collapsible lifeboat

I would like to know how the Englehardt Collapsible lifeboat of the type carried by the Titanic compared with the standard wooden lifeboats in terms of storage space, readiness to launch and reliability on the sea if used. The reason I ask is to know whether it was practically possible to have...

Does anybody know the exact measurements of titanic collapsible lifeboats and exactly how I would be able to make one (probably impossible, right)? Are there any plans on the internet? Im asking this question because it would be so cool to try the boat out on a lake.

I clicked on a link the other day which claimed to have never before seen pictures of the Titanic. Some comments that accompanied the pictures claimed that the passengers that were in collapsible boats drifted away from the standard life boats and all died from hypothermia. Is this even partly...

I know that there probably is a more specific section to put this thread in, but given the different questions I am asking in it, I thought it better to leave it in a general section, just in case. I recently happened to read a fairly new book about the sinking of the Titanic which states that...