Why the Titanic was Doomed by Bryan Jackson

Author:Bryan Jackson
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: HISTORY / Maritime History & Piracy
Publisher: Pen & Sword Books
Published: 2022-05-05T00:00:00+00:00

Titanic: The Aftermath

The Numbers

• 31.6% – percentage of people aboard (passengers and crew) who survived the sinking.

• 53.4% – percentage who could have survived, if all of the available lifeboat spaces had been filled.

• 492 – the number of Titanic passengers who survived (not including crew).

• 37% – percentage of passengers who survived.

• 61% – percentage of first-class passengers who survived.

• 42% – percentage of second-class passengers who survived.

• 24% – percentage of third-class passengers who survived.

• 109 – the total number of children on Titanic.

• 56 – the number of children who survived.

• 52 – the number of children in third class who died.

• 2 – the number of dogs to have survived (both were small lapdogs taken by their owners into lifeboats).

• 20% – percentage of male passengers who survived.

• 75% – percentage of female passengers who survived.

• 214 – the number of Titanic crew members who survived.

• 24% – percentage of crew members who survived.

• 22% – percentage of male crew members who survived.

• 87% – percentage of female crew members who survived.

• 50% – percentage of Navigation Officers who survived (there were eight aboard).

• 0% – percentage of Engineering Officers who survived (all twenty-five died while working to keep the Titanic afloat for as long as possible after the collision).

• 100% – percentage of lookouts who survived.

• 13 years, 5 months, 26 days – the age of the youngest female survivor from first class, Lucile Polk Carter.

• 11 months, 8 days – the age of the youngest male survivor from first class, Hudson Trevor Allison.

• 64 years, 8 months, 8 days – the age of the oldest female survivor from first class, Mrs Mary Eliza Compton (also the oldest survivor overall).

• 60 years, 6 months, 21 days – the age of the oldest male survivor from first class, Mr Maximilian Josef Frölicher-Stehli.

• 10 months, 22 days – the age of the youngest female survivor from second class, Barbara Joyce West.

• 7 months, 17 days – the age of the youngest male survivor from second class, Viljo Unto Johannes Hämäläinen.

• 59 years, 8 months, 30 days – the age of the oldest female survivor from second class, Mrs Lutie Davis Parrish.

• 62 years, 1 month – the approximate age of the oldest male survivor from second class, Mr George Harris (exact birthday unknown).

• 2 months, 13 days – the age of the youngest survivor from third class, Elizabeth Gladys ‘Millvina’ Dean (also the youngest survivor).

• 5 months, 7 days – the age of the youngest male survivor from third class, As’ad Tannūs.

• 63 years, 10 months, 9 days – the age of the oldest female survivor from third class, Mrs Hedwig Turkula.

• 45 years, 8 months, 24 days – the age of the oldest male survivor from third class, Mr Charles Edward Dahl.

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