The Titanic

Maiden voyage-
Last voyage…
Titanic Model
 Birth of a legend

The world was on the move at the beginning of the 20th century. The
car, airplane and cinema were among the inventions. Passengers, cargo
and mail could be moved across the Atlantic quickly now. People used
ocean liners to travel across the oceans of the world. These ocean liners
became ever faster, larger and more luxurious to accommodate this
increase in traffic.
At a dinner party in the summer of 1907, J. Bruce Ismay, Managing
Director of the White Star Line, and Lord Pirrie, Chairman of Harland
and Wolf in Belfast, created a plan to dominate passenger travel on the
North Atlantic. They planned to construct three ships, the largest and
most luxurious ever built. Work on two ships was to start immediately.
They would be called Olympic and Titanic.
Lots and lots of changes had to be made at Harland and Wolff.
This enormous steel construction was created in 1908,
especially for the building of the Titanic.
 Launch Day

On 31st of May, 1911, a crowd of more than 100,000

gathered to watch Titanic’s launch. At 12:13 p.m., a red
rocket streaked into the sky and the hydraulic triggers
holding Titanic in its dry dock were released. Titanic
glided gracefully into the River Lagan amid the
congratulatory sounds of the ships’ sirens and a general
gasp of wonder from onlookers on both sides of the river.
Although she was now in the water, Titanic was far from
complete. The ships engines, boilers, propellers and four
funnels awaited installation. Also, the luxurious interior
had to be completed. Finishing Titanic would take 10
months.
 Leaving Belfast

Titanic sailed out of Belfast Lough on the evening of 2nd April 1912.
Earlier that day the ship had been subjected to a strenuous sea trial,
including an order to reverse her engines while at high speed. At 8
p.m., Titanic left the great industrial city of her birth, headed for
Southampton, her massive engines rumbling as she steamed down
the River Lagan and entered the Irish Sea. Throughout the night the
ship maintained a steady speed of 18 knots while her Marconi
Officers finished installing and collaborating the Ships wireless
equipment. Due to freak atmospheric conditions, some of the
Titanic’s transmissions were received as far as 4,800 kilometres
away.
LEAVING BELFAST
 Day of Departure
On Wednesday, 10 April 1912 in Southampton, England
there was an air of excitement as the Titanic crew
started to board the mighty ship. Most 2nd and 3rd Class
passengers took the 9:30 train from London that
morning, while the 1st class passengers chose to get the
11:30 train to Southampton where a greeting aboard
awaited them, to the sound of the ship’s orchestra.
With everyone onboard, engines rumbled as the ship left
the docks
LEAVING SOUTHHAMPTON
 First Class Travel

• Titanic could accommodate 750 first class passengers.

Each cabin was like a room in a luxurious hotel. Hot and
cold running was standard and each cabin had a full-
sized bathtub, of course.
• The cost of a 1st class ticket was £525 (approx. £34,150
today). Two of the cabins were priced at £61,500.
Imagine spending this amount of money on a 4-day trip
from Ireland to America, one-way!
 Mrs. Margaret Brown, First Class,
Women’s Suffragist and Human Right’s
Organiser
 Second Class Amenities

Titanic’s 2nd class cabins were comparable to 1st class

cabins on many other ocean liners of the era, and cost
nearly as much. Each cabin featured mahogany
furniture, enamelled white wood work and linoleum tile
and each was designated to receive natural light
throughout the day. The beds themselves were made of
mahogany and wider than those of rival ocean liners.
Father Thomas R. Byles, Second class passenger, stayed on the
sinking ship.
He could have been saved.
He was offered a place on one of the lifeboats.
Lost Children, 2nd Class (and their ages)

Baby Corey - unborn

Mr. Alfred Gaskell - 16
Mr. Thomas Charles Mudd - 16
Mr. George Frederick Sweet - 14
Mr. Ennis Watson - 15
Mr. Edgar Samuel Andrew - 17

Mr. Percy Andrew Bailey - 15

37 Second Class children
survived
 • Third class passengers
Real ticket found in jacket pocket of
Mr.Carl Andslund’s recovered body.
His three sons died also.
travelling on Titanic were
mostly Europeans looking for a
better life in America. Some
had already established
themselves in the United
Kingdom and were returning
after visits home. Others were
joining family members who
had travelled ahead of them
and had sent money for their
journey. Some passengers
may have been able to afford a
second class ticket but wanted
to save for their arrival in
America.
• Cabins were cramped and
very plain in design. The
ceilings were covered in a
tangle of pipes and support
beams, and the noise and
vibration of the engines could
always be heard and felt.
Despite these conditions,
many third class passengers
found their accommodations to
be more than adequate. Unlike
other liners, which used straw,
Titanic’s bunks used real
mattresses.
• The menu for 3rd class offered
great choice .The ship also
featured open- air deck space
on the Poop Deck, which many
rival liners lacked. The
bathrooms were also an
improvement for many who
had never used indoor
plumbing. Titanic’s two
bathtubs for its 700 third-class
passengers would not suffice
today, but were manageable in
the time of the once a week
bath.
 Frederick Goodwin Family
Frederick Goodwin was 40 years old and his wife ,called Augusta,was 43.They had six
children..
His brother, who had settled in Niagara Falls, New York, notified Frederick of an
opening at the big power station there .He decided to move to America with his family.
Selling their home in Fulham, they booked as 3rd class passengers on a small
steamer in order to save money. Their sailing was cancelled due to the coal strike and
they were transferred to the Titanic.

Lillian, 16
Charles, 14
William, 11
Jessie, 10
Harold, 9
Baby Sidney
Augusta Goodwin, 43
Frederick Goodwin, 40

R.I.P.
The Goodwin Family
Stella, George, Douglas, Frederick, William, Dorothy, Ada, Constance and Thomas
died
with their Mum and Dad.

R.I.P.
Margaret Devaney, 19, from Sligo, survived the disaster.
She was travelling with two friends, also from Sligo.
Bridget Bradley, 22, from
Co. Cork was travelling in
a large group of seven
friends. Her friend, Daniel
Buckley, was one of a
handful of 3rd class men
who survived. They
escaped in the same
lifeboat, Daniel wearing a
woman’s shawl.
Margaret “Maggie” Madigan
Margaret Madigan led a very
unlucky life, having been lucky
to survive the disaster. She
lost her only child,Alfred,in
a drowning accident. Both her
first and second husband died
at a young age. She struggled
to make ends meet all of her
life. She is buried with both of
her husbands in an unmarked
grave in New York.
 Willie Coutts

This boy’s hat almost caused his death!!!

Ruth Becker

• Ruth Becker with one

of her little brothers.
Her Mum and her
other little brother
also survived as 3rd
Class passengers
Millvina Dean
• Millvina Dean was the
youngest passenger on-
board. Amazingly, this
baby and her little
brother and Mum
survived.
• Millvina Dean lived
longest also. She died in
May 2009,aged 97.
 130 Children were lost that night…

110 of them are Third class passengers

 These are four of the total of 20 lifeboats.
At least 60 were needed to save everyone on board