1. The Ship of Dreams
William Coalter

2. Belfast in the early 1900s
In the early 1900s Belfast was enjoying the greatest boom in its history.
Belfast was best known for ship building
Belfast's ship builders were Harland and Wolff
Between 1900 and 1930, Harland and Wolff was Belfast's biggest employer by a long way. Thousands of people worked in the ship yards and demand for ocean liners was huge.
In the early 1900 Harland and Wolff had employed around 35,ooo people.

3. Why build the Titanic?
The Titanic was built because of competition between White Star Line and Cunard
Cunard had launched the two fastest passenger ships in 1907
White Star Line wanted to top this so they based it on size and luxury, not on speed

4. Building the Titanic
The Titanic was built by Harland and Wolff for the White Star Line
It took three years to build the Titanic
The Titanic was 883 feet long and 104 feet high
Seventeen men died during the construction of Titanic and Olympic

5. The launch of the Titanic
Titanic was launched on May 31st
It was launched at Harland and Wolff
Titanic was launched and put in the water at 12:15
That day cheers went up and it was a day of celebration as three years of hard work had paid off.

6. Fitting out
When the launch was over Titanic was towed to the fitting out basin to be turned into the floating palace she would become.
The army of workers would put in the grand staircase, a swimming pool, restaurants, a gymnasium and a hospital

7. Maiden Voyage The Titanic sailed from Southampton on 10th April
Then it picked up passengers at Cherbourg before finally collecting passengers in Queenstown in Ireland 11th April
2,223 people were onboard but no one knew of the danger to come

8. The Captain Titanic’s Captain was Edward John Smith
He joined White Star Line in 1880
He was called ‘The Millionaires Captain’

9. The Sinking of the Titanic
On 14th April 1912 at 23:40 Titanic hit an iceberg
It sank in less than three hours and had slipped beneath the North Atlantic at 02:20
Unfortunately there were not enough lifeboats on board
Charles Lighttoller was the only officer to survive the disaster. The captain and Thomas Andrews went and took an inspection and decided that there was no hope and the order should be given to abandon ship.

10. Survivors 23% of the crew were saved and 77% were lost
38% of the passengers were saved and 62% were lost

11. There were 329 first class onboard, 199 were saved and 130 were lost
There were 285 second class onboard, 119 were saved and 166 were lost
There were 710 third class onboard, 174 survived and 536 were lost
There were 899 crew members onboard, 214 survived and 685 were lost

12. Rescuing the passengers
There were 20 life boats on the Titanic
Each lifeboat could carry 65 people when full
Only half of the people could get into the lifeboats
Unfortunately, many lifeboats left the ship which were not full
The first lifeboats were only half full. It was organised kayos. Women and children were put in boats first and some people jumped overboard to try and get in the lifeboats.

13. World Headlines

14. Acknowledgements www.historyofthetitanic.org
Heroes of the Titanic book