Mr Henley lived, but Hichens was jailed. He was freed four years later in 1937, but died in 1940.
That said, Christoher Shulver, a Titanic fireman (boiler room worker) who survived the sinking, was a thief with a long record. No wonder he had signed up as “J. Dilley.” Another fireman, George McGough, who also survived, had been convicted of murder in Brazil in 1900.
Norah Callaghan and Annie Jordan had tickets to board the Titanic but did not.
Why so few? In all only 337 bodies of the over 1500 Titanic victims were found, only one in five. Some bodies sank with Titanic. Winds and currents quickly scattered the remainder.
While we cannot know for sure how he spent his final moments, it is known that Captain Edward Smith perished in the North Atlantic along with 1517 others on April 15, 1912. His body was never recovered.
Most of the bodies were never recovered, but some say there are remains near the ship. What could have happened to the bodies? Some Titanic experts say a powerful storm the night of the wreck scattered the life-jacketed passengers in a 50-mile-wide area, so it's likely the bodies scattered across the seafloor.
John Jacob Astor was the wealthiest passenger aboard Titanic. He was the head of the Astor family, with a personal fortune of approximately $150,000,000.
Oceanographers have pointed out that the hostile sea environment has wreaked havoc on the ship's remains after more than a century beneath the surface. Saltwater acidity has been dissolving the vessel, compromising its integrity to the point where much of it would crumble if tampered with.
On the night of 14 April, after Titanic had hit the iceberg, Isidor and Ida were directed to lifeboat eight. However, the ageing Isidor refused to board the lifeboat while there were younger men being prevented from boarding. Ida also refused to get into the lifeboat saying, 'Where you go, I go'.
If you remember the movie you may recall a baker drinking from a flask and hanging from a rail during the sinking of the Titanic. That man was Charles Joughin, who was the head baker on board the Titanic and the famous survivor who got hammered on whiskey.
Second Officer Charles Herbert Lightoller was the most senior crewman to survive the sinking of Titanic. Lightoller first boarded Titanic in Belfast for her trials and then took his place as First Officer on the voyage to Southampton.
The film portrayed the Titanic's owner Joseph Bruce Ismay as a coward for abandoning the ship while others perished.
In early 1913, American claimants filed multiple lawsuits in the District Court for the Southern District of New York seeking compensation from the Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, the parent company of White Star Line.
Introduction. After the Titanic sank to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on April 15, 1912, hundreds of the survivors, families of victims, and owners of cargo filed claims against the White Star Line for loss of life, property, and for injuries sustained. Their claims totaled $16.4 million.
It was her sister, Edna Kearney Murray who survived the sinking of the Titanic but it wasn't in an overloaded lifeboat. “My great aunt Edna was in England at the time and had purchased a ticket for return passage to America on the Titanic,” Chris said.
After the Titanic sank, searchers recovered 340 bodies. Thus, of the roughly 1,500 people killed in the disaster, about 1,160 bodies remain lost.
Henrietta Mann, who discovered the bacteria, has estimated that the Titanic will completely collapse possibly as soon as 2030.
This is because expeditions to its site, pollution and bacteria break up its debris. It is expected to be gone by 2050.
The ship carried at least twelve dogs, only three of which survived. First-class passengers often traveled with their pets.
Why Did Titanic Not Turn Quickly Enough? After spotting the iceberg, William Murdoch gave the order to stop the engines and to make a hard left turn. Due to the size and speed of the Titanic it was not able to avoid the iceberg.
The lookouts along with the officers on the bridge knew that a calm ocean would make icebergs hard to see with no breaking water at the base. It was also extremely cold that night with sea surface temperatures reportedly at 28 degrees -- a lethal temperature for any person.