Life Jackets

History & Maritime Safety

The short answer to how many life jackets were on the Titanic is that the ship carried enough life jackets for all passengers and crew on paper, but many were not readily access...

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On the night of 14–15 April 1912, the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic with more than 2,200 people on board, but only about 705 were rescued by the Carpathia in part because...

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