On this day, Titanic's Lifeboats were tested.
The lifeboats of the Titanic were tested on the 25th of March 1912, just one week before Titanic was due to set sail on her sea trials. Titanic was due to have her sea trials on the 1st of April 1912, however, due to poor weather, her sea trials were delayed for a day, and instead went ahead on the 2nd of April.
Titanic's Lifeboats were tested to ensure they were strong enough to hold passengers, the lifeboats were lowered into the water at Belfast to test their strength and operation.
To test the lifeboats, the lifeboats were filled up with yard workers, who helped test the strength and function of the boats. The lifeboats were tested under davit (a small crane that's put on a ship to help lower down lifeboats), each boat held 70 men. The 25th of March 1912 was an important day for the Titanic, as it was the day her lifesaving equipment was tested: all 16 of Titanic's Lifeboats were lowered and tested that day.
In total, Titanic had 20 lifeboats, 16 of these lifeboats were normal lifeboats and 4 of them were collapsible lifeboats.
Of these 20 lifeboats, there were three different types (design) of lifeboats - two of these lifeboats were wooden cutters and 14 were clinker -built lifeboats, these 16 lifeboats made up the normal lifeboats. While the other 4 lifeboats were collapsible lifeboats. Although Titanic is infamous for not having enough lifeboats for everyone on-board on the night of her sinking, Titanic actually had more lifeboats on-board than was legally required at the time. Titanic's Lifeboats had the capacity to hold 1178, however, with many more passengers and crew on-board, there was not enough lifeboats for everyone. Sadly, there was also room for more lifeboats on-board the Titanic. Sources: https://www.titanicbelfast.com/history-of-titanic/on-this-day/25th-march-1912/ https://www.historyonthenet.com/the-titanic-lifeboats
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