Real Events:
2,227 souls on board
1,178 life boat spaces
1,517 people dies
The band kept on playing until the ship sank
Fictional Events:
1,500 people went into the sea
700 people made it into the life boats
The band kept on playing until the ship sank
6 people saved from water
1 boat came back
"The loss was due to a collision with the iceberg, brought about by excessive speed with which it was being navigated." - Judgement of the Official British Inquiry into the Titanic's sinking, 1912
Grant, R.G., Kay, A. and Kerrigan, M. (2011) History of Britain & Ireland: The definitive visual guide. New York: DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley).
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