Women and Children First: Sinking of the Titanic

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The Titanic is the world’s most famous ship When it was built it was the world’s largest ship It was big It was fancy It was beautiful It was supposed to be unsinkable But it hit an iceberg This happened on April 14 1912 Over 2 hours later the Titanic sank There were only 705 survivors The Titanic set sail on April 10 1912 This was its maiden voyage It left England It was going to New York There were over 2,200 passengers on board Over 1,500 people died It’s one of the deadliest sea disasters in history 4 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND