lifeboats

An extremely rare plaque salvaged from a Titanic lifeboat has been unearthed https://www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/titanic-rare-plaque-salvaged-lifeboat-22107367

Hi y'all! I recently came across these photos in the GreenWhich museums repository (and are free to take) in the McQuitty Collection, which are original B&W photos taken by Louis Ogden of the Lifeboats and the survivors in them on April 15th. I was wondering if its possible to tell which...

What happened after the sinking (2:20AM [vanishing of stern] to 4AM [Moment of Rescue]) I want to know what happened after the sinking, I've been looking up online, and find to have small info given or is lacking. I want to know the events, like Lifeboats coming back, and at what time did they...

In their 1987 book Titanic: Triumph and Tragedy, John Eaton & Charles Haas quote that when Lifeboat #11 was lowered from the A-deck, it was loaded with at least 70 people, which would have been 5 beyond its rated capacity. But here on ET, while acknowledging that there were claims of up to 80...

Was wondering about these two famous images, always named as Titanic's, but are they Olympic's instead? Anchor image both images appear in the 1911 Shipbuilder magazine, but are unnamed. I appreciate any help, thanks y'all :)

Although common sense indicates that Lily May Futrelle was rescued on Lifeboat #9, her post disaster statements have been so varied and contradictory that boats #16 and Collapsible D have also been considered as possibilities. So, I went through my books and other references to try and make some...

Are there any specific survivor accounts of Chief Officer Wilde's whereabouts and actions after 01:45 am which was when he supervised lowering of Lifeboat #2? After #2 was lowered, Collapsible D was fitted into the same davits unless I am mistaken. Meanwhile, Lightoller was lowering Lifeboat #4...

On the port side lifeboats (with the exception of Collapsible B), there were very few male passenger survivors because of the "women and children only" policy practiced by Lightoller and probably Wilde. Yet a few managed to get through; some, like Major Peuchen and Charles Williams were allowed...

In his very well researched and presented article in which he re-examines the launch times of the Titanic's lifeboats, Bill Wormstedt says that Second Officer Lightoller was one of the officers who was present during loading and/or launching of the port stern lifeboats. Specifically, Wormstedt...

I recall reading somewhere that at some stage after Lightoller lowered Lifeboat #6 and went down to A-deck to sort out #4, several crew members got into Lifeboat #2 which, being an Emergency Boat had already been swung out. Steward James Johnstone might have been one of them. The were ordered...

It is now generally accepted that First officer William Murdoch was in charge during the latter stages of loading and the actual lowering of Lifeboat #10, the only port boat that he was involved with. I was wondering about the reasons why Murdoch crossed over to the port side and an indirect...

Hi all, does anyone know what the lifeboat stations would look like with 4 wooden boats at each davit as originally proposed? And how an evacuation would be conducted with multiple boats per davit?

if you could be on any lifeboat, from the lowering to the Carpathia, which would you be on and why?

I saw them around here somewhere, and someone on this site, in the Titanic: Honor and Glory Thread said you could swing them out like the real life ones! But I can't find it anywhere on the web, including their store. Does anyone know where I could find 'em? thanks, y'all

I remember a piece of Titanic trivia that the boats were meant to be loaded from the A deck promenade, but the keys for the forward windows were lost, which was why lifeboat 4 didn’t leave for a long time. I suppose it makes sense as if the davits had multiple boats each, passengers would have...

When one thinks of women who refused to leave husbands or refused to get into a lifeboat, we often thing of 1st and 2nd class women who had the privilege of time and choice! ON the flip side we often think of steerage passages emerging towards the end of the lifeboats going - and being...

I have a slightly off beat question to which I want to form a mental picture of the answer. Would appreciate any help, thanks. Between 01:40 am and about 01:50 am when Lifeboat #4 was finally lowered from A-deck, there would have been several people around the boat who were hoping for but...

The RMS Titanic set sail with an estimated 2,224 passengers. The ship itself was 882.75 feet long and had a maximum breadth of 92.5 feet. While it was less than 63% of its maximum capacity on this maiden voyage, it would still have been very crowded if everyone decided to stroll upon the deck at...

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...

This probably doesn't apply to Titanic as she was a new ship and am not sure its even relevant with todays lifeboats/rafts. But I've seen in various old movies and have read in novels where leaking lifeboats were a problem. They would always say " she was on the chocks too long" Was that just an...