A different perspective on Titanic's sinking
Titanic’s Lifeboats: Disaster and Survival During the Liner’s Sinking By James W. Bancroft
When the Titanic put to sea, the contemporary view was that a ship should be ‘its own lifeboat’ – the liner was therefore only outfitted with 20 actual lifeboats. White Star Line did not believe all passengers and crew would ever need to be taken off all at once. Due to this blunder, only 706 of the 2,209 people onboard were saved.
For the true collector, Titanic’s Lifeboats presents the harrowing stories of each of the lifeboats launched on that fateful evening, drawn from the testimonies of the survivors.
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