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The Design for the Titanic was approved
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The Heel of Titanic was laid
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Sixteen wooden Lifeboats were fitted to board the Titanic
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at 12:05am the order was given to uncover the lifeboats and to get passengers and crew ready on deck. There was only room in the lifeboats for half the estimated 2,227 on board.
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The fitting of Titanic was completed
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at 6:00 the Titanic began sea trials
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The Titanic arrived in Southampton
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at 9:30-11:20am Passengers arrive in Southampton and begin boarding the ship
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at Noon the Titanic set sail and began her maiden voyage
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at 11:30am the Titanic reached Queenstown, Ireland
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The Titanic saled through calm waters
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Throughout the day seven iceberg warnings were recieved
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at 11:40pm Lookout Frederick Fleet spotted an iceberg dead head. The iceberg strick the Titanic on the starboard right side of her bow
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at 11:50pm water had poured in and risen 14 feet in the front part of the ship
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at 12:00am the captian was tols the ship can only stay afloat for a couple of hours. Her gave the order to call for help over the radio.
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at 12:25 am the lifrboats began being liaded with women and children first. The Carpathia, southeast of the titanic by about 58 miles, picked up the distress call and begain sailing to rescue passengers.
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The first lifeboat was safely lowered away. Although it could carry 65 people it left with onlu 28 aboard. The first distree rocket was ifred. A total of eight rockets were fired the whole night.
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The last lifeboat left the ship at 2:05am// There were now over 1500 people left on the ship. The tilt of Titanic's deck grew steeper and steeper.
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The last radio message was sent. The captian announced "Every man for hinself."
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The Titanic's broken off stern settled back into the watter, becoming more level for a few moments. Slowly it filled wit water and tilted its end high into the air before sinking into the sea. People in the water slowing froze to dealth
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at 3:30am Caroathia's rockets were spotten by the survivors
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at 4:10am the first lifeboat was picked up by the Carpathia.
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at 8:50am the Carpathia left the area bound for New York. She has on board 705 survivors of the Titanic disaster.
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at 9:00pm the Carpathia arrived in New York.
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American enquiry into the disaster was held
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Several ships were sent to the disaster site to recover bodies. A total of 328 bodies were found floating in the area.
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The British Board of Trad enquiry into the disaster was held.
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At 12 oon the hull of Titani was successfully launched
