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RE: Cool Moments in History: Surviving the sinking of the Titanic by getting drunk
Nice story thanks, this is fascinating! Why were there not enough spaces on the lifeboats? I hope you have a WONDERFUL day! Following you.
It was believed that the Titanic was 'Unsinkable' so they decided to save money and space by reducing the number of lifeboats
O yes, but how did they decide who would get the lifeboats and who wouldn't?
I am no expert but for the most part they let the women and children on first. But unsurprisingly, the first class(rich) passengers had a much higher survival rate than the third class passengers (poor)
But why take any lifeboats at all if you are sure it is not gonna sink?
Maybe for aesthetics, would look right without them. And there could be a lot of disasters that require evacuating some, like a fire. And if it took days to sink a small number of boats would be enough to ferry people to another boat.
But most likely they were just greedy
HAHA yeah greed. But how would they make more money with less lifeboats? Have you seen the movie Dunkirk? How did you decide on your username @fiveboringgames? Sorry for all the questions, just really curious! I hope you have a wonderful day!!!
less boats more space for passengers or cargo.
Dunkirk, not yet.
name, I used to do youtube videos and live streams , thought it was a good name
Interesting. I hope you have fantastic weekend!