Titanic 2022 page 3 by ric gustafson
To survive the Titanic was difficult. There was the cold and the wind. The survivors on the lifeboats witnessed horror in front of them. The men rowing the lifeboats heard arguments. Should they return and look for others?. There was only 12 survivors on Lifeboat number one. This was the captain's boat and had a capacity of 40. Charles Hendrickson was on Lifeboat 1. He wanted to go back and look for others. It was overruled. A fashion designer named Lucy Duff Gordon was on Lifeboat 1. She spent the rest of her life trying to salvage her and her husband's reputation.
The liner's first telegraph message for help was CQD. Later, ships would use SOS. It had it's limit. Three hundred miles in daylight. Before this ships had to use colored flags or bursts of light.
In 1909, construction began on the Titanic. First, a keel was laid down. Then plates of steel were drilled with holes. These holes were filled with rivets. When a rivet was inserted, two men hammered it in. It took 3 million rivets to build Titanic. Steel rivets were used for the central hull. Iron rivets were used for the bow and the stern.
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Peace and God's blessings. Love Ric
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