Water Watch 2012: Titanic!

The sinking of the RMS Titanic was one of the largest peacetime maritime tragedies in history, resulting in the deaths of 1,517 people. After setting sail for New York City on 10 April 1912 with 2,223 people on board, she hit an iceberg four days into the crossing, at 11:40 pm on 14 April 1912, and sank at 2:20 am on the morning of 15 April. The high casualty rate resulting from the sinking was due in part to the fact that, although complying with the regulations of the time, the ship carried lifeboats… Show more for only 1,178 people. A disproportionate number of men died due to the "women and children first" protocol that was enforced by the ship's crew. What was done to prevent future tragedies? The United States Revenue Cutter Service, later to become the United States Coast Guard, instituted the International Ice Patrol, an organization still operated within the Coast Guard today, from right here in New England. Their work of tracking icebergs continues to this day, a century after the most unthinkable disaster took down the world's "unsinkable" ship. Registration is not required. See http://www.massaudubon.org/catalog/listing.php?program_code=1181-SS12WI1 for more information or call (781) 837-9400.

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