![]() ![]() Outdated Standards and Requirements – The Titanic only was supplied with enough life boats and life jackets for half of its maximum number of passengers. The Board of Trade had no safety regulations in place for a ship of that size. ![]() The only requirement in place was the 1894 Merchant Shipping Act, which required that the number of lifeboats be in direct proportion with the ship's gross tonnage. That rule may have sufficed, but the act only provided calculations for ships up to 10,000 tons, in which 16 life boats were required. Titanic was more than four times that size, some 46,000 tons, and carried only 20 lifeboats. Lack of Training – The 20 lifeboats were not used to full capacity. #VIRTUAL SAILOR 7 TITANICS GRAPHICS FULL# #VIRTUAL SAILOR 7 TITANICS GRAPHICS FULL#. ![]()
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