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The design of the titanic was approved
There was a complete blue print needed for the design -
The keel of the titanic was approved
The keel is the large beam around which the hull of a ship is built. -
The hull of Titanic was successfully launched
The hull is the watertight body of a ship or boat -
Sixteen wooden lifeboats were fitted on a board the Titanic
these sixteeen lifeboats eventually became a problem in the future situation -
The fitting of Titanic was completed
The complete fitting allowed the Titanic to set off -
Titanic begins sea trials
It practices its features in order to properly function -
Titanaic arrived in Southampton
People loaded on the ship at this stop -
Passengers arrived in Southampton and began boarding the ship
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The titanic set sail and began her maiden voyage
Maiden voyage is first journey made by the craft -
Titanic reached Cherbourg, France and picked up more passengers
More people entered the ship at this stop -
Titanic reached Queenstown, Ireland
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The titanic sailed through calm waters
This continued a long way during the day...but eventually was interrupted -
Throughout the day seven ideberg warnings were recieved
There were sights of icebergs along the way -
The lookout spotted an iceberg dead ahead and the iceberg struck the Titanic
They were in the same direction as a big iceberg ahead of them -
Water rose in 14 feet in front part of the ship
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The ship crashed into the iceberg
the iceberg created damage to the ship -
The captain was told that the ship can only stay afloat for a couple of hours
They already knew that a ccatastrophe hit them -
Liffeboats begin to fill up with passengers-women and their children
Men would climb into the lifeboats after all of the women and their chilren were loaded on -
There was only one lifeboat left when there was a radio message saying: "Every man for himself"
The radio call startled them all but it was the truth -
The titanic sunk steeper and steeper until the all of the passengers froze to death in the water
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The first lifeboat was picked up by the Carpathia
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Out of 2227 passengers, only 705 survived the Titanic sinking
This sad tragedy was devastating to many famiies out there