RMS Titanic Lifeboat No. 1 RMS Titanic Lifeboat No. 1 "Titanic" Lifeboat No. 1 was a lifeboat from the steamship . It was the fourth boat launched to sea, over an hour after the liner collided with an iceberg and began sinking on April 14, 1912. With a capacity of 40 people, it was launched with only 12 aboard, the fewest to escape in any one boat that night. Boat No. 1 was one of two small "emergency" wooden cutters that were located one on each side of the "Titanic"; No. 1 was on the starboard side. Although they performed double-duty as lifeboats, their primary
RMS Titanic 'gigantic'. Built in Belfast, Ireland, in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (as it was then known), the RMS "Titanic" was the second of the three s—the first was the and the third was the . Britannic was originally to be called Gigantic and was to be over 1,000 feet long. They were by far the largest vessels of the British shipping company White Star Line's fleet, which comprised 29 steamers and tenders in 1912. The three ships had their genesis in a discussion in mid-1907 between the White Star Line's chairman, J. Bruce Ismay, and the American