We have seen the movie, we have cried-well, most of us atleast, but what happend was way more than a Leo de Caprio movie, as dreamy as he may have seemed.

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The RMS Titanic was a great ship. Under the command of Edward Smith, the titanic departed from Southampton on April 10,1912.

The Titanic carried some of the wealthiest people in the world as well as hundreds of emigrants from Great Britain, Ireland and Scandinavia, who were off inserach of greener pastures in the USA, if they only knew.

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The titanic was the largest man made object on earth at about 269 meters and a fact little known is that it had its own on board news paper- The Atlantic daily bulletin.

Alot of luxuries were on board the great ship and were to be enjoyed by the upper class only. Cigars, beer and bottles of wine. The ship also had on board a swimming pool and dog kennels for the upper class folks’ dogs.

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First class passengers were given music  books containing about 352 songs. Musicians on board were required to know them all, in case requests were made.

The musicians played for two hours and five minutes as the ship sank.

The lower class people on board stayed in the lower decks and helped out in the manning of the ship.

Notable personalities aboard this beauty were like; John Jacob Astor IV   who was the richest passenger on board. He was worth 85 million dollars (200 billion shillings) today, he unfortunately went down with the ship.

Another was a successful businessman Benjamin Guggenheim. He and his valet Victor Gigilio, changed into their evening wear while he remarked: “we’re dressed up in our best and are prepared to go down like gentlemen”. They were last spotted on deck chairs, drinking brandy and smoking cigars.

tid bit:

The last remaining survivor of the disaster, Millvina Dean, died on May 31, 2009, aged 97, she was two months old at the time.

At 11.40 pm, Titanic hit a 100ft iceberg which caused the ship’s hull plates to buckle inwards along her starboard side and opened 5 of her 16 water tight compartments to the sea.

At 2:20Am, She broke apart and foundered. More than 1,500 people lost their lives that night.

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Although the ship had advanced safety features, it only carried enough lifeboats for slightly more than half of the number on board.

Lifeboat carrying survivors

​Just about 2hours later, The Cunard Liner RMS Carpathia arrived and brought aboard an estimated 705 survivors.The wreak of The Titanic was discovered in 1985. It lies 370 miles off the coast of Newfoundland, around 12,500 feet below the surface.

Parts collected by deep sea divers are displayed in Museums and Her great memory is kept alive by numerous works like books, folk songs, exhibits, memorials and films.

James Cameron’s Titanic a 1997 film

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