Wreck of the RMS Titanic

In considering the wreck of the RMS Titanic, the primary consideration always is how many people survived and how many people perished. Over 700 people were rescued and did survive the wreck of the RMS Titanic. Over 1,500 people died in the wreck of the RMS Titanic.

The Titanic went down in ocean water with a temperature of 28 degrees. In this regard, a person who ends up in water this cold can survive for a matter of several minutes up to an hour depending on that person's health and physical condition. Therefore, people who ended up in the water following the wreck of the RMS Titanic really had no chance of survival because the nearest ship was four hours away.

In point of fact, following the wreck of the RMS Titanic even some of the people who made it on one or another of lifeboats could not survive the weather. The temperature was so cold that night some of the people on the lifeboats actually ended up dying of exposure.

There were only sixteen lifeboats on the Titanic. Oddly, only two of the sixteen lifeboats made any attempt to go back to pick up other people who ended up in the water following the wreck of the RMS Titanic and the sinking of the ship. In defense of the people on the lifeboats, some people did fear that if they returned, the people in the water would have swamped the lifeboats causing them to sink, ending the lives of even more people.

When the wreck of the RMS Titanic did occur, the ship actually did break in two much in the same manner that it was depicted in the movie of the same name. The Titanic was discovered in two parts at the bottom of the ocean, confirming the manner in which the ship likely did break apart and then sink. The weight of the ship itself was the primary reason that the Titanic literally ended up snapping in half.

Interestingly, most of the lights on the ship continued to burn brightly after the wreck of the RMS Titanic into the iceberg. In fact, it was not until the ship finally sunk that the lights went out once and for all.

Only 25% of the third class passengers survived the wreck of the RMS Titanic. The fact is that the third class passengers were locked into their section of the boat, a procedure that was undertaken in order to prevent the spread of disease. Due to poor communication, most of the third class passengers simply were not unlocked from their section of the ship after the wreck of the RMS Titanic.