1,503 people did not make it on to a lifeboatand were aboard Titanic when she sank to the bottom of the North Atlantic Ocean. 705 people remained in the lifeboats until later that morning when they were rescued by RMS Carpathia.
Titanic Quiz: Fact or Fiction On both ships, there was limited availability of lifeboats. The "unsinkable"Titaniccontained lifeboats for only about half its passengers. Soon after the torpedo hit theLusitania, the ship tipped heavily to one side. This rendered half of the lifeboats difficult to ...