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'The Wreck of the Titan' was written
In 1898 'The Wreck of the Titan' was written by Morgan Robertso. This book was strangly similar to the Titanic. -
The Making of the Titanic
In 1907 two men began making plans for the Titanic. -
The Titanics' Maiden Voyage.
On Apil 10th the 'unsinkable' ship set sail. She was sailing from Southampton, Eangland to New York. The Titanic was a astonishing 882 feet long. The size of almost four city blocks! She had nine decks and was as high as an eleven story building. -
Iceburg warnings.
The Titanics' radio room began reieving iceburg warnings that were about 50 miles away. -
Captain Smith recieves a warning.
While attending a special dinner, Captain Smith recieved an iceburg warning. He excused himself and went onto the deck. -
The Iceburg Clash
At 11:40pm Fred Fleet was watching for iceburgs when he spotted a huge dark blob. He quickly sounded the alarm. They tried to quickly turn off the engine to slow the ship. Then they tried to put it in reverse. It was too late though. The ship had already hit the iceburg. The ship had a huge gash in the side. -
The Loading of lifeboats
At 12:30 am Captain Smith gave orders to start loading the first lifeboats. -
Launch of the Lifeboats
At 12:45 am the first lifeboats were launched. The first only held 28 passengers. -
The Sinking of the Titanic
By 2:05 am the Titanic had sunk taking 1500 passengers with it. -
The Slanting of the ship
By 1:30 the passengers had noticed the slanting of the ship.