard
2 1/2 miles underwater
Sank in two pieces
Rediscovery

11. Location where the Titanic wreck was discovered
Rediscovery

12. Rediscovery

13. 
"The debris field hit me the most, here in that ghostly expanse of sea floor
350 miles off Newfoundland, the people who died during the early hours of
April 15th 1912, leaves me with this everlasting memory"
~ Dr. Robert Ballard ~
Rediscovery

14. Millvinia Dean, age 96
Only 2 months old at time
of sinking
Rescued with mother and
older brother, Bertram
Father did not survive
Lives in England today
Has no memory of the
tragedy
Last LivingTitanic Survivor

15. THE END!