This page has been specially designed and written for thousands of pupils from across Northern Ireland who are doing the Belfast Telegraph cross-curricular project on the Titanic. Over a six week period we will focus on the iconic ship which was built in
TITANIC left Belfast on April 2, 1912. Harland and Wolff, the company which built the ship, chose eight workers to travel along with Managing Director Thomas Andrews to check that everything was fine with the vessel. They would be known as the ‘Guarantee Group’.
The facilities on board the Titanic were considered amazing. It was as if passengers were taking their journey on a floating hotel.
There was a fully equipped gymnasium, pictured, as well as a swimming pool, Turkish bath, steam room, hot room, cooling room and shampoo room.
Four electric elevators — three in first class and one in second class — were also on board while a squash court could be used by first class passengers.
The medical bay had two doctors, and musicians played in both the first and second class areas of the ship while two fully equipped barbers were also available for those travelling in first and second class. Conditions for third class passengers were not so luxurious but they were still much better than what many were leaving behind.
Just after midnight on April 4, 2012, the ship docked in Southampton, where fresh food, The number of honeymooning couples on the ship
40,000
That’s how many fresh eggs were on
Titanic
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captain of Titanic and boarded at Southampton docks in readiness tosailtoAmerica.
Sadly, on April 14, 1912, Titanic struck an iceberg and sank with over 1,500 people dying.
Captain Smith was one of them as he went down with the ship.
He was survived by his wife Eleanor and their daughter Helen.
In July 1914 a statue of Captain Smith was unveiled by his daughter in Lichfield, England.
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tonnes of potatoes were in the ship’s
provisions
1,500
The number of gallons of fresh milk on
board