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July 29, 1908

The design for the ship was approved.

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April 3, 1912

April 10, 1912

April 14, 1912

April 15, 1912

May 31, 1911

March 31, 1909

The design for the ship was approved.

The building of the Titanic started in Belfast.

12:00 am: 20 minutes after the incident, the captain was told the boat can only stay afloat for a couple of hours. 12:45 am : The first lifeboat was safely lowered away. Only 28 people were onboard (although it could carry 68 people). 12:45 am : The first distress rocket was fired. A total of 8 fire rockets were fired the whole night. 02:05 am : The last lifeboat left the ship. There were still over 1,500 people left on the Titanic. 02:17 am : The last radio message was sent. The captain announced "Every man for himself". 02:20 am : The tilt of the Titanic grew steeper and steeper. People in the water slowly froze to death. 04:10 am : The first lifeboat was picked up by The Carpathia (another vessel).

Lookout Frederick Fleet spotted an iceberg dead ahead. The iceberg struck the Titanic on the right side of her bow at 11:40 pm. 10 minutes later, water had poured in and had risen 14 feet in the front part of the ship.

9:30 - 11:30 a.m : Passengers arrived in Southampton and began boarding the boat. 12 : 00 a.m : The ship began its voyage. 6:30 p.m : The Titanic reached Cherbourg, France and picked up more passengers April, 11 / 11:30 a.m : The Titanic reached Queenstown, Ireland.

The Titanic arrived in Southampton.

The boat was officially launched in Belfast.

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1st class passengers

Loraine Allison

Helen Churchill Candee

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Trevor Allison

Loraine Allison

My name is Loraine Allison. I was born on the 5th June 1909. My family was from Canada. We were coming back from a business trip in the United Kingdom when we boarded the Titanic. We boarded the liner in Southampton on April, 10th, with my little brother, Trevor, and four servants: a nurse, Alice Cleaver, a maid, a cook and a butler. As my father was a wealthy man, we could hand a first-class ticket (N°113781) on board. My father paid £151 for this family ticket.When the ship hit an iceberg and started to sink, I was with my parents while Trevor was with his nurse. As we were not together, my mother refused to board a lifeboat because she didn't know where Trevor was and it was unconceivable to leave the Titanic without him. The thing is, Trevor and Alice Cleaver had already left the boat and were safe. In the meantime, the situation on the Titanic was getting worse and the rest of the family perished. Of all the children from first and second class, I was the only one who passed away on that horrible night.Only my father's body had been recovered after the tragedy and, in 1940, a woman named Helen Loraine Kramed claimed she was me. She said, at the last minute, my mother gave me up to a man named Hyde who would have raised me on a farm in the United States. It is only in 2013, that DNA proved this woman had just lied.

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Trevor Allison

I am Trevor Allison, a Canadian passenger on the Titanic. I was a toddler when the Titanic sank. I was just 11 months old when the tragedy happened. My father was a rich man named Hudson Joshua Allison so my family and I were first-class passengers on board the Titanic as my father could afford giving £151 for our family ticket (N°113781). We boarded the liner in Southampton, on April, 10th with four servants. Among them was my nurse, Alice Cleaver. As a nurse, she couldn't hold a first-class ticket on her own, so she was part of the first-class under my family's ticket. Alice and I shared the same cabin: C-24, while the rest of my family was dispatched in cabins C-22 and C-26. When the ship struck the iceberg, I was sleeping and Alice brought me to the deck so we could board Lifeboat 11, which left at 1:45 am. The problem is, my mother, Bess, didn't know I had left. And, she refused to leave the boat without her baby. As a consequence, my mother and my sister, Loraine, remained on the Titanic and, thus, perished in the tragedy. Only my father's body had been recovered after that terrible night. Some legends said my sister survived. But, in 2013, DNA proved them wrong. The thing is, in the Allison family, the toddler I was was the only survivor. I, eventually, passed away on the 7th August 1929, at the age of 18, of ptomaine poisoning.

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Helen Churchill Candee

I am Helen Churchill Candee. I was born in New-York City in 1859. I was travelling in Europe in the Spring of 1912 when I received a telegram from my daughter telling me that my son had been injured in an accident. Then, I swiftly travelled from Paris to Cherbourg to board the Titanic on the 10th, April as a first-class passenger (ticket N°17606 / £27). I was probably having a conversation with other prominent passengers when the liner hit the iceberg, on the 14th April 1912. As for more than 60% of the other first-class passengers, I could board a lifeboat (N°6 for me) and be saved. I was among those who were rescued by the liner Carpathia. As an author and journalist, I later wrote many stories about the Titanic and our four days on board this gigantic vessel. World-known film director, James Cameron, got inspired by my work and used it to create his very famous movie. Legends even say that I inspired the character of Rose in the movie. I eventually passed away 37 years after the tragedy, at the age of 89.

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2nd class passengers

Winifred Vera Quick

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John Law Hume

Winifred Vera Quick

I am Winifred Vera Quick. I was born in Plymouth, England, in 1904. My father, Frederick Charles Quick, was a plasterer, and he married my mother, Jane, in 1902. I also have a little sister, Phyllis May, born in 1909. In 1910, my father decided to migrate to the United States, in Detroit, to make a better life for the family. He travelled alone and sent us money so that we could join him in the US. In 1912, my mother booked passage for the three of us remaining in England on a steamer. Unfortunately, there was a huge coal strike in the United Kingdom at that time and the crossing was cancelled. However, my mother was notified that we would be allowed to travelled on board the Titanic, which was set to sail on 10th April, 1912. We boarded the liner as second-class passengers with a family-ticket (N°26360 / £26) in Southampton. Despite calm seas, I was seasick for most of the first four days. The three of us were quietly sleeping when the Titanic accident occured. It was only when another passenger knocked at our cabin's door, telling my mother there had been an accident that she realised something went wrong. However, my mother had no idea that the ship was seriously damaged and she didn't urge us. It is only when a steward came and told her that the boat was sinking that she realised. I was panicking. I was completely hysterical, crying over and over again. I bet you can easily imagine the reaction of an 8-year-old girl facing such a terrible situation. It had been really difficult to calm me down. My mother could finally put Phyllis and I in Lifeboat 11 but she was denied access to the boat. "Only room for the children", the crew member told her. My mother reportedly told him "either we go together or we stay together". He finally let her join us and she was the last person allowed in the lifeboat, which held around 50 people. Even in the lifeboat, apparently safe, I was still crying. It is only after some long minutes that someone noticed my shoes had fallen off and that my feet were sitting in the freezing water. We were finally rescued by another liner, Carpathia, and could reach New-York safely.

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John Law Hume

I am John Law Hume. Eventhough I was just 21 when I joined the Titanic, I already had a great experience as I had played in the orchestra on five other boats! I boarded the Titanic on Wednesday, 10th April 1912 with ticket N°250654 as a Second-Class Orchestra member. I am a violonist coming from Dumfries, in the South West of Scotland. At the beginning, we were an eight-member orchestra and we boarded in Southampton, in the South of England. Until the night of the sinking, the orchestra was divided into two entities: a quintet and a trio. The story of the musicians of the Titanic is one of the most famous stories of the whole 'Titanic Story'. After the liner hit an iceberg and started to sink, all the band members started to play music in order to keep the passengers calm as the crew members loaded the lifeboats. We kept on playing until the very end, even when it became obvious that we would perish on this boat. Lawrence Beesley, a second-class passenger said "Many brave things were done that night, but none were more brave than those done by men playing minute after minute as the ship settled quietly lower and lower in the sea. The music they played served alike as their own immortal requiem and their right to be recalled on the scrolls of undying fame". Legends say that the last song we played was "Nearer My God To Thee". This cannot be proved enventhough British and American passengers agree to say we played this song. However, there are at least three versions of the song. Played or not, this song put an end to the life of the eight musicians. Only three of our dead bodies have been recovered.

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3rd class passengers

Charles Edward Goodwin

Jirjis Yūsuf Tu'mah

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Jirjis Yūsuf Tu'mah

My name is Jirjis Yūsuf Tu'mah. My family came from Lebanon eventough I am from Syrian nationality. My father had left our country to go to the United States where he worked on a farm and tried to save money to buy his own farm and send for his wife and children. My trip started when my father had earned enough money. The rest of the family and I left our small village in Lebanon by camel caravans to Beirut, the capital city, on our way to Marseille. From that point in France,we journeyed to Cherbourg and boarded the Titanic on the 10th April 1912 as third-class passengers. Our ticket (N°2650) cost around £15. That represented a lot of money for us! As an 8-year-old boy, I was completely astonished by this gigantic boat!When the boat hit the iceberg, I was sleeping. As third-class passengers, we were told that the boat was in danger and instructed to stay in our cabins and just pray. My mother was very anxious because my sister was missing. As a consequence, she dressed me up very quickly and we went up to the upper deck, near a lifeboat. I was ordered not to move and wait until my mother came back with my sister. We could finally board a lifeboat and travel to New-York. My father was quite surprised when he received a telegram from my mother after the tragedy. He, obviously, had heard about the sinking of the Titanic, but he didn't know we were on board! That, I think, was a good point. My family finally settled in Dowagiac, Michigan, and we anglicised our names. I eventually became George Thomas. I lived a long life with my wife, Dorothy, who passed away on 31st, October 1991. I died not long after her, on 9th December 1991, at the age of 87. My son, Joseph published a book in 2008 about our story. It is entitled "Grandma Survived the Titanic".

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Charles Edward Goodwin

I am Charles Edward Goodwin. I am a British boy from Edmonton, Middlesex, England. My father, Frederick Goodwin, was a printer and a compositer. I was the second child of a family of six children. I I was 14 and the younger of us was just around two years old when we boarded the ship. At first, my parents had planned to cross the Atlantic Ocean on antoher steamer. But, there was a coal strike in the United Kingdom at that time, and that forced them to change their plans and to board the Titanic. We boarded at Southampton on Wednesday, 10th April with third-class tickets, N°2144 which cost £46. My parents had to borrow some money from my uncles and aunts to pay the ticket. Several members of my father's family had already emigrated to the United States and we had planned to join them. Life on the boat was not difficult, even if we were part of the third-class. This boat was just extreme comfort for all classes. We had never seen such luxury before! When the Titanic hit the iceberg, we were at the back of the steamer, probably sleeping. As for 75% of the third-class passengers, we all died that night. The thing is, families with teenagers, and especially teenage boys, had very little chance to survive.

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Passengers' ID Cards

Roger Marie Bricoux

Anthony Abbing

Lady Duff Gordon

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Alfred Samuel Allsop

Roger Marie Bricoux

Before joining the Titanic he lived at 5 Place du Lion d’Or, Lille, France. He had served on the Cunard steamer Carpathia before joining the White Star Line (the Titanic's company).Activity (what was he doing when the boat sank?) : to play the cello Reaction : to keep on playing SURVIVOR ? All of the musicians lost their lives in the sinking. His body was not recovered.

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Lady Duff Gordon

Rescued (boat 1) and then embarked CarpathiaDisembarked Carpathia: New York City on Thursday 18th April 1912 Died: Saturday 20th April 1935 (of Pneumonia)Buried: Brookwood Cemetery London,England « I had been in bed (with my daughter) for about an hour and the lights were all out, when I was awakened by a funny, rumbling noise. It was like nothing I had ever heard before. It seemed as if some giant hand had been playing bowls, rolling the great balls along. Then the boat stopped » (extract from her biography) Activity (what was she doing when the boat sank?) : to sleep with her daughter Reaction : to run to the lifeboats with her daughter SURVIVOR ? Yes, the captain had said “Women and children first”

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Anthony Abbing

He died in the sinking and his body has never been recovered.Since there seems to be absolutely no mention of him in anyone's testimony or in subsequent accounts of the sinking, we can imagine that he was among the people who were locked down in steerage, never having had a chance to save himself. Activity (what was he doing when the boat sank?): to play cards in his small cabin Reaction : to try to go upstairs and open the locked gates SURVIVOR ? No, 3rd class passenger + locked behind the gates

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Alfred Samuel Allsop

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His body has not been recovered.Activity (what was he doing when the boat sank?) : to repair one engineReaction : NOT to move and to go on working SURVIVOR ? No, trapped in the watertight compartments

The Titanic today

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The wreck of the Titanic lays at a depth of about 12,500 feet (around 4km), about 350 miles southeast of Newfoundland (Canada).

In August 2019, some scientists dived to the wreck of the Titanic for the first time in 14 years. Their photos revealed that the wreckage significantly deteriorated because of a metal-eating bacteria. They even said the entire shipwreck could disappear by 2030! ... The Titanic is not timeless!

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