What happened to the Lifeboats from the Titanic?

Question

I know that the Carpathia pulled them from the water and took them to New York with the survivors, but what happened to them since then?

Answer 1

Q) What Happened to the Lifeboats?

A) The ultimate fate of Titanic's lifeboats is not known. Unloaded at the White Star pier in New York by Carpathia, the name plates were removed. It is likely that the boats were taken home by Titanic's sister, the Olympic and discreetly returned to service.

Answer 2

"There is wide belief that the Titanic's lifeboats were repainted and reassigned to other White Star Ships. Why not?, they were almost new, being used only once."

"The Lifeboats" : Ocean Panet, Titanic FAQ, NASA : http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/OCEAN_PLANET/HTML/titanic_faq.html#2

"Eaton & Haas, quoting no source, say they were stored in a boat shed in New York and just rotted away."

"This may be correct. The boats appear to have been held by a US court, as they represented security for part of the payment available to victims of the sinking. In October 1912, the court accepted that White Star's liability was limited to $96,000. This amount was paid into court. At that point, the boats would have been released. By then, they may have been useless, as clinker built hulls tend to open up when out of the water."

"Although (after a brief search) I can't find any definitive sources either verifying or refuting what Eaton & Haas state, I would advance the following (possible)alternative scenarios: "

"1. These boats represented White Star property. It is possible that they were loaded quickly onto a ship and got out of America to avoid their impoundment (I believe that the name plates were removed very soon after their arrival at New York)."

"2. They were held in America for a while until the determined liability was paid into court, then released. Given that they would have been stored for 6 months, provided the shed was dry, they should have still been OK. Lifeboats aren't generally stored in water normally (they spend most of their time in chocks or on davits), so, with clinker built hulls, recaulking was a constant maintenance necessity anyway. It wouldn't have been too difficult to retrieve them and restore them to serviceability using normal maintenance procedures."

"Given that there would have been a demand for lifeboats (because of the new regulations), and given that White Star tended to be parsimonious with their own property, it is quite possible that these lifeboats were quietly retrieved, absorbed into the White Star inventory and deployed elsewhere in its fleet."

"Titanic's Lifeboats", Titanic-Titanic.com : http://www.titanic-titanic.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=433&start=75

Eaton, John P., and Charles A. Haas. "Titanic: Triumph and Tragedy". New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1986 : http://www.amazon.com/Titanic-Triumph-John-P-Eaton/dp/0393036979

Answer 3

ONE thing for sure - they the several lifeboats that did survive the sinking, did not go to Iceland and certainly were not all sunk by hitting icebergs.

Before you answer a question, use a little common sense

Answer 4

Don't know what happened to those, but many of the others were locked and went down with the ship, lifeboats were generally only available to those in First Class.

Answer 5

If anyone knows it's the people at the Mystic Seaport Museum. Maybe you could send them an e-mail and see if they know.

Answer 6

That has been a question I have wanted to know for some time also.

Please write me when you get the answer.

Answer 7

they were sent to iceland but sank after hitting another iceberg.

Answer 8

I dunno they probaly ended up at a museum.