how many life boats were on the titanic?

Question

my daughter asked this 1

the amount please

Answer 1

Titanic carried 20 lifeboats, enough for 1178 people. The existing Board of Trade required a passenger ship to provide lifeboat capacity for 1060 people. Titanic's lifeboats were situated on the top deck. The boat was designed to carry 32 lifeboats but this number was reduced to 20 because it was felt that the deck would be too cluttered.

Answer 2

There were sixteen regular wooden lifeboats and four Englehardt Collapsible boats, which had plank bottoms and collapsible canvas sides. They were launched by the new Wellin davit, which was capable of launching several rows of lifeboats in succession (take a look at Titanic's sister RMS Olympic when she was painted camoflauge for WWI, you'll see 4 or 5 rows of lifeboats on deck). Total capacity: Around 1,158 people.

Answer 3

Life Boats: 20
Types: 14 regular, 4 Engelhardt collapsables, 2 emergency
Capacity: 1,178

Answer 4

There were 16 boats and 4 collapsibles. Only 4 boats and 2 collapsibles made it to safety

Answer 5

Most members of the crew say there were sixteen life-boats and two collapsibles; none say there were more than twenty boats in all. The 700 escaped filled most of the sixteen life-boats and the one collapsible which got away, to the limit of their capacity.
http://www.worldwideschool.org/library/books/hst/english/SinkingoftheTitanic/chap13.html

Answer 6

Only enough to get one third of the passengers and crew off due to bad management and a very foolish belief in construction

Answer 7

Something like 18? Either way not enough, and I do know this- they lowered some of them only half/partially full, so more people could have gotten out alive.

Answer 8

Only twenty for 2,227 passengers and crew. Not nearly enough and one of the reasons why only 705 people survived.

Answer 9

i'm gonna finally end up in certainly one of Jigsaw's traps if I make it besides, so i could DEFINATLY, little doubt in my suggestions, i could supply it sombody else. not a wealthy snob, however the main deserving individual i will attain my hands out and grab.. each and every so often i think like i became extremely on huge, and died, yet alot of folk sense like that....

Answer 10

20 is the correct answer.....and as all agreeded.....no where near enought....so many lives lost just to save money. Today not much has changed has it ?