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The document discusses the construction and sinking of the Titanic. It describes how the Titanic was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyards between 1909 and 1911. On its maiden voyage in 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic, resulting in the deaths of over 1500 passengers and crew. Several factors contributed to the high death toll, including a lack of lifeboats and problems communicating iceberg warnings to the bridge in a timely manner.

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Titanic

The document discusses the construction and sinking of the Titanic. It describes how the Titanic was built at the Harland and Wolff shipyards between 1909 and 1911. On its maiden voyage in 1912, the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank in the North Atlantic, resulting in the deaths of over 1500 passengers and crew. Several factors contributed to the high death toll, including a lack of lifeboats and problems communicating iceberg warnings to the bridge in a timely manner.

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Elias Attallah

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construction began at Harland and Wolff shipyards in the spring of 1909

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Launched: 31 May 1911

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• the Titanic was a sign of her time's culture and commerce alike
were hurtling forward into the modern age after just three
years hard work

A qualitative leap in the world of


shipbuilding

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• The wireless telegraphers used Morse Code to send messages.
Morse Code is a way of "tapping" out letters using a series of
dots (short signals) and dashes (long signals). Spoken, short
signals are referred to as "dits" and long signals are referred
to as "dahs".

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• on Sunday the 14th of April Titanic's radio operators received
six further reports about icebergs and her path they were busy
sending Telegraph's on behalf of passengers and the final two
warnings never reached the bridge.

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• because of the shortage of lifeboats captain Smith ordered
women and children to board first the crew managed the
evacuation as best they could in the Confusion but many boats
were launched

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• British passengers on the Titanic died in disproportionate
numbers because they queued politely for lifeboats while
Americans elbowed their way on, an Australian researcher
believes.

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Thank you

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