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The design for the titanic was approved.
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The titanic was made and successfully launched. With 16 lifeboats on board.
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Several ships were sent to the disaster site to recover bodies.
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The titanic arrived in Southampton
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The fitting of the titanic was completed
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Titanic began sea trials.
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The titanic set sail and began her maiden voyage.
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The titanic reached queens town Ireland
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Throughout the day seven iceberg warnings were received.
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The titanic broke in half filling with water, and tilting high in the air before sinking. People in the water tried to swim for their lives but slowly froze to death.
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The captain was told the ship can only stay afloat for a couple of hours. He gave the order to call for help over the radio.
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The captain was ordered to uncover the lifeboats, there were only enough for half the people on board. The lifeboats were loaded with women and children first, and while they were loading, another boat southeast about 58 miles away started sailing to rescue passengers.
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The last lifeboat left the ship, with over 1,500 people left on the ship. The titanic began to tilt a lot at this point
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The last radio message was sent by the captain. The captain announced 'every man for himself'.
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The Safety of Life at Sea(SOLAS), held a meeting to help take safety precautions on vessels in the open water.
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The International ice patrol(IIL) passed a law that states vessels cannot go through hazardous waters.
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All vessels transporting lots of passengers has to always stay connected with at least 6 countries.
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After the tragedy of the titanic everybody was deeply scared of the sea, so the government sent out ways to protect themselves at sea.
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They figured out that a total of 1.503 people died on the titanic, including passengers and crew. There were a total of 2,208 people on board.
