TITANIC THE BUILDING OF TITANIC THE WHITE STAR

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THE BUILDING OF TITANIC • THE WHITE STAR LINE DECIDED TO BUILD 3 OF THE BIGGEST, FASTEST SHIPS IN THE WORLD. • THESE WERE NAMED OLYMPIC, TITANIC AND BRITANNIC. • THEY WERE BUILT IN BELFAST BY HARLAND & WOLFF. • THE TITANIC TOOK 3 YEARS TO BUILD STARTING IN 1909. TITANI C OLYMPIC

TITANIC SETS SAIL! • ON THE 10 TH OF APRIL 1912 TITANIC SET SAIL FROM SOUTHAMPTON IN ENGLAND FOR NEW YORK. • THERE WERE 2, 200 PEOPLE ON BOARD. 1 ST CLASS PASSENGERS WHO WERE VERY RICH, 2 ND CLASS PASSENGERS AND 3 RD CLASS PASSENGERS WHO HAD THE CHEAPEST TICKETS. • ON THE 11 TH OF APRIL IT STOPPED IN QUEENSTOWN, NOW CALLED COBH, CO. CORK AND PICKED UP MORE PASSENGERS. MANY IRISH PEOPLE WANTED TO EMIGRATE TO AMERICA FOR A BETTER LIFE.

WHY WAS TITANIC SO SPECIAL? • IT WAS THE BIGGEST MOST LUXURIOUS SHIP EVER MADE. • IT WAS THE FIRST SHIP TO HAVE A TELEPHONE SYSTEM AND ELECTRIC LIGHTS IN EVERY ROOM • IT HAD FOUR ELEVATORS, A HEATED SWIMMING POOL, A GYM, TWO LIBRARIES AND TWO BARBER SHOPS • TITANIC WAS ALMOST AS BIG AS THREE FOOTBALL FIELDS. • IT HAD A BEAUTIFUL STAIRCASE Titanic was called a “Floating Palace”

TITANIC MATHS FACTS! • BUILT BETWEEN 1909 & 1911 • 2, 200 PEOPLE ON BOARD • 4 STACKS BUT ONLY 3 WERE NEEDED • 7000 HEADS OF LETTUCE ON BOARD • 20 LIFEBOATS BUT THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN 64 • 9 ICEBERG WARNINGS IGNORED FROM OTHER SHIPS • 705 SURVIVED AND MADE IT TO NEW YORK • IT WAS FOUND IN 1985.

THE SINKING OF TITANIC. • ON THE 14 TH OF APRIL 1912 TITANIC WAS SAILING THROUGH ICEBERG ALLEY. • IT WAS NEAR MIDNIGHT WHEN FREDERICK FLEET, THE SHIPS LOOK OUT SPOTTED A GIANT ICEBERG • HE RANG THE ALARM BELL THREE TIMES AND SHOUTED “ICEBERG AHEAD!” • THE CREW TRIED TO REVERSE THE ENGINES TO SLOW THE SHIP • THE BULKHEADS WERE CLOSED TO STOP TITANICS 16 SEPARATE COMPARTMENTS FILLING WITH WATER BUT IT WAS TO LATE! • TITANIC HIT THE ICEBERG.

THE SINKING OF THE TITANIC • THE SHIP’S CAPTAIN AND ENGINEER WENT BELOW DECK TO SEE THE DAMAGE • WHEN THEY SAW THE WATER FLOODING IN THEY KNEW TITANIC WOULD SINK IN LESS THEN 2 HOURS • THE CAPTAIN ORDERED THE LIFEBOATS TO BE LAUNCHED – BUT THERE WERE 20 INSTEAD OF 64 – ONLY ENOUGH FOR HALF OF THE PASSENGERS • WOMEN AND CHILDREN WERE ALLOWED ON FIRST. • THE LIFEBOATS WERE ON THE TOP DECK SO IT WAS EASIER FOR 1 ST CLASS PASSENGERS TO GET ON THEM • 75% OF THE 3 RD CLASS PASSENGERS DIED COMPARED TO 40% OF 1 ST CLASS PASSENGERS. • THE CARAPTHIA SAVED 705 PASSEGERS AND ARRIVED IN NEW YORK AT 9 AM ON 15 TH APRIL

THE SINKING OF TITANIC

TITANIC & WHITECHURCH • HANORA HEGARTY WAS BORN IN KILLAVALLIG, WHITECHURCH, CO CORK ON 15 FEBRUARY 1892. • SHE BOARDED TITANIC AT QUEENSTOWN (COBH) WITH A 3 RD CLASS TICKET (NUMBER 365226) WITH HER COUSIN JEREMIAH BURKE FROM GLANMIRE. • THEY BOTH DIED WHEN TITANIC SANK AND THEIR BODIES WERE LOST AT SEA.

TITANIC – CREW MEMBER Hello my name is Fredrick Fleet and I was the Titanic's look out. On the night of the disaster I was in the crows nest. I usually check for other ships but because we were sailing through Iceberg Alley I had to check for icebergs too. At around midnight I was staring out to sea when I saw something – I looked for the binoculars but they were not in the crows nest. Then I looked again, it was an iceberg. First I started to panic, then I rang the ships bell and shouted “iceberg ahead”. Next I ran to the Captains office and bang! We had hit the iceberg. It was terrible, I nearly fell over board. People started screaming, the Captain, engineer and I went below deck to see the damage. The engineer said the ship would sink in two hours. I could not believe this beautiful ship would sink. The lifeboats were lowered with women and children first but there were only enough for half of us. People were running and crying. It was awful, the worst night of my life. As the ship started to sink I decided to jump into the water, luckily I was pulled onto a lifeboat and then we watched the Titanic sink. Most of my friends, the crew on the ship, died that night. I blame the owners, The White Star Line. They should have had more lifeboats but they removed them so the 1 st class passengers would have more room to stroll around on deck. If I had the binoculars I might have seen the iceberg sooner. I still have nightmares about it.