The vanity of British shipping sinks with the Titanic on April 14, 1912 at 23:40, when the ship crashes into an iceberg and two hours and forty minutes later, the Titanic of the ships disappears to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, along with 1,517 souls. of which 832 were passengers and 685 crew members.
The steel beast, the passenger ocean liner that weighed more than 66,000 tons, was 269 meters long and 53 meters high, while each of its locomotives was equal to a three-story building and was 28 meters wide, began its maiden voyage on April 10, 1912. with 2,224 passengers (including crew).
It set sail from Southampton, stopping in Cherbourg, France, and Queenstown, Ireland, before heading west to New York. 600 km south of Newfoundland – an island in Canada, collided with an iceberg in the Atlantic Ocean.
What did you not know about the ocean liner that shook the world:
1. Early deaths
During its construction in Belfast, Northern Ireland, 250 injuries and two deaths occurred.
2. 37 seconds
It was only 37 seconds from the time the iceberg was located, until the moment of the collision with the Titanic. From the moment of impact, it took 60 minutes for the first lifeboat to fall into the water.
3. The dead
Of the 1517 people who lost their lives, 123 were passengers from the first place, 166 from the second and 528 from the third place, among them 3 Greeks. The rest were crew members.
4. Billionaire at sea
The richest man on the ship was the businessman John Jacob Astor, with a fortune of 87 million dollars, who lost his life in the shipwreck. His fortune is estimated at $ 2 billion, based on current data.
5. They did not drown
Few people died of drowning, as most died of hypothermia within minutes because the Atlantic water temperature was just a few degrees above zero and especially at the point of destruction due to the iceberg, the temperature was probably at – 2 ° C.
6. He was saved from alcohol
Charles Jogin, the drunken chef who survived the Titanic by swimming in icy cold water for hours, said he drank so much whiskey that his body did not feel cold.
7. They were charged
The survivors of the wreck were charged $ 1 a word to send a telegram to their loved ones from the lifeboat. Someone gave his last dollar to send his mother a single word: “Safe.”
8. The first movie
Prior to the 1997 film, there was another production on the Titanic, “Saved from the Titanic.” This silent film started shooting just 5 days after the sinking of the ship and the protagonist was the star Dorothy Gibson, who also survived the tragedy. He even wore the same clothes for the role!
9. They could be saved
Unfortunately, at the time of the sinking, two other ships were much closer to the Titanic than the Carpathia, but they did not respond to fireworks or SOS calls. The Californian ship saw some lights in the sky and the crew woke up the captain, but he said to ignore the messages because their radio was already asleep. The ship Samson, a large Norwegian galley, was only 5-8 miles away, but it is believed that it did not answer the calls because it was fishing illegally in the waters.
10. Victim and the κό mascot
The Titanic had its own mascot: a cat named Jenny, who would be the hunter of mice on the ship. The victim of the shipwreck, as well as about 9 other dogs that were on the ship. However, three other dogs survived the disaster.
11. If you are lucky…
Violet Jessop was a staff member at the Titanic. After surviving the tragedy, he became an employee of the British who sank a few years later. Surprisingly, he was on board the Olympic ship in 1911, when it collided with a British warship. So Jessop was on three ships that sank and survived.
12. The tickets
First-class tickets ranged in price from $ 150 (approximately $ 1700 today) for a single bunk to $ 4350 ($ 50,000) for one of the two Parlor Suites.
13 Luxurious… hotel
Ship amenities included a Parisian café, tea gardens, a gym, a library, a barber shop, an elevator, and a heated swimming pool.
The impressive Turkish baths were designed only for first class passengers. More than 700 third-class passengers were forced to share their two bathrooms.
14. After music
The musicians played for 2 hours and 5 minutes after the collision and until the sinking of the ship, in order to calm the passengers. At a price of over one million euros (900 thousand pounds), the violin played by the musician Wallace Hartley was sold at auction in Britain, while the Titanic was sinking.
15. Loss of treasures
The total amount of jewelry and cash lost during the wreck is about $ 6 million.
16. The prediction;
14 years before the shipwreck, Morgan Robertson wrote the novel “Vanity”. The paradox; In it, a ship named Titan hits an iceberg in the North Atlantic. The common denominator between the two ships is that there were not enough lifeboats for their passengers.
The wreck of the Titanic remains at the bottom, broken in two and gradually disintegrated at a depth of 3,784 meters. Since its discovery in 1985, thousands of objects have been retrieved and exhibited in museums around the world.
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