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Schreiber-Bogen Card Modelling Titanic The TitanicThe name Titanic stands for a legend. It is most certainly the best-known ship of all. It can be argued whether it was the most luxurious, the largest, the safest ship of its time. It is a fact, however, that this passenger ship of the 'White Star Line', built by the British shipyard Harland and Wolf, was exceptional in many respects. When the Titanic was built at the beginning of the 20th century, there was poverty and hunger in many European countries. Many people emigrated to North America to make a new start. For that reason it could be just as profitable for shipping lines to take many poor emigrants on board as a few rich ones. However, the different classes were rigidly separated. That was also the case on the Titanic.The rich had a great deal to choose from: the first-class passengers were accommodated on the first five levels between upper deck and promenade deck. They had several salons, a Turkish bath, an indoor swimming pool, a gym, library and writing-rooms, restaurants and four electric lifts. The second-class passengers were accommodated in the middle levels and also had their own library. The third-class passengers were below deck and at the back on the middle and upper decks. But even here there was wall panelling and furniture made of teak. At that time the protection of tropical forests was of no importance.On the morning of 10th April 1912 the Titanic set sail on her first voyage to New York. During the first few days the crossing of the Atlantic caused no great problems for the Titanic. However, on 14th April the first warnings of icebergs were announced on the radio. In spite of that the voyage continued without reducing speed. At 11.40 pm the lookout reported an iceberg. Although the ship was just able to turn past it, the iceberg cut the hull beneath water level at a length of 90 m. Six of the watertight compartments were damaged. The shipping engineers on board reckon
