When titanic sank on the night of 15 april 1912, 712 of her passengers and crew escaped the disaster in a flotilla of 20 small lifeboats, some filled to overflowing, some floating precariously on the verge of sinking themselves, while others rowed away barely half full. See the breakdown by class, gender, age, and lifeboat capacity, and the legacy of the disaster. More than 1,500 people died during the sinking of the titanic
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Of its total 2,240 passengers and crew, only 706 people survived.
When titanic collided with the iceberg, only around a third of those on board would live
Find out exactly how many people survived and more. The exact number of people who died when the titanic sank is unknown However, it is generally believed that about 1,500 passengers and crew members perished. Learn how many people survived the titanic and what influenced their chances of survival
