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Have you ever heard of the R.M.S TITANIC? At its time, the Titanic was advertised as The ‘Unsinkable’ Ship. "Even God himself could not sink this ship," said one Titanic crew member. Unfortunately, the ship was incapable to live up to its name. The effect of the ship hitting an iceberg, was that it began to sink. Some people believe that the cause of the ship not being able to survive the iceberg was the design of the ship. This tragic disaster shortened many lives. The Titanic sinking What is the Tragic Titanic? The Titanic was a British passenger liner that sank in the North Atlantic Ocean in the early morning of 15 April 1912, after colliding with an iceberg during her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York City. It was constructed by the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast. “How many people died?” questioned many people. …show more content…

There were three groups of people on the Titanic, the 1st class, the 2nd class, and the 3rd class who were all treated differently and had different rights..Riders in 1st class were treated better than in any class; they had 10 courses! It was so expensive that in today’s money 1 ticket would cost $70,000. The site, http://www.historyonthenet.com, states, “There were 325 first class passengers on board: 175 men, 144 women and 6 children. 202 first class passengers survived: 57 men, 140 women and 5 children. Then there was the 2nd class passengers. The website, https://alookthrutime.wordpress.com, “The second class passengers on the Titanic were what we would consider today to be the middle class. The travelers in second class consisted of professors, authors, clergymen, and tourist. Many of these passengers would have traveled as first class on other vessels. A second class ticket at that time cost approximately 13 to

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