Titanic facts The Titanic was built in Belfast in 1909 It was owned by White Star Line It had two engines each the size of a two

storey house It was built by Haarland and Wolff It took millions of hours to build The Titanic hit an iceberg and it sank

More Titanic facts It was 883 feet long It weighed 67,000 tonnes fully laden It was built by hand There were nine decks altogether The plans to build the Titanic were drawn

on linen It could carry 3,500 passengers and crew It set sail on April 10th, 1912

The sinking

It took 180 minutes to fully sink About 1,500 people died when it sank There were not enough lifeboats to save

everyone Only women and children were allowed

on lifeboats first

The movie There was a movie about Titanic Leonardo Di Caprio, Kate Winslet and

Cathy Bates acted in Titanic It was made in 1997 James Cameron directed the movie The movie won eleven Oscars

Pictures

Titanic’s sister ships Titanic’s sister ships were the Britanic

and the Olympic The Britanic and the Olympic were about

80 feet smaller than the Titanic The Britanic sank and the Olympic retired The two ships were made near the same

time as the Titanic

White star line White Star Line was owned by Bruce Ismay They were rivals with Cunard Line Their logo was a white star They were based in Liverpool They went bankrupt and so did Cunard Line

so they joined together and called themselves Cunard White Star

A few years after they joined together after financial difficulties

Cunard line Cunard Line were White Star Line’s rivals They were based in Southampton They made the Mauritania and the

Lusitania They were founded in 1840 Their logo was a crown and a lion They were founded by Samuel Cunard

First classPeople in first class were very rich. First class were allowed to do a lot of things. They could go to the swimming pool, squash court and the gymnasium. They could also go to the Turkish bath. They had massive rooms and there were electric fires in them. A lot of people in first class looked down at third class people and if one of the third class looked at them they would be insulted.

Second classPeople in second class were people like teachers and lawyers. They could do a few things like shuffleboard and other games. They had good rooms but they were not as good as first class rooms. They were not allowed to go to the places where the first class were.

Third classPeople in third class didn’t have much money so they could just scrape together enough money to get a third class ticket. They had nothing very fun to do in third class. In the day they could go to the poop deck or stay in their cabins. They could not mix with first or second class people. They had cabins with bunk beds instead of normal beds. Many people said that their cabins were like a second class cabin in any other ship.

People involved Bruce Ismay owned the Titanic Edward Smith captained the ship Thomas Andrews designed it Lord William Pirrie owned Harland And

Wolff and they built Titanic

People at fault There were many people at fault for the

sinking of the Titanic Captain Smith ignored seven iceberg

warnings from his crew and other ships Bruce Ismay forced Captain Smith to go

fast so the Titanic could break a record Harland and Wolff did not use quality iron

rivets to hold the Titanic together Thomas Andrews did not design big

compartments and if he did, the water couldn’t have got into so many compartments and he didn’t put in enough lifeboats.

Quiz Who was the owner of White Star Line? Who designed the Titanic? Who was the captain of the Titanic? What was the company that built Titanic? Who played Rose in the movie? What ship brought the survivors to New York? Who was the owner of Harland and Wolff? Who were White star Lines rivals? What was the name of the company when

White Star Line and Cunard Line joined together?

Why did they join together? What were the names of the Titanic’s sister

ships?

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