titanic 40k dive

74: The number of years it took to find the wreck of the Ship in the Atlantic Ocean.

64 : The number of lifeboats supposed to be aboard the ship.

20 : The number of lifeboats she actually carried.

65: Maximum capacity of a lifeboat.

28 : The number of people on board the first lifeboat.

2 : The number of workers killed during the construction process.

Who doesn’t know about Titanic? The famous British ship that was designed to be unsinkable, but it finally sank on 15 April 1912 after colliding with an iceberg during its long trip from Southampton, UK to New York City, US. About 1,500 people died, and the largest ship made at the time led to one of the biggest disasters in modern history.

$7,500,000 : The total cost of building the RMS Titanic.

12,600 feet : The depth at which the wreck of the ship lays.

882 feet : The length of the ship.

3,547 : The maximum number of people the ship could carry.

2,223 : The number of people aboard, including passengers and crew.

1,178: The number of people that could be carried in the lifeboats.

705 : The number of people who survived the tragedy.