once as inviting as a similar deck on the Olympic (right). Before the Titanic sank, the windows were opened, probably to load lifeboats. Millionaire John Jacob Astor IV put his 18-year-old wife ...

Thomas Andrews, the Titanic's designer, was on board and quickly realized the extent of the damage and alerted the captain. Within an hour, Captain Edward Smith ordered the lifeboats lowered into ...

The sinking of Titanic ... headed up to the deck - the gate leading up from steerage was not locked - and was given a lifebelt by a first-class passenger. He then got on a lifeboat, which took ...