How many people died when the Titanic sank? (2024)

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How many people died when the Titanic sank? ›

According to the U.S. committee investigating the sinking, 1,517 lives were lost, and its British counterpart determined that 1,503 died. The crew suffered the most casualties, with about 700 fatalities.

There are no survivors of the Titanic alive today

Her name was Elizabeth Gladys 'Millvina' Dean, and she was just two months old when she boarded the Titanic with her family. The Dean family actually never had plans to board the Titanic, but were transferred onto the ship as a result of coal strikes.

Note: Of the 109 children (aged under 14) aboard the Titanic, 53 perished.

Second-class tickets were 12 pounds, or $60. First-class berths started at 30 pounds, or $150. Those who purchased a first-class suite paid 105,000 pounds, or over $130,000. By today's prices, first-class berths would cost $4,591, second-class tickets would be $1,834, and third-class tickets would be $1,071.

Around 285 second class passengers were on board. Around 118 second class passengers survived. Second class accommodation was over 7 decks. There was a second class dining room which could accomodate over 2000 people.

DIED: John Jacob Astor, millionaire

Astor was a member of the prominent Astor family and helped build the Waldorf Astoria hotel in New York City. He was also an inventor, a science-fiction novelist, and a veteran of the Spanish-American War.

'The Unsinkable' Molly Brown

Molly Brown. She is standing regally, holding a parasol. She's probably the most famous survivor of the Titanic and there's much more to her story than making it to land after watching the ship sink to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912.

Those experts may not have believed there was any hope. Could people on the Titanic have stayed in an air pocket and survived the sinking to the bottom of the ocean? No.

As the ship finally sank, Joughin rode it down as if it were an elevator, not getting his head under the water (in his words, his head "may have been wetted, but no more"). He was, therefore, the last survivor to leave the Titanic.

How much would a 1st class Titanic ticket cost today? ›

By today's standards, the cost of RMS Titanic's First-Class Parlour Suite would amount to £40,100 – or roughly $49,680. And that was not a return ticket. In the height of peak travelling season, this cost would spiral to £870 (£84,600), as was so often paid aboard RMS Olympic, until her retirement in 1935.

When the Titanic hit the iceberg and consequently sank, the Atlantic Ocean was around 28°F (-2°C), which is below freezing. The wreck caused roughly 1,500 out of 2,224 passengers and crew onboard to perish. In total, RMS Titanic was equipped with 20 lifeboats that were able to accommodate roughly 1,178 people.

The Titanic was one of the largest ocean liners of its time. It was more than 880 feet (270 meters) long and had nine decks, or floors. The hull, or body, was made of steel and divided into 16 compartments. Some people said that the Titanic was unsinkable.

How many Third Class passengers survived the Titanic? Only an estimated 172 of the roughly 709 passengers traveling in Steerage were lucky enough to survive the disaster, just 24% of those journeying on a third class ticket.

Those who held tickets for a passage, but did not actually sail, include Theodore Dreiser, Henry Clay Frick, Milton S. Hershey, Guglielmo Marconi, John Pierpont Morgan, John Mott, George Washington Vanderbilt II, Edgar Selwyn.

A total of 1,503 people lost their lives when the Titanic sank in the North Atlantic Ocean. Many of them hadn't made it into a boat. Only 706 people survived in the lifeboats until later that morning when they were rescued by the RMS Carpathia.

Rose was a fictional character. The actress who played her as an old woman, Gloria Stuart, died in 2010.

Titanic: What Happened To The Real Rose, Beatrice Wood - IMDb.

There were 128 children aboard the ship, 67 of which were saved. The youngest Titanic survivor was just two months old; her name was Millvina Dean (UK, b. 2 February 1912), and she wasn't even supposed to be on board, nor were her family.

Most of the more than 1,500 victims were lost to the North Atlantic. Crews aboard four recovery vessels pulled just 337 bodies out of the water. Scholar Jess Bier examines what was done with those bodies and explains how their identification and treatment was wrapped up in their economic valuation.