The Titanic was one of three massive ocean liners built by the White Star Line that would set the new standard in luxury and comfort. They were supposed to be the first vessels to cross the Atlantic Ocean in near record time while still offering opulence.
Lord Pirrie, the chairman of Harland & Wolff, worked with Bruce Ismay and architects from White Star Lines, to design the RMS Titanic. Their intentions were to design the largest, most luxurious, indestructible ocean liner. Harland & Wolff used the best steel and technology of the time. If a crack appeared in a steel plate it could be stopped by drilling a hole. A crack could only go from one rivet and would be stopped at the next. Since a ship was a series of plates, a crack could never go beyond the end of a plate. Titanic's shell plating and the allegation that her plates fractured to the cold water on impact with the iceberg is unfounded. This steel was high quality with good elastic properties, ideal for conventional riveting as well as the modern method (in 1912) of hydraulic riveting.
http://www.titanichistoricalsociety.org/articles/brittle-steel.asp
Survivors:
http://library.thinkquest.org/18626/SManifest.html
List of all passengers and crew with survivors highlighted in yellow
2006-09-23 15:42:31
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answered by acornfullfilled 4
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Mainly first class passengers and servants escaped from it. People from some of the other classes also escaped but not as many. Several of the sailors escaped also because they were rowing the life boats.
2006-09-23 12:47:54
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answered by pj_gal 5
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what do you mean specialities of the titanic and quite a few pwople did survive not just the female passengers quit watching movies for history lessons
2006-09-23 12:46:59
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answered by wrenchbender19 5
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Yes, a little less than half of the people on the ship were rescused. Most of these were women. Some of the coward men also made it.
2006-09-23 12:46:08
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answered by Sam468 2
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yes all the female passengers were rescued.....
2006-09-23 12:40:20
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answered by shradha 1
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