Part 1 of 5 · freeIntroduction
When the Titanic set sail in April 1912, she was said to be "practically unsinkable." She was the largest ship ever built and could carry as many as 3,500 people. The White Star Line, the company that owned her, used that reputation as an excuse to cut corners on safety.
The liner left port without enough lifeboats for everyone aboard, and the company knew it. When disaster struck, passengers and crew discovered that their safety had been sacrificed to the owner's bottom line. The toll: 1,500 dead, the most infamous tragedy in maritime history. And very likely a preventable one.
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- 2A law from 1894 outgrown by the giants of the sea
- 3The White Star Line skimps on lifeboats
- 4The night of April 14, 1912
- 5712 survivors and an international convention
Open-book quiz8 questions whose answers are in the text.
Glossary6 terms explained in a tap.
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