The Titanic was a British ocean liner that sank on April 15, 1912 as a result of striking an iceberg on her maiden voyage from Southhampton, England to New York City. 1496 of the 2224 passengers died making it the deadliest sinking of a single ship at the time. The Titanic received a series of warnings from other ships of drifting ice in the area, but the captain ignored them. It was generally believed that ice posed little danger to large vessels. The Titanic only had enough lifeboats to carry about half of those on board, while the lifeboats were only filled up to an average of 60%. The “women and children first” protocol was generally followed when loading the lifeboats, and most of the male passengers and crew were left aboard. Women and children survived at rates of about 75% and 50%, while only 20% of men survived.
