Changes in safety practices after the sinking of the RMS Titanic (3 m) above the water line. After the "Titanic" sank, the bulkheads on other ships were extended higher to make the compartments fully watertight. Changes in safety practices after the sinking of the RMS Titanic The sinking of the RMS "Titanic" resulted in the following changes in maritime policy. Alexander Carlisle, Harland and Wolff's general manager and chairman of the managing directors, suggested that "Titanic" use a new, larger type of davit which could give the ship the potential to carry 48 lifeboats; this would have provided enough seats for everyone on board. However, the White Star Line decreed that
Cultural legacy of RMS Titanic seconds, the time it had originally taken for the liner to roll down the slipway in 1911. On 12 March 2012 BBC's "Songs of Praise", from Belfast, took the form of a Titanic memorial. The programme included a selection of maritime hymns and ended with "Nearer, My God, to Thee", allegedly the last tune played by the ship's band. On 27 March 2012, "Titanic 3D" premiered at the Royal Albert Hall in London, with James Cameron and Kate Winslet in attendance, and entered general release on 4 April 2012, six days shy of the centenary of RMS "Titanic" embarking on