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107 #88: Many more people would have been saved if more lifeboats had attempted to return to pick up survivors from the water

FALSE. By the time Titanic sank many of her lifeboats had been pulling slowly away from the ship for about

TRUE. Margaret Brown’s own account, told to the New York Times on 20th April, 1912, makes no mention of her

TRUE, apparently. Titanic’s Chief Baker testified that he survived for several hours in the freezing water, but he wasn’t drunk,

FALSE. We have already seen that Titanic’s final SOS position 41° 44’ N, 50° 14’ W was about 13 miles

FALSE. Although about 1,500 passengers and crew died in the sinking. Titanic sank in freezing water of between 28 and

FALSE. We have already heard from Steward Brown that Captain Smith was seen walking towards the bridge at the very