1 / 4

Titanic ~A Social Disaster

Titanic ~A Social Disaster. Titanic Facts & Figures. The Titanic steamed out of Southampton on April 10, 1912 At the time ocean liner was only form of trans-Atlantic travel Wide disparity between class of passengers 1 st Class- Rich, affluent, traveling for pleasure

avon
Download Presentation

Titanic ~A Social Disaster

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Titanic ~A Social Disaster

  2. Titanic Facts & Figures The Titanic steamed out of Southampton on April 10, 1912 At the time ocean liner was only form of trans-Atlantic travel Wide disparity between class of passengers 1st Class- Rich, affluent, traveling for pleasure 2nd Class- Businessmen and less affluent families 3rd Class- Poor, mostly immigrants

  3. Facts and Figures cont. • Distribution of Passengers & Crew • First Class Men 175 • First Class Women 144 • First Class Children 6 • 2nd Class Men 168 • 2nd Class Women 93 • 2nd Class Children 24 • 3rd Class Men 462 • 3rd Class Women 165 • 3rd Class Children 79 • Crew Men 885 • Crew Women 23 TOTAL 2224

  4. Lord Mersey's Report (British Parliamentary Papers, Shipping Casualties (Loss of the Steamship "Titanic"), 1912

More Related