The story of the unsinkable that sank

Titanic Timeline
The Titanic was built in the shipyard of
Harland and Wolff, Belfast. The construction
of the Titanic began on March 31st, 1909.

Two years later on May 31st the Titanic hull

was launched and in January 1912 the
lifeboats were installed. Then in March 1912
it was assembled in Belfast and finally the
Titanic was completed on March 31st, 1912.
The Titanics Route
The Titanic was made in Belfast
but her first voyage was from
Southampton in England. She
stopped in other places also to
pick up passengers in:

Cherbourg in France
Queenstown in the Republic of
Ireland
The route that should
have been!
Life on the Titanic
On the Titanic there were three different classes, third class, second class and
first class. We will explain the life for each class..
Third Class
Many of those travelling third class were emigrants travelling to the America
from Ireland.
A third class ticket cost between 3 and 8
The information below is about an Irish person who survived..

Irish
There were around 120 Irish passengers on the Titanic. Most of them were
emigrants hoping for a better life in America. Most of them did not make it.
However, Anna Kelly who had gone up on deck to investigate what had
happened, survived in lifeboat 16. She later became a nun.
First and Second Class
Second Class
Passengers travelling second class on the Titanic enjoyed
a luxury trip. Titanic was also the first ship to have an
electric elevator for second class passengers.
A second class ticket cost about 13

First Class

The maiden voyage of the Titanic had attracted a

number of rich passengers.
A first class parlour suite cost 870 while a first class
berth cost 30.
The Sinking of the Unsinkable..

The Titanic hit the iceberg.

It should have been able to
survive the damage but it didnt.

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 The weight of the water in the
bow starts to pull the ship
under.

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 The front
funnel
collapses and
the others
follow.

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 The strain is so great
that she snaps in half.
The After Life of the Titanic
Ninety-nine years after the sinking of the Titanic it
is still a well known story, it has been made into
many films and is still a exciting subject to study
in schools all over the world.