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The Titanic's Fatal Flaws
46:51 - 51:56 (05:04)
The Board of Trade's regulations didn't account for a boat as big as the Titanic, leaving the ship unprepared with only 16 lifeboats and drills that were never tested.
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The Titanic's Board of Trade faced problems including how many lifeboats to have onboard and a lack of full drills in lowering lifeboats, since the act ended at 10,000 tons, but the Titanic was 35,000 tons, with only two of the 16 lifeboats being lowered.
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Titanic
Summary
The Titanic's Board of Trade faced problems including how many lifeboats to have onboard and a lack of full drills in lowering lifeboats, since the act ended at 10,000 tons, but the Titanic was 35,000 tons, with only two of the 16 lifeboats being lowered.
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The New York narrowly avoided colliding with the Titanic while leaving Queenstown, Ireland, which could have altered history, but a delay still occurred.
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Titanic
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The New York narrowly avoided colliding with the Titanic while leaving Queenstown, Ireland, which could have altered history, but a delay still occurred.